LukeFRC

[quote name='beerdragon' post='293695' date='Sep 28 2008, 12:58 AM']nice. put a black pickguard on that and it would be even nicer,[/quote]

+1

get a job using your arms.

so you make a tribute bass to JJ.
You think P bass, flats, possibly high action, the pup and bridge covers. and a sun burst finish like ol' JJ.
No you go purple body and headstock, covers that dont look right..... why purple? why?

01/11/06 is January if you're american

[quote name='niceguyhomer' post='212955' date='Jun 5 2008, 09:08 AM']I met a BCer when making a purchase and he had about 15 basses on the wall and it was all quality stuff including vintage Fenders, Sei etc etc. He had a rare Warwick reputed to be worth about £8,000.[/quote]

that the one that no one will buy for £800 in the for sale forum?

I do often wonder if anyone who actually plays bass well writes any of the tabs I find on the net. A lot of them I have found are written by folk with egg and cress salad in their ears

he says the body has been reshaped so its not a slab finish. yet there is no evidence of a respray in the pup cavity. fishy

possibly send him a message to ask? possibly if he has the stuff at all it may still be for sale, just not on ebay?

...getting bored of spraying on varnish. why did i not just leave it as 'mojoed' black???...

if you do look for another drummer please put what you want them to sound like in the advert- justcopy it off your myspace! that would be quite an advert

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='287798' date='Sep 20 2008, 01:27 AM']Buy a fretless neck and sell the fretted one. I kinda want a nice fretted neck.[/quote]

good idea. its all down to Leo Fender desiging it with a swapable neck system!

hmm for what must be a bass worth a lot, with a lovely bit of wood on the front. they really dont have inspiring knobs do they?

burpsters look pretty tho

i did it!
i followed budget-bassests advice but for me i think the heat made the wood stick a wee bit at the top and damaged it. They came out easier without with a sharp chisel and a pair of pliers.
Next i used a thin hacksaw to clean out the slot before filling it with little laminates of wood.
I went the cheaper option of using ronseal diamond hard wood varnish. To be honest i wouldnt do that again!

I was using a very cheap neck (though with a nice lump of rosewood on it) that i dinnae mind trashing if it all went wrong. I wouldn't probably do it on anything good.

I will throw out the option that going by the gallery's website prices a de-fret is £70. Epoxy is a pig to work with so that would prob cost a load more so i recon you are looking at £100 or so.
If you keep your eyes open for only a bit more you could buy a decent fretless off someone here to play with (and know your Jap P wouldnt loose any value and still be lovely)

[quote name='5_string_death' post='287522' date='Sep 19 2008, 05:46 PM']Thats a funny lookin stack you got there mister, whats that wattage on that?
Zach[/quote]

dunno but turn it and you can make 3 volts easily.

anyway lets talk about the sexy guitar

this
[url="http://www.lfletcher.co.uk/sculpture/tree.htm"]http://www.lfletcher.co.uk/sculpture/tree.htm[/url]

my degree show. you turned the handle and the wee radio came to life. anyway. the wires had to link up to the satellite dish didn't they?
amazingly not the most stupid thing i did in my degree

lol
i was once up a ladder dragging a soldering iron and extention lead up to work on something high up in a rush. if you drop the thing- dont try and catch it!

EDIT:

oh and it look super bling!

fingers crossed it sounds good too!

no its not as thick. the varnish under it is fairly thick and the its the inprfections in that that make the paint look thick

So here we go

A LIST OF MISTAKES

body stripped and sanded down. I then started to spray on polyurethane varnish. Except As the wood wasn't sealed or anything it was taking a lot of varnish for very little effect. Then I spied the nice tin of ronseal diamond hard varnish i had and started slapping that on.At this point i learned two things. One painting the bottom will cause drips to form on the front.
And two it does do exactly what it says on the tin and is almost impossible to sand back!
So the front finish isnt perfect as has the remains of these drips on it.
Then sprayed with good acrylic spray paint. It's water bassed paint intended for graphiti artists. Bassed on car paints its pretty good stuff (and super cheap)
One can worth has gone on, ive sanded it back a wee bit and another canwill go on before gloss varnish is sprayed on.
At the moment i am spraying it hung on our washing line and have to dodge rainshowers!
You can see the finish isnt perfect!


the neck was defretted and the gaps filled. Dark wood on all frets and light maple type wood on 5th 12th and 17th.
washed with white spirit and then coated with the ronseal. All went wrong as i forgot about the radius and it all bunched up at the edges but sanding while not dry and magic remedied that. Again not flawless finsih but pretty good. The ronseal stuff doesnt sand back well but you can get a pretty good gloss if you leave it to dry itself. Needs a bit of a polish but im worried about taking the gloss shine off.
Looks the dogs testes


more paint and varnish and making a scratchplate is next

[quote name='RobP' post='282791' date='Sep 12 2008, 05:24 PM']Hi again!

Thought I'd post what I've found out see what y'all think...

Feedback from Fender - if it came out of Japan 99.9% sure this model is basswood (apparently alder bodies not generally exported for '62 Re-Issue).
Any thoughts?

Cheers,
Rob[/quote]

Exactly. Try to find a non-export model. That will have the alder body/US pups or whatever else you are looking for.

I got my 57 RI P bass (the US version) off far east guitars (type it into google) he imports second hand Jap fenders. I emailed him saying what I was looking for and he kept his eyes open for one.
The other company mentioned further up the thread has a nice website showing you what they have available.

will stick a propper update on tomorrow.
with photos... oooohhh

looks so good.

i have some pink spray pain if someone wants some shoes. swap for a left sock.


(this is a joke- nice bass though)

no its the japanese made non-export '62 RI

it depends. there will be 2 versions.
a cheaper one with basswood/jap pups and a more expensive one with alder/US pups. (The more expensive one will have US at the end of the model number.)

think they go fora wee bit more than that new