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Thanks! I thought it was going to be a version of Jazz wiring too but I'm not sure it is.

Hey all, Just traded a comp with Paddy, all good, great coms, nice bit of PM gig and gear talk and all as it should be. Recommend BCer. Thank you 👍🏻

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Actually, I was trying to get him to buy my BC 112 Mk3 as it'll be cheaper than LFSys or Barefaced 😁

not quite finished yet!!! Just needs the reverb tank to arrive!!! But this is a phantom coil pcb build from holy island

I'm not convinced they're mods at all. None of them are wearing parkas.

I'm waiting patiently for the Apostrophe Police to come...

I just looked at the headstock shape and control layout and felt it was more than likely a Sadowsky. It’s a bit frustrating that the video is not very clear.

Thanks - will take a look. Hmm, not looking for a hardcase ATM but worth bearing in mind if I change it! That Access bag looks handy - quiite spendy though! The Producer backpack might be worth a look! I've seen the Accessory Bag but don't know how it works out size-wise - that one looks quite big to me. It's strange, they're a properly niche product but there must be a market out there for a proper bass player's gig bag!

So about 9 months ago I became a double bass player - I bought a second hand Stentor '1950' bass in a very fetching blonde - and was lucky enough to get a spot in an established rockabilly band within four months of starting to play. That's not some prodigy genius, that's hours and hours of practise and 40+ years as a guitarist. All in the garden was rosy ... well, I kept looking at eBay adverts for double basses - not sure why - I mean one 'musical wardrobe of doom' in ones lounge is a big enough statement 😁 Luckily my wife thinks upright basses are lovely bits of furniture as well. These other basses I looked at were all fixer-uppers, as I am fairly handy - owning a guitar pickup company helps ... as does a father and grandfather who were engineers. However they all were a bit pricey considering they were unknown quantities two or three hundred quid is a lot to shell out for something with no bridge, a fallen soundpost and poorly done neck repairs ... so I kept my hand away from the bidding button. Then late one evening I saw it - bass shaped standing by some wheelie bins in the pic - no idea what size 3/4 or whatever and £49 with no bids ... er ...and no scroll and peg box either!!! So for fifty quid it came home with me ... Well, I determined it was old 3/4 (but quite dainty and slim compared to my Stentor) plywood ... Czechoslovakian ... I think, not valuable in the least (especially wrecked) with a painted (and thoroughly manky) fingerboard. A perfect candidate for fixing up. My first thought was to graft on a scroll and pegbox, but the guitar builder in me reckoned it was probably easier - and a more sound job long term - to replace the whole neck. I know - I'm a certifiable loony - but after I copped a look through the unoccupied end pin hole and one look at the two honking great wood screws holding the neck (as well as god knows what glue) I thought 'no ... that there neck has got to come off, and if it's going to come off I'll replace it with a new one - and fit an ebony board - So here are a couple more views before I started . .. ... nope the flame on the neck (like that on the body) is painted on. Normally if this were a guitar I'd have used hot water to soften the glue and with palate knives and wiggling I'd have removed the neck intact. The fly on the ointment here are those two big screws ... so butchery was needed sadly. Plenty of measuring up first ... This is where I planned to get the ball rolling by removing the neck along the dotted line My Japanese Ryoba saw made fast work of the sad bit ... and left this As soon as I saw evidence of PVA bodging adhesive I went for isopropyl alcahol rather than hot water to start freeing up the bits of neck I'd sectioned out (being careful to avoid where I thought the screws were. and there she blows and it's bloody HUGE - the plan had been to wind it backwards into the body ... but it was so loose it just fell in. Lots more dribbled alcohol (sounds like my weekends) and the other one put in an appearance Messy ... but we can fix that. Extraneous holes to fill with properly cut wood plugs (not dowels) and loads of claggy white glue and hide glue to clear up. I measured the heel block depth and cut a plug for the central slot/hole from a part salvaged from the old neck heel ... and will cut two more for the old screw holes. So for those that are interested ... I have ordered a neck and fingerboard from China maple/ebony ... it'll be interesting to check out the quality ... I bought some tuners for my Stentor and they were amazing for the price. I made a dummy neck 'plug' so I can re build the sides of the neck pocket against a 100% square sided former. and this plug will be used in drilling for the neck bolts ... yes this bass will sport a bolt on neck More soon.

Happy Birthday bnt 🎂

My first Pro band was with the current singer Spencer James in London