mr_russ

[quote name='Rich' post='22660' date='Jun 24 2007, 03:08 PM']LEDs in the neck edge..?[/quote]

Nah- LED's are a luxury I can't really afford- If I wanted to spend more money It'd go on the electronics first.

I'm after a vintage vibe from this- 70's jazz meets SR5

My Sei i'm selling has side LEDs but I'm not that fussed

R

[quote name='Rich' post='22529' date='Jun 24 2007, 12:44 AM']Why 22 frets though..?[/quote]

The neck is largely based on an SR5- profile, frets, neck joint, truss rod, tuners etc- there's something about a stingray 5 that just works and I wanted to take as much of that over to a jazz bass format

;D

Hi- I'm after having john build me a 70's styled jazz 5-

I went to beav's graphics to get a mock up done- i'm really impressed with the result-
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-full size jazz body - 5 string -swamp ash body sunburst finish
-bell plate over the neck pickup

-ramp in front of the bridge pickup (about 2-3cm until just before the
scratchplate) made of swamp ash, finished in keeping with the body -
to be adjustable with screws like a dummy pickup. (cheers dood ;D)

-black/white/black pickguard w controls like a celinder jazz (attached
photo) I've always managed to knock the controls on a normal jazz when
playing with a pick. Chrome knobs.

-22 fret maple neck
-carbon fibre reinforcement
-maple fretboard - blocked in pearl and bound in white
-headstock as per your new design, 4 over 1 - matching sunburst finish
with shuker logo in silver coloured material.
full width string retainer like a sadowsky
-fender style cloverleaf tuners but with hipshot ultralight gear
section (again like a sadowsky)
-Stingray 5 neck profile

-all chrome hardware
-6 bolt neck joint, like an SR5

Nordstrand Big singles pickups
Shuker 2 band preamp (bass boost only/treble boost and cut- active/passive switch, series/parallel switch

Nice- there's something about an SR5 and markbass rig- exactly what I've been in love with for a while now ;D

Hi- I was wondering what's under the scratchplate of the marcus miller jazz bass 4 string.

My old usa jazz had a big hole under the plate and wondered if this was the case with the mm jazz's.

would someone be able to do me a big favour and post a photo or just describe how the control cavity is routed under the scratch/control plate extension.

Cheers in advance

Russ

ps- Bernie Goodfellow's workmanship is fantastic- he lent me a spitfire 5 for a week, I couldn't fault the build quality but it wasn't the sound in my head

Nice ;D I'm really only after a nice light piece of swamp ash for this one- so hopefully I'm safe!

The hardest part is working out how I want the neck-

I live in Brighton so a trek up to sheffield is quite a slog- I can't really afford to take the time off work to go up either, this is the main thing holding me back.

Nice one cheers ;D

I'm seriously considering asking him to build this bass for me- It's basically going to be a sunburst marcus miller 5 with a few refinements and customisations

Hi - I'm thinking about having a traditional looking 5 string jazz built by John- would you be able to take a big straight on photo of the headstock for me?

cheers ;D

r

Sei Original Hybrid 5 String

It's actually for sale [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=726&st=0"]HERE[/url]





Sei Jazz 5






Shuker Jazz 5




Matt Pulcinella MPG Level 5

Wish I'd kept this one longer - it wasn't quite my thing at the time but would suit me down to the ground now

Hows the B on this Ari?

Stingray 5 HH or HS- My HH is incredibly versatile and is now my number 1

r

Hi guys- any feedback would be awesome ;D

russ