DarkHeart

So for those bassists with `working mans hands` or `sausage fingers ` as i like to call them im now offering 3 string bass necks, theyre just like 4 string bass necks but have a spare hole at the end of the head thing as i like to call it which is just past the zero fret nut (which as yet hasnt been touched by my Stihl saw) , you can either hang up your `custom` 3 string bass, stick a ciggie in it or use it to put a bouquet of flowers in it to impress the Mrs or generally just leave it so it looks an eyesore alongside the other 3 different shape and size tuners jauntily angled back towards the player even though it only allows 1/3 of a turn on the tuner, not to worry though the new set of Ernie Ball super duper pooper scooper slinkies will sort that all out. The frets have been polished with my special angle grinder to within a microbe of their life and the fretboard libererally coated with beeswax (edit...no beeswax left in the house so used earwax). The beauty of 3 string necks is they allow a wide veriety of tuning options E, A, D or A, D, G or my personal favorite of ermmmm........ anyway this is a totally and utterly professionally retard i mean restored neck thats as good as anything Leo Fender produced from his Accrington factory. MDP (erm pro Luther....er Loootha, Lutha? Loofa?? )

Ooooh day before my birthday and after a very late night (is 3am night? ) travel home from a gig, please please nobody bring anything shiny that a poor man in a weakend state may take a shine to. Im really hoping i can get to this one.

you need another project

reading back through this post has inspired me to buy a similar pup to fit into my `51 bitsa! i was right about the plain black

Im going to watch this thread with interest as i too have just bought another p/bass body with a poly coat that im thinking of painting over, mine cost £6 so im not bothered if it goes too badly wrong

[quote name='Ghosts Over Japan' timestamp='1377262030' post='2185482'] ohhh this is going to be very special! [/quote] totally agree!

I always use a stanley knife to carefully widen nut slots, as long as the nut is plastic of course

try getting an 8 string set and use what you need from that or possibly got to somewhere like strings direct and buy individual strings, they do an 8 string Roto set in 20-105 so i should think that would do you. Hope that helps. Jeff

[quote name='KevB' timestamp='1376055242' post='2169100'] A good rule of thumb is to go to a well attended bass bash and check out how many players are better than you are. I'd been playing a while when I went to my first one and I expected to about upper 'fourth division' to use old football system parlance but once I'd been hanging around a while and listening I quickly regraded myself to Sunday morning dog and duck league standard. [/quote] going by this rule of thumb im probably a wednesday night 5 a side kick about i do what i do and get by but i do think im improving now im having to learn other peoples lines.

Howard has done a few bits of work on a couple of my basses, always a pleasure to deal with. Top dude!

I bought a Duncan pup off John, all good with no problems, top man!

My bitsa jazz weighs just over 7lb with no particularly lightweight bits other than the body

one of my Jazz`s has a set of Wizard 84`s in it, the other has a ceramic MM pup in the neck position and its a monster! it`ll only cost you a pickguard!

can i just wax over the top of the stained wood? i dont want to take it apart cos the action is amazing!

you call the guy Dave seems a decent bloke, he sells quite a few bodies pretty cheaply as well.

I bought a fretless neck off Dave, all good, as described, quick postage and good comms, top man!

The two on the right are from a guy in the US, the wood is Paulownia and theyre really light.

right its back from Howard with a new plate and the routing and wiring sorted, cheers H another cracking job! I havent yet laquered it as i want to see where the stain rubs off naturally then maybe in a couple of months time laquer it, anyway it sounds nice and ballsy and most of all bassy! [URL=http://s80.photobucket.com/user/jeffhop/media/DSCF0571_zps3730ad6c.jpg.html][IMG]http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j186/jeffhop/DSCF0571_zps3730ad6c.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s80.photobucket.com/user/jeffhop/media/DSCF0573_zps69ae576e.jpg.html][IMG]http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j186/jeffhop/DSCF0573_zps69ae576e.jpg[/IMG][/URL] and here it is amongst friends [URL=http://s80.photobucket.com/user/jeffhop/media/DSCF0574_zps9dd81751.jpg.html][IMG]http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j186/jeffhop/DSCF0574_zps9dd81751.jpg[/IMG][/URL] spot the one i didnt build

that Fernandes Tele/Explorer looks lovely! i want one!!

very nice, im a big fan of the natural finish