Jono Bolton

For ages I never thought much of Precisions, probably due to my only experience of them being horrible cheapo copies in school. When I bought my Jazz it was a choice between that and a black Precision, but the only reason I got the Jazz was because I was horrendously hungover and was struggling with the weight of the P. My whole perception of them changed though when I saw Brand New about a year ago and Garret Tierney was using a Precision straight into an Ampeg and it sounded a million times better than anything I'd heard before. I got my P last October and it's my main bass now, it's brilliant in its simplicity.

[quote name='The Burpster' post='156958' date='Mar 13 2008, 07:44 PM']What pups are they? The good stuff from Allparts will suffice unless they ooper dooper active jobbies.....[/quote] Doh! Sorry, they're passive. It's 2 single coils from an HSS Jackson Soloist. Will check out Allparts just now.

[quote name='Machines' post='156897' date='Mar 13 2008, 06:23 PM'][/quote] Nice! I have a similar set up: Fender Jazz -> ABM 300 Evo II -> MAG cab, I just have a couple of extra speakers. Sadly I've not got the Wideboy version which looks much cooler IMO, it stacks on cabs much better. There was a Wideboy version in Sound Control in Glasgow the other week, a bit scruffy, but I was tempted to see if they'd do a swap. I didn't though, and it's probably gone now

I bought some second hand pickups (for a guitar) but the wires on the single coils were cut down so they're about an inch long so they need replacing. Does anyone know where I can get some decent stuff? And what sort of price should I be paying? There's silver stuff on ebay that about £3 for a metre.

Also, I know this is for SX porn, but has anyone else spotted that [url="http://www.rondomusic.com/asb1.html"]Brice semi[/url] on Rondo's site? Re-jig the headstock to make it more Gibbo/Epi-like and it'd look pretty sharp.

Looking through Rondo's SX catalogue, I'm taken by the SJB-62CT 3TS (catchy ) What a beauty! Same with the green version too, it's given me some ideas for my Sage Green Mexi Jazz. Funnily enough I have 3 flat top chrome knobs arrive this morning, now all I need is the pickup/bridge covers and a thumb rest, although I've heard standard bridge covers wont fit over a Badass II

[quote name='jwbassman' post='155266' date='Mar 11 2008, 01:20 PM']welcome - you want a lead, talk to OBBM [/quote] Seconded. Go here: [url="http://www.bassic.co.uk/"]www.bassic.co.uk[/url]. Quality cables!

[quote name='allighatt0r' post='155193' date='Mar 11 2008, 11:28 AM'][url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140213130787"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=140213130787[/url] I'm not sure this thing is worth the sum total of £65.99, especially with the "modified" (read: broken off...) headstock. If the price totaled £40 i would have bought it.[/quote] I posted a link to that one on the last page. But I agree on the price, if it doesn't sell he may relist it at a lower price. The body might clean up nicely but I'd whack a new neck on it. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/squier-katana-bass-guitar-by-fender-custom-paint_W0QQitemZ110231583553QQihZ001QQcategoryZ4713QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]Here's[/url] another Squier Katana, with an interesting finish to say the least.

Excellent, cheers guys! Will have to wait and see if the pots come with nuts or not but I know I have a load of screws that need cleaning.

[quote name='andy67' post='153394' date='Mar 7 2008, 09:03 PM']this is something I am currently thinking about, I also believe it would look a lot nicer![/quote] It really would, I'm not great fan of the grill on the MAG, the ABM isn't much better either.

Like nuts and screws? I have a wiring kit coming for my strat and I'm not sure if the pots come with new nuts/screws. I still have the old ones but they're about 6 years old and have naturally gathered a bit of gunk and rust. I've heard of people soaking them in vinegar to help dissolve the muck but does anyone else have experience with doing stuff like this? TBH it sounds like a bit of an old wives tale so I don't know if the vinegar thing works or not.

Thanks to the 1 person who voted! Turns out it doesn't matter anyway, you can submit 3 tracks so I went for OKS, One for the Moment and To the People.

Doh! It was a Marquee I spied, not a Bison. Managed to find a pic, link [url="http://www.burnsguitars.com/product.php?product_id=marqueebass"]here[/url]. Shame it's hanging round the neck of the guy from Son of Dork. Lovely colour though.

Pickup and bridge covers too! It'd go great with the thumb rest! You should put this in the Build Diaries section when it's finished, I'd be interested to see how it looks when you're done.

Well done! From the P I'd take the pickup, the scratchplate and the wiring (purely for convenience). Thumbrest too. I would've preferred a tortoise shell scratchplate but black'll look cool too. I know a few folk have suggested a Fender logo for the headstock but I'd be inclined to go the opposite way and just have it totally blank, they look [i]much[/i] cooler! A few months ago I saw Kill Kenada supporting Reuben and KK's bassist/singer had a pink Westfield, and had the elepahant ear buttons removed from the A, D and G string machineheads. Presumably all he had to do was go between standard and drop D but that must make changing strings a bastard!

Has anyone got one of the baby blue ones? I think they have a pearl scratchplate too. There was an HH head and 2x15 cab on ebay and in the picture the seller had one leaning against the rig and it looked [i]awesome[/i]! I've never really been sure if I liked them or not. The bassist from Gallows uses one (odd choice for a hardcore band) but so do the bassists from the Young Knives and Oasis, so they're kinda ruined for me

[quote name='Bassassin' post='154080' date='Mar 9 2008, 06:43 PM']Jono - I think £150's a bit over the top for a no-name, no real description P copy, might not even be Japanese. I'd have the same reservations about the body of this that I expressed about the Jazz copy. Jon.[/quote] Thought as much, just thought I'd stick it up here in case I'd stumbled across some Eastern gem. Spied [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Old-70s-MADE-IN-JAPAN-Bass-Guitar-Project-49-00_W0QQitemZ140213130787QQihZ004QQcategoryZ4713QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]this[/url] too, might scrub up nicely if you stick a new maple neck on it. And a new bridge too.