Raslee

I had some on a Jazz which, i think i got of the pickups on ebay for £20, i was really impressed with them.

Another vote for Lakland, sounds like the one you played just needs a good set up.

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[quote name='nick' post='1161000' date='Mar 13 2011, 08:40 PM']Doing exactly the same myself to my sonic blue Sue Ryder bass. Swapped out the pickup for a Wizard Trad that I found cheap. Also, changed the pots, added a PIO tone cap & fitted a nice cream pearloid scratchplate. Was happy with the neck from a playing point of view, but it doesn't like the high tension La Bellas i use. So as I've gone this far modding it, I've decided to put a R/W Mighty Mite, nitro'd with a '63 logo, on it. Also £104 - probably from the same guy. Hopefully will turn out to be good P-Bass, when its all done. Not sure about relic'ing it though! [/quote] Nice one, i went for the maple neck on the Ryder body-was a nice fit too. I've set mine up now and its playing realy nice - good action and intonation, reminiscent of a lovley MIJ i once owned. Can't bring myself to relic now - change of heart, prob for the best. So far £60 on the Ryder, £20 on US Pick Ups (ebay), £104 on the Mighty mite neck (totally love this neck), £5 on larger ferrules for string thru option, £17 on the vintage CTS pots P wiring/PIO cap and £10 on an ashtray which i've left off. Total £216 ....Really beginning to like this bass lots too. Here's the bass now:

[quote name='Johnston' post='1161019' date='Mar 13 2011, 08:51 PM']Don't want to rub it in but my Mrs wants to increase the collection by two and has them picked out and all Lucky man or what [/quote] Haha that made me laugh

[quote name='lettsguitars' post='1160982' date='Mar 13 2011, 08:31 PM']classic. you sell a bass to raise cash, and end up buying 2 more. quality.[/quote] Haha yeah that will please the wife and her ideas of minimalism of basses [quote name='paul_5' post='1160986' date='Mar 13 2011, 08:32 PM']Well done to you sir. If I may be allowed to whet your appetite even more; the Hohner pro. fretless is (certainly for that paltry sum) a great bass, as I used to have one. Mwah.[/quote] Cool, cheers for that - Mwah

Well its been a turbulent last couple of weeks, my radiator died on my Mazda Bongo, clutch went on the Volvo and everything else seemed to swallow my last pennies of late (Violin section please ). So i had to part with a bass to make financial amends -never a happy decision. After much agonising i ended up selling my 88 Stingray, but thankfully to the previous owner who is uber happy about this and tomorrow it is to be on its way to a beautiful reunion. This did make parting with such a beautiful bass easier, i must admit. Anyway after the car repairs i was left to get myself a cheaper bass. Well tonight, just in fact, i scored a Jonas Hellborg Sounds of Sweden bass on the bay. My friend had a black one of these basses years ago and i was always blown away by it but he said they are very rare so i expected never to see one again, let alone win one on ebay - can't wait to get it. Second score was here on the For Sale forum earlier, a Hohner Professional Fretless. I'm at my total budget but really happy of the outcomes after parting with the ray. I just hope my two new babies both live upto my expectations but for now i'm one happy bunny with expectation Every cloud has a silver lining

Awesome, i really enjoyed that

I'm building a P at the mo. Got some US pick ups last week on the bay for £25 and got a brand new vintage maple All parts neck off a guy privately for £104 with 60's decal (awaiting arrival) - he has more for sale!!!. I'm using my sonic blue Sue Ryder P body & bridge with P bridge ash tray. Also using a tort pickguard i picked up here for a £10. My aim is to make some thing like this 60's P: I'd like to relic next

[quote name='frank' post='1111819' date='Feb 1 2011, 11:38 PM']Yeah i just didnt buy it after having a quick look. But on the other hand next month is Gary Willis and Last month was Scott Thoones,so its not so bad[/quote] My good friend did me a CD of Slaughter House 3, Gary Willis's band...awesome...i do love a bit of jazzrockfusion.

[quote name='BurritoBass' post='1111539' date='Feb 1 2011, 08:11 PM']For those who subscribe, when does the free gift come? I had my first subscribed issue & no gift. I've emailed them last week & in a bid to excell on customer service they've simply ignored it [/quote] I joined after Xmas and no strings to date. I've just emailed them, wonder if i will get a reply.....if not i know where they live

I love flats and plan to put some on my Stingray soon, prob Chromes as thats all i can afford but i'd love to try some of these up market flats i.e. Labella's TI's etc. However i prefer my jazzbass for playing reggae live, but its also my goto bass for the odd funk/rock jam where i prefer the zings of rounds. My comprimise is dirty unchanged rounds that i give a quick wipe if funkin' it up . My thoughts to the OP is that shops should allow the option to at least try flats when trying out a new axe .

Absolutely in love with[b] Banyan[/b] at the mo, not my usual reggae ting but more of a Fusion 4 piece Bitches Brew/live evil groove meets the Janes addictions drummer - wicked stuff!!! Check em' on the tube.

Depends on acoustics of the venue for me but generally i start off with: Genre:[b] Reggae & Ska[/b] Amp: Orange Terror bass + Ampeg SVT 4x10HLF & Peavey Cab 2x10cab (Connected via serial cable) EQ - Bass +1 (2-3 for dub) , Middle -1 (+1 for dub) , Treble -1 Vol about 5 and Gain about 1 Bass - mostly Fender Jazz, neck pick up mainly (bridge sometimes for more defined ska stuff) and Tone about half way rolled off. I play close to the neck for a warmer tone too. Irie

I play for herb & beer ....getting paid is a bonus...it does happen to me though.

OBT's....Great amps! I use my mine mainly for reggae/dub stuff and love the tone. I have the gain fairly low, with volume up to about 5, and still get a great defined warm sound. I find the Orange eq subtle enough to get good defintion in my lows...in other words cleaning up the 'mud' - i rarely concentrate on high frequency . Recently i had a freestyle jam, mainly funky fusion weird time stuff, and switched between my Stingray & Jazz. I found the Ray to be a lot warmer but not as defined as the jazz. Both gave a great old school funk sound which i liked but i found i had to fiddle with the stingray eq a lot more to get good note definition