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    Shaggy- you got a Series1!? Wow....
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    [attachment=167456:IMG_0758.JPG] Thanks Chris, here is an artsy photo of the headstock, just because...
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    [quote name='Shaggy' timestamp='1406139437' post='2508727'] This is proper lovely, right up my street! (and reminiscent of your old sunburst '72 fretless P/J that I inherited at one time?) If I hadn't literally just put together a similar bitsa (2012 AVRI '75 RI Jazz body with 1977 US Jazz neck in maple with pearl blocks) I'd be at your door for this - have a bump anyway....... [/quote] Yes, it was a replacement for that very bass ( I always wanted it to be a J). Shame....that would've made a good deal with your Martin. I played the one in V&R a week or two ago..love the chunky neck.
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    [quote name='robgo' timestamp='1406149562' post='2508884'] That is nice! Is the neck normal unlined fretless styley, i.e. fret dots on the side at the fret positions (i.e. not between frets like a fretted neck)? I'm sure I could have put that more clearly! [/quote] Yes, dots are on the fret positions (3 5 etc), not in between. Minimal but useful too.
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    [attachment=167321:IMG_0916.jpg][attachment=167322:IMG_0914.jpg] Feel free to ask any questions etc etc I'll try and get some better photos later, if I can find the proper camera.
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    A lovely bass, and a real BassChat Bitser but I'm skint, so its got to go...there may be more... I put this together a few years ago as the typical late 70's Jaco tribute bass. Neck - '71 Fender jazz, with binding and walnut strip. Very yellow and crazed finish. Has had a rosewood fingerboard added (was built as a maple one piece). Plays very well indeed, fingerboard has the lightest of playing marks, no significant wear. Chunkier 70's profile, and a touch deeper overall due to the added fingerboard (although it really doesn't look or measure any bigger than a standard neck plus frets). Ex-Beedster...but thats not uncommon around here. Body - Solid 2 piece alder, from a '99 Fender re-issue, stripped to poly undercoat, then sanded back...but a lot of it is still there. Then given a rough nitro-rattle can coat which is ageing nicely. Its rough, but has a certain rustic charm. Medium weight, but not too bad. Stuff - has DiMarzio J bass humbuckers, warm and full. Badass 1 bridge, which gives more height..works perfectly with the slightly thicker neck. Has a Fender tort plate fitted. Currently strung with DR Sunbeams. No case or bag. Collection only from Bristol /Bath area...or meet up within an hour.. [attachment=167318:IMG_0914.jpg][attachment=167319:IMG_0916.jpg][attachment=167320:IMG_0913.jpg]
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    We're all a bit skint, I guess. I probably would've bought the Steinberger if my car hadn't been written off a few weeks ago (it was parked...nothing to do with me!). Can't work without a car, but I can gig without a Steinberger...most of my employers would probably be glad about that!
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    I could never use the blend more than about 30% - that's as much as I need, even for the more driven sounds. Still surprises me that the booklet has (or had) most suggested settings with blend set to 100% effect.
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    Yep, that sounds perfectly sensible. My experiences are that PA guys don't like to use amp DI's..want you to use their (often not very good) DI...until they see a Sansamp, and then they stop muttering and just plug into it. Makes my life just a little bit easier. Fairly often.
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    I use one (or a Sadowsky DI or Aguilar or SFT copy) to get more variety and warmth out of clean sounding amps. And the DI is very useful for travelling light.
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    I was mildly tempted by the Kramer....but that's too much. You have excellent taste in basses..
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    Try Mo Clifton, if he's around (look him up, and drop an email?)
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    At the risk of getting told off...my own experiences are that many necks do not respond evenly to truss rod changes, particularly in the last few tweaks before "almost straight". A few basses I've had will get so close, then start choking at the last five or six frets at the top. I usually view this as the limit of their adjustment, without any further "spot" fret levelling. Its a balancing act between the available adjustments. I'm around Bristol and happy to have a look if it helps, but I'm not set up for fret levelling.
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    I've used one for years, with all sorts of active basses and never overloaded the input - and there is a level control. Either the Bass Driver or the VT DI will do what you want...but ignore the suggested settings, and go careful with the eq and blend knobs (its easy to overdo it). Borrow one if you can, as they take some getting used to.
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    All the best for a speedy recovery Howard....
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    I wouldn't do much - maybe try some DiMarzio Model J pickups, to give it some grunt? Cheap thrills....often the best?
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    Really???
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    Now I shouldn't need to mention it, should I? Before you played a note that camera should have been ready...... Ohhh and congratulations!
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    Look at historical auctions, there's been a few...very overpriced (IMO) or look at the Low End website, he's had a few over the years and seems to get new ones sometimes.
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    Look at Evilbay...and probably take half off the BIN? I would imagine they are in Wal figures, but there is always someone who will pay more for perceived value.
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    The Warwick stuff is much thinner than most furniture waxes, be sparing and it won't build into a shiny layer quickly. Its worth keeping the ash clean, as once the dirt gets in and it discolours you'll have to sand it back a bit. Better to keep the dirt out.
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    My understanding is he built a lot (small scale, lo tech) in the 70's but though the 80's and 90's he's built a team of younger guys to do a lot of the bench work. Pete Hilton seems to be one of the most skilled guys to have come out of the Thompson worshshop. My impression is Carl is a musician at heart, and luthier by circumstance, partly thanks to Dan Armstrong and his NY repair shop in the late 60's.
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    Would love to try one..but doubt if there are any around Bristol! Keep those photos coming...please....
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    Tom Waghorns's place springs to mind (Queen Square)...where around the city are you?
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