Grand Wazoo

[color="#FF0000"][size=4][b]Only one left! Hurry!![/b][/size][/color]

Just a small update: I've received the first self addressed envelope from a gentleman who's initials are GW and I have already stuffed the foam strip in it and posted it early this morning, you should get it tomorrow morning. Note: I've need to add that before you cut the foam you are going to need a very sharp stanley type knife and measure the sponge to be as little as 1/16" above the height of the strings, if you measure this right you will find that ideally you should end up with a strip which is thicker by the D & G strings side, and thinner by the E & B side in case of a 5 strings bass, as it needs to provide only a gentle damping to be effective, I've tried and tested it and threw many wrongly cut strips away, if you make it any thincker you would really deaden the vibrations and the sound as a result.

I have emailed Jason Lollar about my problem with his pickup and here are a few email back and forth from a far from helpful Jason Lollar as follows: [b]MY EMAIL TO HIM[/b] Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2010 2:59 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Lollar Pickup for 51 Precision Bass Dear Jason & Co. I live in London England and I have just bought and fitted one of your single coil Precision bass pickup for my 51 Reissue Fender tele style P-Bass. I am having a problem with this pickup as follows: The original Fender pickup had staggered pickup poles meaning that the 2 inner poles, to be precise the ones for the A and the D strings were slightly raised compared to the outer 2, the E and G. This I assume was done so that the poles would follow the natural camber and contour of the fingerbard radius. Your pickup on the other end, has all the poles flat and set at the same height, and with this I have a much quieter A string than the E string, If I raise the pickup to enhance the A string then the E, as a result, sounds a lot louder and if I try to adjust the saddles, by lowering the A side on the saddle it ends up buzzing against the frets. You know these basses only have 2 saddles in the bridge so there isn't much adjustment to be done there. I was wondering if it is possible push the two inner poles on your pickup so that they come out slightly higher then the outer to to match the radius, I mean can this be done from the bottom of the pickup, tapping with a mallet and a pin, without causing any damage or what else do you suggest I could do to resolve this issue. I am at a point where I am not that happy about string to string volume balance and reluctant to refit my original pickup and sell yours to someone else at a loss, Please advice what I can do. Thanks [b]HIS REPLY[/b] I have made a few hundred of those pickups and they have been used by several bass builders and its the first I have heard of string imbalance- also all old Teles had flat poles, we make 90 % of our strat pickups with flat poles, vintage jazz bass pickups are flat poles- having said that I think a lot of people compensate with their picking for Strats with stagger poles which certainly have problems with some strings being louder than others and other guys compensate a little with flat poles- i would bet you are use to playing with stagger poles so you are compensating in a way that doesn’t fit with a flat pole. You could try pressing the two inner poles up but it may short out the coil and it would void the warrantee- it is possible that it would work- its going to be a coin toss for sure. The poles are insulated with tape so it has a better chance of working than a stock fender pickup. You would press slowly from the bottom while supporting the top with either a wood block with a groove down the center or better yet a block with a couple holes drilled in it slightly bigger than the magnets- this will keep the top flat and free of flex. Unfortunately you are in the uk so its expensive to ship back and forth and you bought it from a dealer rather than direct. I can tell you in the US if you look on eBay you’ll find my pickups often sell for $10 less than full price- this varies of course What you are asking for we could make- I just never found a reason to make it before- it’s a mystery to me why you are having a dramatic difference in volume- I have everything I make installed in a guitar now or installed at some time. I would talk to your dealer and tell him- this isn’t working- if you are close have him look at it and then have him talk to me and me and he will work something out for you- I want to do it that way as he is my dealer and he sold it to you. I need my dealers involved in what they sell- including the occasional problem because I rely on them to catch any problems and he is there and could take a look and confirm if the pickup is working correctly, installed correctly and isn’t performing correctly- it could be a simple trouble shoot I cant see from here. Jason Lollar Lollar Pickups 206-463-9838 www.lollarguitars.com ----------------------------------------- [b]MY REPLY TO HIS EMAIL[/b] Dear Mr. Lollar, first of all many thanks for taking the trouble to reply to me, I agree with you that the Lollar pickups are world reknown for their excellence and it was thanks to the good reputation of your estimed company that I have made the choice to buy one of your pickups However as you have been so kind to investigate my unbalanced string to string volume issue, here below are some pictures that should give you a better idea of what I am referring to. In the pic below you will see how curved is the profile radius of my neck. As you can see that is quite some curve, as a result, the bridge must be set at a camber that will follow that particular radius, hence my bridge is set like this: Now, the original Fender pickup that I removed in order to fit yours has staggered poles again to follow that particular neck profle and this what that pickup looks like: Your pickup's poles as you know are all set flat as in the pics below: I hope you see what I mean when I use your pickup, the A and the D strings are farther away from the poles and if I raise the pickup the obvious effect is also a louder E which is very difficult to compensate even by a soft touch, I don't use a pick I play with my fingers. I am waiting to hear your opinion. Once again many thanks for your kind help on the matter. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [b]HIS LAST REPLY (USELESS)[/b] Well, thank you for listening to me and showing me those photos - we are talking about 1/16" difference probably- something like that right? That is typical- I just haven’t run into it before where anyone noticed a drop off in volume, and I can say I never noticed it during R&D or after while playing the guitar. If you have access to it, record a sample and send it to me. Jason Lollar Pickups 206-463-9838 www.lollarguitars.com [b]---------- TO BE CONTINUED --------- I will send him a sample alright and see what he says then...[/b]

