Delberthot

Just been having a nosey on the Lollar website just now and see he's brough out a new [url="http://www.lollarguitars.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=270"]Thunderbird pickup[/url]. He says its wound like the original ones and come in nickel, chrome or gold. The previous one looked exactly like an Epiphone one and was for Epiphones only. This one will do both and he does a wee shim thing to compensate for the deeper cavity in the Epiphone. as the pickup is quite shallow. Still on the pricey side for fitting to an Epiphone ( $416 plus shipping for a pair ) but another option nontheless. The split and single coil P pickups I've bought from him have been amazing so I imagine that this one will be too.

A friend of mine had an accident a few years ago and is now paralysed from the neck down. He can move his arms to an extent and wants to be able to eventually play the guitar (he used to be a drummer) he has something on his right hand that looks like a plastic knuckle duster that keeps his fingers straight until he gets more movement in them. That would probably help to keep your other fingers out of the way. I've had a search around but can't find them for sale but I'm sure your local hospital will know how to get a hold of one, and daresay they could probably give you one

[quote name='funkygreega' timestamp='1317300904' post='1389232'] Haha Delberthoth, I got lost there for a minute! [/quote] Delbert[b]hoth[/b]? These are not the droids you are looking for

The single coil P bass seems to be about the only one that doesn't have a plastic protective cover over the top of it. Does anyone know of anything that would fit over the top of one of these? I see you can get the blank no-holes ones for strats but I don't know if these are anywhere near as far as measurements go I'm going to keep raking around but would appreciate if anyone has ever done this as occasonally I like to play over the pickup with my thumb resting on the pickup

Or if you want something really special to celebrate your 30th, how about a fretless 30th Anniversary Stingray? Of the 783 that were made in total I think about 20 of them were unlined fretless. Personally the 30th is the best Stingray I have ever played and a standard stingray fretless is the best fretless I have ever played which should make the fretless 30th anniversary Stingray the best fretless Stingray ever

I don't like jazzes even slightly but this is a cracker of a bass [IMG]http://i927.photobucket.com/albums/ad111/Delberthot/stockj4deepbluebod.jpg[/IMG]

nae danger

Personally the tele is one of the overdue basses. Never going to be a big seller but for people like myself who have always preferred the shape of the single coil precisions and tele basses it'll be a winner. Makes a change from the endless Jazzes and Precisions with very little difference between them Currently showing as £400 from [url="http://www.coda-music.com/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=0&products_id=11040&oscsid=a162ea8ebe1592965a4d08d0cdf7fcdb"]Coda music[/url]. When Soundslive get a hold of them then they should come in less than that as they are usually one of the cheapest. Any ideas where these will be made cos this is getting into top Squier money territory?

Its been that long ago that I can't remember. I know that it never needs a sealant coat or anything but the pores in the wood look quite large in places. Should I fire some Warwick wax on them as I still have loads in the house?

For anyone who doesn't know the story behind this bass - I have had a shed load of basses over the years so decided to put together the best parts of everything. Mahogany body - 30th Anniversary Stingray & Epi Goth Thunderbird Wenge neck - Warwick Thumb NT5 Ebony fretboard - Bass Collection SB625 '54 P bass style - my 2-tone Fender '51 RI was the best bass I ever owned but couldn't live with the lack of body contouring so went with the '54 style Gold flake finish - I had a Modulus Flea in silver so thought the gold would be cool The rest of it comprises Schaller straplocks and tuners, Gotoh 201 bridge, gold knobs, Warwick JAN III, CTS pots, Paper in oil cap, Switchcraft jack, SD quarter pounder SCPB I painted the headstock black, added a decal with my initials and laquered over it

As a final bit of feedback here, I now have the bass. The box used was sturdy enough to contain the bass but it had been packed very badly - the bass was sitting loose in the box with bits of packaging sitting on top but nothing that would protect it in the event of a knock. Because the bass wasn't packed correctly, the box resembled a banana and its only a miracle that the bass itself was not damaged. The bridge cover was held on by 2 screws with badly rounded heads, the tone knob was rolling around inside the box, the pickup was srewed right into the body as far as it would go and the strap end of the Schaller strap locks were missing

Well it took me long enough and when I did go to take pictures they all came out crap so only the first one was taken just now, the others I took before. [IMG]http://i927.photobucket.com/albums/ad111/Delberthot/Gold%20Warmoth/DSC09619Large.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i927.photobucket.com/albums/ad111/Delberthot/Gold%20Warmoth/DSC04605Large.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i927.photobucket.com/albums/ad111/Delberthot/Gold%20Warmoth/DSC04604Large.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i927.photobucket.com/albums/ad111/Delberthot/Gold%20Warmoth/DSC04603Large.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i927.photobucket.com/albums/ad111/Delberthot/Gold%20Warmoth/DSC04600Large.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i927.photobucket.com/albums/ad111/Delberthot/Gold%20Warmoth/DSC02024Large.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i927.photobucket.com/albums/ad111/Delberthot/Gold%20Warmoth/DSC01999Large.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i927.photobucket.com/albums/ad111/Delberthot/Gold%20Warmoth/DSC01994Large.jpg[/IMG]

its clearly a [i][b]dinky[/b][/i] bass guitar

i had the opporchancity to be endorsed by Kustom but the deal they were offering me meant that I was getting an amp for about £15 less than anyone else or I would've jumped at the chance. They sounded really good

Rotos. Been using them for a while now but it depends on your flats needs. Some are quite bright, some floppy, some tight as a gnats chuff. Rotos are quite tight but still very playable and not as tight as Chromes

You want to see something seriously weird? How about the Foos with Jack Black? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87tQQa2cnuA&feature=related

My new favourite band of the minute and so nice to see Les Claypool's brother singing And the drummer is most deifnitely at the right gig. Oooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Matron http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MGWYw3rOLk&feature=related

For any of our bretheren in the Dundee vacinity on Saturday night and not playing and who want to see the most talked about gold bass of our generation I'll be using it at the Mitchellin Club in Dundee [url="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=mitchellin+club+dundee&hl=en&ll=56.487402,-2.895713&spn=0.006587,0.026436&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=15.089889,37.397461&vpsrc=6&t=h&z=16"]http://maps.google.c...psrc=6&t=h&z=16[/url] Its a busy old club so get there early

Its funny but my original Colonial Mustard '51 reissue used to have a weird phasing sound when played particularly hard. weird but weird in a good way

What, that [url="http://www.manchesterguitartech.co.uk/shop/"]Manchester Guitar Tech[/url]?

Sign of the times. I always recommended IMG Stageline ones as long as you weren't a heavy handed oaf but even they seem to have gone up in price recently

yip. blew all 4 cones of an aluminium coned behringer 4x10" over the course of 2 gigs. More tin foil tensile strength than Hartke quality aluminium

Your average local shop is unlikely to have anything remotely close unless your local shop is the Bass Merchant or The Gallery or somewhere like that. Not sure about the bridge angle, have you tried measuring it to see how off it is? Depending on the part is it a small enough amount that you could remove the string, loosen the screw holding the offending bridge to the body and move it slightly?

Conklin amongst others will do 7 string bass sets. You're more likely to need something like a 145 or heavier for the low F# as a standard B would be a tad floppy

Wow a [url="http://www.thebasspalace.com/product_info.php?products_id=180&osCsid=6310a1a51ace47ed5d139bbb01d7560e"]bicentennial thunderbird[/url] owned by Tom Petersson - yours for $0.00 I'll take two and keep the change Seriously though that's a nice bass