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4 minutes ago, NancyJohnson said:

 

There's a lot of good people on here that'll be more than happy to do the control plate, and to make it even simpler you could go with a quick connect mechanism to hook up the pickups.  Easy peasy.

 

You've mentioned elsewhere that you have '£900 waiting'.  This is easily doable.  Easily.

I’m certainly warming to this but I’m also looking at a Flea bass and thinking with nitro finish could be easy to get the finish off and the 61 specs look great 😊 

11 hours ago, Geek99 said:

Use a pan scourer and take it down 

I remember what it was I found in stage in the dark it was really hard to see the white reference dots on the top of the neck compared to the wood colour - only a small thing and I generally know where I am on the neck but it irked me 

4 minutes ago, Waddycall said:

Here’s a start - 

 

That’s lovely but I’m after a stripped body without the high gloss coat ta 

14 minutes ago, NancyJohnson said:

Have you not thought about just doing it yourself?

 

If you want a Fender Jazz bass in a specific natural finish; (many) parts are readily/easily available online, including wired control plates if you're not confident with a soldering iron.  It's really not difficult!

I have done but I’m not good with soldering as I have really shaky hands (due to thyroid condition) also I want the aged body look but again dying wood grain isn’t my forte. So I’d rather pay someone who’s already good at these things as I’m not confident I’d make myself a good bass from scratch.  The only ‘build’ I’ve done is take the bits I liked from two basses but soldering is a challenge for me 

6 hours ago, kodiakblair said:

Aye.

 

Boy I work with is furious, hoped for mass forced deportation of everyone with African or Indian ancestry who've been here less than 4 decades.

 

Swears he's not racist but I have my doubts 😄

🙄

it was the European Union we were leaving. They didn’t have the intelligence to realise it’d open up trade/immigration with large trading blocs like India - which is lovely irony 

The real reason so many Tories wanted Brexit was to rip up worker’s rights and “increase” production and also become a tax heaven- it’s an utter shambles 

I ordered an amp from Thomann took 5 days to arrive. 45 days to return it! 

2 minutes ago, kodiakblair said:

Aye, B-word pretty much killed European sales on used basses for me.

 

Real shame, had 6 German fellas with first dibs on some Peaveys 🙁 

Don’t get me started. It’s been an utter disaster 

4 minutes ago, warwickhunt said:

Approx... but pretty close.

 

(Cost of item + shipping) + 25%

Yikes! That puts that idea to bed 

How much does it now cost in import duty to get a bass from France?

im sure there must be threads and knowledge here

apols for all the posts tonight BCers

This is what I’d really like something like this. Passive and natural with rosewood board light in weight around 8lbs - recommended builders or people on here?

Just now, Geek99 said:

Use a pan scourer and take it down 

It wasn’t just that. I’d had a 66 and 76 mustang and the Vintera just did give me the same buzz 

2 minutes ago, jd56hawk said:

One of several reasons I went with the new Squier Contemporary Active and 40th-Anniversary Vintage Jazz basses...incredibly smooth satin necks.

In 2002 I bought the Fender 75 jazz RI ash body and for 15 years I played that as my main bass - but it was close to 11lb and I fell off my push bike and injured my shoulder. Since then having been spoilt by brother-in-law lending me his 79 P Bass. I have been searching for a low weight great PB. Then I just bought the new Sire V5 R donkey it looked like the 75 jazz I had and it’s made me realise I don’t want a PB - I want a nice jazz bass as I’m sick of the GAS 

Just now, jd56hawk said:

Have you considered the new Vintera II Jazz?

Had the Vintera 1 Mustang but for some reason I didn’t get in with it. I don’t fancy the gloss neck tbh 

2 minutes ago, Geek99 said:

Next time, just refer the ad to the hive mind for consideration and we’ll see you right 

Cheers Mr. I was on a road trip sold my Gibson to a very fine fellow - who had a long chat with about basses and music at Sandbach Services then over to Crewe to interrupt a wedding band to buy this faux RW - just glad I went and got cash back. Now looking at all the BCer ads like a kid in a sweet shop

Cheers all. I should’ve checked it properly before parting with £900. Anyways 3 hour trip later. I got my money back and very apologetic dude. He might’ve been playing me but felt genuine- I think he got ripped off first

thanks everyone- kebab and wine waiting. Now on look out for genuine RW or might go 60th anniversary but don’t like pau ferro

if anyone has a bass like this - talk to me I’ve got some cash!!

love BCers are the best 

Bought this today was a pick up from a car park and I was mostly concerned with neck seller was on break at a wedding gig so time was tight- but the body road worn bits feel badly done and it sure feels like a badly damaged poly finish. See pics. Reached out to guy said he’d refund and he bought it second hand but serial number was filed off… neck and tuners feel right - output is a bit low 

see what you think hopefully get it resolved 

4 minutes ago, rwillett said:

There’s a bloke in Cumbria selling one. Suspect I’m just about half way between you both. Happy to facilitate a meeting, I’ll provide decent tea, very decent coffee, a few small amps and some biscuits. 
 

you can then admire the space that will be my new bathroom 😀

haha thanks - i saw the P/J one of DeeBass but i'm a rosewood neck guy - there's a nice one in Devon but think going to now have a policy of try before buy 

Just A/B’d against my new Sire V5R Jazz - wish I hadn’t-the Gibson made the Sire sound very thin tonaly but I prefer the Sire neck - even tho the 20mm spacing of the Gibson is good for my sausage fingers the neck is a little bit chunkier than the Sire - but blows the Sire away for bass tone 

I’ve always fancied a Lakland but heard they’re heavy - so possibly might be up for trade (which isn’t thinning the herd!) the Sire is heavier than the Gibson for sure

4 minutes ago, rwillett said:

I do OK, I manage to sneak a new guitar in every so often.