I couldn't care less if I lose all the others I have, but for this one I'll fight to the last man standing.

Deja'-Vu (or Deja' read) I've seen the exact same post on the EBMM forum, send me a pm and I will send you a strip of neoprene, I've still got 2 left

[color="#FF0000"][size=4][b]and its...... only 2 strips left, hurrry if you want the last 2[/b][/size][/color]

[quote name='Musicman20' post='874010' date='Jun 21 2010, 11:10 PM']PM'd Mr Grand Wazzo![/quote] At least get my username right you.... debutant! I got your pm, and the one from a Zach and an Essential Tension so now... [size=4][b]it's only 3 strips left[/b][/size]

[size=4][b]5 strips left [/b][/size]

[color="#4B0082"][font="Palatino Linotype"][size=6][i][b]Grand Wazoo to the rescue...[/b][/i][/size][/font][/color] I have 6 strips of neoprene compound, each strip 'nuff for 2 mutes, size as follows: [b]12cm long x 3cm wide x 2cm thick[/b] if you cut them in half - lengthwise - you'll manage to get 2 decent sets of mutes wide enough for up to a 6 strings bass. [b]Please form an orderly queue.[/b] pm me and we will sort out something involving you sending me a self addressed small jiffy bag and I will post the strips to you's here are the pics, they are black, although they look gray in the poor phone camera shots and they come off brand new Land Rovers cars loaded on my ship, what happen they put them on the outside of the car doors to prevent doors banging against one another, once they get discharged they throw all these foam strips in a bucket. As I used them on all my basses I still had loads left for you guys. So PM me and they are yours.

yiiip., 4.5 hours to go and its standing at £815, now I wouldn't pay a penny more as they are about £1250 new when haggled, interesting to see how much it will fetch in the end.

Any comments you said? 1) Nice score... and you are lucky 2) Me, I am a bit of a traditionalist, I would wave buh-bye to the evil EMG's and put some bona fide passive J's in there with waxed cloth wires, original CST pots and capacitors 2 intdependent vol controls one for each p/up and a lovely-jobbly "smooth-it-all" tone pot instead of an eq/preamp what never belonged on a jazz bass in the first place. You don't get the sonic nuances you get with the original setup with those harsh pre-amps. I've tried them all from Tortellini (Bartolini's) to Bland (Blade) they all increase punch but deduct feel. 3) Very good condtns again you're lucky. question who was the famous band that your daughter recognized?

Bongo 5 H/S on ebay 6 hours to go and the max bid with no reserve is presently £422.00 !!! [b]that's f-*k'n krazy![/b] if I didn't have one I'd jump on this one [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130400325400&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...e=STRK:MEWAX:IT[/url]

[quote name='bh2' post='872469' date='Jun 20 2010, 10:59 AM']One day I'll get another. It will cost me considerably more than the £600 I paid for my last one however.[/quote] Make me a sensible & inoffensive offer, you never know

