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T cut will eventually polish out the flatted paint but it'll take a long time to do it, especially by hand. Either hand or buffing wheel polishing methods use specialist compounds that will polish out scratch marks in paint. T-cut is really to restore old, uv damaged paintwork, not deep scratches. The right compounds aren't expensive and will do a much better job.

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1318330131' post='1400567'] It's the most mind-numbingly boring bass in the world as well. The Bran Flakes of basses. [/quote] Bran flakes are far from boring - especially about 4 hours after eating them

The good thing about the Supertone bridge is that you can take it off and put the old bridge back on if you decide to sell. Also, an inch is quite a tall order for any bass bridge but the Supertone is quite high anyway and height adjustable. You can get Tuneomatics from places like Allparts but if you're having to mod the bass to get a bridge and tailpiece to fit you might as well go for a combined bridge/tailpiece like a Schaller 3D or (dare I suggest it) a Badass, Mike Watt style. That way you're not having to drill big, accurate, straight holes for studs, just 3 or 4 pilot holes for wood screws. You can even get packing pieces for the Schaller to raise it up if it's too low.

[quote name='Clarky' timestamp='1318318201' post='1400323'] I know its a bit OT but this lot make really good repro celluloid guards (I have one on my 63P) [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/62-64-Fender-Jazz-pickguard-celluloid-Nitrate-/200635187569?pt=Guitar_Accessories&hash=item2eb6ca0171"]http://www.ebay.co.u...=item2eb6ca0171[/url] [/quote] A hundred quid???? I s'pose that's actually not too bad considering the asking price of an original [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_nkw=fender+jazz+pickguard&_sacat=0&_sop=16&_dmpt=UK_Guitar_Accessories&_odkw=fender+pickguard&_osacat=0&_trksid=p3286.c0.m270.l1313"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_nkw=fender+jazz+pickguard&_sacat=0&_sop=16&_dmpt=UK_Guitar_Accessories&_odkw=fender+pickguard&_osacat=0&_trksid=p3286.c0.m270.l1313[/url]

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' timestamp='1318242185' post='1399490'] Graphite is slippery. Good for if you have a detuner. Don't those basses have a switchy nut or something? [/quote] Yeah they're headless too (if it's a Factor Bass Dean's talking about), so graphite would only really be needed for the colour.

Aren't there already a bunch of other hybrid amps out there for this kind of money? The reason I liked the original Little Bast##d was because a new, bass specific, low wattage all valve head was fairly unique, whereas most every amp company has at least one solid state or digital model with a couple of preamp valves in its' range. And most all of them look much more compact than the Ashdown.

[quote name='Ou7shined' timestamp='1318248963' post='1399624'] I dunno man, the bridge on the Bronco is pitiful and can be hard to intonate perfectly. [/quote] Well it's certainly an object lesson in penny pinching. I would spend money on a better pickup before I spent it on a bridge, but that said, my choice of setup/strings doesn't give me much in the way of intonation problems. The Mustang bridge with the built in mutes would be a very cool addition if you could find one.

[quote name='TPJ' timestamp='1318238800' post='1399443'] If you want to try one on the cheap, pick up a used Bronco. I had a Bronco and swapped the bridge to a cheap high mass one and put an Artec hot rail strat pup in with new pots and cap. It roared, almost too much, but the upgrades cost £25 and transformed it. [/quote] +1 on the Bronco. I wouldn't even bother with a new bridge - just a pickup, setup and some decent strings.

Lookin' good, although your Precision-esque body is looking kind of Jazz-esque I think the body looks good just in the sealer too.

Bienvenue jeffpau! Toi musique c'est tres bien

Bone is cheaper than graphite too. Corian is a good bone substitute, it's cheap and you can get it in any colour you like.

Gotcha. I'd never heard of that either. I'm interested in the breakage issues too though. What scale length are you using?

Indeed - I didn't spot the 'thinline' mentioned in the title... Should be a looker with all that wenge though, especially around the heel area. I'm working on a couple of thinline basses at the moment - I feel a new trend coming on

Be interesting to watch this come together. Are you hollowing it out?

That looks really interesting. Can you post a few more pictures and a spec? And what do you mean by "bumping" the strings?

Apparently Brian May used to use a modded Satellite Strat copy in the studio. In comparison to most plywood copies from that era, I guess the Satellite must have been a bit of a cut above the Malins and Encores. Yeah cool logo, very 'Space 1999'

[quote name='Jean-Luc Pickguard' timestamp='1318073650' post='1397821'] *cough* Warrior *cough* [/quote] I'd never heard of 'Warrior' before *ahem*cough*splutter* They look right (and they're certainly expensive enough).

[quote name='4 Strings' timestamp='1318061730' post='1397656'] I thought PRS too, but it really doesn't seem like their style (and did they ever make basses?). [/quote] [url="http://www.chicagomusicexchange.com/products/Paul-Reed-Smith-CE-Bass-Sunburst-1991.html"]http://www.chicagomusicexchange.com/products/Paul-Reed-Smith-CE-Bass-Sunburst-1991.html[/url] Indeed they did, in fact they still do the odd custom build I think. I don't think they really 'got' the bass market the same way they found their way with guitars, but some people on the forum swear by them.

[quote name='voxpop' timestamp='1317999002' post='1397131'] the frets need levelling............ Oh, its a fretless !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! [/quote] !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well two against two so far I've got a couple of builds in the pipeline, at least one of which will have both options so maybe I'll get my DI box out and do a back to back test once I'm finished.

Thanks GW. Did you actually try identical strings at the same time?

To anyone who owns a bass that has the option of bridge mounting or through stringing. Has anyone tried a back to back test, the same gauge and type of string, tuned to the same pitch, one anchored on the bridge and one anchored string thru? I'd do it myself but none of my basses have this option. There's always been allot of talk about it but I've never seen much in the way of hard evidence.

Expensive = Alembic I s'pose in that sense it could be a Fodera too?

[quote name='chriswilliams666' timestamp='1317712778' post='1393463'] The finish mimics the look of a factory ‘refinished’ guitar. With the usual wear and tear of playing, this solid colour top coat would begin to fade or rub off revealing the original finish beneath and this is the look we’re going to recreate with this bass. It was common in the ‘60s for a stock sunburst finished guitar to be sprayed over in a solid colour - usually in the factory during production if a custom colour order came in. If there were finished sunburst bodies ready to go (the stock colour of the time) then it was simpler and faster to grab one off the rack and spray straight over the sealed sunburst finish than to start from scratch. Instruments would also be returned to the factory for a refin in a different colour after purchase and of course many were refinished later in the guitars life after many years of use – usually before anyone realised the potential future value would be affected. Subsequently, many vintage guitars that are dismissed as ‘refinished’ and devalued were actually colour coated before they ever left the factory so are in fact as original as any sunburst models. To see a T-Type with a similar finish, click here [url="http://www.eternal-guitars.com/?page_id=33"]http://www.eternal-g...com/?page_id=33[/url] and scroll down the page… [/quote] Yeah, from what I've read the custom finishes were often sprayed over bursts that didn't work out quite right. Apparently this was one of Leo's ideas to keep the costs down - a rejected sunburst has had all the prep work done on it so instead of sanding it right back and starting again, why not just spray another colour over the top? Especially sweet when someone's paying extra for a custom colour. So, I'm afraid your reliced P won't look as authentic as you thought it would, the sunburst underneath is just too well done

[quote name='dave_bass5' timestamp='1317913535' post='1396172'] Thing is Gareth is one of those as well, poor sod ;-( [/quote] Oh No! What have I said????