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Gear Discussion Forums => Other Bass Brands => Topic started by: Highlander on November 03, 2010, 12:48:08 PM

Title: Ok, so it was cheap, but why...? (my wife's mucho tolerant... ish...)
Post by: Highlander on November 03, 2010, 12:48:08 PM: Look, it was £41/$66... it was just crying out for a buyer...

"Not Working" was in the text by the seller - quick inspection showed no wiring from the pots to the jack socket - might have something to do with it...

Neck is scarfed - actually feels quite nice, Jazz like... bolt on... - bridge needs to be moved 1/4" further back as the E wrapping is sitting on the saddle - I'll report back when I get her working... some time next summer, knowing my pace of work... :P

(http://i.ebayimg.com/10/!B6cbC4QBmk~$(KGrHqF,!i8Eyd45Yv5-BM)W,Td,Kw~~_12.JPG)
(sellers pic)
Title: Re: Ok, so it was cheap, but why...? (my wife's mucho tolerant... ish...)
Post by: godofthunder on November 03, 2010, 01:02:44 PM: Nice score Kenny that looks like a ton of fun or 66 bucks !
Title: Re: Ok, so it was cheap, but why...? (my wife's mucho tolerant... ish...)
Post by: Highlander on November 03, 2010, 01:04:58 PM: That's what I thought... ;D
Title: Re: Ok, so it was cheap, but why...? (my wife's mucho tolerant... ish...)
Post by: Dave W on November 03, 2010, 01:13:36 PM: If the neck's good and it looks okay otherwise, hard to go wrong at that price.
Title: Re: Ok, so it was cheap, but why...? (my wife's mucho tolerant... ish...)
Post by: Highlander on November 03, 2010, 01:19:46 PM: On the nail...
Title: Re: Ok, so it was cheap, but why...? (my wife's mucho tolerant... ish...)
Post by: dadagoboi on November 03, 2010, 02:24:34 PM: I would say a decent set of tuners, electronics hardware and 2 pups is worth $66, you could burn the rest to keep the shed warm if need be.
Title: Re: Ok, so it was cheap, but why...? (my wife's mucho tolerant... ish...)
Post by: exiledarchangel on November 03, 2010, 03:20:14 PM: Vee shape + MM pups = my nightmare. But for the money, even I could have bought that! :P
Title: Re: Ok, so it was cheap, but why...? (my wife's mucho tolerant... ish...)
Post by: Chris P. on November 03, 2010, 04:29:04 PM: Cool! Congrats!
Title: Re: Ok, so it was cheap, but why...? (my wife's mucho tolerant... ish...)
Post by: Pilgrim on November 03, 2010, 04:38:41 PM: Great buy and well worth it for a new toy.
Title: Re: Ok, so it was cheap, but why...? (my wife's mucho tolerant... ish...)
Post by: Freuds_Cat on November 04, 2010, 09:17:55 PM: Well done ol' cock! nice score 8)
Title: Re: Ok, so it was cheap, but why...? (my wife's mucho tolerant... ish...)
Post by: Psycho Bass Guy on November 04, 2010, 11:53:42 PM: Now you just need four cans of Aquanet hairspray, a rack setup, and a coke habit. VH-1 will come rabidly knocking at your door to find out what band you were in so that they can talk about how much of an impact you had on pop music and culture. You should really milk this thing.
Title: Re: Ok, so it was cheap, but why...? (my wife's mucho tolerant... ish...)
Post by: SKATE RAT on November 05, 2010, 05:27:16 AM: cool. is that a Dean?
Title: Re: Ok, so it was cheap, but why...? (my wife's mucho tolerant... ish...)
Post by: Highlander on November 05, 2010, 01:06:15 PM: I've no idea, Bryan... the seller calls themselves "GEAR4MUSIC" which is what is on the head (going to go)... She's almost certainly of Chinese origin... the more I've been messing with her the more I like the neck... I think it may just be oiled... really quite fast... I just need to wire up - the pups are humbuckers with a four-core cable - the pots are minis - and it has one of those odd flat things attached to one of them - that'll probably have to go...

There's a perverse part of me that's thinking... fretless V... :o got to find out what the sound is like first...

Quote from: Psycho Bass Guy on November 04, 2010, 11:53:42 PM
Now you just need four cans of Aquanet hairspray, a rack setup, and a coke habit. VH-1 will come rabidly knocking at your door to find out what band you were in so that they can talk about how much of an impact you had on pop music and culture. You should really milk this thing.

+1 - not sure if the beard could take all four cans... and coke just gives me GAS... ;D
Title: Re: Ok, so it was cheap, but why...? (my wife's mucho tolerant... ish...)
Post by: PhilT on November 06, 2010, 04:04:28 PM: So it's one of these?

