thebrig

46 minutes ago, paul_5 said:

Router but with a bearing to follow the existing shape.

If you have a router, that is.

I have a router but I can only follow the existing shape so far because there is no edge on the lower bout side

I purchased a nice P body but the depth of the neck pocket is too shallow, what would be the easiest and safest way to do so?

It needs to be increased by around 2mm.

Thanks in advance for any advice. 

7 hours ago, Paul S said:

My blues band playing a cover of Tobacco Road.  First time we'd tried it!  We were doing some video for a promotional thing and decided to give this a blast when the guy filming was off doing something else.  Recorded on an iPad.  

 

 

The video is not working for me, I would very much like to hear this 👍

9 hours ago, skankdelvar said:

Sorry, Brig, not a clue. Best give them a bell, spec out your needs and presumably they'll give you a price.

Ok thanks, I might give them a call later today 😋

1 hour ago, Cuzzie said:

I got that, but tried to cover both angles saying that you can get a great finish with a can too

👍

2 hours ago, Cuzzie said:

 

If you want it to relic back, surely you don’t want a very pro finish on it, is it not better to spend £10-20 On a ratttle cam from Dartfords?

You can still achieve a high quality finish with these if you want

I don't want to relic it, I want a standard respray.

Its hectorUK who wants to relic it

9 hours ago, skankdelvar said:

Another option is to buy a bare wood body (plenty of those around) and drop it into a spray shop like Martin Sims

https://www.sims.guitars/spray-shop/overview

 

Any idea what he would charge for a straightforward spray job where the body is already prepared?

Withdrawn because I will be needing it for some recording

NOW SOLD!!!

JAZZ BASS FOR SALE

I purchased this bass for a project but I have not got round to starting it, so it's now up for sale..

I believe the body is a Squier, but I'm not sure about the neck, hardware, and electrics.

Overall, for the money, the condition is good, it plays well, and sounds great.

You are welcome to try it out at my home in Bridgnorth.

Collected: £130

Shipped: £140

Despite the decal, THIS IS NOT A FENDER!!!

Edited to add sound sample video

14 hours ago, rushbo said:

My pleasure....just don’t blame me if the universe implodes, due to your silk removal!

Lol, all this fuss over some ghastly coloured silk wrapping? 😃

4 hours ago, rushbo said:

I may be doing something potentially life threatening but... I swapped some flats out from one bass to another, which generated the inevitable "tatty silk at the tuning peg end" effect. I got my handy craft knife and rubbed gently along the frayed silk and it came off easily and cleanly, which eased my mild case of OCD immediately. I've never removed any silk from the bridge end, but if there's no significant reason why strings must have silks at the peg end (and a quick Google search seems to corroborate that) then as long as you have a cheapo craft knife and 10 minutes of spare time, you too can eradicate the horror of a frayed silk.

I've literally just had a go at removing the wrapping off some old flats that I'm replacing with a craft knife, and it worked a treat.

Thanks for the tip rushbo 👍

52 minutes ago, rushbo said:

Caveat: The silk bits turn to dust and fly everywhere, so have a dustpan and brush to hand, or do it outside.

Not only is it colour of the wraps I dislike, but even without taking a craft knife to them, dust seems to fly off them anyway, especially at the bridge end when you are threading them through 😧

1 hour ago, Reggaebass said:

Hi brig,  I think they might be  here somewhere , I’m sure someone found a set somewhere  🙂

 

Thanks, I must have missed that thread, I've just read it with interest and it seems I'm not alone in my dislike for silk wrapping.

I remember trying some black nylon strings once, I paid quite a bit for them but they had bright gold wrapping which looked hideous over black, they lasted about two days before I removed them. 😫

I think I could live with grey or even black wraps, but not the bright colours unfortunately.

Don't the manufacturers realise that the brightly coloured wraps stop a lot of us buying their strings? 🤔

Does anyone know of any flats that don't have silk wrapping?

I'm sure I will be told that the tone is more important than cosmetics, but I hate brightly coloured wrapping on strings with a passion! 😧

4 hours ago, Happy Jack said:

Mill Hill Complex is basically a bunch of WW2 Nissen Huts which were used as an industrial estate in the 50s and 60s. It's a total throwback to the days when rehearsal rooms stank of teenage sweat, stale cigarettes and rancid lager. And the parking is utterly appalling. 

