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Thanks It wasn't a pricey job. £162 for all 9 blocks in the white perloid. Would have been almost double that to have real mother of pearl. I don't think I could have bought a ready made blocked neck and had it installed/setup again for less than that! And mine is still the original neck as well.

Recently I posted on here asking if anybody knew of a decent Luthier in the South of England who could fit some block inlays into my 2005 Fender Jazz. I went with Knight Guitars in Surrey, who were extremely pleasant and very reasonable on price. So basically this is my 2005 Fender Jazz - Sunburst with maple neck, and now with white pearl block inlays. No binding though, as I didn't really want to mess with the overall 'feel' of the neck. I think it looks absolutely stunning So pleased.

Perfect seller. Communicative and helpful - easy to deal with. I bought his Moogerfooger Bass Murf off him, which is in its original box and with manual etc ... great condition. Thanks

Thanks all for your responses - definitely an interesting topic I think, as Jazz basses did look incredible in the late 60's/70's. My favourite look is the maple with white pearl inlays, which is what I would get. The rosewood with white also looks amazing. Least favourite is the Geddy Lee black on white look, which has grown on me, but is a little bit contrasty for me. I should have said in my first post though - I didn't really want to just pull off the neck and stick a new one on it. It took me ages to save up to buy it in the first place, and now it's been around the country with me a few times i'm quite attached to it. So i'm really just looking to see if it's possible to have it modded a bit just to perfect it NancyJohnson - thanks for the link to Knight Guitars; I'm going to drop them an email now. I have had a quote for £300/£400 so far which was a bit pricey I think. I'd happilly spend of the order of £200 - but then would also want to know they were going to do a smart job on it. Did you hear back from them at all? Rich

I have a 2005 USA Fender Jazz with a maple neck (satin sort of finish - not shiny laquer). I don't know how possible it would be, but I was wondering if it would be possible to have a luthier retro-fit block inlays/binding to it for the 70's look. Tell me if this is a stupid idea ... otherwise, does anybody know of a (good) luthier in the South West (I live near Gloucester so Bristol/Birmingham/Oxford would be perfect) that would be able to do this. Rich

No, not the Fender Bass VI - although they are very nice, just a little too pricey for me. The Jaguar Baritone was a bit like it, but cheaper. Like this

Does anybody know where I could get hold of a Fender Jaguar Baritone from? I'd like the sunburst one that was around a couple of years ago rather than the current black one that's around. I had a look at Ishibashi and guitaremporium but can't seemt to find anything. Help would be much appreciated!! Rich

Hi, If it's any use, I use an Ezekiel through an Ampeg SVT-3 and I'd say it isn't much like a big muff at all. I only have experience of a Green Big Muff but the Ezekiel is more of an overdrive distortion in my opinion(an absolutely lush one though). So at the moment I my pedal board is made up of a Green big muff for fuzz and an ezekiel for overdrive. I got my ezekiel on eBay - they do come up once in a while ... one in America here [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/DAM-Ezekiel-25-17-OVERDRIVE-FUZZ-BASS-7-STRING-D-A-M-NM_W0QQitemZ180138724722QQihZ008QQcategoryZ41411QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZVieItem"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/DAM-Ezekiel-25-17-OV...1QQcmdZViewItem[/url] but getting pretty privey. The ZVex Wooly Mammoth's a good one to try for fuzz like a Russian Big Muff, although they're immensely more extreme! Hope that's of some help. Rich

I just put up some Monster Bass Cables on ebay here: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=007&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&viewitem=&item=170130929814&rd=1&rd=1"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...p;rd=1&rd=1[/url] I don't really know what their second hand price would be, which is why I've put them up for 99p, but you're welcome to make offers. Rich

I bought Marcus' Ampeg SVT DI a little while ago (which has any amazing sound by the way). Good communications throughout, packaged nicely - all round a very pleasant seller. Thanks Rich