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a general guideline is : fret buzz before the 12th fret, adjust the truss rod fret buzz after the 12th fret, adjust the saddle height If you've only got buzz on one fret on one string then either the next fret is high or the fret you're on is low, could be a poorly seated fret or wear and tear.
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[quote name='bassmandan' post='51261' date='Aug 27 2007, 12:50 PM']So, I was looking through my favourites (like a proper geek) trying to find something I was talking about in another thread; and instead stumbled upon this website: www.alfonsoiturra.com .... whereupon I discovered this curious instrument: (this is going to all end up pretty meaningless if the pics don't work of course - just tried uploading them as attachments and nothing appears to have happened yet?!?) anyway, it is an undoubtedly beautiful instrument, crafted to an exceptional standard, but..... What's it all about? It seems to be a kind of mini scale Ashbory-esque fretted singlecut with six BIG FAT METAL strings! and by my calculation, made from at least 21 different pieces of wood (not including knobs). I'm sure it'd look great amongst the collection but not so sure I'd end up playing it very often...... .... any ideas anyone?[/quote] interesting indeed ! it would make for a cool travel bass if the lowest string was tuned to E, for example, then you'd have all the range of a 4 string but in a much more compact package - handy for lugging round the underground I'll save those pics and consider experimenting with something similar myself
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[quote name='Mrs Tinman' post='51062' date='Aug 26 2007, 10:35 PM']Aaaah, thank you again Have just spent aaaages on Google finding nothing and thinking I'd gone mad [/quote] if it's any comfort, it took me ages to find that pic and I knew what I was looking for
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[quote name='Mrs Tinman' post='51043' date='Aug 26 2007, 09:43 PM']Now it's bugging the hell out of me as to what was in the red and white striped picture bag, I felt sure it was the Pistols, hmmm, off to Google[/quote] Silly Thing - in a Pop Corn box style sleeve
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[quote name='Mrs Tinman' post='51032' date='Aug 26 2007, 08:32 PM']Thank you Red and white striped picture bag IIRC. Good grief, you're not [i]the[/i] Paul Cook are you? [/quote] there should have been a pic with that last post : [url="http://rateyourmusic.com/release/single/sex_pistols/something_else___friggin_in_the_riggin/"][/url]
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[quote name='Mrs Tinman' post='50997' date='Aug 26 2007, 06:45 PM']Yep, have this as a Sex Pistols 45, A or B side can't remember [/quote] A side :
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[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtHXGFHylGs"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtHXGFHylGs[/url]
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[quote name='The Burpster' post='50971' date='Aug 26 2007, 05:22 PM']Folks, can anyone remeber a track called "She's somethin else...." Has the line in. [i]She's fine lookin' man, she's somethin else.......[/i] Has a strong rock and roll guitar riff..... I'll be jiggered if I can find who recorded it first.... Better still anyone got it on MP3 ???? B. [/quote] Eddie Cochran [url="http://www.metrolyrics.com/lyrics/97893/Cochran_Eddie/Somethin'_Else"]http://www.metrolyrics.com/lyrics/97893/Co...ethin'_Else[/url]
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[quote name='Scoop' post='49891' date='Aug 24 2007, 12:42 AM']Interesting bass, paul. Good luck with the sale. Anyone who has any concerns about paul saying that he did the refret and set-up himself needs to be aware that Paul used to run Arrowhead guitars, a custom build shop, and paul's one of the very best repair men and luthiers around. You need have no concerns about anything that paul's worked on and says is fit for purpose.[/quote] Used to ? I still do -
[quote name='cetera' post='49657' date='Aug 23 2007, 04:38 PM']You could always quietly find a replacement for the 'weak link', then tell the 'weak link' that the band are splitting up. A couple of weeks later you can then 'reform' with the new member.... [/quote] I had that happen to me, which is why I don't sing in public any more
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Made sometime around 1966-67 according to Yamaha's website - [url="http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http://www.yamaha.co.jp/product/guitar/eg/database/sb/sb-2.html&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=1&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3DYamaha%2BSB-2A%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26channel%3Ds%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-GB:official%26hs%3DE7D%26sa%3DG"]Click[/url] I bought it from the US a couple of years ago, but it's sat in its case since then because it arrived de-fretted (which I hadn't noticed in the auction blurb) and was a bit untidy. Luckily I have another SB-2 that I bought ages ago to scavenge for parts for one of the collection of Yamahas I had, and I got everything I needed (apart from one tuner screw that doesn't match) to put back together. I refretted it yesterday and put back together and set it up today. It has one vol, one tone, and a balance control, not, as I first thought, a vol and two tones. One or two dings and dents (one in particular has been filled with something like Araldite, I might have to attend to that at some point) but in pretty good nick for such an old bass. the German ebay seller that regularly sells freaky and hacked about basses has one for sale for £479.00 - [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/60s-YAMAHA-BASS_W0QQitemZ7342725590QQihZ008QQcategoryZ4713QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem"]Click[/url] Not sure if it's worth as much as that, but I'll consider reasonable offers if anyone is tempted.
