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AndyTravis

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  1. Bah - no dice today. Up until the left hand side of the body, the grain was nearly uniform enough for a natural finish
  2. Boo. was hoping for a wonderfully uniform piece of nato/mahogany so I could change my mind... another colour keeps on creeping into my conscience...
  3. If you’ve got a multimeter and 10 minutes spare, for sure
  4. Bought this on a whim. I’m going to clean it all up and tweak it - also will be wearing some better strings. the good... It’s a decent looking bass, Korean made - early 2000’s. It’s got a 35” scale - decent B. Emg HZ pickups. Nice Neck Profile. Great colour. East Preamp (U-Retro 2006) - read on... Passive tone is pleasant. The bad... Full disclosure. Preamp does not work. Worst case - the east knobs look fab. John East thinks it could be down to battery leads - I would look into it but...read on. Lots of little bumps and nicks - nothing catastrophic. Has an “odd” tuner on treble side - I might have a matching one in a draw - I will update. Bridge has a little “lift” at the string anchor points...but I’ve seen this on plenty of basses. Maybe 0.5mm at worst. I spoke to Kiogon who can make a passive loom for £60 based upon Les Paul VVTT with a series/parallel and pickup selector to fill the switch holes - just an idea if the Pre is totally dead. Anyhow - it’s here if anyone fancies a project. If you can resolve the preamp issue - it’s a £200+ pre. If you’re looking for a workhorse 5, here it is. Postage possible...would prefer collection. I will do all the muck removal tonight or tomorrow. I wanted to have this for e-c tuning, but I have an ongoing BB project and no spare time. 😉😘
  5. I didn’t in the end - I’ve a 350f I’m modifying. The 450 is basically a passive 1100s - which is no bad thing. If you fall out with it - I’ll make room. 😉
  6. Love that - wish he’d have posted when I asked. what a beauty
  7. I still find it weird that I’ve had one for 12 years and use it so little
  8. It’s a trb5 I don't think the ii had the “slap cut”
  9. Well. Wouldn’t you know it. My little mouse sander has met a grisly end due to being squished by something (heavy) in the move. Have no fear, on offer in B&M - £20
  10. A life with no knobs - wouldn’t that be nice.
  11. What a beauty, I did a Marcus Miller based upon this colour way. Ace.
  12. Yeah possibly. Think the bb5000a I keep sharing a picture of is early 90’s
  13. Haha, just all purple sparkle...
  14. Er. I’ve started sanding the paint off
  15. Right, can’t find my black and decker mouse thing... shame. so tried hand sanding... yeah, need to find the mouse. although, relic BB looks cool.
  16. I love it when you pull it out, carry on.
  17. Yeah, it’s a 5 string, 35” And for a really complicated preamp. I give myself a headache sometimes.
  18. I might not to be fair. I’ve done that on the orange one - want this to look super 80’s
  19. Yeah, looks like I might have to bite the bullet and spend as much on the machineheads as I did the bass. In no rush though - going to take a couple of months this at least. And I woke up this morning to find I’d won a bass on eBay which I don’t want, or need 🥴
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