Bassassin

[quote name='3below' post='1182739' date='Mar 30 2011, 09:34 PM']Simple mistake, seller has not noticed that decimal place was wrong in start price[/quote] The price is a BIN - very much doubt he wants to sell it for £99! Would be a cracking bargain, though. J.

Oh man, that's just f@cking squalid. You'd catch a disease off that. I wouldn't feel happy about buying a bass off someone who plainly shuns the practice of using toilet paper and has never washed their hands, ever. Jon.

Looking forward to seeing it! Good plan with the pup mount - my Matsumoku copy had a J pup mounted like this when I got it, & I subsequently used the same mounting plate to attach a little mini 'bucker sized pup to my Frankenbugger faker. Thinking about it, the pup route's probably too deep to screw to the actual wood anyway. J.

[quote name='Annoying Twit' post='1181073' date='Mar 29 2011, 05:46 PM']Here's an interesting looking one. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Stafford-TEISCO-Hollow-Body-Semi-Bass-Guitar-MIJ-JAPAN-/400205844298?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item5d2e208f4a"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Stafford-TEISCO-Holl...=item5d2e208f4a[/url][/quote] Not 100% sure but I think that's been through before - I remember very much liking the checker-bound fretboard & then being a bit put off by some of the structural issues. Which is exactly what I think now. Don't think it's a Teisco, mostly due to the lack of it saying "Teisco" anywhere. J.

No reason why having a separate bridge & tuners wouldn't work - the principle would only be the same as the separate bridge & string retainer you get on Warwicks & such. If your headless bridge is the Steinberger/Hohner type, the saddles are only held into the tuner assembly with a single allen screw anyway, so would work perfectly well as just tuners. The separate bridge idea sounds fine to me. Very interesting project, btw. Jon.

[quote name='Soloshchenko' post='1178402' date='Mar 27 2011, 03:52 PM']Well I suppose it's each it his own regarding the TRC, I wasn't particularly bothered whether it said Rickenbacker or not, just needed a TRC and saw this one available so snapped it up. Personally speaking I think it looks fine, I'd never try to pass off the bass as a real one anyway so it's purely aesthetic to cover the truss rods. As regards the pickup surround I might still be interested in that Jon, I'll see how the new one feels and if I don't get on with it I'll sell it and get one off you. I do prefer the look of the originals but if it gets in the way it's going off![/quote] The good thing about a perspex surround is that you lose the big hole where your thumb should go - and all that lovely sharp metal too. Less of a problem if you're still going to use a J pup but there will still be big gaps. How would you fit a J pup - just screw it into the wood like on a Jazz? Btw I have been known to make the odd Rickenfaker trc as well. J.

[quote name='ras52' post='1180161' date='Mar 28 2011, 10:10 PM']Re. licing, oops, I mean re. re-licing, surely the correct spelling would be RELICKING - c.f. panic => panicking, etc.[/quote] Correct in principle, I'd think - but this would engender considerable confusion should something (for example the avatar lady being discussed above), having been licked, require subsequent - indeed repeated - licking. As would very likely be the case. J.

I expect the original '51 P had a scratchplate so it would look consistent with the Fender Telecaster, which has a plate to suspend a pickup from, hide some routing & protect the lacquer from all that strummy guitarist nonsense. After that, I suppose it just became a tradition on most basses. Jon.

[quote name='tino' post='1179755' date='Mar 28 2011, 05:10 PM']On its way needs a signature,hopeful of delivery tomorrow tracking info on PP acct...............Enjoy[/quote] Splendid, will give you a shout once it arrives! J.

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='1179594' date='Mar 28 2011, 03:08 PM']Would an LP have a neck plate?[/quote] Not a real one - but he does call it LP style in the listing. Anyway this must be the next logical step after the MM roasted neck thing. J.

I asked if it had a flame top. /coat. Jon.

[quote name='uke' post='1179013' date='Mar 28 2011, 12:01 AM']My favourite is "Relicing"! A word that many feel exists, if it did wouldn't it mean replacing Lice? [/quote] I do wish this would go away - despite not existing it's impossible to express in any kind of semantically appropriate way; random apostrophes & hyphens don't make it read any better. Besides, it's completely redundant as the English language furnishes us with so many useful words & phrases which perfectly encapsulate the end result of this process: ruining, wrecking, f@cking up, making a total dog's arse of, destroying, cocking up, trashing, buggering up... So much choice - so little imagination. J.

