Stacker Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Musicman-bass-guitar-by-Stagg-/190704941931?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item2c66e67b6b"]Him[/url] At least he's stopped using the 'set-up master', or WETF he has been using of late. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingBollock Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 [quote][font="Arial"][size="4"]You could raise the whole bridge as one if there was a real need, but I cannot imagine that ever being necessary, or why I even mention it.[/size][/font][/quote] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelk27 Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 He has his own thread here: http://basschat.co.uk/topic/177038-mark-d-phillips-guitar-improvermaster-bodger-this-guy-cracks-me-up/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrismuzz Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 (edited) "I dropped the string action artificially low to avoid cutting any string grooves too low when I re cut the grooves to drop the nut action for easy fingering in the lowest frets." ....Huh? Edited July 19, 2012 by chrismuzz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelk27 Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 [quote name='chrismuzz' timestamp='1342727238' post='1740174']"I dropped the string action artificially low to avoid cutting any string grooves too low when I re cut the grooves to drop the nut action for easy fingering in the lowest frets." ....Huh? [/quote] This is even better: "In the neck/string set up I start by ensuring the strings pass as low across the first fret wire as is [b]safely impossible[/b]". Guess the strings are on the underside of the touchboard then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 [quote]I have no idea what the shop price of one of these guitars would be,[/quote] google??? really. why does he sell anything? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 AND: what percentage of new basses these days - cheap or expensive - need the nut slots cut lower? I've lost track on how many basses I've owned and (bar the Warwicks obviously) I've never ever sat and thought as i've set one up - "man I wish I had a file to cut the nut down a bit. if it were that much of a problem, on all strings... wouldn't it be easier if you take it off and sand the bottom down? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlapbassSteve Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 [quote name='KingBollock' timestamp='1342726701' post='1740150'] [/quote] The best bit about this fellow is that whilst he seems to barely grasp the basics of setting up a guitar/bass; he is at least kind enough as to give us a detailed account of everything he's done to it, could have done to it but didn't, and why...and then charge roughly twice market value for the effort. Good luck to the man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynepunkdude Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 I paid £30 for one of these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo10 Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 [quote name='Johnston' timestamp='1342727496' post='1740179'] I got out the 3" grinder this time instead of the 9" so I didn't make such a hash with it this time. [/quote] Quality Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom1946 Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 £130 new Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelk27 Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 [quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1342740259' post='1740427']if it were that much of a problem, on all strings... wouldn't it be easier if you take [the nut] off and sand the bottom down?[/quote] You'd have thought. But where's the fun in doing a job right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 He seems as obsessed with re-cutting nuts as we are with commenting on his "techniques" and descriptions.... long may it continue! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V4lve Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 (edited) [size=4][color=#000000][font=Arial]concave fingerboard???[/font][/color][/size] Edited July 20, 2012 by V4lve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkG3 Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 'you would pay hundreds more for one of these if it was in a shop' £320 for a stagg? That's got to be a piss take...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlapbassSteve Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/acoustic-strung-like-an-electric-with-fast-action-and-light-electric-strings-/190694481003?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item2c6646dc6b#ht_500wt_1287"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/acoustic-strung-like-an-electric-with-fast-action-and-light-electric-strings-/190694481003?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item2c6646dc6b#ht_500wt_1287[/url] -these are £29 brand new from SwiftMusic's website. Value added or what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 [quote name='SlapbassSteve' timestamp='1342806095' post='1741367'] [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/acoustic-strung-like-an-electric-with-fast-action-and-light-electric-strings-/190694481003?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item2c6646dc6b#ht_500wt_1287"]http://www.ebay.co.u...b#ht_500wt_1287[/url] -these are £29 brand new from SwiftMusic's website. Value added or what? [/quote] Can't be from Swift Music as he says: "[font="Arial"][size="4"]This guitar is [u]designed by me primarily [/u]as a practice and song learning guitar for someone to sit outside with who mostly plays an electric guitar with a band"[/size][/font] [size=4] [/size] [size=4][font="Arial"]There could be a prize* of guitar strap for someone who can make the above words into an understandable sentence...[/font][/size] [size=4] [/size] [size=4][font="Arial"]* Only if you are directly related to Django Reinhart and you were born on the 28th February 2012[/font][/size] [size=3] [/size] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloudburst Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Business seems to be going well :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ou7shined Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 [size=4][size=4][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif][quote name='SlapbassSteve' timestamp='1342806095' post='1741367'] [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/acoustic-strung-like-an-electric-with-fast-action-and-light-electric-strings-/190694481003?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item2c6646dc6b#ht_500wt_1287"]http://www.ebay.co.u...b#ht_500wt_1287[/url] -these are £29 brand new from SwiftMusic's website. Value added or what? [/quote][/font][/size][/size] [size=5][b]"This guitar is designed by me...[font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif] "[/font][/b][/size] [size=4][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif][size=4]This fecking loony has crossed the line into full on delusional now I'm afraid. [/size][/font][/size] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Foxen Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Pretty much every bass I've had (mostly cheaps) has needed the nut cut lower. And you do each slot alone becuas eits individual to strings. You just don't do it like he does it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ou7shined Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 (edited) [quote name='Johnston' timestamp='1342820429' post='1741646'] [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Aria-Pro2-The-Cat-rough-looking-road-worn-relic-new-strings-full-overhaul-/190699497938?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item2c669369d2"]http://www.ebay.co.u...=item2c669369d2[/url] [/quote] [size=5][b]"I put an Eric Clapton wood block behind the trem body to make the guitar tune easily and give it more sustain... easily pulled out if you want to use the trem."[/b][/size] [size=5][size=4][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Luckily his neighbour's got a good supply of Eric Clapton wood blocks he won't miss....[/font][/size][/size] [size=5][size=4][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif][/font][/size][/size] [size=5][size=4][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif] [/font][/size][/size] Edited July 20, 2012 by Ou7shined Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynepunkdude Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Won't electric strings on a cheap acoustic pull the bridge away from the body? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ou7shined Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 I think the reason he does it too all the trem guitars he gets his hands on is because they can be a pain to set up quick. You've got to have great perseverance doing it on a real cheapo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynepunkdude Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 "[color=#000000][font=Arial][size=1]The guitar arrived with non functioning electrics, but after an hour or two of fiddling, head-scratching and soldering it all works as well as the day it left the factory again."[/size][/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=Arial][size=1]It took him 2 hours to wire a P bass, he is suppose to be a pro, I'm awful and it took me 30 mins to wire a Jazz today.[/size][/font][/color] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingBollock Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 I wonder if his Eric Clapton wood blocks came from left-overs from that sh*tty table he built from left-overs from cladding the bottom of his bathroom wall? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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