Jono Bolton

I'd agree with axesrus, they offer great service. I would give them an email first and explain what you're after, they'll probably be able to send you out a set with 2 volumes and a tone, which would save you having to buy two sets. Alternatively, buy a set of 2 volume knobs, and I'll you a matching black tone knob for free, I believe I have one spare.

My vote goes for brown (not red, and I really can't stress that enough) tortoise shell. Easily the best match for a 3 tone sunburst, IMO, of course

[quote name='GЯДИК' post='350035' date='Dec 9 2008, 06:25 PM']you'll have to order one from Japan for a decent colour; I agree red and white aren't the best selection[/quote] Nuts, I was hoping that wasn't the case. Where can I order one from?

Does anyone know if the Japanese re-issues are still available in blue? I've been doing some scouting about online because I'm looking to try one when I expand my collection at the start of next year, but I can only find the Fiesta Red and Vintage White, both of which don't really cut it for me. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

I've been trying to work out most of Glassjaw's 'Worship and Tribute' by ear for the last couple of weeks.

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/westone-thunder-1a-bass-1982-trans-red-very-rare-colour_W0QQitemZ230308400835QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item230308400835&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1298%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318"]Westone Thunder[/url]. What a beauty! I've been gassing over one of these for a while, and the sound would suit the new band I'm standing in for at the mo, and this listing is doing feck all to help! If I didn't need to pay out a similar amount of cash next week for Council Tax I'd be all over this. EDIT: Although [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/WESTONE-THUNDER-BASS-VINTAGE-AMAZING-CONDITION_W0QQitemZ230308665978QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item230308665978&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1298%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318"]this[/url] is an absolute minter, and right on my doorstep to boot. I bet when I have the cash together to put in a bid in a couple of weeks, there'll be nothing going

The string spacing is interesting to say the least

[quote name='Bassassin' post='327047' date='Nov 11 2008, 07:47 PM']Basically it was crushed sufficiently hard to punch the tone control through into the cavity: I have all the little fragments of the original so I'm going to attempt a bit of scratchplate jigsaw, just to keep it original. That said, the tort's a good fit and way better looking. The scary screw ends are a bit of an issue when playing with a pick & doing palm-edge muting, which I do occasionally, but I think shorter screws and/or a shim in the neck pocket will be the way forward. A cover would interfere with pick style playing (well, my hamfisted bludgeoning) and also I'd have to drill the body, which I don't want to do. Interesting detail - SQ Squiers had scratchplates drilled for a pup cover, but no holes in the body. J.[/quote] So was the bass in a hard case and they still managed to do that much damage? Royal Mail never cease to amaze me with the ways they come up with to break stuff. By the way, to you loan out your carpets to porn shoots?

I voted sunburst, but I'm also partial to black or white, although my Jazz is 'Sage Green'. It's okay, but I have to say, I'm a fan of more 'traditional' colours, although anything that's Sonic Blue does funny things to me :wub:

Bloody hell Jon, that's a belter! You want to get a bridge cover on there though, those saddles look like they'd give you knuckles a proper shredding. How did Royal Fail wreck the w/b/w scratchplate, by the way?

Have you tried [url="http://www.highlystrung.net/acatalog/Pickguards__electric_guitar.html"]Highly Strung?[/url] Those Jazz pickguards are the perfect size for an MIM Jazz, screw holes line up perfectly and everything. I've got one on my Jazz just now, and it cost me all of a fiver.

My vote goes for regular 'elephant ear' tuners as opposed to closed, 'butterfly' style ones, they just look wrong on Fender-types in my opinion. Yes, it's more work, but it would look so much better.

Thanks very much guys. I'll have a look at the tweaking the truss rods. I tried to get a set of Allen Keys today but had no luck. I'm going to try Maplin tomorrow. JLP, I think you may have misunderstood part of what I said. 3mm is the height of the E and A strings at the 17th fret when no notes are fretted, while Fender recommends that it be between 2 and 2.5mm. When doing the fret-at-the-first-fret-and-press-the-strings-at-the-end-of-the-neck trick, the height if the strings seems to be less than 1mm, leading me to believe that the neck is too straight.

[quote name='ianrunci' post='301842' date='Oct 7 2008, 11:50 PM']Has anyone tried to upgrade an MM2 to active with a decent pick up. I was just wondering if there is much work involved?[/quote] Take a swatch at [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=14009&hl=olp"]this[/url] link to neepheid's OLP pimping thread. Between him and sibob, there's a lot of ideas, and they probably wont bite if you ask for help.

I currently have a Mexican Fender Jazz, and the action seems pretty high to me, and there's a bit of a choking issue as well. I used to have a Badass II on it, and had the neck shimmed to lower the action but without having a lot of fret buzz. I've since removed the Badass and put a more vintage styled Wilkinson bridge on it. I left the neck shim in and I have have to have the action quite high to eliminate any fret buzz. It's not too bad, but I'd like it as low as I could get it. I tried taking the neck shim out to be able to lower the saddles, but there was still a fair bit of buzz. It occurred to me the other night that the only thing I haven't tried is the truss rod. I bought the Wilkinson after speaking to BassBunny, who recommended it and said he didn't have to shim his neck. I've done that thing whereby I fret the neck at the 1st fret, use my arm to press the strings down at the body end of the neck and measure the string height at the 8th fret, and it doesn't seem to be too high at all, but I also have a Fender set-up manual that my flatmate got with her Tele and has instructions for guitars and basses, and according to that, my action is about 0.5mm higher than Fender recommends as a comfortable string height at the 17th fret (Fender says about 2-2.5mm, mine is about 3mm). First of all, does all that make sense? Secondly, would it be an idea to remove the shim and put a bit of relief in the neck? Roughly a quarter-turn clockwise? Thirdly, what size Allen Key would I need to undertake such a task? I didn't receive one when I bought the bass a few years back. Any help would be greatly appreciated fellas.

I had a black pickguard on a black Precision, but only because a brown tort one was too expensive