essexbasscat

Hi BC

I'm in the process of upgrading the electrics on my road worn P bass with a kit from Charles guitars - RS superpot + paper / oil capacitor + CTS tone pot.

When I applied solder to the back of the volume pot this morning (for the earthing connections), it became a matt silver slab, instead of the nice shiny silver block that denotes a nice solder joint.

The original Fender solder joints on the back of the pots are nice silver solder blobs, so it can be achieved

I made sure the soldering iron heated up a fair bit before starting the job, but still it didn't do the job properly. Maybe I need a hotter iron ?

The other concerns are transmission of all that heat to;
- the pot itself. Will it damage the pot ?
- the capacitor. I'm considering using a small free standing vice as a heatsink. It has a small crocodile clip which I intend to attach to the capacitor leg. When it comes to attaching the capacitor to the back of the pot, I intend to solder a small piece of wire to the back of the pot first, let that cool, then solder the other end of the wire to the capacitor leg, thus hopefully avoiding transmission of too much heat associated with the process of soldering the back of the pot

Any ideas folks ?

Thanks BC

That is particularly pretty GLWTS

I've heard Pearly Gates pickups are supposed to be particularly nice with Les Pauls

Shorter screws shouldn't be that hard to find, I bought some for a Tele I was working on. A fairly cheap solution to the problem and certainly a lot quicker than shimming a neck

Try Allparts or WD music to begin with ?

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Keep going as if it didn't happen, never look around and leave all post mortems until after the gig.
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^This

I used to own more than a few Chess records, as you say chris, there at the start. Got to respect him for that

RIP and thank you

I'd love to hear this. Good luck with the sale

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The one that does it for me is John Paul Jones and Ramble On.

Bags of melody, groovy as you like and supports the song brilliantly.

JPJ's playing encapsulates everything I love about bass in rock/pop music: groovy, funky, melodic, interesting and always adding to the song.
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+1

At this moment, the bass line in 'Midnight Train to Georgia' by Gladys Night and the Pips. Not complicated at all, but soooo right for the song

later on, well.....

Marinus and I traded basses, he also worked with me to make the deal possible. We spent a bit of time mailing back and forth on the deal and I found I can endorse what others have said here, first class from start to finish

Credit to BC

Thanks Marinus for a lovely bass

May their b*ll***s wither and drop off. Best wishes for this one BM

Fender Precision, with a lovely tort scratchplate 1972/3 era, much better than the Vox Clubman I played at the time (which I still own)

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It's a common problem.


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I've found that the size and shape of the neck does have an influence to my hand shape

My Guy by Mary Wells. No problem at all if all I'm doing is the bass line, but there's a bounce to it that goes out the window when I start doing BV's

Funny you should say that. I just bought a nice leather strap from Hugh as well

He kept in touch all the way, all straightforward. Like everyone else, I'd certainly deal with Hugh again

Cheers Hugh

Tom

Love the yellow colour with white scratchplate

pm'd

i wondered if it was just mine.....

Chris bought a strap from me. Had some good chats via mail -as others say, he's a pleasure to deal with

Wish you well chris and thanks

effortless style

That is a lovely colour, congratulations on the new bass (and baby !)

Tom and I agreed a flexible deal to enable me to buy an amp he had for sale. I won't go into details (as I don't want to embaress the poor chap) but he proved that he's very trustworthy and deserving of the good feedback he has here

You can deal with Tom in confidence

Thanks for the excellent deal Tom, I'll enjoy the SWR

There's a definate theme here around low riders

Ah, thanks LDTF and CB, I'll give the Dunlops a miss and try lower riders