James Nada

No idea, but I quite like the pickguard shape. Have you tried taking the neck off and looking for any identifying marks?

Some readers may be disappointed to find that the Macca interview is over twenty years old.

[quote name='ikay' timestamp='1495526347' post='3304384'] This pic of your bass from the JHS/Vintage website may be a useful reference (bridge looks to be about 1cm from the end of the pickguard) [URL=http://s1090.photobucket.com/user/iankay/media/Stuff/Violin%20bass.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1090.photobucket.com/albums/i370/iankay/Stuff/Violin%20bass.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [/quote] That's a good starting point for roughing out the intonation too. However, on my Club bass I have all the bridge "fret wires" in a straight line (relative to the piece of wood they sit in) but have the bridge itself angled to give the best intonation.

For what it's worth, AC/DC themselves changed to Eb tuning for the last Brian tour. I doubt most of the millions of punters noticed. I doubt any punters would notice D tuning either. And in my opinion you can't play AC/DC with different chord positions, the way Malcolm Young used the bottom string for certain inversions is far more crucuial to the AC/DC sound than it being a semi-tone or tone lower.

I have a 91 MIM Precision (one of the first Mex's) that I bought in 1993 and have used it for every gig since (with one exception). I occasionally use a back up bass for some songs just for the hell of it, I've had lots of different back ups. Admittedly, I don't gig loads, but 24 years for my main bass.

[quote name='markdavid' timestamp='1494262505' post='3294493'] Thanks for the input is so hard to choose, on the one hand I would like a bass that I can still get a bit of growl from, on the other hand something hollow or semi hollow would be cool to get that kind of plummy McCartney kind of tone and it would be cool to have something very different from my other basses. Have wanted a Hofner for ages but kind of concerned as they have a reputation for being a bit fragile and cheap feeling, could pick up a used Hofner CT bass which is supposed to be a step up from the Ignition but I wonder how close it comes to the proper hollow body tone being a bass with a centre block? The Epiphone Allen Woody looks cool but my concern with that is the crappy Epiphone 3 point bridge (they have a tendency to pull away from the body), I think maybe I need to spend an afternoon in Denmark street and just play a shed load of basses [/quote] I had the same thought regarding the Hofner CT and the centre block. I opted for the cheaper Ignition, which doesn't have the centre block. I haven't regretted the decision.

The mock-up looks great. I look forward to seeing this progress.

*Update - Item Collected* I have every issue of Bass Guitar Magazine from issues 102 (March 14) to 141 (March 17). Does anyone want them? Collection from the backwater that is Ulverston, Cumbria or Grizebeck, Cumbria. Please PM me. Ta [URL=http://s712.photobucket.com/user/badgerpigdog/media/IMG_20170327_191814421.jpg.html][IMG]http://i712.photobucket.com/albums/ww127/badgerpigdog/IMG_20170327_191814421.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

[quote name='uk_lefty' timestamp='1489131774' post='3254526'] They do occasionally turn up on gumtree. I keep toying with buying one to play upside down and have seen a few come up, the tb with the single humbucker has always appealed to me. [/quote] Funnily enough, when I used the neck off my VM PB TB for a project (as mentioned above), it was for a upside down body. [URL=http://s712.photobucket.com/user/badgerpigdog/media/IMG_20170302_201342959.jpg.html][IMG]http://i712.photobucket.com/albums/ww127/badgerpigdog/IMG_20170302_201342959.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

[quote name='philw' timestamp='1489077439' post='3254230'] I had one for a while - they're really nice. And in fact I still have a neck from one - on the Surf Jag: [/quote] I've also used the neck on mine for a project bass. Great neck. I still have the body wrapped up and stored safely.

How about thinking of your bass as a four string (tuned EADG) with an extra high C string, rather than the thickest string being the extra one? That would work for me.

Not the winner, but... [URL=http://s712.photobucket.com/user/badgerpigdog/media/Gibson-Steinberger-20_20-ad.jpg.html][IMG]http://i712.photobucket.com/albums/ww127/badgerpigdog/Gibson-Steinberger-20_20-ad.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

I'll throw this in [IMG]http://i712.photobucket.com/albums/ww127/badgerpigdog/IMG_20170302_201342959.jpg[/IMG] My left handed p-body built up for me as a righty. It's more difficult to play than it should be, doesn't sound as good as my proper Fender, but for performances it's interesting to anyone who notices.

Just for fun. What's your most interesting piece of bass or musical equipment? It could be an ultra rare Musicman prototype, a guitar stand you stole off Mark King, an amplifier you hand built on the 70s, the plectrum you caught when Slash threw it off stage... You get the idea, the story may be more interesting than the item if taken at face value.

[quote name='Spike Vincent' timestamp='1487935516' post='3244282'] Neck dive.Inherently unbalanced design, when you strap it on the headstock decides it wants to touch the floor. [/quote] This is easily remedied by holding the neck in place with your fretting hand. 😀

These are now showing as in stock http://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_guitarbass_vs_vintage_series.htm?r=app Who's gonna take a punt?

Phwoor, the new Epi looks great. Is there any indication of £RRP?

The bloke from Death From Above 1979 talks Dan Armstrong plexiglass bass in this https://youtu.be/AFIt0pNPjmY

It's showing as available in February. I'm guessing those will be the first run. I'm very interested in this, as the OP says, the fixed bridge may be a huge improvement on the Fender VI.

[quote name='alyctes' timestamp='1484439343' post='3215538'] Does it suffer from neck-dive? It looks as if it should [/quote] It should, and it does. But I dont mind a bit of neck-dive, I just don't let go of it. One of the unexpected pluses of the bass is that, because of the top horn, when playing sitting down it sits very nicely.

[quote name='Danuman' timestamp='1484408929' post='3215282'] This doesn't worry me nearly as much as I thought it would. I bet if you get a scratch plate without the holes for the pots it would look kinda stylish! No getting to the upper frets, though. [/quote] I do plan on getting a new scratch plate (in tort, so I have the same black/tort scheme as my 'proper' P bass) so I might do that.

[quote name='Danuman' timestamp='1484408929' post='3215282'] This doesn't worry me nearly as much as I thought it would. I bet if you get a scratch plate without the holes for the pots it would look kinda stylish! No getting to the upper frets, though. [/quote] Why on earth would I want to play the upper frets? 😂😂 Seriously though, the access is similar to a Thunderbird, and (some) people don't mind them.

I thought I'd share a pic of my back up bass, if only to the incite some caustic reactions It's a left handed body (a Hondo, I think) with a nice Squier VM Tele Bass neck, all set up to play right handed. The pickups are wired straight to jack, which has been relocated to a position 'under' the strap button. Yes, it makes no sense to have done this, but it's fun. [IMG]http://i712.photobucket.com/albums/ww127/badgerpigdog/IMG_20170114_115110246.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i712.photobucket.com/albums/ww127/badgerpigdog/IMG_20170114_115132097.jpg[/IMG]

Thanks for the replies. A quick Google search reveals they are even uglier in colour. [IMG]http://i712.photobucket.com/albums/ww127/badgerpigdog/IMG_9783.jpg[/IMG] This one looks like it has a few cosmetic differences (such a pickguard/s) to Jet's.

Can anyone identify the bass Jet Harris is playing here? It looks like a prop from Star Trek... [IMG]http://i712.photobucket.com/albums/ww127/badgerpigdog/Jet%20with%20Weill.jpg[/IMG][/URL]