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Sounds great and his website seems really professional, too. Let us know how it goes! Glad to hear our advice has been accepted in the positive spirit it’s offered…

Recently I bought a very good Chinese, Jazz Bass neck, off Ebay, for £76 including postage. It arrived within about 10 days, all the way from China. I wasn't expecting much but it really is excellent. Even has a cheeky Fender decal on it. I've also spent a lot more from a company in the States, called Stratosphere, for a used, Japanese Fender Jazz Bass neck. It was also very good but it would cost you about £400/£500 these days with the cost of postage and duty. I'd go for the Chinese option if I were you.

The Hospital Song - 10cc

I put one together - a no-name P body from the classifieds and bought a real Fender Jazz neck (Mexican). I had tuners and a pickup already but I needed a pickguard.

The only stock FMIC Precision Bass with a thin neck I can think of is the Nate Mendel Road Worn signature model like mine, but you're not going to get one of those for less than about £8-900. Nut width on these is 1.615", which is not a million miles away from the Jazz's 1.5". Most modern C-neck Precisions are very close at 1.625". The Sire P5 (and P7) are a little wider at 1.653", but there's not a lot in it. What really matters is the thumb-fingers thickness. Go to a store and try a few to see what fits your hand... My other suggestion would be to buy a genuine Fender neck. The roasted Jazz neck is usually around £3-400 new. Which Precision do you have, btw?

The best singer BS ever had, sitting next to Ozzy.....

Hope You're Feeling Better - Santana

Healthy Teeth, Healthy Me - Sesame Street

I'm so glad I went to the expense and effort of watching the live stream of the Back to the Beginning show. I'd really be kicking myself now if I hadn't. Although Ozzy looked frail on the night he's always had a frailty about him. It's kind of weird because throughout his whole career I've almost always expected him to drop dead at any second given his excessive lifestyle, yet when it finally happened it came as a total shock after seeing him performing only a couple of weeks ago. R.I.P Ozzy. A true musical legend.

He did come out with some classic lines... Ozzy, "We started off as a Rock band messing with drugs, but we ended up as a drug band messing with rock".

Big boost (and hope I don't jinx it by announcing it) but I managed to score a Hipshot A Style bridge in the States on ebag for a very agreeable price. Fingers crossed it is as described (as in the correct string spacing). Fingers crossed it gets here. Still gonna leave my wanted thread open for now... Still got a neck pocket to clean up then probably build up, so plenty to do before then...

Sire P7 would do. I'm just not quite sure whether it’s still considered as inexpensive.

The Ampeg PF50T is worthy of consideration. I have one they are fantastic and a real bargain at the moment on the used market 😎🤘

You know what, that is a really good question and, on typing the post, I'd completely missed that very obvious point! What the hell was I thinking? Did I really only bring one? Which is very odd as I had two matching Tobias 6ers and a gorgeous Status fretless 6er for that band too. The screws breaking happened, but where was my spare? 🤯 #AgeRelatedMemoryLoss lol...

That's the one with the crackly jack socket?

It looks like it, but I struggle to believe that it was deliberately infilled with wenge on a neck this cheap. I'm going to assume it's a happy accident - someone picked up the wrong bit of wood...

I did the opposite some years ago. Stuck a P neck on a J body. They're compatible with each other if we're talking about Fender/Squier.

Squier Sonic P. I have one. £150 of awesome 👌 Ok, I installed a Lollar P pickup because I already had one but it was fine enough stock tbh. So on paper that's £300 of awesome that now sounds as good as any P out there imho.

Dressed In Decay - CKY

No backup bass? Tut tut!