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Just a quick question... I have a mate who'd like one of these, any chance you're interested in a swap for a Fender Jag (+ cash etc)

Just bought FlatEric's PB70 Precision. Took a while to come to fruition but great comms throughout and delivery was swift, well packaged etc. Having bought various bits and bobs from BCers in the past this was my first 'big' purchase and it was a great experience.

Thanks for a wonderful bass!

Cheers
Lee

Hahaha, this is why I love BC

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Hey! I've just joined the ranks here too. So glad that I have. Very, very nice bass you have there.
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I saw! Yours is a thing of beauty, it's a look that you can't fault. I understand the feeling completely, so much so that I think mine can have my bed and I'll sleep on the couch now

At last, I can join the ranks

It's been a while but I'm bumping this back to the top. Just bought something new and the proceeds from a sale would make a nice contribution to the cost!

Price still stands at 150 for the sake of the forum rules but I'll consider any offers if someone is willing to get this out of my way, since it's really getting under my feet and the collection is big enough now.

So - info since the last time - it's still missing that G string and it needs a new nut now since a chunk broke off when I took the E string off to test a flatwound on another bass. This bass really does seem to hate me, so I just want to get shut of it! I ended up going through a period of wanting to keep this and mod it - using firebird style mini humbuckers with rails to solve the spacing issue - but that didn't happen. I bought and fitted a chunky bridge which has corrected the spacing problem to some extent but has raised the action a bit.

Due to the design of the bridge, the new holes were drilled underneath so it'd be possible to put the original back on without being able to tell. A Schaller roller bridge with adjustable saddles would sort this one right out, I'm confident. One came up on here a while back and I should have got it but back then I just didn't have the funds!

As before - hardly been out of the case, no damage or marks (apart from a slight crack in the lacquer where the neck and body join that has always been there, not really visible as it's at the back) and looks practically new. Neck is like glass and the profile is quite chunky, more Precision than Jazz. Still has the inspection sticker on the headstock! Case is included and an old 80s jazz bridge pickup that I've never used, may or may not work, never tested it.

If anyone wants more info etc, drop me a line

Lee

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Cutting and filing bone creates one of the most god awful smells ever - reminds me of that burning smell the dentist sometimes makes drilling a tooth for a filling. Blech! It's a necessary evil though.
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I remember someone on here cut their own from cow bone a while ago and this particular detail put me off ever trying it myself!

Just what I was thinking.... I very rarely look on ebay anymore for things like this and would much rather buy things from the community here. That way I know that I won't be lumped with a lemon. I get more curious about the history of things like this, where it came from, and such... I should probably get the MIJ P sorted before I start thinking about projects again

Just flicking through an old search I had open and this has been listed... black P bass body from the 80s. I've got a maple neck sat here doing nothing from a project that has no real hope of going anywhere and even though I've got my heart set on a sunburst MIJ P (which I shall be acquiring very very shortly if all goes well) I still love the look of black/black/maple and wouldn't mind throwing together a knockabout project that can be worn and beaten without worry, plus it can act as a bit of a platform for upgrades and just generally having a bit of a project on the go.

Any idea if this would be worth it... he says he doesn't know the wood (but says its quite heavy) and doesn't know the make.

Can't tell if the bridge is wonky or if it's just the photo. The scratchplate looks like it doesn't follow the body contour on the near edge perfectly (near the bottom where the back is) but I'd get a black one anyway (assuming I could find one that fits!)

Only distinguishing feature seems to be the bridge - with it's two additional screws that are slightly in from the corners - seen these on a few 80s Japanese copies but don't know - anybody have any idea what this is, or if it'd be worth getting? Since there's so little info I'm a bit dubious even when they're cheap (perhaps more so)

[url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/P-bass-body-/170877853363?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item27c91d1eb3"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/P-bass-body-/170877853363?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item27c91d1eb3[/url]

Is that the 1st of June or the 6th of Jan? If it's June then this was made 3 days after I was born... imagine that! American though so day and month probably back to front

Good luck with the sale, way out of my price range!

Don't know if it helps but I usually fan the wire then sandwich it in some tinfoil so there's a bit more thickness and surface area

Another Boltoner, welcome aboard

So pretty... shame that first '5' isn't a '4'!

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By the way [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Henrik Freischlader plays the Voodoo Rooms Edinburgh on Monday i.e. tomorrow[/font][/color]
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He's playing Manchester on the 29th - hoping to be there - work night out but I'm hoping to get some tea and a drink or two then head into Manc to catch some smooth blues action!

My mate went to his last one. His amp died and the show hit a standstill - luckily a fan lived down the road and lent him a backup

Agh, I'll be working, would love to come see though.

If I'm not filming on that date I'll see about getting a day off

Check out Henrik Freischlader!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ImtsezbpqE&feature=related

Dropped you a PM

Damn, been looking for a Jap Fender Precision... I may well have had this but I can't stand fiesta red Good luck with the sale

Done, good luck with it. Also, my dissertation last year was on the use of television and related media as a teaching tool in the education of science. May be a few similar concepts that cross over, especially in the video side of things. If there's anything I can help with drop me a PM

I always found this a funny one - I tried (unsuccessfully I might add) to learn guitar first, a few years ago, and I just never really got on with it. Naturally I preferred to play with my fingers and I just couldn't use a pick for the life of me. Having a 'gap' between what I could feel really threw me... so when I decided to give bass a go a few years later naturally i played with my fingers first. I'd always loved the way that a bassist's fingers glided from the higher to the lower strings with such an effortless, butter-smooth motion (That's something I still haven't quite nailed either)

And again when it came to a pick, I just couldn't seem to get it, so I avoided using one. I think the first song that I learned that forced me to use a pick was Ace of Spades, and that was the one I always practiced on, and that's what let me nail playing fast with a pick... I think it was a confidence thing more than anything, as is often the case. I think it's down to the song though, what sounds and feels right

Is the body bare wood or is it finished?

Cheers mate

Got another project in mind at the moment. Want to make the body myself this time - nice, simple, one pickup, 51 precision shape. Got the neck and bridge, as well as a pickup - but need to get a body sorted. Got some wood which was kindly given to me by a BC member but I'm saving that for something else. It needs thicknessing and i just don't have the skills/confidence... so since I'm working now and money is not an issue, I'm thinking of getting a good solid piece of swamp ash and having a go with that.

Once that one is finished, I'm thinking of having a go at winding a custom pickup for it

Wow, didn't know this was still around!

She's almost a year old and suffered some SERIOUS buckle rash today... been wearing a new belt and the buckle has gouged the finish right off, almost down to the wood. Bit young for a relic!

I'm not a guitarist but my mate had one of the blonde ones of these a year or two back and I had a quick go - one of the nicest necks I'd ever felt (I believe in official reviews the necks got great praise too)

Bargain price!

Just as you've found that I think I came to pretty much the same conclusion neepheid, it looks like the one in the second link (missing all the hardware, pickups etc of course) but that's the only one that matches the headstock as the later Hofner 182 has a slightly different headstock but retains the strat-esque shape etc.

Thanks for everyone's help - the gentleman with the Hofner (we presume!) is my grandad, who died in 1980, 7 years before I was born. The guy behind him is my great uncle playing what I've always been told is the 2nd Fender strat to be imported into the UK after the import ban was lifted, ie the one after Cliff/Hank Marvin's. I knew my grandad played bass among other things and always wanted to find out what it was he played so that I could ponder building a tribute as a project. Always thought it was a Fender but seemingly not! Today is my birthday and I'm off work, stumbled on this picture by accident and have solved the mystery!

Cheers again guys