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[quote name='ambient' timestamp='1387923259' post='2317350'] Yeah, i have his email address, he's not too hot at answering email though [/quote]Emails sent to me at [email protected] will be answered asap. My mobile number is 07454808058

[quote name='Bassman72' timestamp='1407276777' post='2519185'] Hey Matt. It is a wooden bridge with a metal back plate, but your right, it may be worth checking if it is making good contact. Cheers! [/quote]Hi. I am happy to help out with any issues with pickups. They have been developing constantly over the last few years and there have been a few that had noise problems stemming from unshielded pickup lead wires and underpotting. These issues have been resolved and I'm happy to replace pickups that have problems. Please email me if you have any questions. Thanks. Jon.[quote name='Bassman72' timestamp='1406905456' post='2515816'] Guess that rules out fixing a crack! :/ [/quote]I don't offer a repair service unless it I am responsible for the damage.

[quote name='ambient' timestamp='1454346013' post='2968800'] I saw the bass you built recently for Yves Carbonne, looked amazing ! [/quote]Thanks man. Yves was very pleased with it and he was a joy to work with.

Personal problems had a massive impact on production at this time and I am only just coming out the other side. The order book is almost clear and I'll sure be glad when it is! 2 or 3 orders went to court and I never want to have to deal with that again. Feel free to pm or email me any questions. Jon.

Sorry that Rob's build went the way it did. A lot of the builds at the time suffered due to life getting complicated at a time when orders had just gone through the roof. The business suffered beyond repair as a lot of customers became annoyed with build times going out the window and the odd unauthorized spec change etc. Things can get confusing when a lot of orders are going on at the same time and I would never again take on so much work at one time as I did in 2012-2014. I learned a lot from this period both in terms of building guitars and also customer service. Thankfully I am coming through the other side of this episode of my life. Feel free to email or pm any questions or concerns. Thanks. Jon.

[quote name='Annoying Twit' timestamp='1430760518' post='2764362'] It's very close, but they don't run over the zero fret, do they? Would it be bad if the silks ran over the nut but not over the zero fret? [/quote]No problem with the strings. The silk just makes it over the 0 fret which is totally fine. The bass was a real headache to design and took a long long time to get my head around the many problems faced with such an extreme instrument. I was very happy with how the bass turned out. Could've used some colour on the original unstained body but cost was a very big deciding factor for me and Russ. Jon.

I have had a lot of personal problems over the last few years which ran over into my work and financial life. A few basses had problems and several actually went to court. Thankfully I am at the tail end of all of that. Please feel free to pm or email me if you have any questions regarding the running of the business. Thanks. Jon.

My comment was meant to be taken with a pinch of salt. Sorry buddy. All I was saying was that we have tried to explain the situation as best we can. We are totally aware of the problems and are trying our best to remedy them. brent xxx

Hi this is Brent here , To me sir you sound slightly bitter ! even after Jon has explained (yet again) his circumstances. Is this a personal issue that im not aware of .... for i see no need to keep banging on about damage to the business otherwise. A lot of our builds are from returning customers already. If you look on the fb and website it is clear that business is good and our only issue is clearing up these things of the past and taking things to the next level. WE ARE NEXT LEVEL!!! Peace and love.

[quote name='BassTractor' timestamp='1398854784' post='2438232'] Ah! What I say: a good person. (No, don't know him, and have never had any contact with him. Stuff just breathes.) Best wishes, Jon! [/quote]Much appreciated man. Thanks.

