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will give that a go, cheers some great advice thx

i would have bought that based on the pictures alone

welcome, nice choice of music!!!

looking good, i just did this myself first time, few mistakes that resulted in a chip by the head stock and some bloody super glue stuck on the back but pleased with results. Kiogon built me a wiring loom that is superb, no background noise or humming what so ever. all advice about gear was from bass chat which was brill. MIM black p bass body might mite neck fitted straight in dimarzio dp122 pups kiogon wiring loom 500k pots old school mirror pick guard from ebay excellent quality roto swing 66 110 strings machine heads from shop, horrible with crappy screws i had to replace really pleased with sound i get which is punchy, aggressive,

on the heavy rock, old school punk or other are there six songs u would recommend, i.e that a regular decent songs to learn, been thinking about rolling stones etc

thanks now it feels less daunting, i , feel a lot more positive and raring to go

hope there is a repeat of this? or bbc iplayer, ian hunter was on jools holland new year couple of years ago and was mint

I am pretty much a novice bass player, learning scales playing tabs etc level of skill?imy first tab was walk on by, stranglers which i can just about get through if i practice enough as only been seriously learning for around 5 months or so. i really want to form a band with similar skilled players etc but is this the right time? should i at least get resonably profficent before i try to jam, form a band with others.i am in my late forties but still want to gig some day but dont want to look a total tit when playing with others what would u want from your bass player if you were an average player etc?

yeah cannnot go wrong for £75, but i,m banned from any more purchases, but just £75 really rempting

keep coming back to this, just to stare, plus having the gall to try and sell it

another chancer

yeah very good value, might get a longer lead, thx for link!

Welcome Anis, dont worry i am english and u probably will learn to speak it better than me!

old looks best, had a red tort of ebay and it split

near me but i,m skint

good advice, i used to look for every tab and none have really sounded right for loads of songs, so take whats sounds right and do your own version

Wanted a p bass aggressive tone so set about building one with help from guys on here. not perfect as a few dings and a super glue mark where i was learning and getting carried away.could not have or would have tried without the help on here. mim body gotoh bridge dimarzio dp122 pick ups roto swing 66 110 gauge strings mighty mite p bass neck Kiogon 500k wiring loom only thing bought from a shop was the machine heads which are sh*te quality, the screws were useless really aggressive punchy sound which is what i wanted to try and get close to early stranglers sound [attachment=157035:ZOE_0033.jpg]

just needs another bass neck to make it really "different"

pls ignore this, went on ebay for £150 plus £20 postage....but plenty more advice on here

thx paul, bass doc done me a brilliant one for my musicman so i think i will touch base again,

thanks guys, will have a think def thinking maybe red and black tort

cheers everyone, think i know what i am going to do

Hi H, same age but you have 34 years more experience!

i am building a p bass, partly so my wife does not notice the money going and because i want an agressive old schools type sound i cannot get exactly from my MM sub. so far i have a black gloss mim p bass body, mighty mite maple neck, dimarzio dp122 and a superb kiogon wring loom with 500k pots geared for the old school tone, punk, heavy rock etc, roto swing 66 110s, shcaller tuners (possibly) to round off. i am not sure how it will go but i have learnt everything from the guys on here. lastly i need a pickguard but not sure about colours or quality to go with black, seems to be price ranges from 10.00 to 50.00 where ever i look, any ideas on a decent pickguard and colour? do u really need a decent one? i meant to build the guitar over a couple of months but have purchased everything in under a week

some wicked looked whites, mine are all black but i could be turned!