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It's a couple of passes to remove file marks, no big deal.

The process I use is 1) 320 wet and dry 2) 600 wet and dry 3) 1500 wet and dry 4) Mini dremel-style multitool (chinese made) fitted with polishing felt disc and some buffing compound. It gets the frets mirror shiny but not as sparklingly mirror shiny as the best I've seen but it's good enough for me. The masking takes as long to do as the rest of the work so I've started using those metal slot guards instead. So far so good.

Hiss is normal. The source of the hiss is probably your signal chain. But if by hiss you actually mean hum, then there's a broken earth connection somewhere and you'll need to go through a process of elimination to isolate where between your fingers and the speaker the problem is.

Just found it also. Failed miserably already...two basses, guitar pedals and some guitar rack gear.

I was born in Fareham and grew up in Warsash until my family left for NZ. I've gone back there a few times over the years and very little has changed apart from more houses and less fields. Oh yes we do, but there's a separate forum for that...welcome aboard!

Bernard's musical taste shaped much of the Chic sound. I also think Jerry Barnes overplays which is a shame, but Nile did tell him to be himself when he joined so...there's that.

Update time: I think the total number of deposits will allow us to make moulds for the p bass, j bass, SR4N and SR5N necks. Thank to everyone who put deposits down. I'll start final confirmation of measurements this week.

Haha...addicts? I prefer to think in terms of aficionados...graphite composite necks have a certain sensitivity...

One more slot left....!

Shipping is 390RMB (about 40 quid) for up to 20kg in weight. I could combine shipping for up to three necks and ask my friend in London to distribute.

I just realised an error - the fingerboards will have a 21 fret extension because Fender necks are 20 fret not 21. I've edited the spec in the original to the correct number.

Yes they wil use an extension so that the heel will fit a stanrdard neck pocket for a 21 fret neck. The PEEK fingerboard is harder than wood. It'll be Fender shaped. Your six is pretty sweet. It gave me buyers remorse at one point.

I sat down with a Vigier Passion 5 yesterday and took some measurements because the neck is remarkably playable. I was stunned to discover the nut was 41.6mm wide! That's the same as a preCBS strat...on a 5 string bass. But it didn't feel cramped in the slightest and the neck at the nut was 20mm thick as well...again, comparable to a guitar. I started wondering if these kinds of measurements might be appropriate for a narrow SR5 neck.

Great! PM'd

Pre EB SR4 necks can fit preEB Sabre basses. So I expect the same will be possible for the graphite composite SR4 necks.

It's a great idea, I'm not personally keen on the lower horn shape but they do sound fantastic. If you can get hold of some measurements for me, I'll definitely be able to provide you with an answer.

Yes it's a standard MM shape. If you have measurements from the neck heel of your Sire, I can let you know about fit. Thanks to @Raslee for securg the first slot.

OK, PMd

Only two more slots left...

He has a small team but I'm not sure whether it's hierarchical or flat. My wait is three years and counting....! If/when it's done, I'll post them over on GC. The guitar is the MSG body shape with custom Armstrong HSH pickups and a Kahler trem and a through neck with a figured camphor top.