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  1. Clarky
    My left hand, which I damaged in a horse accident in 2023, has regained a decent amount of mobility in the past year and my main issue nowadays is a degenerative neck condition (which could also have been hastened by aforementioned accident). So a long scale bass is now more comfortable for me (I have been using short scales almost exclusively) ... but it has to be super light. I spotted this Fender Traditional 60s P bass at FenderFever and it stated an amazing weight of 7.6 pounds. I asked them to double check and they confirmed. So I snaffled it and installed a DiMarzio DP122 creme pickup for the full Martyn P Casey of the Bad Seeds look. Very happy with it. No band at present but, when I get back in the saddle (obvs not a horse one), it should be very gig friendly.
  2. Clarky
    😁
  3. Clarky
    Sorry to hear of your health issues and to drag you downstairs! Would post be a possibility given the foregoing?
  4. Clarky
    Hi Geoff, did this sell? If not do you have a precise weight?
  5. Clarky
    Pics from today (bit dark and Mordor like!)
  6. Clarky
    Back up for sale as its just sitting there in bass rack doing nothing, while I am not in a band currently, and I pick up my Wilcock whenever I fancy a noodle. With D'Addario nickel rounds its £800 including post (within UK) or £775 collected from a public space in SW13 London. I can swap the strings for a spendy (cost me £55) and virtually new set of TI short scale flats for an extra £25. My post from November 7 with the Richtone advert has the most comprehensive set of pics (and it's not left the house since I acquired it from them)
  7. Clarky
    My bad, I did some googling and the 1966 to early 70s Mustangs had a 40mm nut width (not a 38mm J width). It was only the CIJ/MIJ reissues that had a J width neck.
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    The original US Mustangs up until the early 70s and the CIJ/MIJ reissues from the 90s and early 2000s have slimmer necks with a J width nut. From the early/mid 70s the neck profile on US Mustangs became more P like and the JMJ and current US and Mex models emulate the chunkier neck profile.
  9. Clarky
    In case of interest, its easy to darken a rosewood (or similar) board to a more chocolatey colour with this stuff: https://www.montysguitars.com/products/montys-montypresso-relic-wax
  10. Clarky
    It was standard on early 60s Jazz basses. See attached pic
  11. Clarky
    I hear this position has been filled
  12. Clarky
    I think this used to be mine, changed hands twice between me and BC'er Jas aka Legion before he sold it in 2014. Wonderful bass which @Lozz196 had a play on once and was smitten, as I recall. GLWYS!
  13. Clarky
    I like the words too, I vote green
  14. Clarky
    Reviving fugly scratchplates, I offer this up from a current eBay ad
  15. Clarky
    Unutterably sad news
  16. Clarky
    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/135480626220?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=dh6yuab9sko&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=eqlPJw_SSty&var=0&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
  17. Clarky
    If it helps, there are more pics on Walshy's website. Closer to surf green in my eyes as sea foam can often be more blue-tinged green https://www.vintagebassroom.co.uk/basses-1/p/fender-64-jazz-avri-surf-green-1
  18. Clarky
    Oh darn it. Sorry it has started to fall apart. The fact a hard slapper like Lee Rocker plays one made me think its very durable. I just checked website and last price was £6k but also it's "currently unavailable"
  19. Clarky
    Oh no! I know that Kolstein had been through the mill, with the neck etc, but I assumed it would (a) be fine and (b) that I would buy it off you one day, lol! Good luck tracking another down, sadly a new one is uber spendy by the time import duties and delivery from US are included
  20. Clarky
    I AM Melvyn Whittaker
  21. Clarky
    And there was me thinking Frankie Howerd had passed away years ago
  22. Clarky
    Nope just stick em on. Need to press hard to make them adhere properly or they can shift a little. Once in place they are pretty stable (they only move if you apply a lot of pressure and slide them or if you deliberately pick them off with finger nail). The pack comes with multiple sizes of dots and longer lozenge shapes
  23. Clarky
    This is what I use https://glowtec.co.uk/fret-finders/
  24. Clarky
    I see Guy has put some big stickers or blobs of Tippex/similar to increase visibility of side dots on his famous Jazz bass Betsy. Not just me then that needs visual aids (as opposed to purely muscle memory) ... so does bass playing royalty!
  25. Clarky
    Sold to the man in the flares
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