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='872328' date='Jun 20 2010, 12:32 AM']Yeah it works. I have personally seen Fender ones that were so loose you could slip the bobbin top off. I just tested it on a SPB-1 I have handy and there was definite movement. My Shuker is upstairs just now but I'd wager it's the same. The only ones I'd be reticent about trying are the SPB-3 - I have one here now and it feels pretty sturdy, probably because of the larger pole pieces. If you're unsure, email Lollar and ask.[/quote] I'll try with a gentle tap first and if it works I'll try it back in. [b]THANKS[/b]

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='872308' date='Jun 19 2010, 11:59 PM']That sucks. It is possible to raise and lower the pole pieces with a swift tap of a hammer. [/quote] I have considered that, but are you sure it is possible? I mean do you know for a fact, of someone doing that successully? I thought the poles are glued in heatsunk dried up wax or some kind of compound? I don't want to knacker it.

Well today I had some time off and finally managed to fit the Lollar to my 51R P and.... after 1 hour of testing and comparing, I have decided to re-fit the original back while the Lollar is going to go on sale. There is a substantial problem for me with this Lollar, the pickup poles are all set at the same height whereas the original has the 2 inner poles slightly raised to compensate for the strings natural camber in relation to the the fretboard contour. With the Lollar the A string sounded a lot and I mean a lot quieter than the E string, if I raised the pickup on the E/A strings side the A string will sound ok'ish but the E ended up even louder. The problem doesn't exists so much with the D and G strings as they are thinner of course and more or less on the same height. Adjusting the bridge saddles doesn't help (bear in mind there's only 2 saddles) and you end up messing with the strings contour, hence if you lower the A side of the E/A saddle you get a the fret buzz even on open string. At the end I had to give up, remove it and resolder the original one on. To be entirely honest I didn't appreciate that much of a difference in sound between the original and the Lollar anyway, which means I will stick with it for now on as I find it very good as it is. Lollar I have two words for you. both bad. A very pi$$ed GW

[quote name='liamcapleton' post='871810' date='Jun 19 2010, 03:35 PM']That's a beauty! Would you consider a Fender Jazz Bass and an X-Box 360 as a trade?? Haha [/quote] No thanks I have both already (only my son has the console, I hate them)

Althought this will go in the "For Sale" section shortly, I am selling my Stingray 5 if anyone is interested, it's in absolute mint condtns, had it from new in 2002, not even a scratch to it, as I keep all my instruments mint. Translucent Red on ash body with nice visible wood texture, maple neck, original MM case and all the trimmings. gives us a pm if interested.

BUMP'O! Well get in there peeps its still at a bargain price with no reserve, and currently at half the price it's worth. [size=3][b]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Zoom-B9-1ut-Bass-Multi-Effect-Console-New-Box-/170500731450?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_Guitar_Accessories&hash=item27b2a2b23a[/b][/size]

oops I've posted this in the wrong bloody section, moderators please move it where it belongs, sorry.

I am looking for the bass tabs on Prince "Under a cherry moon" I know how the chords go and the tempo, but the recording is soo bad that I can't tell what is what I know Prince himself recorded the bassline, but the man is hiding it under a lot of overdubs with drums and keys. grrr Any help is appreciated thanks oh and yeah I know... blast from the past but so what? lol

[quote name='Annoying Twit' post='868714' date='Jun 16 2010, 08:10 AM']Low starting price! You've clearly got confidence in your item.[/quote] Well the low starting price has certainly created some interest, with only 2 days gone and 5 to go there are already 15 watchers and 6 bidders and I am halfway towards what I'd like to get for it. But if it sells for less it'll be my loss and some lucky man/woman is going to get a real bargain!

Has anyone ever had a dull - dead sounding - string out of a fresh pack? Well sometimes these things happen. As for Mark Bass, don't be put off by one or even two accident these are great amps, I'vehad mine just under 2 years and have used it day in day out, in and out of cars, vans, on ships with different voltage adaptors in and out of the country and never had a problem with it. Negative word of mouth and wives tales can often constitute ignorant slander.

[quote name='Annoying Twit' post='868714' date='Jun 16 2010, 08:10 AM']Low starting price! You've clearly got confidence in your item.[/quote] yiip! It's a great item, there's nothing wrong with it, it's just me what's wrong with it, I am not an effect man, I don't know why sometimes I get the urge to buy these toys I never use. I originally thought I could use it to record but protools has a lot of free modules with decent basic effects that I realized oh so late I don't really need it.

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