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Well, you can add a sub not to the synth sound...

I seem to amass parts, on the basis I'll find something to go with them; if I see something I'll buy it. The Status neck going with the budget Frankenstein body is ridiculous. The Mighty Mite neck was from a work colleague a couple of years ago; I had it on an orange P-bass body for a while, but then I got a Mex maple neck and decided to swap that on. Then the white Jazz body came up here so I nabbed that. This is the Vox; it was over-painted by a teenager, so I'm in the process of stripping it back. Here's a Strat project. A Tokai Strat.

Pump It! is a great album.

Cheers for that - feel free to fire off questions. As far as progress goes, I seem to be on a go-slow at the moment and I've got some other projects on the go too (two Rickenfakers, a vintage Vox bass, a Strat, another Strat, an Ovation , and another Strat too!) (I really need to stop letting things catch my eye) so they could take a while... That said, pretty much all I've got to do on on these two is find time to get my soldering iron out to get their electrics sorted and then put on strings and do their setup.

] The white J is a roughly painted Squier body which needs re-doing, a very nice Mighty Mite fretless neck, Wilco machines & pickups and a nondescript bridge. The Frankenstein P is a Status Graphite neck on a rather cheap but cool body (the pickguard overlays with the same picture), with Sperzel locking machines, a decent bridge, and probably a pair of Fender pickups I have in my parts box.

Not an up-market model.

Cool - I guess you just learn the chord shapes.

How do you play one?

Back to playing a synth from a bass, the Markbass SuperSynth is really good. But it's not practical if you want synth sounds to complement your bass line.

The Yamaha JV-1010 has a load of sounds.

"unique rustic"!

It would be good to get Neil Murray in - he was at the recent guitar fair in Thame, though (apart from a momentary look when he saw I recognised him) I didn't intrude on his time.

Saying it's a good buy?

Looks like a good buy for a 5-banger chickenbacker. Good on the previous owner for sanding off the counterfeit Rickenbacker logo. (If you want to put a Rickenbacker logo on your own, then it's yours to do that; some people like vanity plates on cars and fake boobs & botox.)

This is a sound from my Markbass SS which I posted in another thread.

It's not a 70s one - wrong bridge and lots of other things. I bought some Havaianas yesterday; they need a bit of wearing in.

I've had two previously and now have two more I'm restoring. I like them as a bit of fun. I'm thinking of putting a Kahler trem on one.

It very much depends upon the particular one; the better 70s/80s Japanese ones can be up to £500-600, with lower prices dependent upon brand, model, condition, etc. IMHO, the current Chickenbackers are a pile of toot. The main thing for me is that they are a bit of fun and not to get one thinking it's going to be better than a real Ric.

Maybe get another head for the 2nd cab.

I've got a BLX whose amp is a bit shonky, so I use it as a cab with a shelf in it.

A flush fitting...

Well, you could use them, but one would get more power than the other.

Well, the smallest cab is the 4x5 Brightbox unit. 🙂 On a more practical front, I've got a 2x10, which is pretty standard; it is heavy, though!

Hmmm - the last thing I need is another project on the go. I'm already working on a "re-styled" Vox bass.