[quote name='karlfer' post='1178702' date='Mar 27 2011, 08:33 PM']Ah, bring back Halo of Flies!!!!![/quote] And Gutter Cat vs The Jets, Blue Turk, Generation Landslide, Billion $ Babies... J.

[quote name='tino' post='1178749' date='Mar 27 2011, 09:01 PM']I heard the tight sod swims it to save a quid [/quote] ...says King of the Bin Divers! J.

I never consciously avoid open strings, unless an open note would ring over a subsequent note on a lower string - playing that note in a fretted position is usually simpler than muting an open one. I wouldn't say I notice any significant tonal differences between open & fretted notes, particularly in a band context. A good few years ago it occurred to me I was habitually playing a lot of parts unnecessarily clumsily, moving my hand up & down the board to get to notes rather than crossing & using open strings - this was particularly awkward when singing & playing. I ended up re-learning a lot of my lines using more logical positional playing & open strings where possible. This has stuck when composing or learning parts - I always try to work something out so I play it with the most economy of movement - one finger per fret, open strings, crossing strings etc. Jon.

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='1178696' date='Mar 27 2011, 08:27 PM']The trick is getting there before Bassassin.[/quote] How very dare you! Although the E serial MIJ Squier Strat I snagged last week will tidy up nicely when I get a minute. Think it's a keeper. £25's excellent for that Vester, although I hope some haggling took place - it is every decent pikey's duty. Jon.

Cheers - looking forward to it. It'll get its own thread on the builds board! J.

Very cool apart from the Rick trc - just looks stupid on an obvious copy. A Hipshot would need suitable holes drilled, as would any replacement bridge, but wouldn't be a problem apart from that. What do you intend doing with the old 'un if you get a Hippy? I could've made you a mirrored perspex surround to fit a J pup for a few quid. Admittedly you'd probably still be waiting for that too! Jon.

[quote name='tino' post='1178030' date='Mar 27 2011, 10:54 AM']might even be tempted myself if I hadn't just bought [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180641451274"]this[/url] off the lovely Mr Tino for £25! Don't know if he knows yet.... J. Of course he knows the "Maya29" was all the evidence required in solving the mystery,I love the way you got Mrs BA to pay the the bill. The relicing is free gratis....Fender Custom shop would have wanted paying for the distressing How do you do it????[/quote] If only I could persuade my better half to pay for my Ebay shenanigans! Anyway I'm genuinely really surprised it didn't get any other bids. Never fear though, I don't intend to profiteer on this one - I have a maple/blocks JapCrap neck I've had for literally years which should slot straight in. Not sure how severe this "distressing" is likely to be, but I'm sorely tempted to turn the bass into an unofficial Dennis Dunaway signature model anyway: J.

[quote name='LawrenceH' post='1177775' date='Mar 27 2011, 12:29 AM']Good Lord, imagine the shame of buying a bass from someone with poor spelling. [/quote] It's not shame. It's loathing bordering on homicidal rage. J.

[quote name='dougie' post='1177608' date='Mar 26 2011, 08:24 PM']useless ifo,stems from the doles old name"the beurau of employment".....i know that berau is misspelled but tired n last thing i can be arsed looking at is some smartarse spell check.[/quote] Makes sense - I've seen it written as "the burroo". Always wondered where that came from, cheers D. J.

Buy one & find out! Get a used one & if you find you don't get on with it, I seriously doubt you'd lose any money. Jon.

[quote name='Johnston' post='1177359' date='Mar 26 2011, 04:01 PM']Never on the Doll, just on the Dole or as it is over here the Brew.[/quote] "Doll" is plainly a phoneticisation of dole, I just found it bizarre that so many people had either never seen it spelled correctly or never given a moment's thought to what the phrase actually meant. It gets called the brew in Scotland as well, think it's mostly a west coast thing here. J.

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='1177174' date='Mar 26 2011, 01:09 PM']It 's the whole bought/brought thing with me. I can help switching off to people that do it. It's just plain ig'nant.[/quote] I encountered a new one (to me, at least) yesterday on a different forum - various different people in the thread referring to unemployment as "on the doll". Anyone else seen this? I'm convinced in 20 years' time written/typed English will be 90% phonetic. Or rather, fanetik. J.