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[url="http://www.geocities.com/scaleopia/"]http://www.geocities.com/scaleopia/[/url]
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if the fret is narrower to begin with, then things won't change quite so dramatically as the frets wear, it depends on how hard you grip the neck when you play as to how quickly they wear
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[quote name='Beedster' post='48777' date='Aug 22 2007, 10:46 AM']Thanks very much Paul, that's what I suspected. It seems that for perfect intonation the narrower the fret the better. Having said that, I just saw a lovely '68 Jazz with (allegedly) original frets and they are exactly the same as mine, i.e., wide and flat, so perhaps mine are original and people weren't so fussy about intonation back then! Chris[/quote] the fret can be wide and relatively flat, as long as there's enough shape to it that the point of vibration is above the fret slot - you might find that you can shape your frets enough to solve your problem while leaving them pretty much as they are
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It's the little things that matter (rant, rant...)
Paul_C replied to FretBuzz's topic in General Discussion
It all looks straightforward to me. For the distributor in the UK to make any money they no doubt have to place a decent sized order, rather than just odd bits and pieces, or all their profit is swallowed up in shipping/duty etc. The delay in shipping is due to the pallet coming by sea, rather than air, as that also brings costs down. -
[quote name='Beedster' post='48714' date='Aug 22 2007, 08:50 AM']Thanks very much Steve. The frets on my new Precision are, I assume, not original. They are quite wide but also quite low. Although the bass has a lovely tone, I do think the intonation is a little off and suspect that, given the width of the frets, this is perhaps not surprising. I assumed that the frets were 'jumbo', but I'm guessing from the post above that jumbo means high as well as wide? I duess they could be worn jumbo? So, I have wide and flat frets - is there to anyone's mind any advantage of these over more conventional narrower/higher frets? If not, I think I'll be getting a refret Thanks Chris[/quote] If the top of the fret is flat and wide, then the point the string vibrates from will be moved toward the bridge, sharpening the note slightly. I had that problem with a Les Paul, and had to reshape the frets before I could get it to play certain chords, especially an open G, in tune. (I never quite had confidence in it after that, so it got sold) Normally the difference would be so slight as to be unnoticeable, but if the frets are very wide, I can certainly imagine it being enough to become an issue. If there's not enough left of the frets to re-profile them, then a refret would be the only realistic solution.
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if you stuck a U-Retro in it you could balance the outputs of the two pickups with the trim controls, and give both pickups a kick up the arse too
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I made mine from shaped MDF and then attached some scratchplate material to the top.
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despite many changes of pickup and preamp, I never got on with my Pedulla Rapture J2 and sold it in the end - loved the look of it though
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Fit the neck to the pocket, or the pocket to the neck?
Paul_C replied to pete.young's topic in Repairs and Technical
I would make a pattern in MDF from the neck and use that to rout the neck pocket to the right size (assuming I hadn't already got a pattern to fit) It's important that it's done correctly though, or the neck won't line up, so if in doubt, get someone who knows what they're doing to do it for you. Taking material off both pocket and neck increases the chance of error, so I'd think twice before doing that. -
Fender Precision with S9 serial number *TRADED*
Paul_C replied to s_u_y_*'s topic in Basses For Sale
exactly how heavy ? I still have my Lakland Jerry Scheff if that's tempting ? -
I'm not sure what I'm doing yet, but I still have that weekend free. I might just pop up on the Saturday for the day, depends what finances allow TBH.
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'lo Scoop nice to see another ukmg refugee
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What is this twerp blethering about?
Paul_C replied to Oxblood's topic in eBay - Weird and Wonderful
[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GIBSON-EPIPHONE-BASS-TOP-ROCK-PREVIOUS-owner-LOOK_W0QQitemZ190138476227"]click[/url] (you can trim quite a bit from the ebay url)