I rather like it. 

In their defence, if I was running that place myself I cannot begin to imagine how I could do any sort of 'deep clean' without gutting every single room and starting over. The dispersed layout would also make further cleaning between sessions even more challenging.

Realistically, they shouldn't be open for business during a health crisis.

 

Don't know when you used it last, but they have a new purpose built building with new studios that are really nice and clean.

Admittedly, ten year's ago it was a dump, but not now.

Mill Hill Music Complex, Unit 1, Bunns Lane, London, NW7 2AJ

Tel: 020 8906 9991

https://millhillmusiccomplex.co.uk

I used to rehearse there quite a bit before I moved up to Bridgnorth, Shropshire, and it's not far from Barnet.

12 hours ago, LukeFRC said:

The thing I can never work out, and it would be expensive to find out, is how good are some of these different aftermarket necks... as good a Harley Benton, as good as a Squier, or a mex fender, or USA or Sadowsky or where...

reason is that I’ve built a few bitsas before, and it’s always a good way to sink a lot of dosh into a project, only to find the neck feels ok ish, and not as nice as other basses I might have ... so the bitsa doesn’t get played and the whole thing gets sold ...

Over the past ten years or so, I've owned a couple of 70's Fenders, three American Standards, an American 60th Anniversary precision, and a couple of Fender Roadworns, they all had great necks but the only two basses I use now are my two self-builds where one has a Mighty Mite neck installed, and the other has a Squier VM neck installed, they both feel nice and play great for me. 🙂

But you could be right with my latest build, I've not tried a Hosco neck before so its a bit of a gamble, and if it doesn't feel right to me, then it could end up getting sold. 😐

14 minutes ago, Slappindabass said:

Hosco necks are.superb, I have 2.

Thanks for the heads up, I ordered one about an hour ago 👍

34 minutes ago, AndyTravis said:

I’d do some measurements first. 
 

I fitted a Tele neck to a P body a few years ago.

I can’t remember how I did it now. Thing I squared the heel pocket.

I've just compared the templates of a 51/tele neck and a jazz neck and it can be done, but I much prefer the 38mm nut on a jazz which is the reason for I chose a body with a rounded neck pocket, nearly all square heeled necks have a nut width that varies between 42mm and 44mm which I find to wide for me. 

17 minutes ago, AndyTravis said:

Well. Yes. But someone with the skills and tools to reshape a headstock wouldn’t struggle to adjust

The neck pocket is a round heel as per standard Fender dimensions, I could certainly round off the heel of the neck but I was wondering whether the rest of the neck heel would fit, width, depth, etc?

6 minutes ago, Dad3353 said:

The Fender neck comes with fitted nut and satin finish. I don't know about any difference in postage costs, but would need checking, too. Other than that, I doubt that there's much in it, really.

Thanks for the reply Dad, its for a self-build and I'm going to reshape the headstock to a 51/tele shape, so I'm not too bothered about how its finished, I'm really wondering about build quality and playability. 🙂

The main concern I've got with the Fender neck is that the tuner holes are pre-drilled and might not match the tuners I have already purchased. 🤔

Has anyone had any experience of Hosco replacement necks?

I'm looking for a Jazz bass maple neck and the Hosco's are available for £219 and are supposed to be a very accurate copy of a Fender neck, but I could also buy a Genuine Fender MIM neck for not a lot more, so I was wondering how the Hosco compares to a Fender MIM neck?

13 hours ago, deadline said:

Awesome suggestion, thank you so much! And, btw - I love Quo! ❤️

You are welcome 🙂

3 hours ago, 41Hz said:

That looks ideal!

Does your drummer fancy renting out to other bands? Think there would be a decent demand!

I'll ask the question tomorrow 

Not sure whether this counts as rehearing outside, but this is where we rehearse, and we are having our third rehearsal tomorrow morning because we are all retired.

The marquee is in the garden of our drummer who inherited 12 acres of land, the nearest neighbour is miles away so no complaints about noise, and there is plenty of space to keep well away from each other.

We have all the sides open when we are rehearsing, so I would say that technically, we are rehearsing outside with just a roof over our heads to keep everything dry 😉