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What is the serial? Can you ID the year? Some warwick truss rods can be removed without removing wood from the neck: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xT_iDrcLtKY"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xT_iDrcLtKY[/url]

Nice. . . as has been mentioned - good save on the headstock!

Looks good. Is that a satin finish?

[quote name='tommorichards' timestamp='1459465297' post='3016956'] Aluminium tape? Rattle can chrome? DIY acid bath? Looking good so far anyhoo [/quote] +1 Cut it out of silver effect plastic? Or maybe find a suitable piece of stainless steel scrap, and make it out of that, polish it up and make do!

You could DIY it - but it would require tools, time, and some careful application of skills. Not a beginner task, removing & replacing a fingerboard, IMO. I'd be looking for a replacement neck with what I wanted on it - or maybe having one made to my specs. Commissioning work is nearly always much pricer than the production line equivalent. It has to be for the person to break even, let alone make some dosh!

[quote name='ezbass' timestamp='1458826026' post='3011273'] An Ibanez SR505 will cost around £525 new and even less used. This one at GG is a Japanese model, so expect better spec. Distance selling, 7 day try out period. [url="http://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/bass_guitars_detail.asp?stock=PX151224291842001"]http://www.guitargui...151224291842001[/url] [/quote] Wow - If I hadn't already got an Ibanez 5er with what I want in it I'd be forced to grab that. A serious bass for £395 / €500 odd. Freddie75 - consider the above! EDIT: consider ezbass's post, mine is more of an agreement with his.

[quote name='roman_sub' timestamp='1459178759' post='3014167'] To be fair, oil prices are now much higher than they used to be. [/quote] Ha! They were going down and stayed down for a while - now they're climbing again.

Thanks for the links - meant to read them but never got around to it!

As I see it - wether the chap was 17 or as old as 97 - it's pig ignorant and in fact assault. Jumping up and down and gently shoving fellow revelers is a grey area . . . when it's done to those who are doing it themselves it's far more fair and reasonable than doing it to those not engadging with the moshing. If they want to participate they would do so themselves... and if one wants them to participate a few beckoning gestures or a playful shove is widely accepted way to request them to join in - while some would consider jerkish behaviour - at least it's not brutally assaulting a bystander. If security staff are doing their job and this assault took place within their view the dragger should be at least out on his backside with a sore arm where it was pinned firmly against their back.

Great prototyping - I know when I saw the Yes rig rundown vid I saw Steve Howe with something like that for his guitar: [url="http://youtu.be/bsGjl6kP0SI?t=1584"]http://youtu.be/bsGjl6kP0SI?t=1584[/url] Watch from the start for a pretty facinating discussion with the late, great Chris Squire and some of his extroridary gear.

[quote name='ikay' timestamp='1458128682' post='3004909'] . . . There is no right or wrong though, do whatever sounds right to you. [/quote] +2

[quote name='Chienmortbb' timestamp='1458141956' post='3005059'] Is it wise to use wire wool on a bass with magnetic pickups? [/quote] I would argue that it's not wise - but an acceptable alternative where decent fine sandpaper (or micromesh or emery cloth) is unavailable or very expensive. As EBS freak said - remove the neck and keep the wool away from any electronics (especially magnetic ones!) - If it's set neck or neck through make sure to mask off everything you're not working on (I too would approach it as if I was spraying paint - carefully cover everything you're not working on just in case the scraps of wire wool work their way into a piece of electronics). When using wire wool I would strongly recommend you tape off the fretboard . . . the wire will be far less likely to work it's way into the woodgrain.

Reminds me of this: looks like it's been gnawed at for some time!

[quote name='uzzell' timestamp='1458062791' post='3004339'] I am keeping a keen eye on this thread. Absolutely cracking stuff so far. [/quote] +1 - It's lovely to watch a one of a kind like this coming together!

[quote name='Cato' timestamp='1457688267' post='3000913'] . . . Natural finishes on non- exotic wood. Ash is pretty much perfect. Rarely seen all together on the same bass. ( Is this the point where somebody suggests I order a Maruszczyk?). [/quote] I couldn't agree with you more about the beauty of "everyday" pretty plain wood (not an oxymoron, I mean plain wood to be wood that's not highly figured but still gorgeous, and lovely when finished well). Ash is a favourite for the same reason bubinga is a favourite of many - pleasing grain no matter what way it's cut, and while ash does really take a fair bit of filling before finishing (ha ha, no pun intended!) it's always worth it IMO. P.S. might I suggest an ACG?

Quite strange but I like it - Very metal IMO.

[quote name='Subbeh' timestamp='1458084147' post='3004654'] There's something very honest and almost endearing about that bass, so much so that I can't help but like it. [/quote] +1 It's rough, but it's functional, and priced sanely.

Oh dear. There appears to be both a language barrier and a BS barrier going on at the same time. I wouldn't risk €2 with that seller.

If it was cleaned up, and strung up with some care, and could be set up to play OK, and the electrics worked OK. . . It could be an interesting conversation piece / occasional player. Doubt it's from a production run - Looks largely homebrew to me!

I don't hate any bass guitar athestics - the closest I'd come to hating it would be hating to play it in public! [quote name='project_c' timestamp='1457633089' post='3000481'] My idea of hell. The worst Chigwell chav aspirational aesthetic I've ever seen. A bass for a greasy Russian oligarch. Or the son of a Saudi prince who lives in Dubai and owns a pet lion. [/quote] That, maybe with the tweak of making it bulbus a single cut, is my definition of "chuckle at the silly sod weilding it" or "only play if there's nothing else". That finish is very over the top.

[quote name='RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE' timestamp='1457642597' post='3000623'] Brilliant:) [/quote] My thoughts exactly when I saw the second pic. Check them out in motion: [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ibq9VUG3lWI"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ibq9VUG3lWI[/url]

What I'm waiting for is the Dinginbacker! On a serious note I think the pickguards what Dingwall are prototyping are too close to both the MM Ray5 and the Gibson Tbird. Not illegal as I understand it - but not ethical to go that close to pretty distinctive designs of manufacturers - IMO of course!

I can see the logic behind selecting a particular pickup orientation when in a PJ configuration: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLZH2NWa9tY[/media] vs. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxkN1RzRQqE[/media] Admittedly two quite different basses - but I guess I'm with Ed when he says "...gives it a pinched nasal sort of tone..." (talking about "traditional" PJ configurations). When it comes to a P on it's own - I don't think it's as important - as long as it's roughly in the right place it should [s]soul[/s] sound about right. Of course the Ideal is more along the lines of (IMHO): [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MS02YaLw1uM[/media]

It's worth £16K and a lot more, as long as someone is willing to pay for it. It's not worth anywhere near 16K to me - but I'm not a collector. As an instrument it's pretty - Based on the soundcloud clips it's a good player . . . And all the evidence points to it being a worthy museum piece.

[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1457300502' post='2997239'] Needs to be reburied for another 20 years. [/quote] More like 20 generations!