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The usual fake busting questions have been raised (what's the serial number, have you got some better pics, local pickup/cash in hand alright?). I expect either no response or a heap of bull about how their camera is broken and some rubbish spiel about how they can't have someone come round to pick up the bass. You have to be super suspicious on ebay. Too many scammers these days. I got done recently with a 4Gb SD card. Supposedly from the UK, it arrived from Hong Kong, stuck it in my card reader and it had a virus on it! Doesn't work in all my devices. Sure I could send it back to Hong Kong, but for the sake of £20 it's probably best to frame the bloody thing and hang it on the wall as a reminder never to get sucked in again. If it's too good to be true, then it isn't true. FACT.

The "relic-ing" makes me ill

It's back, a little more honestly described this time. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200136864109"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=200136864109[/url] Shame about the price - you can get it new with a guarantee for less than that! [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/fender_sq_vintage_modifiedprecisiontb.htm"]http://www.thomann.de/gb/fender_sq_vintage...precisiontb.htm[/url] DIME BAR?

The other option to consider is a clear scratchplate, but it's a job finding them. I've been neglecting the project of late, mainly because my gf is moving in with me, so we're trying to tackle boxland at the moment. However, one piece of the puzzle arrived the other day: I don't think I appreciated just how big these bad boys are until I put it on the body. BADASS.

Someone's about to lose £2,550

I might be interested in taking a trip down the road...

[quote name='BigRedX' post='38624' date='Jul 29 2007, 09:02 PM']There were some special Epiphone EB basses made with set necks rather than bolt on (Elite?) The general concensous is that they are much better instruments.[/quote] No, all Epi EB-3s have set neck, the EB-0 is bolt.

I love mine.

No word back yet, [i]quelle surprise[/i]

[quote name='thedontcarebear' post='38101' date='Jul 28 2007, 11:34 AM']Not really going to do that to a very early JV Fender Squire am I?![/quote] You didn't mention that part.

New hardware?

[quote name='thedontcarebear' post='38070' date='Jul 28 2007, 10:24 AM']Surely it's a good thing, naturally relic means just play it a lot?[/quote] The very mention of the R word brings me out in hives. It's almost as bad as "mojo". My EB-3 doesn't have mojo and it isn't relic-ed. It's got split lacquer around the jack socket where I stood up while accidentally having a foot on the lead and it pains me every time I see/feel it. The fact that the suggestion of [b]intent[/b] to "relic" it is mentioned makes me sad.

It claims to be in Aberdeen, I'll ask if I can get a try of it

Mmm, satin-y. Looking good.

Please don't "relic" it

[quote name='Baseballfan1456' post='37667' date='Jul 27 2007, 09:18 AM']It was a Fender Precision...I can't really explain the feeling I had when I was playing it, but MAN was it awesome! I definitely know that the P-Bass in the one that I want (Until I can get a Stingray) Too bad I don't have enough money to buy either though...[/quote] Can you not get a Squier P-Bass just now and work your way up?

[quote name='Delberthot' post='37588' date='Jul 27 2007, 12:07 AM']I am finishing my 1973 Tele bass in Nitro [b]so that I can naturally relic it myself[/b].[/quote]

[quote name='RussFM' post='37472' date='Jul 26 2007, 06:24 PM']The end strap pin is loose, and it's been threaded, so can't be tightened.[/quote] Do you mean the hole is now too big? I had this problem with my project bass. Easy fix - stick a match in the hole, break it off so that there's none of it sticking out then screw it back in. New wood for it to grip, et voila. If it's too tight then maybe half the match will suffice, depends how loose it has become.

Hmph. [url="http://search.ebay.co.uk/_W0QQsassZhankerooQQhtZ-1"]http://search.ebay.co.uk/_W0QQsassZhankerooQQhtZ-1[/url] They seem to take vintage instruments apart and sell the parts off in penny numbers. This week, it's an EB-2. Body, pickup, wiring, case all in seperate auctions. I'm sure I remember them selling an EB-3 off in individual parts a while ago, the whole thing. Hmph again. I don't know what everyone else thinks, but I am not keen on this scattering of vintage parts. Surely it would be better to gather together all the parts that belong together and sell it as a project? Sadly, it's probably done for financial gain; the individual parts being worth more than selling them in one go. Thrice hmph.

Well, it seems sense has prevailed and everyone gave it a wide berth at that asking price. Good.

All I would say is don't skimp on components. Buy the things you want, over time. It'll take months to complete if you're doing it in your spare time, so the cost will be spread. My first build cost me something in the region of £400, and that was a combination of sourcing bits from eBay, Thomann in Germany, basspartsresource in the USA, as well as some trips to my local B&Q. If you buy one of these kits, which machine heads will they give you? Which pickup(s)? Which bridge? Choice of knobs? It's these things that you will have full control over if you source the parts yourself. Let's not even talk about the fact that you'll get beefed for import duty and VAT when buying in that kit from the states, so it won't be just £250. $500 + $45 carriage = $545 = £265.78 + 3.4% import duty = £274.82 + 17.5% VAT = £322.91. Suddenly not quite as bargainalicious as you first thought?

[quote name='LordAvon' post='36909' date='Jul 25 2007, 03:48 PM']Yeah, I don't think I have the skills (or tools) to build my own from scratch, so I figured if I got something that was relativly simple to start with. Made some mods to it and got confident, then I could have a go at making a guitar from a block of wood. There's a chap in scotland that runs 2 week courses in guitar/bass building, where you start with a lump of wood (you choose the wood) and you design what you want and then build it, but it costs £900 (plus accomodation). Sadly I can find no-one in the UK that stocks bass bodies, I can find necks, pickups, bridges, nuts, etc, but no bodies! ho Hum. Paul[/quote] Allparts [url="http://www.allparts.uk.com/catalogue/index.php?cPath=91000_91023&ALLPAR=a405dcf1391ea96c78f7b2cf7c4460d0"]http://www.allparts.uk.com/catalogue/index...8f7b2cf7c4460d0[/url] alternatively, put "bass body" into evilBay

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