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Jackroadkill

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  1. Unfortunately, whilst I do have contacts, they're more of the insurance-job/kneecapping types as opposed to builders, plasterers and sparkies, so I won't be volunteering their services!
  2. I'm not crying. I AM NOT CRYING. I AM NOT BLOODY CRYING, OKAY?!!!
  3. Wow, what a result, and what a thing to be part of!! Honorary citizenship for @Clarky, I reckon.
  4. @Clarky, top job organising the whip-round. A very worthy cause indeed, and a big raspberry to whomever it was that pulled the plug on Iris's funding. @AndyTravis, keep that bass and enjoy every note.
  5. This has all the hallmarks of a great project; It'll be a real sleeper.
  6. If the bass playing doesn't work out you could always write prose for a living!
  7. I think the only bass gear I've bought this year was a Cali76 from @Salt on your Bass?, and it's superb. Does that count for best and worst?! No, just best, I think.
  8. I keep my subs in the basement, covered in lime jelly and naked apart from their flip flops.
  9. Never let it be said that you're not rock 'n' roll, Ped!
  10. Essentially one of each, but there was spare in all of them except the trans red, which ran out. A shame really, as I'd have liked one more coat on it.
  11. I have a set of Toltec alnico V high-output (10k and 11.5k) pickups for sale, complete with covers. They come with 42 gauge wire, grey fibre flatwork and plenty of length left in their wiring. They cost £100 new and didn't come with covers; I changed direction with my build and after fitting them they were removed, so they haven't seen a lot of action. They sound great and pack a mighty punch. The price includes postage. Thanks, JRK EDIT: Yes, they're good for metal!
  12. Well, she's done. I changed the pickups for a pair of Limelight units which are 1960's voiced with a lower, more vintage output than the ones I originally had. I bought these from our very own @Spoonman, and they sound superb. The nut has been cut by the fabulous Rob Williams (www.robwilliamsguitars.co.uk) and the action, which was high and stiff, is now lower and slinkier, to the point where it feels like another bass. I have to say that it sounds amazing, even through my PF500, which is a bit farty and clanky for my liking, so when I get it through the big Eden rig I reckon it will be even better. It plays well, too, the added width of the Precision neck giving my clumsy (and injured) fingers a bit more freedom. The wiring loom I bought pre-assembled; normally I would build my own but I found a deal I couldn't say no to, which included a great big green Russian capacitor. What effect it has on the sound I don't know, but the sound is great, so it gets my vote - the combination of CTS pots, that capacitor and those lovely pickups just works. Now all I need is my finger to finish healing (that'll take a while) and a band to play in! Cheers, JRK
  13. This man is very nice to deal with; I sent him money for some Jazz Bass pickups on Thursday night and they are in my hand less than 48hrs later. Thanks very much, Phil.
  14. I've got a cheapy Korean Squier Jazz that has rounds that are about four years old on it. Not a great age when compared to the average set of flats, but older than my main P bass stings, which are around two years old.
  15. Cheers Rich - thanks for the encouraging tale. My finger is healing reasonably well but it's still feeling very fizzy where the wound is, if you see what I mean.
  16. Ah, the lovely Joan! I made a film once with her, on the west coast of Scotland. A truly lovely lady.
  17. Chas and Dave were as punk as hell.
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