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#1 Freddie's birthday
Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2020 1:30 pm
by ed
whoopeee it's Freddie's birthday(maybe)
I bought him a new bridge(to cure his tinnitus, aka Fender bridge buzz)
and I found a set of strings in the bookcase(must have been there 20 years, can't remember buying them)
happy birthday Freddie.
#2 Re: Freddie's birthday
Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2020 2:19 pm
by Dave the bass
You spoil that fretless, you really do!
#3 Re: Freddie's birthday
Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2020 3:39 pm
by ed
it wasn't such a result in the end......
all fettled, and then unpack the new strings only to find they are medium scale....pah!!!!
fortunately I unwound the old ones carefully so they are back on at the mo........more hand in pocket(£40 I wasn't expecting)..waily waily
the bridge is the biz though...was a bit trixy to get the intonation on E string, it being a tad worn, but it'll do temporaryillly
#4 Re: Freddie's birthday
Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2020 5:09 pm
by Dave the bass
I went to play Erik (the Warwick) through an amp the other day and got no sound. "It was fine last time I gigged it....".
Maybe I should gig more often...
#5 Re: Freddie's birthday
Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2020 5:32 pm
by Nick
Dave the bass wrote: ↑Thu Jun 25, 2020 5:09 pm
I went to play Erik (the Warwick) through an amp the other day and got no sound. "It was fine last time I gigged it....".
Maybe I should gig more often...
At least the battery didn't leak.
#6 Re: Freddie's birthday
Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2020 6:39 pm
by Dave the bass
Nick wrote: ↑Thu Jun 25, 2020 5:32 pm
At least the battery didn't leak.
I think it did, all the current had fallen out, arf.
Yeah I was lucky there, it was an old Duracell Procell, that could have made a nasty stain in the saucy wood work.
#7 Re: Freddie's birthday
Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2020 3:46 pm
by IslandPink
Ebay - genuine 2007 Duracell Procell, lightly used, one careful owner. Rare collectable.
#8 Re: Freddie's birthday
Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2020 6:57 pm
by Dave the bass
IslandPink wrote: ↑Sun Jun 28, 2020 3:46 pm
Ebay - genuine 2007 Duracell Procell, lightly used, one careful owner. Rare collectable.
"As used in high-end basses..."
#9 Re: Freddie's birthday
Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2020 4:29 pm
by Mike H
Dave the bass wrote: ↑Thu Jun 25, 2020 6:39 pm
Nick wrote: ↑Thu Jun 25, 2020 5:32 pm
At least the battery didn't leak.
I think it did, all the current had fallen out, arf.