WishIcouldplay

4 hours ago, LeftyJ said:

There are high quality pots with metric shaft diameters too, like MEC. They could be a great option too, and don't require enlarging any holes. I have them in my Jazz, my custom Ellio Martina and (obviously!) in my Warwicks and like them. The taper is nice, they feel solid. My only gripe is with the ones with center detent: over time, it becomes less noticable. On my 2002 and 2003 Warwicks the detent in the EQ pots has become more vague over time. Then again, that's 20+ years of use! 

Thanks for the info...any idea on suppliers and the product codes?

I recently got hold of a Fender Player series Mustang Bass....it plays great!!

However I want to mod the electronics.

I got hold of some Fender CTS 250K pots only to find the threaded portion will not go through the holes in the control plate.

Any one got any idea what pots are slight smaller that the CTS threads?

thanks

16 minutes ago, shoulderpet said:

Honestly I think the P pickup on these basses is great, you can upgrade but imo it is not necessary, the J pickup is worth upgrading, bridge can be upgraded but again I don't think it's necessary.

 

I think the thing that is worth upgrading is the machine heads as the stock ones are junk and if I still owned a Mustang I would put some Gotoh tuners on it.

 

With regards to the controls, if you are looking to upgrade them then I would put in a series/parallel switch in place of the pickup selector and swap the volume tone for 2 volumes or stacked volume controls plus a tone control.

Hi thanks for your suggestions.

Which J pickup would you recommend?

Will the Gotoh tunes drop straight in?

Where would you source the stacked controls and switch etc?

Just purchased a Fender Player PJ Mustang Bass which plays extremely well.

However I was wondering about upgrades. Almost every thing. Bridge, Pickups. controls, jack and switch, and machine heads.

Anyone done this or have recommendations, suggestions?

Up for sale is this Fender Bass case. Has seen action and one of the locks is broken. Not sure how old it is.

Pickup only.

Interestingly Thomann have the same product. Asked for pictures and they arrived in minutes. 

4 hours ago, police squad said:

yep good experience for me too. Bought a Korg electric piano. A piece was broken, I sent them a photo and the new piece was sent out from Korg.

What this tells me is that they don’t check the good prior to delivery. 

yes that is exactly my feeling. Does not encourage you to deal with these people.

59 minutes ago, ped said:

I live nearby so happy to head there, try the bass and take some pics if you like?

Hi thanks for the offer. They have said that I can go and try it.

25 minutes ago, neepheid said:

I had one of their RedSub amps as my main amp for nearly 12 years. No complaints here.

I am sure the products may be completely OK but their lack of openness concerns me.

I am attempting to buy a Fender Custom shop Bass and asked for some extra pictures (apart from those on the web site) so that I can check on one or two details. Not much to ask for a Bass costing around £4K but they tell me that Fender will not allow them to open the Bass?

Has anyone here purchase bass equipment from Gear4Music?

should this not be a 3 tone burst with a tort guard?

I purchased the Bass around 7 years ago at Wunjo in Denmark Street, London.

I could not believe it was all original with the original case and such good condition.

What is the scale length

There used to be a member on here that sold some really nice old Basses. I think his name was Simon? His Bass chat user name was a number?

Anyone know if his is still active on here?

Lovely old Bass. Interesting price?

https://www.andybaxterbass.com/collections/bass-guitars/products/1960-fender-stack-knob-jazz-bass-sunburst

I have noticed recently that the price of these basses have gone up quite a lot hence I have reverted to my original asking price of £3000. Bearing in mind the condition of this Bass in a "Custom' colour with original case I think this is a reasonable price for a vintage instrument.

What is the difference between this and the MM classic. Also have MM not released a model true to the initial specs with "radio" knobs etc.

Price now dropped to £2800

Just to try and give some information re the comments by spoonhunter.

The sale length is 34 inches. The Frets are the same spacing as a regular 34 inch sale length Bass.

The length from nut to 15th Fret is just under 20 inches.

The length from nut to end of headstock is 10.5 inches.

hope this answers the question.

Just.  for clarity the price is £3000

14 assorted patch cables....ideal for affects board

Just want to confirm that this is an EB2. 

I posted the weight of this Bass earlier in this thread