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Bought a Squire P-bass off Anth, all went very smoothly and received quickly, great comms etc.

Deal with confidence with Anth, a top bloke.

Cheers

Sad news.

RIP Lou Reed.

F*ckin awesome man!!

well done, cracking job.

If they weren't man enough to say it to you face then they have no valid reason to dump you, hence hiding behind the cowardly email, 2 to 1 a mate of theirs joins soon.

Like most have said it' will turn out to be a blessing in disguise.

Chin up mate, onwards and upwards!

PM'd

[quote name='Jimryan' timestamp='1382111913' post='2248208']
Heheh...so...who got excited and ordered the bridge humbucker without considering whether the jazz PU rout was bigger or not?
Slightly annoyed with myself for such a rookie mistake.
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I wouldn't worry too much, I made 2 school boys errors on my current build.

1. Wanted a Mighty Mite neck only to find the neck pocket is 2 mm bigger than the MM, I do want a tight fit to stop any neck movement, 2 mm maybe too much.

2. Bought a Gold anodised scratch plate only to find the harness routing is slightly wider than the plate and there's about a 3mm gap for about an inch.

Really should have checked before I stripped everything and painted, but hey.

Looking with interest at how yours will turn out, Love Orange, is it more of a burnt orange rather than bright Orange?

Jazz pick up sizes for neck and bridge are traditionally different sizes, the newer Jazz's are the same size though (at least the MIM ones are, not sure about Squires and USA ones).

I looked at this earlier and thought it had been used as a dart board, £80 they're having a laugh.

[quote name='Mr Fretbuzz' timestamp='1380997295' post='2233283']
Well I've been playing with the La Bellas. My P sounds great. Love it. Really glad I made the change. Like the feel of them now too. Feels strange playing my other basses with round wounds. It's given me just the sound I was after. Sounds awesome playing Blues and Country. :-)
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Another convert
I think once you get past a month or so's use, they seem to bed in and the true sound emerges.

I also found that if I go back to a bass with roto sound swings on them, my speed and strength seem to have gotten better, probably due to the extra tension on the la Bella's?

reminds me in a way of the late great Richard Wright

Hi Jim

How was the Nitro mors any good?

On a previous re-finish I use a similar product which worked to an extent but very time consuming and messy. I did find covering it is stripper and then sealing in a bag made the stripper more affective, but still a long process with lots of sanding

My current build I did using a heat gun which I found that a lot easier, what colour are you going to do it in?

[quote name='Me And My Bass' timestamp='1380278101' post='2223109']
Here is our first wee band video shot for us by a friend. Some nice shots of my status necked Ray!

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Nice one, I really liked that, well done.

In case his eBay site has nothing there, here's his main site which I ordered from [url="http://www.jlguitars.com/"]http://www.jlguitars.com/[/url]

Bit the bullet and ordered from this guy, they took a little while to arrive (3 weeks), but they look good. I haven't installed them yet as I'm still working on the body, but for 43 Euros including delivery I thought it was a good price for a custom hand wound pickup.

Yet the bridge, Tuners and control plate are shiny new?

Doesn't the Elvis impersonator work at Blackpool pier (MSP)

[quote name='Baxter' timestamp='1379758665' post='2216460']
I'm about to go and put a deposit down on a Coronado reissue. It wont be here for a few weeks - so that'll give me enough time to think up a good story/sell some gear/rob a petrol station/etc.....
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Setup a fake bass site which happens to be running a competition to win a Coronado bass! The closing date is the day yours arrives

Low and behold you win it - wow !!!!!

I'm 4th

Great colour, now your problem is what colour pickgaurd will you put on it

I'd go for either white, black.

Nice bass BigJas a job well done!!

Well I sanded down to a reasonable finish, I then filled the holes I didn't need and dings, finally, cleaned the body with some white spirit in preparation for the Wood sealing and primer.

I decided to give the Wood Sealer/primer mix a go that is available from [url="http://shop.rothkoandfrost.co.uk/White-Cellulose-Sanding-Sealer-Primer-Aerosol-p/fs5008.htm"]http://shop.rothkoan...ol-p/fs5008.htm[/url] and after using the entire can (about 7-8 complete coats over a day or so) I can say I was suitably unimpressed, would have thought it would go white all over but it did it only in strips despite applying an even coverage all over.

So out came the car primer and that seems to have done the job. A little sanding required here and there to get some rough spots out and a few patches that need a little more primer.

I decided to stick to my original colour - Red so after a trip to Halfords I now have a few cans of Ford Dakota Red, I'm just hoping the Red is not too dark.

I've also decided to give it an acrylic lacquer rather than a nitro one as I'm not fussed about it ageing over time etc.
I will also use a silk finish rather than gloss, as I think it will look better with the Anodised gold scratch plate i have rather than a shiny gloss finish.

Love the film, it's what rock music is all about - FUN