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Does anyone know if Ibanez made a lefty model of their RB999 or MC888 basses? Great looking small-bodied basses.

If there was a piece of Jaco memorabilia to lust after it has to be this.

If you are serious about buying a Sub new, there is a Ray34 in black for sale on here at the moment for a great price. I used to own one and can honestly say they really are as good as the real thing. I only sold mine as I needed to fund a new amp.

If you need to change anything on a Musicmaster it will be the pickup. The original will be a six-pole guitar pickup and is pretty woeful. I replaced it with a Seymour Duncan one. The same as for a 51 P bass.

Why oh why!!!!!!! Cut the wires to fit the terminals, fine. Bare wires, not so fine. Bridge pup ground wire snaps off pot at solder. Attempt to connect remaining wires into terminals and re-position control plate, disaster. Half the wires come loose and control plate won't fit back into cavity! Bass will in pieces for a while as I plan to sand and prep it for a respray but at some point it's going to need sorted.

From 12th fret to middle of neck pup is 32.5 cm. Bridge pup E string 39.5 cm. Bridge pup G string 39 cm.

The image you show is a neck-thru thumb with 26 frets. Will this be a different length from a bolt-on model with 24 frets which is what I have?

Def worth £250. There's also a Ken Smith Design J 5 string on at £350.

I had a Steinberger L2 fretless and it's phenolic fingerboard did not stand up to wear and tear at all.

I've seen it done elsewhere on here but can't remember the topic. I just wonder if the wiring blocks have to be of a certain amp or something?

Is the wiring block used to connect the pickup any particular type or ampage?

Bought a bass lead and Item was posted quickly and arrived next day. Great transaction, great guy.

Thanks for the info. Always handy to know where the good techs are.

Can anyone tell me what type of terminal blocks can be used to join my jazz bass pickups to the control plate so I can remove everything for a refin and not have to try soldering afterwards? Also fancy trying a stack-knob setup in future so would be good to be able to switch between hassle-free.

Pretty sure any decent luthier will offer this service. Some good instrument shops have workshops. Phone around for quotes. Someone may know a specialist in the London area.

Have you considered trying to do the job yourself? May be something on youtube about how to do it. On leftybassist.com the member called Matt R, based in the USA did this to two jazz bass necks with great results. You might be able to get good advice/ direction from him about this.

I have gone for long periods of time without playing and gear has either sat in the cupboard or been sold off. Getting a hold of equipment is a lot easier with the internet. It's just a matter of whether you are sentimental about your stuff.