Cat Burrito

I too reported him last night. He knows what he's doing. Con merchant. It saddens me that I bet a fair few young players have bought kit off him in good faith.

A bit overpriced for secondhand but [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Used-FENDER-Highway-1-Precision-Bass-WTR-R-326850501-/280608085025?pt=Guitar&hash=item41558b9421"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Used-FENDER-Highway-...=item41558b9421[/url]

I watched it end, you must be pleased with that

It's getting exciting

But it must be an American Fender because he's photographed it on a USA flag

[quote name='Buzz' post='1069116' date='Dec 25 2010, 12:29 AM']I expect quite a few people are in similar situations.[/quote] 100% relate to this.

My last gig saw my old 90s Ampeg head blow during soundcheck. I had to go through our singers solid state guitar amp plugged into my cab. Although not great it wasn't as grim as I thought. My old head wasn't worth repairing so I just saw it as an excuse to get a new head.

I'm still stunned that in our shopping centre the kids don't get to sit on Santa's knee anymore. They have to sit on a stool next to him. It does rather imply we don't trust Santa anymore and he's a bit Gary Glitter!?! But in answer to the OP, I'm with Wayne on this one. You know it makes sense!

I've been fairly settled for a while or I was until my smaller solid state rig blew & I had to replace it with the Orange Terror head. In turn this has me wanting to replace my Ampeg big rig with Orange cabs but common sense sould suggest I leave it... however common sense isn't as common as the name suggests!?!

It's funny how time blurs things but it'd be somewhere between my Grandfather playing Johnny Cash in Tyneside, my Mum's copy of With the Beatles, watching the Police on Top of the Pops doing Walking on the Moon (with Stuart Copeland banging his drum sticks on everything he could - which seriously impressed me!) or my Dad being an ex pro drummer being dragged out of retirement to play drums in his school's production of Jerusalem Joy (he was a Headmaster). Dad's drumming had an unsuccessful attempt at rubbing off on me. My two best friends played instruments (clarinet and cornet) so in order to fit in I decided much to my Dad's delight I'd be a drummer at the tender age of about 7yrs old. I expected immediate success. However as a drummer I took after the cat, not my Dad!

Hi Adam - Welcome to the forum

I've acquired the Orange Tiny Terror head with matching SP210 cab. I used to believe it was all about size but I think technology has come on leaps & bounds over the last decade. I won't be gigging it until the 6th Jan but I'm hoping it'll be a preferrable alternative to a big rig.

Interesting, must have been a 60s thing. I can understand it more chordally for guitar though. It's a funny thing with forums - some people apologise for dragging up old threads & yet occasionally people post new threads on subjects that have been covered before and almost get corrected for not using the search function first. Ya can't win, I tells thee

[quote name='Musky' post='1068216' date='Dec 23 2010, 08:30 PM']Not necessarily. The serial number decals came from a parts bin as well. [/quote] Well you live & learn. I'm not totally surprised by that.

Ah, you've edited them! Bass sounds great btw. I've always secretly wanted a Hamer 12 string

Your links aren't displaying properly. Should be;

This is the second thread where the link doesn't work?! Has the listing been pulled or have you mistyped the link?

Welcome Robbie, feel free to post pics of some of that gear in our Gear Porn section - you can keep the barb wire out of shot though

They were everywhere about three years ago but do seem less common now. I assume Fender bring out new ranges & push those instead. Personally I'd always favour a used Standard MIA over the HWY1 but the owners do seem to like them. I could never get on with the finish personally

Bought a Speakon speaker cable from Dave. Despite the snow it arrived really promptly with good comms. Another Basschat convert here

[quote name='simon1964' post='1067598' date='Dec 23 2010, 11:08 AM']The other thing to remember is that the S8 only dates the neck.[/quote] I obviously wasn't clear. I only meant the neck. I have an S9 Precision and the neck dates to early '79 where as the pots are '80. I'm sure the other posts are correct and I meant simply to state that the neck would have been made in 1978.

Quite a common problem with some Jazz basses too. I had it once and I solved it by selling the bass in the end! That was down to inexperience on my part (it was nearly 20yrs ago). New pickups usually do solve it but it's an expensive alternative if you can tweak what you have. Raising the height on one side should balance it better. I had a loud E and a loud G which was a major pain. My current Jazz has adjustable poles in the pickups so problem solved. Good luck sorting it

This month I have mostly been appreciating mostly

The resale value isn't great on pickups but if you must tinker, my thoughts are as follows. Fender don't make great pickups. They used to but something has gone wrong over the years that has allowed other market leaders to take over. (personal view). Fender pups are ok, but not what they used to be. Most pups on the market place are hotter, over wound and beef up the sound. I like a more retro / trad / vintage tone. From my experiences Wizard are great. The guy is friendly and helpful. However Seymour Duncan just pip it for me and offer a better quality pup. EBay has some NOS caps for sale for about a fiver and I have one of these in each of my basses bar one. If you want to replicate the vintage tones of your 62RI I'd go down this route. If you want it hotter, I can't say I have any experience. You could always try these mods and if it doesn't sound cool, EBay the new parts and stick the originals back in. Either way keep the original parts in case things do change and you come to sell the bass. These sound amazing btw [url="http://www.seymourduncan.com/products/antiquity/bass/1104405_06_149/"]http://www.seymourduncan.com/products/anti...1104405_06_149/[/url] but don't come cheap This is a decent upgrade [url="http://www.seymourduncan.com/products/basslines/vintage-1/sjb1_vintage_fo/"]http://www.seymourduncan.com/products/bass...jb1_vintage_fo/[/url] All just my 2c and I don't suggest I know any more or less than anyone else. I have however changed pups / caps in five of my 6 Fender basses.

[quote name='Musky' post='1067419' date='Dec 23 2010, 07:48 AM']I'd say that's an eighties bass - the S8***** serials covered up until about 1982.[/quote] Unless it's a gap in my knowledge, the S9 serial number was the one which went into the early 80s, not the S8. I would have said it was more something like S7 + 5 digits = 1977-1978 S8 + 5 digits = 1977-1978 S9 + 5 digits = 1978-1981 E0 + 5 digits = 1979-1981 E1 + 5 digits = 1980-1981 I do agree it sounds like something either hybrid or parts based. Am I wrong on dates with the S8 / S9?