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Yes, GigInk's plates are "no frills" regarding ply & bevelled edges etc., but what they do offer is a custom plate, any artwork etc., etc. Had a few TRC's & 'plates off them for various RickenFaker's, and would be the first port of call for anything like that. Tim's a sound bloke. He'll email a 'plate template to you in A4 PDF format, print it out at 100%, check your sizes/requirements etc., scan & email it back. A few days later, you'll get a scratchplate back to your design.

You can't say that these days... they all look gender neutral using non-gender specific pronouns...

Why not send them an email, and ask what the modification options are?

I'd say that you would need to be open about the fact that it's had a few modifications if you come to sell it, but it probably would be a better proposition to return it to standard first. Then sell on the other bits as well.

She's very good

Will it come with a tub of Buttah & a few bags of Carrots?

And you still have to pick up shite... and dead critters... 😁

Fancy figured timber P & J basses. The myriad of copies of the ubiquitous Fender P & J basses. Fender do plenty of variations on the theme, as do loads of other companies, at all price points in the market.

If I were in the market for a new guitar, I'd definitely look at an Epiphone LP, and budget for new pickups, or find a PRS SE Singlecut. Out of the two, of probably lean towards the PRS, but I'd have to try out a few Epi's. I owned a few MIJ Tokai Love Rocks in the past, and they were LP beaters. I've also owned a few late 70's Ibanez Artist double cuts. Ibanez reissued the Artist not too long back, which featured the 'Tri-sound' switching like the 70's ones, which offers sound options to the classic LP sounds.

Bare Knuckle Bulldog Gemini Creamery Irongear House of Tone Oil City There are more...

B1Four then

Depends what your budget is. Loads of options, the B1 Four has plenty of fans, the B3n as well. Boss do the GT1B as well. You could pick something else up second hand. If you know you're way around the Zoom pedals, stick with them, and use the excuse that your old pedal is being "loaned out" to get something new. If you budget over £200, then the market opens up a wee bit more.

That Biig Piig song last week was good too.

What about JD Guitars in Birmingham? Everson Basses in Cumbria. Crimson Guitars.

Sold one. Bought one.

The Chickenhead's are on both of my natural Rockinbetter's and both electric guitars. Those Bach BRBB's are great looking basses, though never made any enquiries about them further than looking at their website.

Don't forget that Nickel Plated Steel is used for high end strings too.

For many, many years, I only ever had one bass, and that has only changed in the last few years.

Fitted a set of Gemini Pickups Waveriders today. Sounds fabulous now. 😁

My set of Gemini Pickups Waveriders arrived today. Fitted them, and it now sounds fabulous.

Assuming you already have a PC, you'll definitely need a mic, a USB audio and/or MIDI interface, and a DAW. You could add a multi FX for amp/cab modeling. Zoom do good, inexpensive products, like the B1-Four, but you'd also need to budget for it's guitar alternative if you're planning on adding guitars. You could look at something like a Line6 POD XT/X3 or HD/HDx that has both Guitar & Bass models (though you may need to budget for the Bass Expansion packs). Some, like the Line6, have USB connectors, and can act as your recording interface, and if used carefully, you can get a good vocal recording through them as well. Which DAW package to go for though? Free is the cheapest, so that version of Cakewalk would be ideal. Some interfaces include bundled DAW's, like Cubase, again, great if you're buying an interface as well. The downside to the software DAW's is learning to use them well enough that they don't get in the way of the actual recording process. Before you get down to any "serious" recording, I'd say that you need to spend a fair bit of time familiarising yourself with how to use the basic functions. You'll find the more familiar you are with the package, the better your results will be. Decent headphones are a must, but also look at getting a way to link your PC to some external HiFi speakers, these are essential when you're mixing.

When I had valve guitar amps, an attenuator was essential for home use, especially if the Master Volume was used to get that lovely power valve distortion. You definitely don't need one if you're running a solid state or hybrid amp (valve front end). But if you're running a full valve rig, and want to use it at home, it's probably worthwhile investing in an attenuator. It is worth bearing in mind though, that if you attenuate the output down, you also have to make sure that you have enough power to drive the speaker. Not enough power, and the speaker will "fart out" and sound awful. Too much, and your neighbours will be complaining. I had a THD HotPlate, which at the time was possibly the only one around (ignoring the Marshall PowerBreak). They were rated in Ohms, so you had to have a corresponding HotPlate to your cab. Some of the modern attenuators have an impedance selector switch for connecting to a cab, select the right rating for your cab, and off you go (Instrument > amp > attenuator > cab). There were complaints of attenuators not being "transparent" enough, but I always put it down to the guitarists either having cloth ears, or being cork sniffers. I never experienced any issues. IMO, they're an essential piece of kit of you want to get your power valves glowing, but other than that, you should be fine without. Maybe invest in a smaller cab for home use (like a1x10 or something, instead of a 4x10).

I would like a semi acoustic, something like a Warwick Star or something similarly EB2 styled, quite liking the look of the Warwick Fortress. Or more Ric's or Faker's... Another 2x10 combo (lightweight this time) Helix LT