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I'd play around with the limiter as the control is sort of counter intuitive being fully on when most other knobs would be off. Failing that, contact Phil Jones support as they are probably the quickest and most helpful support team I've ever come across (other manufacturers take note!).

Just received a bass body, scratchplate, neck, nut, string tree and tuners from Jez. All as described, well packaged and posted promptly. Trade with Jez with confidence - great bloke and a credit to the community.

Hmmm reminds me of something........

It really depends on what you are trying to achieve. It is possible, with a lot of patience, investigation, research and in no small part, skill, to make a bass that will rival the best output of the Ritters, Overwaters, Shukers et al and at this end of the scale, you will save a small fortune over the purchase price mainly because you will not 'cost' your own time (labour) in making the bass into the equation. The biggest challenge will always be finishing the bass as achieving a pro level finish with rattle cans is difficult if not damned near impossible. At the other end of the scale, you can buy all the parts you need ready finished and bolt together a respectable bass, but in truth it will be no better than a good Squier bass and probably cost you a lot more due to the manufacturers and distributers adding mark-up to each component rather than the bass as a whole. That said, I recently put together a 'road worn' fretless P bass project which has turned out to be a belter, at least as good as anything Fender have produced in the last 30 years, for a fraction of the Fender price simply by using secondhand components (body, neck etc) procured from this very forum. There is no feeling quite like gigging your own handiwork especially if it receives compliments from the audience. The more basses you build the better you become as you hone your craft.

Well it arrived this morning, and despite the irony, it was extremely well packaged (in a cardboard guitar box, that itself was inside another large cardboard shipping box with plenty of loose packing around it). Straight out of the box it was playable and in tune! If I wanted to, it would be a fairly simple job to pop the ABS shell off the soundboard and repair the shell before reaffixing. But that would be too simple........ The bass has a really nice neck of P bass proportions, and is quite loud for an acoustic, especially considering the damage to the bowl. Electronics all work (including the tuner) and so the winter project is a go go Watch out for a (re)build thread soon

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' timestamp='1378845982' post='2205592'] If you are cool to cash the guy if I paypal gift/bank transfer, and I can sort a courier, can work with that. [/quote] PM'd

[quote name='Annoying Twit' timestamp='1378847857' post='2205631'] You actually bought it? Sorry if I've offended you. It makes sense if you're going to build something from it. [/quote] No offence taken, its intended as a donor for a project - expect photos to appear in the build section ;-)

Still for sale on Big Ginger Gits and on https://www.facebook.com/groups/musiciansmartne/ I advised the seller of this place but so far he doesn't appear to have taken the bait. If any basschatters are interested, I'm only 3 miles from this if you need an intermediary for collection/courier pickup. In his post on facebook he claims to have the original packaging so courier should be no problem.

I've been toying with ideas for a 'thinline' fretless electro/acoustic for a while now without taking the plunge and buying any wood. This will give me a chance to put those ideas to the test - who knows, this time next year I could be a millionaire (alternatively i may just have wasted £33 that would have been better spent on lottery tickets)

That's my 'winter project' sorted ;-)

Absolutely gorgeous! I say it again, marrying the original series body shape with the progress headstock is pure genius - lovely lovely lovely bass - congrats Kees

Its only a flesh wound......

Tell her that you fancy a lad at work and would she mind if you explored that side of your sexuality. As her world collapses around her smile and say 'sorry love only kidding' and whilst she is in euphoric relief slip in "by the way I've bought a new bass" Then run........fast

Doctor Doctor by UFO In my defence it was the longer live version......... Anybody seen my coat around here?

Still loving my stagg but struggling with the 'quiet' E string. I suspect that this is partly caused by the foam I inserted under the bridge feet to reduce unwanted handling noise, but when installing this, I also noticed that the bridge was a very tight fit in the body. Do you think 'easing' the bridge to reduce the tightness will improve the E string volume? I've tried adjusting the trim pots on the circuit board but this just increased the background noise when set too high and still didn't improve the E string volume by comparison to the the A, D & G. I'm also thinking of carving a new bridge out of some offcuts of swamp ash I have around from a body build. Any thoughts on whether this would be a good or bad idea?

That sir is a thing of beauty! I have recently acquired a Uke and I'm loving playing it. Incidentally, playing the Uke has had a real positive effect on my bass playing

Wow that flamed ash has some figure doesn't it? Looking great Kees, I bet you can't wait to get your hands on it now?

Wow, simply stunning! Something completely different and left field. Not to everyones taste I'm sure, but its nice to see some originality. Oh and when glueing a top on, you can never have too much glue :-)

Add my name to the Bass Doc appreciation society. Howard took my latest purchase and fitted a new nut, dressed the frets and gave it a good old setup to boot. Amazing result, and great craic too! Top man.