KennysFord

Hi Phill, welcome from another prestonian.im glad to see that 70's jazz funk's on your list of favourites,mine too. For lessons i'd me happy to recomend nick carey,he's on here.check out he tutor thread and drop him a line.

i changed the out hartke speakers in my tp410 for celestion bl's.it was fairly easy to do and the results were well worth the effort.

'i heard it through the grapevine' by gladys knight,its a tuffy but great fun.i cant nail it but im not too far off.

hi Al, if youre stuck for tonight let me know,i have an LMKll ,you're welcome to borrow it. let me know,pm sent with mobile #

i got a zoom b2.1u pedal.its got about 30 ish different drum patterns,a metronome and some wierd as well as wonderfull effects too.it gets the creative juicies flowing a bit more than a click.

a lesson learned me thinks. thanks all. :ph34r:

[quote name='thedarxide' post='183744' date='Apr 23 2008, 12:57 PM']Even I wouldn't buy this: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BASS-GUITAR-Old-1970s-Spares-or-renovation-WO20678_W0QQitemZ260231428576QQihZ016QQcategoryZ4713QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BASS-GUITAR-Old-1970...1QQcmdZViewItem[/url][/quote] i was foolish enough to buy one of those.when it turned up it wouldnt play so i did get w wee refund on it. i got a pair of J pickups and got it working but its a pile of junk.ply body,really crap neck and the action is terrible.i got it for my son which is a shame,he prefers bobanez which is a bit of a bugger because so do i its pretty much unplayabe. you live and learn.

its sold as a "badass type" bridge.it was cast alli and loads better than the stamped steel one that came on the bass.I felt the bass mad more tone with the new bridge compared to the old one. Had i a bit more experience i should have altered the angle of the neck but my thoughts were that would reduce the contact area.hay ho.

a playing card or piece of acetate wouldnt have done it.the bridge in question was 3.5 mm thicker than the one that came with the bass so i figured thats how much higher the neck needed to be.

cheers guys. ive got a guy from denmark complaining that i sold him a bass with a thicker than stock bridge but didnt state the neck was shimmed and its affecting the sustain.I thought that if anything the sustain was better.It filled the neck pocket exactly and i was sure that it wouldnt be a problem but alas. EDIT: it was 4mm thick. here's the email he sent me, note that he's an attorney at law, i feel a "monster cables" type headache coming on Hi I got the bass yesterday, on April the 22nd. I paid you via PayPal on April the 9th. I paid you hours after buying it incl. the shipping fee you told me (actually 5p too much) Problem: In your description of the bass, you say: Its a string thru design which allows both thru body stringing for more sustain or standard thru bridge stringing.The rear of the body has the ferrules fitted and a jolly nice job they made of it too.The bass is in excellent condition although from the pictures you can see the screw holes for the ashtrays,both of which will be shipped with bass. I upgraded the bridge to a beefier item but as a result the rear ashtray no longer fits,however a simple retro fit back to a stock F****r bridge will reacomodate the pup cover. BUT NOTHING about the fact, that you have fitted a wooden plate between neck and body (not to be seen on the photos). This change gives the bass less sustain. Suggestions? Jørn Wistesen Andersen Attorney at Law - wistesen

hey all. could anyone tell me if adding a 4mm maple shim under a maple jazz bass neck will affect the sustain. thanks in advance

looks great and sounds even better.

Cheers Doc,your welcome and thanks for the compliment.

my mate had one of these until last week. he only got shut because he part x'd it against a warwick jazzman.he fitted a badass bridge with no problems at all so you shouldnt have to shim the neck if you do upgrade to a thicker item.i had a jazz costing twice as much as these and it blew mine away without breaking sweat and from what he told me the pups were specially designed for this bass. hope this helps.

thanks very much for the compliment. there's a pdf here [url="http://www.music-man.com/instruments/sterling.php"]sterling hs[/url] that can explain it better than i ever could.Its not quite the same as the stingray...as far as i know.

im no expert on the multitude of different basses however.... i got a sterling hs at xmas and im chuffed to bits with it.it has a 5 way switch and 3 band eq.you can dial in pretty much any tone you could wish for.the neck is nice and slim as the others have said but compared tonally to my jazz this things on steroids. ive never played a stingray so ive nothing to offer there but the sterling hs does have a wonderfull voice. heres a wee piccie,aint she cuuuuute.

you got the funk !!! great stuff guys and nice playing urb.

Im now the very proud owner of Bobanez. bob is a great guy to deal with.The packaging job on the bass was the best ever,it was shipped very quickly and arrived the next.day with a few very nice little freebies to boot.Cant do any better than that can you. cheers Bob,im uber chuffed.!!

apologies if this isnt quite the right section for this post but...... For Jakesbass,hoping i can return the complement. "Spain" faturing the man himself on the rhodes and some very tasty upright playing i hope you like it. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z95pQ7f-iJQ&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z95pQ7f-iJQ...feature=related[/url] edit,i forgot to mention,there's a very tasty part at 4mins 45 ish where the drummer gets rid of his fag and doesnt miss a beat........nice.

a particular favourite of mine [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hm1yf4ApXyM&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hm1yf4ApXyM...feature=related[/url]

Small world eh He mentioned he was the gu*tarist in a band,he wouldnt take me up on a chat about the bass though hehe. :ph34r: seriously tho', he did great for us,he saved us a pretty penny when he didnt have to.

hi there, as the pic says "thanks for the info" sorry i missed you guys at the red lion the other week,im a stones throw from there. i could be wrong but i think one of you guys fixed our tumble drier a couple of months back,Ace repairs springs to mind.How rock n roll is that !! we may see you there.

I just listened to little ghetto child from donny hathaway live,awesome awesome track !! thanks jakesbass.