 

Thankfully, I'm not good enough as a player to justify a really, really good guitar such as this Gibson. I've a 97 MIJ Jazz, a Fender Mustang MIM (which I think is a great guitar, I kept hearing how Mexican Fenders weren't so good, I picked this up and loved it. I then found out after buying it, it has a quite a lot of neck dive, I'll put a house bring on the strap to level it out ), an Ibenez something or other which is nice and cheap to throw in the car to go to lessons and not worry about it being nicked, and an Ibanez Mikro short scale which I brought on a whim and it turns out has a wonderful growl to it, the neck resembles a banana so thats at a guitar shop to see if they can do anything. Since it cost virtually nothing I don't care. The Mikro looks like its been used as a combined shovel and hammer on a building site, forget relicing, this is authentically beaten and battered, like something that Time Team would dig up.

 

We pass Clitheroe every so often as we live between Settle and Ingleton. I would worry about you being so close and the pull of the guitar but the plumbing has wiped me out for a while

 

All the best

Rob

 

Totally get it Rob - I’m same - get a bass now and again and the Gibson was a treat - but I’ve decided to down scale as playing less and less and the Gibson should be used to record - but couldn’t resist it but it’s far too good to be wasted by my sausage fingers 

all the best

Scott

3 minutes ago, rwillett said:

Literally just sent £10,398 to the plumbing company 😰

 

I’ll have to start saving again. 

 

 

Ouch - Mission Control owe you one for this 

1 hour ago, rwillett said:

Great looking and sounding bass. Mission Control (and the accountant) has clamped down on spending. Apparently a new bathroom is more important than another bass. I have no idea why.

 

GLWTS

 

Rob

New bathrooms don’t improve homes. There was a scientific study to say it’s new basses that equal happiness- I saw it on a meme. And memes are basically the truth! 😎🤩

Yeah I’m liking the gen2pickups I’m keeping them - I don’t mind the tuners - I’d change the bridge for gotoh 

still loving it - so good to play

47 minutes ago, TheJonJonJonJon said:

These are killer basses! My friend has the 5 string. Gibson really dropped the ball when they stopped producing these!

I’m really surprised these aren’t a staple. It’s light, it’s powerful and no daft bridge plus a superb neck 

This awesome bass needs to go to someone gigging and recording- it’s a pro bass in the hands of at best a semi pro!

Would consider trade for 4strung passive with rosewood neck Lakland or Sadowsky Jazz with money either way
The blurb from Gibson

34" scale maple neck with rosewood fingerboard

Swamp ash body

Pair of Alnico red bass humbuckers with coil taps

Babicz Full Contact bridge

7.7lbs in weight

TI flats plus spare set plus set of GHS pressure wound strings)

This full-scale, 4-string bass follows a long line of great EB models, while bringing and entirely new shape, look, sound, and versatility to the board—all representing truly unbelievable value for a hand-made-in-America electric bass.

The new EB Bass marries a brand new and extremely comfortable body shape to a glued-in, 34”-scale full-size neck and two awesome-sounding new humbucking bass pickups for unprecedented power and fidelity. Whether you play in-the-pocket funk, warm and sultry jazz, or raging rock, the EB Bass is primed to take it on.

The foundation of the new 2014 EB Bass from Gibson USA lies in a solid ash body and glued-in maple neck. Ash has long been respected for its open, resonant tone, and lends itself perfectly to a rich, versatile-voiced bass. Add Gibson’s new Alnico rod bass humbuckers with coil taps, a Babicz™ Full Contact® bridge for perfect intonation and increased sustain, and wrap it in your choice of five vintage-gloss finishes—Brilliant Red, Fireburst, Natural, Bullion Gold, or Vintage Sunburst—and it’s an incomparable way to lay down the low end. (EB Bass 5-string also available.)

The 2014 EB Bass 4-String is made from a solid swamp ash body with glued-in maple neck. Its asymmetrical double-cutaway body style is timeless, yet entirely original, and designed for forearm comfort and an ergonomic playing position whether seated or standing. The full-size, 34”-scale-length neck carries a rosewood fingerboard with dot inlays and a 120th Anniversary banner inlay at the 12th fret.

The firm sonic foundation of the EB Bass is amplified via two of Gibson’s innovative new Alnico rod humbucking bass pickups, which offer extreme clarity and string definition even when thundering through a cranked bass stack. Coil taps offer brighter, snappier tones, while a rim-mounted barrel jack (this was broken when arrived so switch jack replacement abd checked over by pro guitar tech) provides a safe and secure place to plug in.

A Babicz™ Full Contact® bridge provides a rock-solid anchor at the body end for optimum resonance and sustain, complemented by efficient modern tuners. A multi-ply black pickguard and black truss-rod cover complete the package.

The 2014 EB Bass 4-String comes protected in a vintage-brown Gibson hardshell case

Can ship to uk in box or meet north west West Yorkshire 

58 minutes ago, ebenezer said:

Very much like the look of these!......whats it like weight wise?

About 9lbs - which feels ok on a strap- it’s one of those basses you enjoy playing. The neck is great 👍 seriously considering gigging this over my Gibson 

59 minutes ago, Jamieboy said:

Saw a video of lowendlobster saying the gotoh GB528 tuners are a lightweight drop in replacement for sires which doesn't require any drilling. Considering them for my P5.

Cool 👌