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On 05/04/2023 at 13:46, Dad3353 said:

The 'North' p/u is the one at the top in the drawing, the 'South' is the other one. It's possible to swap the start for the finish, to change the 'phase' of the p/u, or one may choose to have the two coils in parallel or in series, for different sounds and output levels.

For interest, and not to muddy the waters too much, this is what is generally meant by the north and south of coils on a drawing.

However, the reason they are called 'North' and 'South' rather than the easier to understand, 'Top' and 'Bottom' is because (by general convention, but very occasionally not), the top pickup has the North side of the magnetic field to the strings, and the bottom of the pickup has the south side to the strings.

To definitvely find out which is which, hold a compass above the poles - if the N points to the pickup that is south to the strings, if the S points to the pickup, it is north to the strings.

OK, doesn't seem to be a problem, mine was switched off (as I never use or read status updates).

If you look in your profile (click on your name at the top right), then select the middle button 'Edit profile' - is your status update turned on?

You are right, there doesn't seem to be a status update input. I am guessing as there are status updates, other people must have them, and its not something i would normally notice (I dont get the status thing), I will have a look into it later. Sorry for the delay, I don't come here often!

Have you considered hiding your credit card somewhere?

Should be fixed now

Depends what sort of system you have. It has all the inputs / outputs on its home page, so just use the easiest.

It has 2 balanced outs (assuming left / right), 2 unbalanced guitar outs as well as a USB interface.

If you have a mixer or an audio input, then the balanced outs would be the good thing, if you have a general audio input that can take guitar level signals you can use the unbalanced ones, or if you have no interface and a spare USB, just use the USB as an audio input

It would probably be better if you add pictures of what you are selling here, as well of prices of the items you are selling next to them!

Oh that looks nice. It has to be said you get nicer woods on your palletes than we get on ours!

It's standard apart from the finish but I am not a collector so not really concerned as to what is original!

I have a Gibson The Paul - a 1978s budget gibson. Got it of a friend after mentioning it was a guitar I really wanted in 1980 but couldn't afford it then (interestingly, for allmost the same price as it was new then).

It isn't in great condition, but more importantly it has been finished in a sort of brown nitro which I am not a fan of. Originally they were just unfinished as they are walnut.

So my options are to strip it down or send it to somewhere for refinishing it. I guess i could always have it done in TV Yellow, that might be good.

Has anyone stripped one back and would it look ok unfinished after it has been nitro'd or is it always going to look a bit patchy?

Gibson once did a henrdrix strat. Not sure if they did that in left handed. But that was one of the oddest signature models!

22 minutes ago, leftybassman392 said:

I tend to fall into the 'got a business to run' camp myself. I don't think I've ever owned a signature model, but I get the rationale.

 

I was a huge Hendrix fan back in the day, and would gladly have had any of several sig models that came out in his name. Sadly none of them were made as lefties...

To be fair, they wouldn't have been accurate models if they were!

Certainly seems to be working here!

15 hours ago, Maude said:

Where as something like the Nate Mendel Precision is basically a standard Precision with a Quarter Pound pickup.

I don't think the pickup is the significant difference in the Nate Mendel, I think it is that the neck is thinner and narrower than the standard precision, and that is the only shipping P model that that is the case of. Anyone can change the pickup in an instrument, sourcing and changing the neck is a lot harder.

I think it is not a question of ignoring the model because it is an artist model is a different thing to actually going out of your way to buy it because of the artist affiliation, rather than whatever difference that creates, such as I notice there is a (increadably expensive) George Harrison telecaster. Some people will presumably buy it because of the George Harrison link (although for the life of me I don't remember a picture of him playing a telecaster, although he obviously must have), and some people will buy it because it is the only model made with a rosewood body. I doubt that anyone would deliberately not buy it just because it was connected to George Harrison somehow.

Although I suspect most people would avoid it because it is almost £3k for a telecaster, which frankly everyone who has ever held a saw should be able to make in their lunchtimes!

14 hours ago, Frank Blank said:

Sorry to report these on GuitarChat but notifications, editing (of own posts) and commenting seem not be functioning on Basschat. Checked this with another user who is having the same problems.

Yes, it was broken by an update at 23:00 last night, but it was since fixed - took an hour though so you probably tried to get in at that point

I think it just adds variations, so its not such a bad thing- i have had a few signature models while not caring about the person whos signature it was, just that I liked what it offered. Guitars manufacturers always relied on musician tie ins to sell their instruments, when you are young you tend to pick your first instruments based on who you like

If I was spending money like that on headphones I would get the Boss Waza-Air guitar headphones, seem very highly rated

Yes, our global template is not compatible with the current version as it has been modified.

I need to find out why it has been modified! 

What is going on with those fret markers?

6 hours ago, G-77 said:

The one the bay at the moment is a Corvus II and is grey. If i had the money I would get it as i always wanted a set of them  

Would that be a flock?

Ahh - same colour, but I was wrong, the one that went on auction was a corvus 1, like yours (but not as neat). Went for £520 + 24%

Interesting you saw one on ebay, there was a corvus II that sold on a guitar auction a few weeks ago, maybe someone bought that and passed it on. I did briefly think of getting it but it was white and not in as good condition as yours.

Yeh - I have heard of it 

Not bad. I mean there is a limit on what you are going to get from something that size for bass, but for just carrying round to places and fiddling before gigs I loved it. I can’t say I use it as much now but I still hang on to it, great for the garden!