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A B301 through a Musicman combo....... back in the early 80's I fell in love with the combination. Why the hell did Guild stop doing basses ? Had a young family at the time so couldn't justify the expense back then and now it seems they are fetching silly money. Oh well

@ Paul_C and The Bass Doc Thanks guys, as soon as I read your replies I had a 'DOH!' moment Still curious as to the shimming thing though, why and how do people do it ?

OK, here goes.. I've defretted a Peavey Milestone 3 and everything went well. Fitted the neck back on the body and strung it with some new Rotosound Jazz strings. Played a few scales around the fifth fret and everything seemed Ok but when I dropped down to the 1st/2nd fret region I found the strings were dead/buzzing. OK not a problem, raise the action and check intonation. The trouble is that now the action is a little high for my tastes and fingering around the 1st/2nd fret region is quite hard. A (guitard) friend has suggested shimming the neck, how would this help and how would I do it ? Any other ideas? On a plus note, I'm pleasantly suprised by my accuracy on the defretted Peavey. I'm still a sh*te player but now with a nicer tone

A Remark You Made - Weather Report (Heavy Weather album) A simple but beautiful song that I never tire of playing.

[quote]For example, if you play a Gibson TBird, you must be on heroin - or, if not, you'd like to be. That kind of thing[/quote] God knows what my collection of strumpets says about me then ! Especially the Italia Modulo Tipo3 ...........

Fender - Why have they not acknowledged their roots and produced the Fender Mondeo OR Why is a Precision like a nose ? Everybodys got one ! (just a joke sheeple) Guild - Why did you stop making basses ? Gibson - How much !! Alembic - Isn't the Stan thing getting a little tired ? Minarik - So Acid on your cornflakes isn't enough OK just a joke, I'll get my asbestos coat and leave

Pah ! all this talk of the Blues, the real question is Can Blue Men Sing The Whites ? (Grumble grabs zimmer and hobbles out of the room before the younger members wonder WTF he means)

Thanks Al, theres enough info there to keep me going forever !

OK my Peavey Milestone (see my post in the porn thread) has finally had its trip to the chop shop. I've defretted the neck ( at the filled and ready to sand stage) and decided that I may as well attack the body while they were seperate. Its originally a dark blue translucent finish and after stripping half the body down with Nitromoors I find I'm down to a rather nice looking stained blue wood finish. Now it may not be to everybodies taste (taste isnt a word that most people associate with me) but I like it. Now the question is where do I go from here ? I had originally planned a respray in a glitter finish but now I'm inclined to try and keep the look its has, so what laquer/wax finish would people recommend. Some sort of satin finish I think but how to do it ?

[quote]You lot can play when you get home from the pub?[/quote] You are missing a word... THINK Yeah when I get home from the pub I THINK I can play and the Joan Armatrading track I mentioned is a nice slow number so I have plenty of time to hit the chord changes and sometimes I get it right

[quote]But his talent you can't dispute![/quote] Never, I'm a huge Hicks fan and I believe he was one of the greatest comedians ever. He spoke the truth as he saw it (and I agreed with it 90% of the time) and was one the most honest people of recent years. Nope, you wont find me dissing Bill.

[quote]this is how some NZ'ers prefer look at the world[/quote] Too much beer I suspect, that image made more sense to me than the 'normal' one ! Anyways, good luck CK

[quote]Bill Hicks was more than Nearly Famous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![/quote] We will agree to disagree on this one, I adored the man but when he died he was on the brink of famousness. Do a straw poll amongst Joe public and I bet more have heard of Denis Leary (ackkk thpppttt !!!) Oh and welcome to Basschat

[quote]IRC, some record companies have been trying to seize back promo copies that go to auction / the bay, on the grounds that, legally, the disc still belongs to them.[/quote] Interesting but surely as it was a gift from the man himself (long story) surely they have no claim ?

[quote]something else pretty and even more costly comes along!!![/quote] Come to the dark side Luke, come to the cheap trashy but fun side I once thought that my poor playing was because I didnt have a decent bass, then I realised that it was a lack of talent that was holding me back Now I just have fun with whatever four string monstrosity is lying around, to quote a (nearly) famous comedian 'Its just a ride' so get something cheap and bash the hell out of it !

Joan Armatrading - The Shouting Stage Stick that on and mellow out until my eyelids droop Yeah I'm posting post-pub so I may regret this

Hmmm.... Got a copy of Jaco's first album signed (in felt tip !!) by the man and its a promo disk not retail, if Judie Tzuke can pull in fifty sovs I wonder how much this gem would fetch ?

Having trouble resisting [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=140316247400"]this[/url] If you look in the gear porn section you will see I have a fondness for cheap trash

[quote]No accounting for taste, the Les Paul alike at the back gives me a lazy one[/quote] Here ya go, try not to make a mess Its a Jap-crap copy of a Gibson Les Paul Triumph [url="http://www.flyguitars.com/gibson/bass/LesPaulTriumph.php"]Triumph Bass[/url] I bought it new back in the mid seventies from A1 Music in Manchester after passing up a second hand Burns Bison and a Framus Star !! Oh well, its served me well even if it doent have the resale value the other two would have had

So this is the PORN section eh ? Well in that case welcome to the Readers Wives Section, y'know, the bit at the back with the ropy stuff Can't see this collection giving anybody lustful thoughts

[quote]Tried Teen Town etc, gave up! Tried Silly Putty, School Days, etc gave up! Tried loads of Sheehan...bad clone tone! gave up! I can't really play anything by any of the bass players I'm into. I think I give up to easily too.[/quote] +1 on that but still doesn't stop me playing (and enjoying it). Recently gone back to where I started and dug out the Jamie Abersold stuff I first started off with and relearning some of the theory side I lost interest in. Now if only I could get over my fear of anything smaller than a quarter note..... Oh and if someone could pop over and show me what I'm doing wrong with my thumb when I try to slap, it acts like the equivalent of two left feet !!

Nice one WalMan, can see a few happy hours playtime in that one

[quote]Aha - the best racing driver never to win a Grand Prix![/quote] Yeah him and Tambay -'Team Nice Guy' when they were at Renault