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[quote name='Darcy' post='33227' date='Jul 17 2007, 07:25 PM']Andy is a No1 guy, only done fret dressing and set ups for me but top dog When are you taking it to him?? (he says putting on black face paint, clothes, abag with SWAG on it and get his crowbar out lol)[/quote] He's sleeping with it under his pillow!

[quote name='bass_ferret' post='33175' date='Jul 17 2007, 06:10 PM']I presume the muppet that did the refin also took off the DC knobs. Lovely find - well done.[/quote] Thanks bass_ferret Yes - the pots & control plate all date from 1973... don't know when they were added. And who knows what happened to the original set - they may well have simply been worn out with use & chucked in a box somewhere (as even in 1973 the bass would have had 13 years of wear)... So I'm going replace them with a Fender re-issue set of concentric pots (I've never seen anyone selling an original old set - they just don't exist - & even if they did would cost a small fortune). The only other thing that's missing is the pickguard - everything else is there & looks original. I could get a later 60's one - but that will cost me £300-400 & still not be correct for a '60 model. So as the neck & body are getting re-finished I'll go for a Fender 62 re-issue for now - should look fine & dandy.

Not nearly as practical due to the weight... But [url="http://www.flightcasewarehouse.co.uk/"]http://www.flightcasewarehouse.co.uk/[/url] quoted me £168 inc delivery for a full fight case for a CR4M - so an NS5 would probably work out about the same..? PS - love the 'bass' sticker!

[quote name='Hamster' post='33094' date='Jul 17 2007, 03:31 PM']Which tech are you using for the refinish? Hamster[/quote] Andy Viccars - he's a great guy & really knows his stuff...

[quote name='The Burpster' post='32895' date='Jul 17 2007, 10:09 AM']Well done for being prepared to take a risk...... Better still it paid off! Cant wait to see the 'before and after pics!'[/quote] Thanks Burpster! It wasn't too big a risk as I knew that the neck was pretty definitely a 1960 & that most of the parts were original – but I didn’t dare hope that the body was original as well. I'm still amazed that nobody else was prepared to take a punt on it - a 1960 Jazz is one of the most desirable & sought after basses! Even as a re-finished neck & body with some re-issue parts – a '60 Jazz is so incredibly super rare that it will still be worth a packet when it’s finished (a 100% original one would be £15K+ – even if you could find one to buy). The seller had taken it to Music Ground in Manchester to get it valued by the ‘experts’ there & they told him the body wasn’t original (he didn’t even mention the orginal 1960 neck plate in the listing!) - but when the bass arrived I spotted the infamous ‘router hump’ straight away & knew it was definitely an old body - & started to get a little bit excited... It took Andy Viccars ages to get the thick orange paint off – he had to strip it right back to the bare Alder wood (which had obviously been done previously before it ended up orange). And it’s definitely a 1960 body – the tell-tale 4 screw holes for the individual mutes are there, but filled in, as are all the correct temporary nail holes added during the original painting process in 1960. It’s nice & light & should ‘ring like a bell’ when it’s all back together again. It'll be a couple of months before it's all done (a month alone for the nitro lacquer on the body to dry) but I reckon I’ll end up with a very lovely Jazz that will have cost me a fraction of what it should have – and a little piece of bass guitar history as 1960 was the very first year of production. I'll definitely post some before & after pics when it's all finished...

[quote name='EdwardHimself' post='32879' date='Jul 17 2007, 09:40 AM']WHEY!!!! I hope that white "primer" wasn't actually the pain underneath tho. Haha i'm sure it wasn't.[/quote] No worries on that one - it had already been stripped previously by the comedian who decided it would be a good idea to cover it in a thick coat of orange car paint! And even if it was over an original paint it would take Harry Potter to remove the orange & leave the original intact!

Have you seen the bid history? Looks a bit strange...?

[quote name='The Funk' post='31494' date='Jul 13 2007, 07:03 PM']Thanks for the info. You'll have to let us know when you have some recordings of that. I bet it sounds amazing.[/quote] The tone that comes out of it is jaw-dropping... I'll be close miking it with an Electro-Voice RE27 (got a bargain one from eBay off a guy in Canada for £250 - they're £1K new in the UK), with the the signal from the bass also DI'd through an Avalon U5 - or maybe a REDDI (but only if I can face paying nearly £600 for a DI box). I'm just looking to get my studio sound very sorted before we record the LP later in the year...

[quote name='The Funk' post='31438' date='Jul 13 2007, 05:44 PM']Bloody hell! Would you consider lending / renting that out for recording sessions?[/quote] Sorry - no. It's taken me a long time to find one as good as this one, then ship it from Seattle, get it converted to UK voltage & then carefully restored back to original spec. I have a full flight case on order - but I could never replace it if it was badly damaged. It's just not built to stand up to being bounced about in the back of a transit van. And the whole hassle of origanising collection/delivery/return...? It's just not worth the grief or the worry. But I think some of the bigger professional London hire companies (Audiohire?) do have them available for hire (probably the 70's ones - you need to check) - the day rate is probably £40-50.

Just had my vintage 1965 Ampeg B-15 restored by Steve Rowse [url="http://www.stevesamps.co.uk/"]http://www.stevesamps.co.uk/[/url] - highly recommended for valve amps.

Here's my recording rig - just come back from being restored by [url="http://www.stevesamps.co.uk/"]Steve Rowse[/url] after I had it shipped over from the US. It's a virtually mint 1965 Ampeg B-15Na 'Portaflex'. Incredibly rare in the UK - the absolute dog's bollocks of bass amps. With a valve sound so sweet it brings tears to my eyes...! Too rare, valuable & delicate to gig (& not really loud enough for live) - but in the studio this is without equal...which is why they've been used on countless great LPs over the last 40 years. Enjoy. [attachment=1172:1965_amp...na_front.jpg]

Thanks for the smooth deal with the MXR Dave! Great comms & paid instantly - a pleasure to do business with. Highly recommended!

[quote name='ped' post='29360' date='Jul 9 2007, 09:12 PM']That sample was with the bass and treble bosted on the bass somewhat, I was playing along with a track with not much else in it so wanted to fill it out. It has a gorgeously smooth deep sound like that. I will do some flatter samples soon, but having some problems with my recording gear at the moment, I hope to iron it out tomorrow![/quote] Lovely looking beast! I've always fancied a COMBAT bass [url="http://www.combat-guitars.com/"]http://www.combat-guitars.com/[/url] - but they seem almost impossible to get outside Japan....

[quote name='paul, the' post='29535' date='Jul 10 2007, 04:05 AM']+1 Shows pickup and pg tail. It's a P without question.[/quote] Sorry - Yes - you're right I hadn't looked at the 3rd track 'runaway' - & he is indeed using a CAR Precision. [attachment=1114:turner_pbass.png] But on the other 2 tracks it's his white 66 Jazz... [attachment=1115:turner_jass1.png] [attachment=1116:turner_jazz2.png]

[quote name='thumbo' post='29485' date='Jul 10 2007, 12:02 AM']That bass sound is awesome, it's exactly what I love about P-basses.[/quote] Errr..... That's actually a vintage '66 Jazz bass - not a P-bass (not that I don't LOVE Precisions though!).

Here's a 1978 [b]Guild B-301[/b] - the coolest looking rock n roll bass there is! With plenty of good ol' Mojo! As requested by bassman2790... [i](I got this one from MacDaddy)[/i] [attachment=1105:78_B301_full_front.jpg] [attachment=1106:78_B301_full_back.jpg]

That's making my eyes water! There must be some sort of law against that! Do you reckon his house is full of insane DIY projects as well?