Three Mistakes In One ‘Restoration’

[cytania]

Is YouTube filling up with junk advice? Bumped into this supposed restoration video but the guy has done at least 3 things that ruin the bass. Can you spot them?

 

[Bolo]

Fake beard.

[EssentialTension]

  On 23/12/2017 at 17:42, Bolo said:

Fake beard.

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The beard is definitely out of one of his spray cans.

[EssentialTension]

He uses a six-pole pickup but why not as there are many basses with six-pole pickups - Fender Musicmaster, Fender Rascal, er ... can't think of any more.

Edited December 23, 2017 by EssentialTension
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[Bolo]

  On 23/12/2017 at 17:47, EssentialTension said:

He uses a six-pole pickup but why not as there are many basses with six-pole pickups - Fender Musicmaster, Fender Rascal, er ... can't think of any more.

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Dean stylist. 

[EssentialTension]

  On 23/12/2017 at 17:50, Bolo said:

Dean stylist. 

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Thank you.

[yorks5stringer]

He has a beard, is wearing his cap backwards and is driving on the wrong side of the road too. That's 3 things, what do I win?

[ambient]

I always fancied a beard like that.

[EssentialTension]

  On 23/12/2017 at 17:58, ambient said:

I always fancied a beard like that.

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Apparently the beard comes in a can , so anyone can have one.

[cytania]

No prizes but he could have picked a better pickup, the bridge seems about an inch too far up and to round it off he winds strings guitar style ensuring they ride high. When he plays along to Money the intonation immediately sounds off 🙉

[Cato]

On the plus side it is now, more or less a bass guitar, which it wasn't when he got hold of it.

No excuses for the beard though.

[EssentialTension]

  On 23/12/2017 at 18:05, cytania said:

No prizes but he could have picked a better pickup, the bridge seems about an inch too far up and to round it off he winds strings guitar style ensuring they ride high. When he plays along to Money the intonation immediately sounds off 🙉

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That's four mistakes.

[discreet]

  On 23/12/2017 at 18:05, cytania said:

When he plays along to Money the intonation immediately sounds off 🙉

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Intonation off,  plus it's out of tune anyway. Sounds horrible. But what do you expect for pennies..? Or cents, I should say.

[tauzero]

Pickup selection inspired by He Who Must Not Be Named, didn't bother measuring to find out where to put the bridge (maybe he simply doesn't understand the theory, he certainly doesn't come across as knowledgeable), and he's crap at stringing. Typical guitarist, in fact.

[wateroftyne]

• Mistake #1 - he bought it
• Mistake #2 - he played it
• Mistake #3 - he left his camera on autofocus

What do I win?

[AlexiaSpring]

Sprayed the pickup?!

 

vomiting all over the body.

 

stringing was awful.

[ZilchWoolham]

"Solid body again" he said, tapping a hollowed out body made from dried porridge. 

[Grangur]

He powder coated all the metalwork, so now he can't earth it. So he'll have buzzing earth problems.

Spraying under a tree will mean the body is sure to be covered in bits and rubbish.

Finally, he strings it like a guitar. May not be a major issue, but I wouldn't fit strings like that. 

Horrible sound too, but he's happy.

Edited December 23, 2017 by Grangur

[skidder652003]

ha ha brilliant, then he plays it, sounds terrible!

[arthurhenry]

"The right annotation."

 

[discreet]

  On 23/12/2017 at 21:10, wateroftyne said:

What do I win?

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A small votive bust of Laura Kuenssberg made of earwax.

 

[joeystrange]

  On 23/12/2017 at 18:05, cytania said:

the bridge seems about an inch too far up

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You clearly weren’t listening. He marked exactly where the original bridge was to get the right annotation.

[discreet]

  On 24/12/2017 at 10:23, joeystrange said:

He marked exactly where the original bridge was to get the right annotation.

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A bit marginal if you ask me.

...I'll get me coat.

[Bridgehouse]

  On 24/12/2017 at 11:20, discreet said:

A bit marginal if you ask me.

...I'll get me coat.

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I wonder if he used a red pen to do it

[Jean-Luc Pickguard]

The fake beard gives it away; it is a piece of performance art. He's playing the character of a clueless youtube guitarist spending $30 to turn a $5 bass into a $10 bass.