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[quote name='kodiakblair' timestamp='1451777010' post='2943422'] Damn I thought it read Foundation S. Yorks not Foundation S Yorks. The Foundation S was a PJ with DiMarzio design pickups made by Schaller. You can understand the confusion [/quote] Ha, sorry Still a good buy, potentially, but you've already got three at least...

[quote name='Telebass' timestamp='1451767890' post='2943325'] Swap the necks, see if the Tokai neck kills the cheapie or the cheapie neck resuscitates the Tokai body... [/quote] This.

That's superb.

[quote name='3below' timestamp='1451732737' post='2942822'] The bridge - I think I had the same problem, the windings went over the saddle on the E string. Fixed by removing bridge and making the string 'hole' deeper in the body. Small spacer nut slid onto string moved the ball end further back and the windings now end behind saddle. [/quote] Not the same problem, if I read you right. It wasn't the silks that were the problem; the actual round wire which the string is made of was the problem, because of the angle the E string makes where it goes through the bridge.

Thin the herd - I have a silly number of basses. Lose some weight/gain some fitness. Learn to play properly.

[quote name='Rumple' timestamp='1451556002' post='2941423'] Great thread and excellent use of recycled wood. [/quote] This

[quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1451663187' post='2942208'] Great use of scrap wood. Word of advice, only ever do a scarf joint in the winter! [/quote] Why, please? Unless it's a scarf pun, I suppose...

Kramer the Duke... Great tone, but oh dear. - Temperature-sensitive neck. It's aluminium; it changes length with temperature. So it goes out of tune, quickly. - The bridge... it's a BBOT with the strings run through it at an angle. That means that if you put roundwounds on it, the E-string can't be tuned correctly, because the winding of the string catches on the edge of the bridge.

If this is in decent nick it might be a good buy - a USA-made Peavey for £130. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/peavey-foundation-bass-guitar-/151935696703?hash=item236012bf3f:g:MqIAAOSwHaBWhsrk

ahem... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TENNESSEE-15-STRING-EXTENDED-RANGE-BASS-/291630566887?hash=item43e6894de7:g:bJwAAOxycgVTixwQ

11. Not bad given that I haven't been a fan for years.

Have you tried putting a different neck on it?

[quote name='Annoying Twit' timestamp='1451641458' post='2941935'] Right handed four string acoustic is back. [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_b_30_nt_acoustic_bassdeko.htm"]http://www.thomann.d...ic_bassdeko.htm[/url] [/quote] ... and gone; now showing Sold Out. But also On Request, from the Decorative Guitars and Basses page http://www.thomann.de/gb/decorative_guitars_and_basses.html So I don't know what's going on, as usual.

Nice work. As someone said, they may not be very demonstrative, but I'm sure they were enthusiastic

I think he has an exaggerated idea of the value of guitars

[quote name='FinnDave' timestamp='1451590973' post='2941774'] Staying home tonight while my band is out gigging because I was given an impromptu flying lesson by a car driver while out on my bike a few weeks ago. Might have managed the gig from my wheelchair but not with my left arm in a cast from knuckles to above the elbow. [/quote] Painful! Best of luck with it. I suppose the bike is written off as well?

Looks lovely

I assume the bass is bolt-on? My amateurish start would be to remove and refit (not change) all the parts - bridge, neck, nut. It seems more likely than the wood, to me.

[quote name='RustInPeace90' timestamp='1450920811' post='2937113'] Sorry to kinda resurrect an old thread but an old friend of mine had an Infinity fretless 5 string bass in natural hanging on his wall. I was over his on monday and he just gave it to me. Being a 4 string fretted bassist, 5 string, unlined fretless scared the hell out of me but this bass is really easy to play. I might give the pick ups an upgrade to something like some EMG HZs or whatever then use it on some of the slow parts for my bands album. Might have to be a cheat though and add side markers for the fret lines... [/quote] All info gratefully received! Sounds like a score, too