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Jono Bolton

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  1. Squier Classic Vibe 50s Telecaster in white blonde. One of the original run from 2008, made in China. I've only had this for about three months but I've got another project on the go and this needs to go to make space and raise funds. It's seen a bit of action and there are various superficial chips around the edge of the body, but it's a great player and the neck is brilliant and in very good nick. It sounds great too; as far as I know the pickups in the Chinese models were Toneriders. It's got full-sized Alpha pots which were standard in the early models, and I've recently replaced the stock switch with a decent quality one as the cheap original was fried. Comes with a Ritter gig bag. Recently restrung with Ernie Ball Hybrid Slinkys. Pickup from Baillieston/Uddingston area of Glasgow. I can also post if required.
  2. The necks on these are great; I've got one on my sonic blue bitsa. I had a Roadworn neck on there before but the Classic 50s was much nicer imo. You'll struggle to get a better P Bass for the money than this.
  3. The Fender Mark Hoppus bass is a P neck on a Jazz body, but it's got a P pickup in it. Putting a Jazz neck on a Precision is quite a common mod; maybe buy a Jazz and find someone to swap necks with?
  4. I'm in two minds about this; I was going to use this for a build but it requires some work and I'm not entirely sure I can be bothered with doing what needs to be done. It's a Squier JV Precision neck with maple fingerboard that I picked up a couple of weeks ago. The chap I bought it from had owned it from new but didn't get on with the neck and replaced it with a slimmer one. At one point he had taken the frets out and filled the slots with some sort of wood filler, though he wasn't sure exactly what. It's not the nearest job and the fretboard is unfinished. The truss rod was loosened while it wasn't being used; as far as I can tell it all works as it should. The nut, string tree, and tuners are original and are all that was included with the neck when I bought it. It could possibly be used as-is, or it could be refretted, or you could do as I had planned and clean out the slots, put a veneer in there and refinish the fretboard and keep it as fretless. Price is £150 plus shipping, or you can pick it up if you're in the Glasgow area.
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  5. I had the opportunity to try one of these a couple of weeks ago and it was very nice.
  6. God, that's nice
  7. I'm not a fan of it, but I've seen some pretty horrible rosewood boards as well.
  8. As far as I can tell, everything is 100% original and stock, and the bridge/tuners/pots all function as they should.
  9. Price drop - £350 Would trade/px for a decent quality P Bass body (black or natural preferred) 2011 Squier Classic Vibe 50s Precision in Butterscotch Blonde; one of the earlier Chinese-made models. I bought this used at the start of the year but it's probably the least-used of my basses. It's in excellent condition for it's age, I don't think the previous owner had used it much. There are a couple of small dents near the jack socket but it's otherwise unmarked. Currently strung with Elites Detroit flats, the tuners are good and the pickup and pots all work fine. I thought I had more pictures of it but it seems I don't, so I'll sort them out in the morning when the light's better. Comes with a Fender gig bag and I've got a box up in the loft so shipping is possible. Any questions, just ask.
  10. Aye, approximately 70 years
  11. Forgot I also have a digital luggage scale and that says 2.13kg
  12. My very basic kitchen scales say it's 2.1kg on the nose
  13. Fender MIM Classic 50s Precision Bass body, stripped and routed for a Jazz pickup in the bridge position with a side mounted jack socket. I bought this on here a couple of weeks ago with a view to putting together another P Bass but I'm not sure I need a fifth and have some other projects to attend to first. The body just needs a bit of sanding and it's ready to paint. Price is what I paid for it a fortnight ago.
  14. The Chinese Classic Vibes were excellent; even if you took the price out of the equation, they were just good instruments. I think it was definitely intentional to merge the VM and CV lines to drop the quality on them and move them further from the lowest rung of the fender ladder.
  15. I had one of those in Daphne Blue. Really good quality and one I wish I'd kept hold of. I paid £800 for it 2 years ago and sold it for the same price about a year later.
  16. I had the Classic Vibe Bass VI. It was decently made and I really liked the pickups in it, but ultimately I didn't use it much, and the string spacing at the nut was far too narrow for me to play comfortably so I sold it at the end of last year.
  17. It's absolutely sickening to think that a bass made in the 90s would be considered 'old'.
  18. I took the scratch plate off last night and had a look at the wiring. I've got a 1 Meg CTS pot in the tone position, but the solder on the volume pot is covering up the details; is it likely to also be 1 Meg or would it be lower? I didn't get a note of the cap values while I had it open so not sure what it is. Given the volume pot doesn't have a smooth sweep, it is worth just replacing the whole harness?
  19. What pots and cap have you got in there already?
  20. How can a product on pre-order be discontinued?
  21. I'd be more interested in the P if the neck had dots instead of blocks. I don't know why Squier (and Fender) have blocks on their 70s Precisions when almost every genuine 70s Fender P I've seen has just had a normal neck on it.
  22. Are we looking at the same picture?
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