Kempy535

Heard back from Nordstrand last night and i quote "John has inspected the pickups and these are quite old, a bit tampered with, and otherwise quite dead! So, I'll have a new set sent your way on Monday, and will get you tracking information after the weekend." So my new pickups were not new and not working when they were sent to me as well as tampered with. Not a happy bunny. Still nothing back from the seller so i suspect he was well aware of this. This is the first bad trade i have had through the forum. Awesome service from Nordstrand tho. If they sound as good as the customer service has been I will be super happy

[quote name='owen' timestamp='1435862886' post='2813211'] Is there anything finer than CAR with a matching headstock on a Jazz? [/quote] Lake Placid Blue maybe Thanks for the bump you have reminded me to chase Nordstrand. Pickups have been with them a month and no updates so far

Sold Richard a pre amp. Great guy to deal with Highly recommended

[quote name='bartelby' timestamp='1435088592' post='2805401'] I've never listened to those albums. I've heard a couple of songs off each, but never the whole albums. Maybe I should... I bet you'd have been able to hear the bass on Justice is Cliff had still been around! [/quote] Load is a great album. I know it got loads of flack at the time but its one of my favourite albums. Jason is a great player.

[quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1435156686' post='2806036'] [size=3]Gibson commission $2m diamond-covered SG. Looks arse, probably has fret sprout .[/size] [/quote] If you were a player with 2 million to spend you will be buy a 1959 LP not that piece of junk. If you are russian/arab/lewis hamiltion you will be buying this. Sadly i guess there is a market for this type of stuff other wise they wouldnt be building it

I have tickets booked for Oslo in December this year. I cannot wait. Hopefully ill be able to find the [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Glastonbury footage on line to tide me over [/font][/color]

[quote name='SH73' timestamp='1433705395' post='2793284'] I have seen this one before but not sure about the reliability of item being genuine,actually sent to me. [/quote] I'd have no issue ordering from that guy. His advert is done better than 90% of the ones in basschat. Neck stamps look correct for that model. Great feedback as well. Also have a look at these guys I have seem them offer a steve harris before, I have order maybe 6 or 7 bass guitars through them now. First class service every time. [url="http://www.ishibashi.co.jp/u_box/e/eubox.php?word=2&key=Fender+Japan&equal1=&value5=&select5=down&sort=&print=40&T=gazo"]Ishibashi[/url]

[quote name='gary mac' timestamp='1432391552' post='2781114'] Nice collection Kempy [/quote] Thanks Gary. I think i might have to squeeze a P bass in there and there are still a couple of Jazz bass i want

LPB is my favourite colour. Congrats it looks amazing.

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Not sure yet. Its a poly finish so convincing relic work is impossible. I plan to nitro white primer over the bare wood and try and feather the blend line. This might make the wear look more convincing. I will also use cutting compound again to remove the sanding lines. I have a compressor here so maybe ill strip and try spraying the whole thing. Probably CAR or Lake Placid blue Id like the hard wear to look like this but I am undecided how to go about this [url=https://flic.kr/p/stxEvJ][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/stxEvJ]Fender Jazz Bass 1962 RI[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/kempy535/]kempy535[/url], on Flickr Firstly id like to play the damn thing

JimBobTTD thank you for the very kind offer. Have a great trip to Oslo KiOgon thanks for the comments loom and help you have offered so far

Try finding the right form for a consumer and not something business based

Fast forward to Christmas 2014. My dad mentioned that my Uncle was looking to sell the 66 and would I be interested. It took about all of 30 seconds to decided and she was mine again. My uncle had played around 250 gigs on it but was needing something with a maple neck for the new funk thing he is doing. During this time it had EMG actives in it which he was going to keep. Bass was collected around March and stored at my parents. More time passes but i have been busy shopping. A set of Nordstrand NJ4's were purchased and a Fender original spiral bridge plus a KiOgon wiring loom. May 2015 was the first time I was back in the UK. [url="https://flic.kr/p/sL8hM2"][/url][url="https://flic.kr/p/sL8hM2"]Fender Jazz bass 1966 RI[/url] by [url="https://www.flickr.com/photos/kempy535/"]kempy535[/url], on Flickr The relic work had been touched up with car paint that was close but not a match. Also the finish work was not great. I decided to throw all of the parts into the bass and at least play it. Just to seel if I got on with it. This is where the project takes a unexpected turn. I had also bought a 62Ri with J East retro and Nordstrand picks and a badass. I had the intention of stripping all the good bits of and selling them on and putting the 62 back to original condition. I quiet liked the Retro and the pick ups turn out to be Fender noiseless ones not Nordstrands. How ever the 62 sounded and played great. Decision time. I decide to make the 62 a nice passive bass with Nordstrand NJ4's, KiOgon loom and the 66 with the retro and Fender noiseless pickups. It was here I ran into issues, In short order J Retro is not a direct fit into the 62 or 66 Jazz bass Fender noiseless pickup covers do not fit into the 66 Nordstrand NJ4's didnt work I was a little upset at this point. I now had two bass and neither of them worked. To have a least one working bass i put the Noiseless pick ups in the 62 with KiOgon loom. These looms are very well made and a great upgrade I started to work on the 66 finish as I wanted to remove the touch up paint. At least I could try and salvage something from this trip... Before [url="https://flic.kr/p/sDLHMb"][/url][url="https://flic.kr/p/sDLHMb"]Fender Jazz bass 1966 RI[/url] by [url="https://www.flickr.com/photos/kempy535/"]kempy535[/url], on Flickr [url="https://flic.kr/p/sDY1Nr"][/url][url="https://flic.kr/p/sDY1Nr"]Fender Jazz bass 1966 RI[/url] by [url="https://www.flickr.com/photos/kempy535/"]kempy535[/url], on Flickr [url="https://flic.kr/p/rH9JG4"][/url][url="https://flic.kr/p/rH9JG4"]Fender Jazz bass 1966 RI[/url] by [url="https://www.flickr.com/photos/kempy535/"]kempy535[/url], on Flickr After [url="https://flic.kr/p/rHaCjx"][/url][url="https://flic.kr/p/rHaCjx"]Fender Jazz bass 1966 RI[/url] by [url="https://www.flickr.com/photos/kempy535/"]kempy535[/url], on Flickr Oh and they say you should always save the best till last [url="https://flic.kr/p/sBEYxw"][/url][url="https://flic.kr/p/sBEYxw"]Fender Jazz bass 1966 RI[/url] by [url="https://www.flickr.com/photos/kempy535/"]kempy535[/url], on Flickr As normal time passes very quickly and I got nowhere near as much done as I wanted to on the bass. Next trip back I will white primer the bare wood and finishing the back of the neck in nitro. Nordstrand have agreed to look at the pickups so I just have to figure out what form to fill out so i don't get hit with customs as they need to be sent to the US. Possibly i will get to play it for the first time in 5 years