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I completely disagree with that. Seems a pretty negative stance to me but hey, we are all different and we are all entitled to an opinion.

Generally I'm a classic rock/prog/metal sort of guy, but I absolutely LOVED Chic! The bass playing was a thing of beauty to my ears, the songs were fantastic and a big trip down memory lane, the musicianship was top notch and they were clearly all having a great time. It was a superb way to see the new year in. I'm not really into the whole firework thing, seen it all a million times before so I didn't watch, I'd have preferred them to play right through personally.

[quote name='alittlebitrobot' timestamp='1506874671' post='3381691'] I've thought about it, and I'd like to try it, but I'm convinced I'd mess it up in the end, probably by sanding away the character of the piece of wood. You've kept all the charm of the wine crate. Great stuff. [/quote] The secret is don't touch the front! No sanding at all. I just finished it with satin cellulose spray, I even omitted doing a bevelled edge to keep the edge square. Thanks for the kind words all. Another guitar underway at the moment then I'll be tackling a bass.

Not a build thread, a finished product thread. My second guitar build is very complex, it had been going wrong all year, and stalled badly. I decided to put it to one side and go for something simple to try and get inspired again, can't get much simpler than a Telecaster. As a twist, I'd recently seen a bunch of Tele's on t'interweb with 'crate' tops and I thought that they looked super cool. As it happened I had an old wine crate in the garage. The crate top in question holds a special place in my heart. It was a Mateus Rose box from my uncle's old off-license. He was my dad's best friend but sadly he died from cancer 20 years ago. It's a nice reminder of my uncle and his shop - a fantastic aladdin's cave of curiosity to my young self. Anyway, spec wise, the body was made from my old mahogany fireplace and some wood found in the street near where I work. Not sure what it is?? That wood also formed the neck. Ebony fretboard, home made clay dots, Kinman noiseless pickups. To say that I am pleased with the final guitar is an understatement, I absolutely love it! Here's some pix:

Chapman stick. I gave it a really good go and could play stuff (video evidence!), but I couldn't get to where I wanted to be. Still have it, but barely touched it in about 9 years.

Great job so far!

No probs setting up if you know what you are doing. The tuning stability is amazing, but I do find them a bit clunky and OTT overall. I prefer a more stratty trem for feel.

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So one of the 'dragons' got it wrong? Who cares.

I use everything except the middle on its own. Favour neck over bridge and like both combos.

I want to refret my squier jazz bass, and add some block inlays at the same time. Anyone know where to buy some inlays in the UK? proper inlays, not stickers.

Don't like it at all. Seems to take out nuance to me.

Sad day. RIP Phil.

I like my passive jazz bass, but I also like that great active sound that you get from GB basses, and Status as well. Is there an outboard preamp that would get you into that ballpark? I'm just a bedroom player so I don't have a clue about this sort of stuff.

Thanks people. I'm less keen on SIMS. Apart from being expensive generally, I got them to make me a tele body and neck some years ago, and the fit between the two was very poor in my eyes - about a 1mm gap between neck and top join of pocket. If they had made the neck too big I could have shaved it down a bit.

Any idea where I can get one? I fancy converting my jazz as I miss the P sound that I had with my old jazz bass.