Recent content by B.Flat

Hello. I live in France. How ca, I purchase a folding bass, and what is the price ?

Thanks for your replies, thewildest and Wasnex. The bridge is a more complicated design than the TRB version. As I explained, the elements were encased in epoxy glue and I didn't find anything recognizable as an element in the debris but there must have been something in there because the E, A...

Thanks for the replies. I would really like to save this original bridge, the whole thing is a restoration project. The previous owner has messed about with the saddles. The G string did not work at all and when I tried to release the other elements to get an idea of what I would be looking for...

Hi All. I need to repair an early 80's YAMAHA piezo bridge. However I do not know where to find the small piezo elements I need. Any suggestions ? The attached photos show the (uncleaned!!) bridge. You can see the white wire entering the bridge saddle, and in the lower photo you can see the...

I would be grateful to hear opinions on four-hole commercial preamps to be used in a P/J set-up. I understand pickup choice is an important element of this, so pickup advice also if poss. Question arises fro wanting to mod a '95 Warick Fortess One. The existing Warwick is OK but the Sadowsky...

Hi. Anyone out there with a Stellartone Bass 11 for sale ( or better still Bass16) ? If yes lets do a deal.

Oh man, you are the guy I have been trying to find for some time. To explain, I bought a Stingray in '77 and never looked at another bass for 30 years, it did everything I wanted. Then it was stolen, heartbreak. I then became bass promiscuous and tried as many quality basses as my funds would...

Nobody, Just me ? I'll get back in the display cabinet .

As the owner of quite a few bits of old tech. that for me have not been superseded, I am interested to know what other TBers have in the current rig that might not be out of place in A Night At The Museum. My two best pieces are both from Yamaha, a PB1 preamp and an FX500B. I hasten to add that...

The string shafts on these Schaller machines are straight, MM should be waisted to help compress the string coils around them.

Can anyone out there tell me definitively what lacquer was used on '91 EBMM Stingrays ? I want to refinish the head face after applying a new decal. I would also appreciate advice on placing the decal. I ask this because the decal in question came from MM. It appears to be a normal waterslide...

Hi, No, I'm asking if you would prefer an apple or an orange.

VIGIER v WARWICK I am looking for advice from anyone with experience of these basses. I have a 2008 Warwick Corvette $$ and have the opportunity to aquire a 1988 Vigier Passion 11, carbon fibre neck. Which way to go ? All advice and views on this welcome.

Hi dave64o, now I've heard that I definitely do not feel alone any more. I am not in a hurry to move it on, I have other choices, but I think I'll give it two years to see if our experiences will be the same.

Thanks for all the responses so far. Basically just about everything said has been a repeat of the arguments that have been circling my head. The biggest comfort is that I AM NOT ALONE ! For the record, only 3.8kgs, minimal neck-dive (I could re-position the bottom strap holder, à la Thumb) and...