"A fire-breathing, goat-slaying metal beast of an electric bass guitar! "

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/New-METAL-Electric-V-Bass-Guitar-Black-/300480088656?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item45f6024a50 (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/New-METAL-Electric-V-Bass-Guitar-Black-/300480088656?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item45f6024a50)
Title: Re: Ok, so it was cheap, but why...? (my wife's mucho tolerant... ish...)
Post by: Pilgrim on November 06, 2010, 05:08:30 PM: If you slay any goats with it, remember to clean the neck before playing. Messy otherwise.
Title: Re: Ok, so it was cheap, but why...? (my wife's mucho tolerant... ish...)
Post by: dadagoboi on November 06, 2010, 06:35:29 PM: If you slay any goats with it, can I have a leg?
Title: Re: Ok, so it was cheap, but why...? (my wife's mucho tolerant... ish...)
Post by: exiledarchangel on November 07, 2010, 01:46:46 AM: Hey Kenny wtf happened? I thought you were a veggie, and now you're chasing goats?
Title: Re: Ok, so it was cheap, but why...? (my wife's mucho tolerant... ish...)
Post by: Freuds_Cat on November 07, 2010, 05:38:59 AM: Quote from: exiledarchangel on November 07, 2010, 01:46:46 AM
Hey Kenny wtf happened? I thought you were a veggie, and now you're chasing goats?

*** Crap!!! another monitor that I have to clean coffee off of. :mrgreen:
Title: Re: Ok, so it was cheap, but why...? (my wife's mucho tolerant... ish...)
Post by: Highlander on November 07, 2010, 07:38:05 AM: Quote from: PhilT on November 06, 2010, 04:04:28 PM
So it's one of these?
"A fire-breathing, goat-slaying metal beast of an electric bass guitar! "

That's the one, Phil

Now rest assured, I intend to give this one a pretty floral pattern so I can enhance my green cred, maybe a defret to tone down her cruise-missle tendencies... first gotta get the bridge relocated and wired up...

I now have two black basses... something has to give...

Anyway, Exiled, I know how fond the Greeks are of a nice goat moussaka... ;D

http://uktv.co.uk/food/recipe/aid/639607/fromfeed/HJ76E6 (http://uktv.co.uk/food/recipe/aid/639607/fromfeed/HJ76E6)

and Bret, you should know better than to sit in front of the LBO with your mouth full... :o
Title: Re: Ok, so it was cheap, but why...? (my wife's mucho tolerant... ish...)
Post by: Lightyear on November 07, 2010, 08:53:17 AM: Quote from: exiledarchangel on November 07, 2010, 01:46:46 AM
Hey Kenny wtf happened? I thought you were a veggie, and now you're chasing goats?

REALLY!?? Here I've been thinking that animal of choice there was a sheep ;D :P
Title: Re: Ok, so it was cheap, but why...? (my wife's mucho tolerant... ish...)
Post by: Highlander on November 07, 2010, 08:58:18 AM: If it don't move too fast... ;)
Title: Re: Ok, so it was cheap, but why...? (my wife's mucho tolerant... ish...)
Post by: Chris P. on November 07, 2010, 01:14:42 PM: What about a Hendrix kinda V?
(http://www.kapoww-miniature-guitars.com/big-images/hendrix-custom-flyingV2.jpg)
Title: Re: Ok, so it was cheap, but why...? (my wife's mucho tolerant... ish...)
Post by: Chris P. on November 07, 2010, 01:17:31 PM: Hmm, I posted a bad pic, ofcourse you can find better ones if you google 'Hendrix V'
Title: Re: Ok, so it was cheap, but why...? (my wife's mucho tolerant... ish...)
Post by: exiledarchangel on November 07, 2010, 03:27:19 PM: Goats move way faster than sheep Kenny, they are hard to get lovers, and are on the promiscuous side, so I've heard.
Title: Re: Ok, so it was cheap, but why...? (my wife's mucho tolerant... ish...)
Post by: Highlander on November 07, 2010, 03:36:07 PM: Re Hendrix Vee...

