Jono Bolton

There's also a shell pink one

Sent my P Bass build away to David Wilson for a refinish. It was 3-tone sunburst, but is now sonic blue. The picture doesn't pick up the true colour, it's a fair bit lighter in real life. It's got a light relic finish, similar to the Fender Journeyman CS relics. Specs are: a Fender MIJ 70s P body, Fender Road Worn 50s P neck, Creamery Classic '58 pickup, Fender anodised aluminium pickguard, ashtrays, knobs, and tugbar, Squier JV reverse gear tuners, Hosco threaded saddle bridge, and Gotoh strap buttons, string tree, and neck plate.

Are dings more likely to happen with basswood? It's still got several layers of finish over it, which will pick up marks before the wood does.

Funnily enough, it was almost exactly as expensive as I expected it to be; not that I think it's probably worth that much, just that everything new seems overpriced to me these days.

They could have at least tuned the bass before recording the video

Also, if anyone knows where I can get a spare screw cap/cover, please let me know. One is missing and Ashdown said they no longer stock replacements as the ones they use now are a different size.

I've just downsized from my Peavey Century and Ampeg 1x15 to an ABM Evo II 300 C-110; I don't gig anymore so I don't need anything that size. I picked it up last night but haven't had a chance to play through it properly, other than when I tested it out at the seller's house last night. I had the ABM Evo II 300 head many moons ago, so I'm quite familiar with it. It certainly feels strange having such a small amp in the house now.

I'm leaning towards shell pink at the minute, but do I need two pink basses?

These are the sort of things that keep me up at night, Ped.

Black and blonde for reference:

I put this together at the end of last year after I bought a Fender Roadworn 50s Precision neck in the Black Friday sale. I was going for a '57 vibe but the body is a Fender MIJ 70s P body in 3-tone sunburst, which isn't strictly accurate. Initially I was going to go for black, though I've swayed towards blonde, and 2-tone sunburst, although there is a visible join and change in grain between the 2 pieces of the body. I like the idea of Shell Pink, but I've already refinished my JV Precision in the same colour. I love Sonic Blue, but it's also not strictly correct for the period. If I'm refinishing it, then the options are limitless really, so I thought I'd canvas opinion on here and see if there are any suggestions that I haven't thought of myself.

I sold Ander a mint pickguard for his P Bass. He paid quickly and was very easy to deal with.

The Classic Vibes had a sticker on the pickguard cling film, but I don't recall if the Vintage Modifieds also did: Vintage Modified and Classic Vibe were just the names of two of Squier's ranges of instruments. VMs were made in Indonesia, and CVs were made in China, and in my experience, the Classic Vibes were better quality, but a bit more expensive. A few years ago Squier disconnected the Vintage Modified range, and moved production of the CVs to Indonesia, so the current Classic Vibes are somewhere between the original Classic Vibes and Vintage Modifieds of 10-15 years ago. Also, only Squiers were with Vintage Modified or Classic Vibe, Fenders weren't (although the Fender Modern Player range were made in the same factory as the Classic Vibes were)

I had a Matt Freeman in both colours. I sold the black one a while ago, and the white one last year. I wish I'd kept one of them, they're excellent basses.

I think it is the picture. The E is the same distance from the edge all the way down the fretboard, whereas you can see the G is closer to the edge of the fretboard at the heel than it is at the nut as you look down the neck:

Yes, I probably worded it incorrectly; the spacing seems fine, but it's over to the left as you look at it. What makes you say it's not fitted straight? It seems fine to me in the flesh, so it could just be the picture.

As far as I can tell, what's the best way to check? The body is a Fender CIJ PB70 Reissue, so it was already drilled for the bridge holes.

I tried to get the picture as 'flat' as I could so there wasn't any camera angle-related distortion. The E is an even distance from the edge of the fretboard all the way down the neck, whereas the G is nearer to the edge of the neck at the heel than it is at the nut

I think I already know the answer, but I thought I'd see what the consensus is. I put together a P Bass around Christmas time and took it into a local shop a few weeks ago to do the final setup on it. The neck is a new Fender 50s Road Worn Precision neck, and the only job I couldn't do myself was filing the nut slots. The nut came with guide slots in it, but I don't have the tools or the know-how to file them down. I picked the bass up on my lunch break today and tried it out briefly in the shop; it played ok and sounded good, so I paid and left. When I got it home and was able to give it a more thorough inspection, the G is really far in from the edge of the fretboard. On the other side, the E is really close to the edge. The spacing is fine at the bridge and the alignment of the neck to the body is good too. Does the nut need re-doing?