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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/331714627065?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT .... does Bernie do anything at that sort of price? The specs are outlined in the Mag Review (Bass Guitar?) along with the price which looks like £2600 (not totally clear on my laptop)

On ebay.Fr/Be.:- http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/141838867608?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT i messaged the seller re. the Decal (the worst I've seen) mainly, but also queried the bound (+ ebony?) neck, which I thought wasn't right for 76 (??). He doesn't speak English, so had to use Bing Translator. His latest (translated) reply :- " Good evening Apparently you tell me that my bass is not a Fender! This is very weird, unless the renowned stores sell fake Fender in Belgium... I bought it new. May be it is not the years 1978, may be 1980... But I can assure you that personally for having bought it in store and have played it for many years I can tell you it's an excellent bass and origin. Thanks for having me announce my bass was a fake. Me I have no doubt that it is original Good evening..."

Thanks ikay ! Sounds promising - I did wonder if John E (others) might do something to fit. I'll send him an email and ask for guidance etc.

Apologies if this has been shown before - had a look back through the 23 (!) pages and couldn't find it. Details / Spec's below with a link to the site listing. Not had this long but using it a lot - playing 5's mainly now but always feel the need for a J4 (and a fretless). This bass is great and looks/feels/sounds the business; already fooled quite a few people (including local bassists) who assumed it was a genuine USA pre-CBS 64. So I'll be selling my CS USAJ4 as it's too much of a worry to take some places (!!) :- [b][font=Arial][size=4]Limelight Custom Guitars 00155 J Bass Medium relic Black over CAR[/size][/font][/b] [font=Arial][size=3]This is a Limelight '64 J Bass with all the correct features from that era and featuring a "J" width neck. [/size][/font] [font=Arial][size=3] It's been quite a while since a bass has been available for stock as the last several months we've been busy making custom orders. This bass is in custom colour black over Candy Apple Red - it was common at the time for custom colours to be sprayed over another finish that had been rejected by quality control earlier. Most commonly Sunburst as they were the most difficult to get right, but certainly other colours were also sprayed over. [/size][/font] [font=Arial][size=3]The body has a medium relic, but looks "right" The metal work is just lightly tarnished which is how we've been doing them recently, and I think it looks better and more authentic. [/size][/font] [font=Arial][size=3]Product Description: [/size][/font][font=Arial][size=3]Limelight Custom Guitars - 00155 J Bass medium relic Black over Candy Apple Red [/size][/font] [font=Arial][size=3]Specifications: [/size][/font] [font=Arial][size=3]Gotah Vintage Reverse tuners [/size][/font] [indent=1][font=Arial][size=3]Aged Nitro-cellulose finished neck with Tusq nut, clay dots and hand rolled fingerboard edges [/size][/font][/indent] [indent=1][font=Arial][size=3]Quality vintage bridge [/size][/font][/indent] [indent=1][font=Arial][size=3]CTS pots and Sprague cap [/size][/font][/indent] [indent=1][font=Arial][size=3]Vintage wired [/size][/font][/indent] [indent=1][font=Arial][size=3]Vintage type Pick ups [/size][/font][/indent] [indent=1][font=Arial][size=3]Switchcraft jack [/size][/font][/indent] [font=Arial][size=3]45-105 Roundwound strings[/size][/font] [url="http://classicandcoolguitars.co.uk/sold_basses/limelight00155jbass.htm"]http://classicandcoo...t00155jbass.htm[/url]

[quote name='Christian Houmann' timestamp='1448392384' post='2915081'] Mark is having a black friday sale on his "in stock" basses if you need a great P or J bass [/quote] .... is there a link for that (those) ?

Photos attached. Had this bass a while and, whilst it (now) plays really nicely (changed the strings in photos for Labella S/steps +set-up), I'd really like to re-incorporate the piezo bridge with the Delanos. This is what I was thinking, with some thoughts from the builder (Karl Eckert). I'd also like to reduce the neck from 'P' to 'J'© but that's obviously a job for a luthier (and will also depend upon the depth of the t/rod):- ".... Electronics are currently Vol - Pan - Bass - Treble (active EQ), and the switch does nothing. Not sure if the switch was orginally intended to opt between mag/piezo - that seems a bit odd to me, as it's generally better to offer a pan between the two (?). Idea would be to re-instate the piezo but with a way of such a pan (mag/piezo) whilst maintaining (or extending) the current EQ (possibly with an added mid range). Not sure how the switch might be(come) involved, or if better to use/extend this hole/rout to add another knob/pot' . If it's kept there, could be a simple on/off or active/passive switch?? (bass currently active only - no battery = no sound)...." From Karl.E ....".[size=3]..The bass body wings are European Ash (heavier than the U.S. Ash, Swamp Ash) and has circular routed voids within each half under the Walnut.The through neck is made from European Maple and Khaya Mahogany with an Indian Rosewood face plate and Indian Rosewood finger board. All of the pre amplifier was designed for the customer so that it could provide a 500Hz volume but was changed a number of times in a number of different ways. A blend control was fitted to mix the piezo pre amp with the coil pickups. All of the pre amplifier side of things became unnecessarily complex, so I would expect a sane person to have made the relevant changes to simplify the electronics since then…It doesn’t look like there’s a pre amp for the piezo or the separate 500hz eq pre amp. It was absolutely crammed in there. I would be most inclined to get hold of a couple of more discreet pre amps with flying leads to pots but there will always be an issue mixing the two signals unless there is a pre amp on the market that does both? The bass had a great deal of sustain as a wooden instrument but might benefit from a pre-amp renovation.Hope this helps?........Karl.........."[/size] [size=4]Looking for suggestions on what might be done/changed/added/combined to create a mag/EQ + Piezo (+tone) using the current 4-5 holes (assuming the switch-hole might be used for another pot/control). The piezo leads are all there/connected (to bridge) as shown in the cavity photos.I think there might be some basses out there which combine mag/piezo. Happy for ideas to be posted or PM'd.[/size]