(just had this tingle run the length of my spine...)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=novn4CjyWss

Goats are mostly veggies... :mrgreen:
Title: Re: Ok, so it was cheap, but why...? (my wife's mucho tolerant... ish...)
Post by: Dave W on November 07, 2010, 10:20:35 PM: Goat ropers need love, too.
Title: Re: Ok, so it was cheap, but why...? (my wife's mucho tolerant... ish...)
Post by: Freuds_Cat on November 08, 2010, 04:52:39 PM: Quote from: Lightyear on November 07, 2010, 08:53:17 AM
REALLY!?? Here I've been thinking that animal of choice there was a sheep ;D :P

Nah, he'd have to be Welsh for that. ;D
Title: Re: Ok, so it was cheap, but why...? (my wife's mucho tolerant... ish...)
Post by: Highlander on November 09, 2010, 04:08:13 PM: Closest I get to Welsh is "rarebit" ;D
Title: Re: Ok, so it was cheap, but why...? (my wife's mucho tolerant... ish...)
Post by: Basshappi on November 10, 2010, 11:13:25 AM: Oh yeah, that is just begging to be "Hendrixed"! :D
Title: Re: Ok, so it was cheap, but why...? (my wife's mucho tolerant... ish...)
Post by: Highlander on November 10, 2010, 01:36:37 PM: Err...

(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SXI9xWkTQek/S2Fp_liozkI/AAAAAAAAAg4/ejsm6tU00VA/s400/Jimi-Hendrix-Experience-Classic-60s-Psychedelic-Rock-Music-Photo-9b.jpg)

Jackie knows that if I use the grill, the smoke alarm IS going to go off... ;)
Title: Re: Ok, so it was cheap, but why...? (my wife's mucho tolerant... ish...)
Post by: Basshappi on November 10, 2010, 04:10:49 PM: :D :D
Title: Re: Ok, so it was cheap, but why...? (my wife's mucho tolerant... ish...)
Post by: Pilgrim on November 11, 2010, 09:15:27 AM: One of my co-workers doesn't claim to be a great cook. She says her kids used the smoke alarm as the dinner bell.
Title: Re: Ok, so it was cheap, but why...? (my wife's mucho tolerant... ish...)
Post by: nofi on November 11, 2010, 11:38:32 AM: have you been to the Really Old Joke Store again?
Title: Re: Ok, so it was cheap, but why...? (my wife's mucho tolerant... ish...)
Post by: dadagoboi on November 11, 2010, 11:40:19 AM: Quote from: Pilgrim on November 11, 2010, 09:15:27 AM
One of my co-workers doesn't claim to be a great cook. She says her kids used the smoke alarm as the dinner bell.
Tom Magliozzi on Car Talk this Saturday
Title: Re: Ok, so it was cheap, but why...? (my wife's mucho tolerant... ish...)
Post by: Highlander on November 11, 2010, 11:44:00 AM: The V has made it to the shed and lays upon the bench stripped - pondering on what to do next - going to sideline this as I want to complete the RD rebuild sooner rather than later...
Title: Re: Ok, so it was cheap, but why...? (my wife's mucho tolerant... ish...)
Post by: exiledarchangel on November 11, 2010, 01:33:58 PM: How does it play Kenny? And what about balance?
Title: Re: Ok, so it was cheap, but why...? (my wife's mucho tolerant... ish...)
Post by: Pilgrim on November 11, 2010, 03:17:51 PM: Quote from: dadagoboi on November 11, 2010, 11:40:19 AM
Tom Magliozzi on Car Talk this Saturday

Actually a true quote from my co-worker...also, of course, an old joke...but she wasn't necessarily joking.
Title: Re: Ok, so it was cheap, but why...? (my wife's mucho tolerant... ish...)
Post by: Highlander on November 12, 2010, 02:43:24 PM: Quote from: exiledarchangel on November 11, 2010, 01:33:58 PM
How does it play Kenny? And what about balance?

Surprisingly well, purely acoustically... I never tried with a strap prior to strip-down - I'll post the issues once I start to but the Goat back together and let you know... most important for me is to relocate the bridge and sort out the intonation issues...
Title: Re: Ok, so it was cheap, but why...? (my wife's mucho tolerant... ish...)
Post by: dadagoboi on November 12, 2010, 02:46:10 PM: Quote from: Kenny's 51st State on November 12, 2010, 02:43:24 PM
Surprisingly well, purely acoustically... I never tried with a strap prior to strip-down - I'll post the issues once I start to but the Goat back together and let you know... most important for me is to relocate the bridge and sort out the intonation issues...

Watch out, Uwe will insist you put a 3 point on it.
Title: Re: Ok, so it was cheap, but why...? (my wife's mucho tolerant... ish...)
Post by: Highlander on November 12, 2010, 03:01:43 PM: Nah... he'd approve - all black hardware... even the screw and the neck-plate - maybe I should use some black dye on the neck before oiling... :vader:
Title: Re: Ok, so it was cheap, but why...? (my wife's mucho tolerant... ish...)
Post by: Highlander on November 12, 2010, 05:07:36 PM: Just bought a Mighty Mite fretless Jazz neck off 'bay which may leave me with a Squier Jazz neck which makes me think... :vader: