tom1946

Hi, thanks for that, I have given it a go following the link and it was not at all difficult and it did the trick so thanks very much for the help. Great place this ^_^ ^_^

Morning all, I recently acquired a Mex P bass that someone has fitted a Gotoh bridge to and the action is too high for comfort and it won't go any lower because the saddles are as low as they can go. I'm not clever enough to risk shimming the neck so the question is, would filing the barrels be a viable option? Excuse my ignorance but I'm a novice with doing this stuff. Alternatively are smaller barrels available? (I did successfully shield my CIJ Jaguar with help from here) Any advice very much appreciated.

Hi Stevie, thanks for that. Never heard of them but they look very compact so I'll do some research and see where we end up. They are currently £750 at guitar guitar in newcastle :shock Do you have the extension cab? would I need it?

Thanks for all the replies, I haven't been well so a bit slow. It seems I have the easiest and cheapest solution... a floor tuner! Why the heck didn't I twig that :doh I'll have a try and see if that'll do it. Damn, I was looking for an excuse to get a valve head :lol

Hey how are you all? I'm looking to buy an amp/combo to use in a church. Now churches, even a lively one like ours has a few quiet moments in it so my current amp, a Kustom KBA 100 isn't the best if you put even a slight amount of gain on. It's a bit lifeless with no gain at all. I know I could just shut the gain off every time I sit down but it's a faff on doing that. Are there any quietly powerful amps out there with maybe an ability to just flick a switch to silently kill it while things like prayers and readings are going on? I am a fairly new player so any advice greatly appreciated. Thanks all.

Have to say we don't get many punch ups in the Methodist church on Sundays.........

Richard is one of the gentlemen of this life and I have just done a deal to buy his bass. Great communication at all times and a credit to the forums. Thank you very much!

Hi, thanks for the help, I've checked where suggested and it all LOOKS fine so I'm going to bite the bullet and buy some new ones. Quite fancy the 60's custom shop ones, they're about £108 on fleabay, anyone else tried these? SD quarter pounders was the other option. Cheers.

Hi, thanks for the reply, issue is no output basically but before I shell out for a new one I need to be sure this one's dead and it's not some spurious other fault. The neck pickup shows 7.0 on the ohms and the bridge is bouncing about between 110 and 69 constantly. Sounds bust to me?

Morning folks, I'm having some issues with a jazz pickup and need a definitive way to test it electrically. I have a digital ohm meter and not much ability, so can anyone say what reading I should get across the pickup wires that would tell me whether there is continuity or not? Also I've searched about earthing the bridge. I see that mine just has the wire stripped back and laid under the bridge where it meets the body and relies on the bridge being screwed down? At the moment I don't know whether I have an earth issue or a fu.. broken pickup. Any help would be very much appreciated as it's driving me potty! Thanks, Tom.

Thanks all for the help and advice, I'm following up on it and I'll post again when I get a solution.

Wow! thanks for the multitude of replies, this forum rockz I have loads of excu err reasons why I can't do exercises so I'll have to look out for a light bass or swaps with cash either way. Hohner B2a sounds interesting, never seen one so I'll go and have mooch....

Hi, I'm getting on a bit and am having backache problems after playing, my main bass is a Musicman stingray, I also have a USA Precision + a mex jazz. These are all pretty heavy but sound just great for me. It's looking as though I'll have to sell these, or some of them in favour of something lightweight so am I alone with this or does someone else have this problem too? Looking for suggestions on makes and models really, (I have bought a Danelectro 63 and it's very light but the sound leaves me a bit cold) Thanks for any suggestions.