Matt P

how about this guy? [url="http://www.catswhiskerpickups.co.uk/index.html"]http://www.catswhiskerpickups.co.uk/index.html[/url] pretty much every pickup he makes is to order and the prices seem reasonable, i'd guess that he'd be able to knock up a pair of pickups that would sound how you want and look right. if you look at the specials page and the bass page it seems that he wouldn't have any trouble making you some great pickups. i should add that i haven't actually tried these myself but i've heard great things about them and am sorely tempted to have him make me some fat jazz pickups for a future project. Matt

i guess i must be a little luckier than some, i live just 10 minutes from the bass doc, popped in on tuesday and came away with all the bits i needed to finish my build, are you trying to get branded fender parts or just parts to fit? i'd say that fender branded parts would be harder to get. Matt

just bought my bronco from me, excellent communication and super fast payment, a great guy to deal with. trade with confidence. Matt

late 90's for me, bought a few Klotz leads from sound control in about 97, at least one of them is still working, although i bought a whirlwind in about 98 thats my absolute banker, it's just bombproof, it's a bit long (20ft i think) but i know that if every other lead fails, that one won't let me down, best 18 quid i ever spent all i've ever done was put a name label on it. Matt

i've also used the gift option on paypal (sorry if i broke the rules, is there a naughty step i should sit on for a bit?) but it was for items totalling about a tenner (which is the most i would be prepared to lose), personally i always prefer a personal meet up for an instrument but bank transfer is the next best thing (which i've used as both a buyer and now as a seller) Matt

Just Bought a neck from Mal, a great price and arrived safe and sound, great communication throughout as well. a very reliable person to deal with and reccomended to anyone. Matt

thanks Mal, the neck is perfect. Matt

Just bought a precision-type body from Mick (deliered personally), a very nice guy and a pleasure to do business with. Matt

hard cases for me, hiscox by preference (as long as there is a suitable one available) the only instruments i have that have gig bags are the bronco ( decided it's not a keeper so didn't bother with a case) and my uke which never goes anywhere. my entire collection lives on a perpose-built storage rack in the study (double height) with a strap to stop them falling so the hard cases store best for me, i just have a couple of instruments (one acoustic guitar and a bass) on wall hangers for noodling on. the rack looks like an advert for hiscox! i've had too many near misses now to ever go back to gig bags (favorite trick is to forget how tall i effectively am when caring a gigbag and smacking the neck/headstock into door frames.) Matt P

jammy sod! As a fan of p/j basses i'd put 2 pups in, get the neck looked at by a pro, put some frets in (or not depending on preferance) finish it in the colour of choice and play it. If not, just send it over to me, i'll double your money for you, 12 quid?. Matt

[quote name='Jean-Luc Pickguard' post='1220800' date='May 5 2011, 11:13 AM']Looks like a less funky and more expensive version of my daisyrock [/quote] wow, what are they made of? do you think they'd respond well to having all the finish stripped off? (then a nice tv yellow or cherry red) i wonder if one of those could be de-glittered and then pimped to make a great stage bass. (i'm rather fond of shorter scale basses) Matt

are you looking at new prices? definately check out the for sale adverts on there, both the little b@stard and the bass terror crop up regularly, and cabs are plentiful too. you should save yourself a few quid, might even bring the head and cab into your budget. [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=128454"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=128454[/url] Matt (edited for link)

i have to admit to being a guitarist too, i have more guitars than basses including an amazing handmade mcIlroy acoustic that was a wedding present to myself, but 9 times out of 10 when asked to play it's the bass, only really admitted that i was a bassist last year when i bought my '77 precision, couldn't keep on decieving myself after i'd spent that much on a bass. i guess i'm happy as long as i've got frets and strings (although i have serious GAS for a fretless jazz) i generally pick up whatever's to hand when i feel like a noodle. (i'll also admit to owning a mandolin, a banjo and a uke but haven't really mastered any of them) i found that moving from guitar to bass was fairly smooth but then i wanted a bass when i was a kid (but the local shop only had decent electric guitars, the basses were useless) so i guess i might just have been a frustrated bassist all these years. Matt