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  1. 3below
    Can not recommend Mid Wales Music in Newtown highly enough. Plenty of interesting guitars and basses pass through their door. Am just hoping it survives the current situation.
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    Jon Shuker also worked wonders on my G&L when the truss rod lifted and broke the fretboard. It came back better than new, with stainless frets and you can not see any finish damage. Super job all round at an extremely reasonable price.
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    Persist on the well known Internet auction site for ABM parts. They do crop up, this year I have got very lucky with ABM bridges - twice
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    pmd
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    Bassman Fender

    3below replied to timmo's topic in Amps and Cabs

    Head looks very clean, it will be a nice example when 'fully healthy'.
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    pmd
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    Probably not I did mail them with the above suggestions a few years back. Polite but bland reply afair.
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    This ^, and I have a Leeds in my possession. It is seriously good, it curbed my gas for owning a Hiwatt 200 again.. I wish they did a Leeds Deluxe (i.e Leeds version of VT Deluxe).
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    Records really well when plugged straight into my Scarlett interface.
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    Seems that Andy Fraser was not a great bass player then. At least I now know that for all these years I have misunderstood what being a great player is....
  11. 3below
    Bought some TI Flats from Paul. Excellent transaction, arrived next day despite these extraordinary times. Many thanks.
  12. 3below
    Like trains, they come along I have also missed several sets recently and 'got lucky' this time.
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    pmd
  14. 3below
    Just like a previous transaction (many years ago now), spot on. Bought a P bas pickup from Lee, it arrived quickly (considering these strange times), really well packed. Great communication. Top chap, deal with confidence.
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    Nothing new here, some USA Standards circa late 80s and into the 90s were veneered tops e.g. US Telecaster Plus. I spent considerable time avoiding buying a Tele with this 'feature' ). Until recently I had an Ash Strat, beautiful thing, would be a custom shop body in today's world. I also needed a body building course, it was a boat anchor.
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    pmd
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    Just needs a Telecaster style headstock
  18. 3below
    Phil Lynott - Vagabonds of The Western World, Andy Fraser - Free Live, John Entwistle - Live at Leeds. All of these have inspired me over my many years of bass playing, the tone, the technique. I might get there one day
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    Probably;y telling you the obvious, before you chisel down the grain into the 'belly cut', tenon saw plenty of cuts at right angles and just above the 'belly cut' depth / profile. This video (just one I found on YT, nothing 'special') gives you the idea. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2j57h3E3m4 This method prevents 'massive', ''unfortunate' splits along the grain etc, the kind of moments you do not want and makes it all easier. Apols if you know this and were going to do it anyway.
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    Probably too late for a 'helpful suggestion' ? The deed will have been done in these times of lock down?
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    One of my ex students went on a guitar building course with Ben. The resulting guitar was quite impressive, I learned a lot from what my student had picked up.
  22. 3below
    Bought a p bass pickup from Vinorange. Excellent transaction, communication and speedy arrival despite these strange times. Really well packed. Many thanks.
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    pmd
  24. 3below
    Where are you based? Somewhat important in these times.
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    Hard to say, string choice and amps nowhere near as good then (1974) as they are now. Mine had a chrome cover (flat, thick, heavy, nickel plate? , with a plastic shim under it) not a deep pressed one like yours. I remember measuring the output of the pickup using an oscilloscope (Physics degree), 1.5V pk-pk on the E string. It had the baritone switch, two post 'bar' bridge and reverse wind machines. It was very 'bassy' even with Rotosound Swingbass strings. The frets were soft, 3 years of 2+ gigs per week wore them down in no time. It was a very well built bass, solid, dependable and really well made. I miss it... (probably missing my youth lol) but we all have basses we should have kept.
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