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Not a fan of stickers then - to each his own... I was thinking that there is no point in trying to refinish an old ply piece of japcrap - may as well embrace the 'turdiness' instead of trying to polish it.

[quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1353749235' post='1878000'] Melda Productions has got a whole load of Free VST stuff, including a Drum sampler. Both x32 & x64 bit. Go get............... [url="http://www.meldaproduction.com/freevstplugins/"]http://www.meldaprod...freevstplugins/[/url] Garry [/quote] I really want to use the Melda stuff - they just shut Reaper down every time I try to load one.....

[quote name='fumps' timestamp='1357822296' post='1928909'] ho right......I may replace then just to make it look a little neater, I was thinking it looked a little featureless [/quote] In fact. I just treated myself to a cheapie LP - no guard as standard....

[quote name='Dave Vader' timestamp='1357820798' post='1928866'] Some of those Hondo les pauls (and I've gone through a fair few) have some utterly lovely Di Marzio pickups in them. Which is why I get through so many, cos I keep buying them, nicking the pickups and using them in Epiphones (which are nice guitars with sh*t pickups) It is bound to be ply under there, there are very few non-ply hondo's out there. [/quote] Sounds like the pickups may be keepers.... If you are getting no sound at all from amping up - the wires at the jack are a favourite suspect. Four screws to undo to check....

Only 2 screws to hold an LP scratchplate - and they stick out from the body. I've seen quite a few removed to suit the owners taste.

[quote name='fumps' timestamp='1357817270' post='1928788'] Will post some pictures tomorrow, it's a bright yellow colour, which part of me would love to change but I'm worried about stripping it down. Cheers guys..... as i say I've never done anything like this before. Because I'm a soft hearted git a big part of me wants to put a nice neck on it & make it a really nice guitar but because i know naff all about this kind of thing I'm gonna go for the easier option. [/quote] You'll struggle to find an aftermarket bolt on Les Paul Neck - even then the quality of the body doesn't warrant this imho... If you don't fancy a refinish - how about ratting it with a stickerbomb finish?

Nitromors (if it'll touch it) and sanding (lots of this).... fill any blems>high build primer> top coats>laquer. My mate (Rejectfly) has just stripped back the Pink B.C Rich Eagle bass he got from the forum adds here. Back to bare wood in two evenings with sanding alone...

As I remember the Hondo's were ply bodied but quite useable. Might rule out a natural finish

Yeah do it! Go to [url="http://guitarfetish.com/"]Guitarfetish[/url] and order everything you need at a nice price, grab a soldering iron and a few basic tools and create.... I have a leftybody Strat with RH maple neck loaded with 2x p90's and a lipstick in the middle position, quality pots,jack and wiring. Cost under £100 for every thing (including the body and neck from the bay in at £45). It rocks! [url="ftp://thefamilyhastings%40tiscali.co.uk:[email protected]/Mick/bitza.jpg"][/url]

Reaper's compressors are very excellent at clean,transparent type of stuff, for sure - I'm also experimenting with the likes of [url="http://vladgsound.wordpress.com/plugins/molot/"]Molot[/url] and [url="http://varietyofsound.wordpress.com/2012/06/08/announcing-density-mkiii-providing-depth-and-dimension-mastering-grade/"]Density3[/url] for character/colour. And yeah I love a shiny new toy! Plugins are great as the free ones tend to be really good these days - much better on the wallet than GASsing for Basses and Guitars.

I have a cheap pair of 205's - they sound good and survive repeated abuse. No complaints here....

Great job, as above on balancing levels... for grittier bass you could duplicate the bass track and treat that with a NoAmp or B.O.D type vst - then mix it in low and bring it up until you get enough dirt, while still having a good clear bass track to punch with. [url="http://www.theserinaexperiment.net/software.html"] http://www.theserinaexperiment.net/software.html[/url] B.O.D [url="http://www.mokafix.com/noamp.html"]http://www.mokafix.com/noamp.html[/url] NoAmp Edit for linkage .

And Bootsy's reverb ,delay, comp,exiter etc,etc

Using it on every track of 'Stripers BC mix..

Thanks RS, I uploaded a mix to soundcloud in wav format previously. I didn't really want soundcloud to ''process'' my final mix render ( rendered to mp3 @ 224 VBR).... Anyways, Hobson's choice leads me to SC again - but it hasn't killed it totally, so here goes... [url="https://soundcloud.com/lucy-hastings/bc-mix-final"]https://soundcloud.c...gs/bc-mix-final[/url]

another failed try... I don't really want to use soundcloud for mp3's as I'm under the impressiion it will compress it again when I upload, I currently have the file on my ISP webspace but can't seem to link to it - any other suggestions?

quick reply! see edit above...

looking for a free file host for the mp3 version of my mix... any ideas peeps?

done

Mixed in Reaper. using stock and free VST's... (along with Satson CM). Couldnt get SPAN to work on the track or master, so I kinda winged it with the volume level. Maybe the bass is a bit heavy for my taste - but as this is a bass forum I left it as is edit: removed old link

[quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1357237626' post='1919647'] Then you simply edit it and line the audio up with it. That can take a little bit of time, but it needs to be right. [/quote] For each take, just before you start playing -clap your hands in front of the camera. This will give you an accurate video/audio sync point that should speed things up...

Does the E string come 'into' the fretboard by the same amount, by any chance? If so, you can loosen the neck screws and alter the neck/body join angle to suit...

[quote name='uncle psychosis' timestamp='1355904286' post='1904121'] . I don't find them very "exciting" but they are great quality, . [/quote] That's what i found with my old 112. very polite sound which was hard to get enthusiastic about... I guess I'm just a Fender guitar fan,but I found my cheapie Affinity Squier had more expression/soul/mojo or whatever you want to call 'it'.

for a beginner, I'm tempted toward the 120H, with the hardtail for tuning stability - and the choice of humbuckers or (tapped) single coils make for a great rhythm machine... If you want to play lead, get the 112V or that tasty 212V with which you get a trem - but you gotta be a lot lighter when strumming a floating trem guitaras it's easy to sharpen just by resting on the bridge. Try them all - see what suits...

Never had one on a bass, but my Gordon Smith GS1 came with an adjustable brass nut. I thought I'd try a Tusq nut on it - the difference (open or fretted) was very apparent. I refitted the brass nut very quickly to regain the treble and clarity that I was used too....