Jono Bolton
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[quote name='danbowskill' timestamp='1418120354' post='2626944'] I love my Matt freeman. Popped in a kiorgan loom, dimarzio pups and a gotoh 201 bridge...... My does it play and sound awsome. :-) [/quote] Personally I wouldn't change anything on it. I've only had it since Saturday so we'll see how that goes but I like the sound as it is so the stock pickup will stay, I did think I'd take the bridge off and put a standard BBOT as I'd always thought the high mass bridges on this & the Classic Vibes looked a bif naff in the pictures but it doesn't look too bad in real life. Apart from a rattle from the G tuner it's fine as it is.
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Squier Matt Freeman signature: [attachment=178185:IMG_2105.JPG]
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A mixed review for Parcelforce; bought a bass that was taken to the Post Office before the 5pm cut off on Wednesday and was sent via Parcelforce 48, but when I called them on Thursday they said it was booked at 5.15pm and still hadn't been picked up. It was picked up late on Thursday afternoon and should have been delivered today, but it was at the Glasgow depot on Friday night and they delivered it on the Saturday instead. So it was early, but still late as it should've been picked up on Wednesday and arrived on Friday. Funnily enough, they were delivering a parcel for a neighbour upstairs who wasn't in and asked me to take it, and he was having an EBS cab delivered at the same time! Never realised the was another bassist in my building. -
**WITHDRAWN** Ashdown ABM215 2x15 Cab For Sale/Trade
Jono Bolton replied to jokolono's topic in Amps and Cabs For Sale
I've wanted one of these for ages, there's one for sale in a shop in the north east for about £500! Shame you're so far away, GLWTS! -
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[quote name='Rumple' timestamp='1417720776' post='2623484'] Really? that's the 1st bad word I've had re Bass Doc's work. [/quote] Yep. Sent him my original plate so he could match it up exactly (or so he said), massive gap around the neck and the cutout for the pickup was both really jagged and in the wrong position.
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If the stuff the Bass Doc used was from WD, then I'd go for that. I had a Bass Doc tort scratchplate for my P Bass that looked really nice, I would have kept it if it weren't for the fact that the scratchplate was so poorly made. In hindsight I should have bought the WD one instead and paid the extra £20 for one that fit properly.
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A bit of a feeler here, I've got a set of Newtone custom order high tension strings, brand new and still in their packaging. I bought them as my band tunes down 3 semitones and the Rotosounds I had on my P Bass didn't have enough tension for my liking and would flap around wildly when played hard. The idea with the Newtones is they use standard windings over a thicker core to retain the same tension at a lower tuning as you would get with regular strings when tuned to E standard. I planned on putting these on my P Bass but they took six weeks to arrive as they were a custom order, but in that time I discovered that the DR Fat Beams I put on my Peavey Foundation are exactly what I was after, so I probably wont use these now. I paid £30 plus postage for these, I'm asking for £25 & postage, and you wont have to wait the best part of 2 months for them to arrive!
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Did the Bass Doc not cut his tort guards from WD blanks?
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Ryan Adams' version of Wonderwall.
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Talk about bad timing; last week I was outbid on a Blazer at the last second on Ebay, but later that day I found a new Squier Matt Freeman Precision for less than half price (someone had bought it & never used it, still had the plastic on the scratchplate & pickups so that counts as new in my book!). If I'd not bought the Squier I'd have had this off you already, the Matt Freeman's been on my GAS list for a while but so has a Blazer and there's no contest between that and one of these. Good luck with the sale! -
Top marks to Cliff, I bought some Schaller tuners from him on Tuesday, sent them off the same day and they were waiting when I got back from work this evening. Absolutely perfect, as described, and very well packaged as well!
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If the first three characters of the serial are 'MN8', then M=Mexico, N8=Ninety-8. My P & J basses were MZ0 (Mexico '00) and MZ4 (Mexico '04) respectively.
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Cheers ped! Never used Elixirs before but won't turn my nose up at a freebie!
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That looks very nice! Is the E string at an angle past the nut onto the peg or is it just a trick of the camera?
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SOLD!
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Original thread: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/238044-vintage-style-tuners-off-a-geddy-lee-jazz-bass/page__p__2465042__hl__geddy%20lee__fromsearch__1#entry2465042"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/238044-vintage-style-tuners-off-a-geddy-lee-jazz-bass/page__p__2465042__hl__geddy%20lee__fromsearch__1#entry2465042[/url]
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Set of 4 Fender Geddy Lee Jazz Bass tuners in chrome. Late 60s - early 70s baseplate. I bought these 6 months ago for my P Bass but I've just bought a set of Schallers so these are surplus. Excellent condition, and all fixing screws have been replaced with larger ones. Just looking to get back what I paid, £25 plus post (about £3). Here's a picture of them in situ, can take more if requested: [attachment=177096:New Image.JPG] EDIT: Bushings included.
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Lovely!
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New Laklands... including a PJ Skyline w/blocks!
Jono Bolton replied to wateroftyne's topic in Bass Guitars
I like the 44-64 US Classic. Am I the only one that doesn't like block necks? I think they look a bit tacky. IMO, of course. -
[quote name='PlungerModerno' timestamp='1416190074' post='2607823'] I don't think they were common enough to make parts sourcing easy - Some people think they're worth a lot: Definitely on my to try list. If it's priced appropriately it could be well worth it. Be aware some of the parts are custom made for that model (sliding cover and some other parts I think) so if they're missing they may need to be made up at considerable cost. [/quote] The only bits that need to be replaced are the nut and saddles, everything else is present and correct. The nut and saddles are there as well, but the guy offering it recommends that they be replaced sooner rather than later, and they're bot relatively easy to get hold of, they needn't be originals. [quote name='Billy Apple' timestamp='1416209612' post='2607854'] You'd be best PM'ing Neepheed. I think he's got a re-fin one. [/quote] Cheers, I'll send him a message just now.
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I've been offered a Gibson Grabber in a trade. It's a '77 with the sliding pickup. It's in need of some TLC, a new nut, bridge saddles, a rewire and a good scrub, but other than that it appears it's in decent nick for its age (although I've not yet seen it in the flesh). Can anyone tell me much about them, and if it'll be worthwhile given the work that needs doing?
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I had a bass delivered by UK Mail recently. It was meant to be a 24-hour tracked service. For ages the online tracking info wasn't updated after it had been collected, but showed that it was due to be delivered the following day (a Thursday). On the Thursday afternoon after it should have been delivered, the details were updated to 'Delayed'. I called the helpline to find out what was happening and was informed that the van taking the bass to one of the depots had arrived after the van that was due to take it on to the next depot had already left. Pretty annoyed that they would let that happen when you're paying specifically for a next day service.
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SOLD!
