Jono Bolton

Bought a set of Rotosound Strings from Lozz, he was selling 1 new and 3 used sets together but was happy to split and sell me just the new set, paid him Tuesday evening and they were in my hands this morning. Excellent fuss free transaction, quick and easy. Top bloke!

I don't know that they're not the same screws, whenever I've had covers on eith my P or J they've always appeared to be the same as the scratchplate screws. Screws are usually sold in packs of 20 in my experience so there should be a good few left over for the covers once the scratchplate's on.

Fantastic!

[quote name='S9_S12_Bass' timestamp='1345978927' post='1783685'] 2010 Highway One [IMG]http://i1172.photobucket.com/albums/r569/S9_S12_Bass/54A63497-0102-46E0-B434-14541B8EA32F-14038-00000B2268C122B2.jpg[/IMG] 2004 Mike Dirnt [IMG]http://i1172.photobucket.com/albums/r569/S9_S12_Bass/D58DF29A-361E-4A1F-8CD3-BC3761E3B6C6-14038-00000B2262EAEFBB.jpg[/IMG] 2007 USA Standard [IMG]http://i1172.photobucket.com/albums/r569/S9_S12_Bass/FB44D246-430B-4919-877C-9FE7AF60DAC1-14038-00000B225CC9CF98.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i1172.photobucket.com/albums/r569/S9_S12_Bass/3AE89B99-7885-4441-B4DB-BC0CF9642DFB-14038-00000B224884569B.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i1172.photobucket.com/albums/r569/S9_S12_Bass/AFC4927A-0428-4AF1-BBA9-5611A81005B6-14038-00000B22561A4DAA.jpg[/IMG] [/quote] I love that US Standard, I didn't know they did it in natural

[quote name='Jono Bolton' timestamp='1345120888' post='1773795'] You could always have a wee word with The Bass Doc, he's made custom scratchplates for countless BC members, I had celluloid tort plate made up for my P Bass earlier this year, it's excellent. Mint green doesn't actually look green, as Mr Fingers said, it's more "off white" than anything else. I reckon it would look pretty tidy on sonic blue, not as nice as as tortoiseshell though [/quote] It was actually pobrien_ie that was talking about the scratchplate, not Mr Fingers! Sorry pobrien_ie!

[quote name='MrFingers' timestamp='1345119081' post='1773753'] I always say: "when you start with something, don't halfass your way through it, but do it thoroughly!" and like they say in dutch: "Goedkoop is duurkoop" (translated it comes down to: "when something is priced low, so it looks like a bargain, you can be sure there will be some issues with it down the way, and you'll probably end up buying the more expensive, but correct/higher quality thing you were going to buy first") [/quote] I'd second that. If you're going to do it, you'll be much happier doing it properly, if you try cutting corners here and there, it may end up costing you more in the long run.

You could always have a wee word with The Bass Doc, he's made custom scratchplates for countless BC members, I had celluloid tort plate made up for my P Bass earlier this year, it's excellent. Mint green doesn't actually look green, as Mr Fingers said, it's more "off white" than anything else. I reckon it would look pretty tidy on sonic blue, not as nice as as tortoiseshell though

This is going to be the balls. I love Sonic Blue, is this having a proper celluloid tortoiseshell scratchplate?

[quote name='The_D' timestamp='1342639199' post='1738553'] It is a fender. Suppose I could see what its like blank though. Also guys I'm trying to do this on the cheap so exotic woods were out from the start! [/quote] I think we may have the same bass Made in Mexico, mid-noughties? I go through stages of liking and then hating the colour, I've seen sage green Strats and Teles with maple necks but I don't think maple would look right on the Jazz. Mine's one of the most comfortable basses I've ever played, I really should get some pickups in it. Like I said before, if it's a Fender then putting a decal on the headstock is fine in my opinion, but it's your choice. I just don't understand the point of putting them on bitsas or other brands.

Is it a Fender Jazz? I've got a sage green Fender Jazz. If it is you can justify the Fender decal being on there, I don't know why you would put one on if it's not. That said, I've always loved the look of blank headstocks.

I finally look to be in a position to get some new pickups for my Jazz. I've already got my Precision with Wizard Thumper for making noise, so I'm looking for some more reserved vintage-style tones out of my Jazz. I've narrowed down my choices based on budget to either the Wizard 64s or the Fender Originals, has anyone else compared the two? Both have favourable reviews, and both can be bought for £70 a set. In a seperate thread on here regarding P Bass pickups, the Fender originals got a few more votes than the Wizard Trad, or the Seymour Duncan SPB-1, would it be much the same for the Jazz pickups? Any advice would be great!

Over the years I've had a Danelectro U2, a Squier Standard Strat, and Epiphone Les Paul Standard Gold top (which I won in a competition and subsequently traded for), a Squier Telecaster Custom and an Epiphone G400 in worn brown that I picked up off Gumtree for 80 quid. None of these guitars are still with me, but I wish I still had a few of them. Actually, the only one I never got one with was the Tele Custom because of the slab body. The U2 was a whole heap of fun and was light as anything, the Strat was lovely to play but in my younger years I had a Blink-182 phase and decided candy apple red was the way forward, the maple neck was really comfy though and aged in a really nice way. The Gold Top is probably the one I wish I'd kept most, I was in uni at the time and had a phone call from home to say that someone from a guitar mag had called to arrange delivery of of it and it was being delivered to my uni house the next day. It was perfect, I loved the look, sound and feel of it, it even came with a hard case. To this day I still don't know why, but I traded it in a local guitar store in Ayr for the Tele Custom, not an even trade by any means, I can't even feel taken advantage of because it was my own stupidity/naivety that led me to trade it. After a week I took the Tele back and said it wasn't for me and asked if I could swap back (it was still in store condition and had all the tags etc). The store owner said I could swap back but I'd have to pay £100, because the Gold Top was worth far more than the Tele. Being a poor student I couldn't afford it, so I was stuck with the Tele for a few months more until I punted it. The G400 was nice as well, the tuners were a bit slippy and the neck dive was atrocious, but it was good to play and nicely built. Eventually I'll get another guitar, but I'll not be able to afford one for a good wee while

[quote name='73Jazz' timestamp='1341737992' post='1723239'] As promised in another thread, concerning the search for the right colour. This is my 1973 YOB former stripped, now sonic blue P bass, with one of the most fantastic maple necks i have ever played (J.Torres) I was thinking about refinishing the bass over 1,5 years. Now i am totally overwhelmed and pretty sure that i did the right thing. Let me introduce her to you.. [/quote] Christ on a bike! That's gorgeous!