Dave Vader

Oh look a Squier bronco.....

I have owned 4 like this... I killed the first 2 gigging with them back when i was a teenager, loved the sound of those pickups. The other 2 have been bought on whims due to missing my original one so much. Both have had problems with the necks, and been sold on for parts, minus the pickups, which I have in an old Ibanez roadstar, and an Epi SG. Hondo and Hondo 2 instruments vary wildly from one to the other, as BRX as said. Need to see yours to know, if the pups look like Gibson PAFs they are probably unbuckers. (Single coils hidden in HB covers, lauded by mark d philips as wonderful things, actually a bit sh*t). If they are black or white, and have made by Di Marzio stamped on the bottom, then yay!

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.

Nobody making jokes in here then? Where's discreet when you need him...

To be fair, they may have just thrown that list together for tryouts cos everyone can play them, minimal work etc. I've been known to put lists like that together for 1st jams myself.

Legacys for when I need rounds (stringsdirects own brand cheap and good) And fender 9050Ml flats for everything else, thuddy, AND zingy, all at once

I have a real thing for these old Ibanez Roadstars. Still never bought one though,.....

Turn your mids up, and shoot the guitar player.

[quote name='Roland Rock' timestamp='1357742577' post='1927613'] I'm talking Bass Collection SB, Ibanez SR, Yamaha RBX etc. [/quote] So ugly I forgot to mention them, bland and yech.....

[quote name='waynepunkdude' timestamp='1357731025' post='1927292'] You can't not like a Gretsch. [/quote] I don't like a gretsch..... This one to be precise....

[quote name='kerley' timestamp='1357716878' post='1927045'] Manufacturing and QC are the same all over the world and if the processes in a Chinese factory are better than those in an American factory the better bass will be the Chinese one (assuming parts used are the same) [/quote] Thats why they put better parts in the USA ones. Otherwise nobody would buy them.

I didn't, but having done a ton of stuff for the new project with dubstep wobbly bass in the mix, I have invested in a behringer synth pedal so i can cover it live without dragging my moog around with me. Now realising i also need an octave and a bypass loop to get the sound decent, and not popping, while not tap-dancing either. Considering shoving a second synth in there as well, so I don't need to bend down between songs...

If you don't enjoy it (or don't need the extra dough it brings in) then don't do it. I can enjoy playing any old crap though, which helps. However, when looking for a band you do want to play in, it is easier to meet other musos while you are in a band, rather than sat at home.

Oh and these pictures of my SG are also revealing (hopefully I wrote notes on the pictures, can't remember, was a bitch though) : http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.485840470966.262456.720195966&type=3

Check this old thread of mine from a rival forum, for some of what you may be in for...... http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f8/rebuilding-p-bass-copy-step-step-fun-watch-558473/

Btw, orange nitromors, then heat gun, then f*&kloads of really coarse sandpaper, and a ton of elbow grease (enjoy the horns) then down the grades til it's nice again. Then Danish oil. Takes about a week if you're in a hurry,

I have now done 3 of these. They are hellish hard work. I am thinking of doing a 4th, because I am a twat.......

[quote name='zzaass' timestamp='1357567501' post='1924561'] My TV sounds a bit crap though. Never got into surround sound systems and the like. There doesnt seem to be a cheap way of having one system for both movies and music. [/quote] Take a phono lead out of the back and plug it into your stereo, I've been doing this for years. Stereo, not surround, but good enough.

Course it's the player. Of course I had a go on a Stingray yesterday in a studio i was working in, and suddenly all those whizzy 80s slap lines that I work so bloody hard at on my busted up old P-bass became a lot easier, like silly easy. I suspect low action and roundwound strings though, and will experiment with my rickenbastard at a later date....

As far as I can see, the Alice strings only do a 4/4 set. I am skint, as the money I had to buy new DB strings for my EUB had to go on new tyres for the car. Might give these a punt if they are as good as you reckon.

Because I don't like having to tune my bass.

where's Inti? I reckon he'd be interested in this thread....

seems odd to show the serial and the manual and stuff and then not bother giving any more description. Fishy... And yeah, probably a boost or other active doodad.

[quote name='PaulWarning' timestamp='1357240333' post='1919728'] already done that, not many likes though [/quote] Me too

Yes it is. I may be back in for this month, as less busy at work than I have been the last two months. But quite busy with the band, ironically...