Where to start? There are several reasons why things have been delayed so much. 1. My other half spent a long time in hospital with our son when her waters broke at 26 weeks. They could have died and that was a very bad time for me and my family. My son was then diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at 10 months old. Not many people understand diabetes but let me tell you. It has nowt to do with being a lazy fat bastard. It takes a great deal of care and attention, not just to ensure minimal future health risks but also immediate risks of coma and death. He is now nearly 2 years and takes away much of my time as care outside of hoe care is risky with untrained carers. Mum works full time and I work when I can in between caring for Frankie. Family comes first! I have tried to get this message across more than once and cannot stress how much we have been affected by this tragic circumstance. 3. The basschat specials have undergone a few unseen changes as a few methods have changed and any bass that is still with me has been updated in line with those changes which has included new headstock caps on more basses than I care to even think about. Pickups have also evolved significantly this year. Rob's six string in particular is a bitch as the pups are twin humbuckers and it is taking a while to get them remade. All changes are aimed at producing the very best instruments I can currently achieve. I could just have thrown the bass out as it was but that isn't the way I work. Quality supersedes completion time in importance every time. 4. Yes, Letts Basses is now a limited company and very much separate from my previous work as a self employed builder. There are more people involved and they are keen to move the business forward which involves getting all of the remaining Letts Basses (sole trader) instruments out of the way before we move to new premises with our much improved and streamlined business model in June. If you see the website and fb you will see huge changes in the way we present ourselves and also the way we take orders which we haven't been able to do for some time. 5. Cash flow! While I was working alone and with all my personal complications cash became a massive problem and affected finish times to a massive extent although work still commenced and I was doing as much as possible and finishing basses one at a time depending on which was easiest/cheapest and would fund the completion of further basses. This is still ongoing. 6. Someone mentioned twin necks and fresh orders. This is simply not the case. Simon's twin neck has been in development for around 3 years but he recognises that the guitar will be one of a kind and perfect for him in every way. We have also not been taking orders for too long now. So basically I am still here, my old orders are our priority and we fully intend to have them done and done very soon. they're are nearly 15 of these things sitting in my house very many of which are just waiting for one or 2 parts which again, comes down to cash flow and possibly a little bad management on my part. These are issues that we are addressing in the best ways with the very best intentions. Brent is the new customer liaison officer as well as project manager for our future builds. Unfortunately we got his number wrong on the website. I'll fix that right now. We are keen to move forward and distance ourselves from this unfortunate mess that has grown out of proportion over the last year. I must reiterate however that things have not been easy for me but I have never shied away from my life and responsibilities as a guitar maker. I appreciate the concerns of all involved but please rest assured that all instruments are at the top of my mind and itinerary. Facebook is the best way to reach us now or of course feel free to give Brent a call and we will get back to you asap with whatever info we can muster. Sorry for any inconveniences caused. Never my intention and we are striving to move forward with the new company and carry on supplying the most original and coolest basses in the world Thanks for your patience and you will all be bass'd up before long. all the best. JL

Again, this is the problem with poly finishes. It is a hard plastic coat which if knocked hard enough will crack and chip. Nitro is much more forgiving and is the easiest thing in the world to fix up. Nail varnish is nitrocellulose and works on nitro finishes fixes, not polyurethane. Super glue would do a better job of sticking the surrounding area together as nail varnish is a flexible material and much weaker than the plaggy stuff but as has been said, best left alone really.

[quote name='EBS_freak' timestamp='1372067502' post='2121104'] A belt sander is what is required in this circumstance. Or a bandsaw. [/quote]ha ha ha. Definitely. Or a log burner should work too Tcut to remove scratches and swirl remover for buffing stuff.

Reinstall. Sounds like a problem with the ilock thing and I guess you have to install the ilock software at the same time as protools.

Not nice. Tempted to make a 'blood clot on the music scene' quip but shall resist (kind of).

You dont want your singer surrounded by drum pads I assume.Neither will he want to be stuck to a footswitch the whole time. The best solution is for the drummer to do it with a couple of pads and a laptop. Failing that a midi keyboard and laptop for the singer. Maybe some kinda keytar if he wants to look particularly geeky.

[quote name='bubinga5' timestamp='1370694672' post='2104480'] words from my local luthier, " the skunkstripe is just a cap/cover for the truss rod. nothing to with the stability of the neck, thats why your not experiencing any string buzz, neck change". this guy has worked on hundreds of basses with this issue, and i tend to agree with him. [/quote]I'd be Shocked if any glue failed here. Like I say, they just tend to move around a bit. Nothin to bother about. Your man is correct of course and the stripe could easily be replaced if there was any serious issue, which I doubt.

I've noticed on every fender instrument I've had that the stripe swells and shrinks independently of the maple. Sometimes you feel it sometimes you dont. Never keep your bass in a case for long periods and try not to leave it in unheated environments during wintertime. Guitars are made to be kept in centrally heated houses generally and will change shape in different conditions. If it is not visible and is just something you can feel I wouldn't worry bout it. Still in tune? Neck still straight?

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1370542301' post='2102487'] Do you mean like [url="http://www.bas-extravaganza.nl/?page=bassen&BassenID=20"]this[/url]? [/quote] Exactly so. Not so flamboyant though. I guessed it must have been done already. Some pretty mental guitars there eh. Cool as f***!

Is it spanish?

Great piece of wood! I want to make a guitar that has a jigsaw body. Not just the top as I have seen before, but big pieces that fit together to make the body. Sorry, just thought this might be exactly that ha ha.

Maybe one is wired up funny. Check the websites for pickup outputs as they're probably just different spec'd pups. Strings? Steel and nickel give different outputs too. Different everything would make a dig difference.

I know a friend of the guy and he's definitely doing good business. I dont think he plays himself though. Any fendery stuff is always gonna be hit and miss as even with 'standard' neck pocket sizes etc, throwing random necks at bodies in the hope they will all fit together perfectly is not always going to work. I would be very surprised if he doesnt use well researched sizes and templates.

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Range. 4 strings are restricting and actually more pointless. More strings is better. As many as possible!