silverfoxnik

Echoing all the above, I'm pleased to say that Simon is a great guy to deal with, having just bought an excellent Gator Bag from him. The bag itself is exactly as described and it arrived safely packaged up and in great condition... So, deal with Simon in absolute confidence Folks. Thanks Simon - much appreciated! Cheers Nik

I was looking for a Hercules bass stand and David kindly got in touch with me to say he had one he'd be prepared to sell after he saw my ad in the Items Wanted forum.. A quick exchange of PMs and the deal was done and before I could say 'David is an absolute pleasure to deal with', the stand arrived in perfect working order and great condition. So, thanks David for being such a credit to Basschat and for the stand itself (which is great btw) and all the best for now.. Summing up, I'm very happy to recommend @Mottlefeederto one and all here on Basschat as a really good person to deal with! Nik

^^ Thanks! Yes, that 70s vibe ticks all the boxes for me and you're right, it really is well made.. I think the body is actually one piece of Ash as well which is something I particularly like.. Since posting this thread, I've now had this bass properly set up (fret dress, new strings etc) and it's playing beautifully; the intonation is spot on and the action is set at a nice comfortable medium height. Mike Bosley (of Mike's Music in Bognor) did a great job on it for me and what's interesting is that he put a small shim in the neck pocket to rake the neck back a little so that the bridge saddles are set at their maximum height. Apparently - so Mike tells me - this is how a lot of players liked their basses set up back in the day but its the first time I've ever had one of mine set up this way. I like the fact that this set up provides a great break angle for the strings over the bridge and it does seem to make a difference.. Could just be of course that I still have that 'new bass syndrome' going on whereby everything about a newly acquired bass seems to be the best of any bass I've had ever had.. You know the thing, right - it's got the best sustain, best tone, best action, best balance blah, blah, blah.. and the ability to create world peace just from playing the opening riff to Stand By Me blah, blah, blah... 😁 But, blow me down with a feather, this one really does seem to 'sing' and the sustain and harmonics are amazing! So, happy days. 😊 Mind you, having said all that (and knowing me), it'll probably be for sale on here in a few weeks time with the obligatory 'Up for sale is my beloved MIJ P Bass... ' opening line. 😁

Fabulous colour.. A very cool looking bass! 😊

Gorgeous looking bass Gary, congratulations!

Happy Birthday! Nice bass.. 😊

Fabulous bass! 😊

Slightly off topic I know, but of the different flatwound strings, which would you say are the best for using for with shiny, highly varnished maple fingerboards. Reason for asking is that, when I tried some Chromes a couple of years ago with a Hayman 4040 bass, I found the combination of them with a highly varnished maple fingerboard too much. So I'm curious as to which flats, if any, have a bit more texture to the surface of the actual string? My new P Bass has a similar kind of fretboard so I want to make sure I don't run into the same problem I had previously with the Hayman when I put some flats on this P Bass. Hope that makes some kind of sense and thanks ... 😊

Hi @mark_ir Agree with the above comments too... An ash body for sure and it looks to me like a replacement neck. It's a JG serial number and some of that JG batch of early Wal Pros had the letters 'JG' on the headstock too - hence why I think this is a replacement neck. Having said that, the headstock looks almost like a hybrid of the earlier so-called 'cricket bat' style and the more refine custom model headstock design. Nevertheless it still looks like a good, early example of a Pro IIe, but even then I'd say that its about £1k to £1.5k overpriced, especially in this market. Great basses though - I've had a few of them over the years and I always preferred them to the Custom models. Best of luck with it all.. Nik

Cheers @gareth That could be an added bonus. Will check it out... 😊