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thanks @toneknob i always was about 7 years behind the times 🐌

I was lucky enough to see Ian Dury and The Blockheads in 1978 at the New Theatre in Oxford – as was normal for the times, they came onstage wearing brown paper bags on their heads – saw Wilko supporting the Stranglers around 2007 with Norman and Dylan – can't help thinking that the period since the 60s/70s has probably been the best – is the future going to be any good? discuss!

me neither!

I hear on the grapevine that Colin Greenwood from Radiohead bought Norman Watt-Roy's jazz bass from Andy Baxter – nice that it's gone to someone cool!

Thanks everyone – I will just give it a quick rub down with some sand paper and hopefully that will satisfy me – there's obviously quite a lot to consider and as I have around 10 other basses to choose from this will be low on the priority list 😎

Thanks @Manton Customs and @mybass – in the words of David Bowie, I am an absolute beginner – if I can be bothered with this I will take the cautious, sand-paper-based approach Interesting info about the depth of the truss rod in the middle – I didn't realise this, so thanks for that I will certainly post here if this project takes off Cheers!

I want to reduce the thickness of a baseball bat 70s Aria Precision neck – the truss rod sits some way up from the back of the neck and I'm wondering how much to safely remove and what method would work best, and are there any potential problems such as warping or whatever I saw somebody on youtube doing this with a roundover router bit which looked quite straight-forward: Any advice greatly appreciated Cheers

blimey! never seen one before, which is surprising considering the amount of time I spend on here, obsessing, gassing and generally wasting time 😀

@Andyjr1515 what's the blue bass earlier on in this thread?

Thanks Deedee, but it's for a new build – I have a neck, but no plate There's a metalworking chap near me so I will probably sound him out for a price – might be cheaper if he makes more than one, if so I will post here, in case anyone else wants one

Anybody know who might be able to fabricate a 6-bolt neck plate for a Stingray 4?

Anyone got any opinions on neck radius (or radii, if you prefer) I recently bought a Fender Japan Mustang, no idea what the radius is, but it's quite different to my regular bass, a 1976 Aria ProII Jazz copy, which is as flat as can be, without actually being flat I'm thinking of having a bass built and I'm veering towards a flat board – opinions please

just picked up one of these, same finish, similarly minty – great to play, but slight neck dive on a strap which i wasn't expecting Anybody know what the body wood is?

Thanks @dood interesting article – I particularly like the Producer Switch bit ! Glissando – I suppose it makes sense thinking about it logically – I also liked his description of frets: railroad tracks clicking away Very smooth playing on that Lukather track too

Hello Basschat, can you hear me? Anyone out there? The reason I ask the question in the previous post is because this chap mentions fret wire – I have to say that I've never given it much thought – seems like nobody else has either!

I'm having a P bass refretted and I wondered what I could expect from different types of fret wire I like a very low action, don't use a pick and play a range of styles – if that makes any difference

Thanks @Grangur – the varnish is pretty much gone – it now looks a bit like a pistachio shell – I'll probably try a light coat of tru oil just to keep the sweat and grime out of the wood. I had a couple of Wals in the past that were sticky as hell but I never felt like i could just sand off the varnish, what with the value of them – this old thing was found in a skip before I revived it so such worries there – will report back once done

It sounds good – I swear I checked and double checked the wiring, but clearly I am blind! It's a nice blend of the P and MM pickups - a bit cleaner than the MM and less edgy that the P – the East preamp is a nice addition too – I got the Bass Gallery to route a control cavity to fit the pots and preamp bits which are too big to fit the Stingray cavity – access through the back with a nice black cover – I'll post some pics soon

Thanks @BreadBin and @bartelby, it was as you suggested – now all good, cheers!

OK, will check and report back

So… I have a Stingray that also has P pickup in the usual place – I just swapped a Delano P for an Aguilar P and now the centre position on the blend is super quiet – previously, with the Delano P is was the same volume anywhere on the blend Preamp is an East Uni-pre Any idea why it's quiet in the centre position?

I wonder how much this (would have) cost Prince?