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ive recently been converted to flats and restrung my bison with Roto flats from my old faves DR Fatbeams. Both are the same guage but now the action at the body end of the neck appears quite high. The truss rod on a bison is a bit strange in that i have to remove the neck to do it. Meaning that technically i would have to adjust, then re-fit the neck just to see if ive done what i wanted. Now im pretty tempted to just take it to tech but after 20 years of bass playin i thought its time i got over my truss rod fear. As the action has gone high at the neck end im assuming i need to TIGHTEN the rod as opposed to LOSSENING? If so im just going to take the neck off and give it a tiny turn and then re-fit it. It played superbly before my string change so im assuming its just a mini adjustment and not a full set-up issue?

That bridge cover looks close enough really. The only thing putting me off is how its all enclosed with slots for the strings. Id be worried about the strings hitting the sides of the slots (if that makes sence). My bison is one of the early 90's reissues so dosent need to be an absolute copy of the original covers. I have tried burns, not the best customer service ive had. Bascially replied ''dont have them anymore, if we did it wouldnt fit a re-issue. Bye'' Ill keep checking the bay and see what comes up. Cheers for your help guys

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Afternoon JapCrap Crew . Ive been after a Bison bridge cover for my Burns bass for a while. Whilst i dont expect an original one i was wondering if any of you guys have this particular shape and style knockin round in your 'bits box'? [url="http://www.guitartraders.com/inventory/oth..._11/o1159-2.jpg"]http://www.guitartraders.com/inventory/oth..._11/o1159-2.jpg[/url] All ive found so far are P & J type bridges whereas this one is more 'semi circle' in shape. Cheers in advance

Dont suppose anyone caught the sellers details of the semi shaftesbury? I really want it! haha EDIT: got it

Ivan took a Hartke cab logo off my hands. Great communications, very quick payment including a tad extra for a 'swift half for my troubles' Top guy to deal with. Hope the beerproof cover goes well mate!

Im probably gonna get shot for saying this in this forum but i really dont rate the Orange Terror Bass. It has limited tonal ranges. Its just a basic hybrid amp. There also appears to be some confusion or whatever that this is a Valve amp. It is not, its a valve pre-amp and solid state power amp. If thats the kind of thing youre looking for then for me the Hartke HA ranges (2500, 3500, 5500) are far superior. Just my two penneth now ill go and grab my tin hat and duck

Forsythes in manc had one the other month. I tried it but opted for an all valve amp instead. Dunno if its still there

First: Cream Squire P with White p'gaurd and maple neck Go To: Burns Bison in Black Your Bass: Burns Bison (one day it will be a fireglo ricky 4005!)

Ive got the all black bison bass. My favourite bass ive ever had. Absolutely love it. I have the seetings on 'Bass' selector on 'B' and the tone pretty much all bass. Sounds amazing [quote name='12stringbassist' post='1182826' date='Mar 30 2011, 10:42 PM']Hands over the three pickups... typical - great bass. [/quote]

I REALLY want one!!!! If you ever decide to sell for some crazy mad reason let me know. Ill even swap BOTH my kidneys!!!! 4005 - My dream bass

Really!?! Will have to watch out for that then. Like i say the amp is working fine and sounds lovely, im just concious of its age and that valves dont last forever. Ive whizzed a few emails of to some of the recommended techs on this site so ill see what comes back.

Hi mate, i got the 135 cab off Thornybank. It is the tall vertically loaded one. Chris re-loaded it with Eminence Gammas (total of 200 watt i believe). Sound amazin with the new head. Still cant believe the price of mullards on ebat n to think ive got 6 in my amp!!!! Service will gave to wait for payday i think, tho if the valves are ok i wont be wantin new ones, just a general service. Managed to do the ohm switch cheers Mr Foxen. Pulled it out n put it back in with the 4ohm showing in thr window. As the cab us 4ohm this should be right now? [quote name='Bassnut62' date='Mar 28 2011, 09:20 PM']I'd be expecting at least a ton for a proper service of a valve amp. I run a 2x15 Bassman cab too (the vertically loaded one). I drive it with the matching 135 head; but it took me a while to release what this rig was truly capable of. The problem i had was the cab is poorly constructed and tended to fart when digging in! (all school boys are welcome to add jokes at this point!) After some carpentry with struts, lining of seems, glue and screws it sounds incredible and nails the deep phat and bright earthquake funky bass of doom sound that was in my head all along. I've never wanted to change my rig in nearly 15 years now. I hope you get as much bass pleasure as I have from your very tasty sounding all valve bass rig. I am jealous of those Mullards too. So yes reckon you got a great deal on that amp. Did you have to pay much for the Bassman cab? Is it the vertically loaded one? What's it loaded with too?[/quote]

The Ohm swith is actually a plug that you pull out then put back in at the correct seeting. I too thought it was just a turn switch hence why i thought it was stuck. Suppose an ideal scenario would be for a tech to say ''right, ill do a service, new valves with biasing and as payment you let me keep the mullards'' haha

Hi mate, i got the 135 cab off Thornybank. It is the tall vertically loaded one. Chris re-loaded it with Eminence Gammas (total of 200 watt i believe). Sound amazin with the new head. Still cant believe the price of mullards on ebat n to think ive got 6 in my amp!!!! Service will have to wait for payday i think, tho if the valves are ok i wont be wantin new ones, just a general service. Managed to do the ohm switch cheers Mr Foxen. Pulled it out n put it back in with the 4ohm showing in thr window. As the cab us 4ohm this should be right now? [quote name='Bassnut62' date='Mar 28 2011, 09:20 PM']I'd be expecting at least a ton for a proper service of a valve amp. I run a 2x15 Bassman cab too (the vertically loaded one). I drive it with the matching 135 head; but it took me a while to release what this rig was truly capable of. The problem i had was the cab is poorly constructed and tended to fart when digging in! (all school boys are welcome to add jokes at this point!) After some carpentry with struts, lining of seems, glue and screws it sounds incredible and nails the deep phat and bright earthquake funky bass of doom sound that was in my head all along. I've never wanted to change my rig in nearly 15 years now. I hope you get as much bass pleasure as I have from your very tasty sounding all valve bass rig. I am jealous of those Mullards too. So yes reckon you got a great deal on that amp. Did you have to pay much for the Bassman cab? Is it the vertically loaded one? What's it loaded with too?[/quote]

Tried a few local amp techs with no replies yet. Out of interest how much should i be expecting to pay for a valve amp service? Assuming nothing needs doing and its just more of a MOT style effort? Also, the ohm selector swith appears to be stuck on 16ohm. As im running thru a 4ohm cab does this switch need to be set to 4ohm? [quote name='Pow_22' post='1179347' date='Mar 28 2011, 12:12 PM']Fair enough. Im going to book it in for a service and to see how much life is left in the valves. Going to try and use Dave Lunt as recommended on here and he's local. Hopefully he'll be able to tell me a bit more about the amp to as im a complete valve newbie[/quote]

Fair enough. Im going to book it in for a service and to see how much life is left in the valves. Going to try and use Dave Lunt as recommended on here and he's local. Hopefully he'll be able to tell me a bit more about the amp to as im a complete valve newbie [quote name='umph' post='1178479' date='Mar 27 2011, 05:17 PM']Nice always good getting an old amp full on mullards! It is worth selling them but you wont get anywhere near those prices unless you can prove they're well matched and in good condition.[/quote]