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A sneak peek at the next one that I've so far only done some body preparation on: custom single piece mahogany body Warmoth solid wenge custom neck with Hipshot Ultralite tuners 1990's active Seymour Duncan dual J pickups (3 built in microswitches to select voicing) Darkglass active 3-band circuit NOS Kahler brass bridge A bit more work needed with this one as the neck heel routed/ drilled for some custom neck whereas the Warmoth neck is Fender fit, and wiring will be more complex, but it'll be a nice little winter / spring project

Some really great recent bitsas on this thread! There was a time around 15 years ago I was building a bitsa pretty much every year, but lately been winding the bass playing down, got too many basses altogether, and spending time and money on other things....... However, I realised last year that I had enough parts lying around to build probably at least 2 complete bitsas - so thought I'd make the effort to make a final pair. The first, a fairly conventional Jazz-type, was really just a matter of putting the parts together; most of the work was in finishing the body. All parts previously used (mainly from here and eBay) except for circuit, control knobs, and neck plate. Ash G&B jazz body with rear-routed controls, slab top with tort binding (NB: top is not a separate facing / cap but the front of the body wood). Sealed with French polish- which nicely accentuated previous wear - and top coated with clear nitrocellulose lacquer. Squier (Indonesian) Jazz neck and tuners - surprisingly nice Passive Cellinder Jazz pickups, VVT passive circuit (CTS / Switchcraft) Badass II bridge Schaller strap-locks You'll notice it's not finished; I haven't cut out a rear control cavity cover - mainly as my garage has been too bloomin' cold! 🥶 But already using it as my home practice bass; it plays nicely, and as you'd expect the Armstrong-made Cellinder pickups sound sublime

Loving both of those bitsas Chris, but that natural ash Jaguar-eque P/MM fretless really is a thing of beauty Agree about the pickups - IMHO the Nordstrand Bigman is the best sounding MM pickup out there - I put one in my Warwick Streamer Jazzman LX (J p/up is a Bartolini B-axis)

12 years after the last one, another great transaction with Neil Had a Hiwatt practice combo off him for free (I just paid postage), arrived faster than the speed of light and packed more securely than a very secure thing. Definitely one of the good guys on this forum, thanks mate!

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Thanks Andy, I'm pretty sure you're right I had wondered if the Ultralite maybe had a smaller "footprint" that would allow room for clearance, but looking at it it's probably about the same, plus being an expensive gamble!

Afternoon all.... I suspect that there is no solution to this particular problem, but putting it out there just in case anyone smarter than me has done the same mod and found a fix Recently fitted a Hipshot Gotoh GB7 Xtender to my Warwick Streamer; I'm fond of these gizmos as I don't get on with 5 strings but occasionally need to play drop-D tuning. The problem is that due the typical Warwick arrangement of the tuners being raked backwards towards the player, when the lever of the Xtender is released, it hits the body of the G string tuner before the E string has fully detuned down to D (see 2nd pic). One fix I guess would be to re-align the tuners to the conventional "straight out sideways" position, but I really couldn't do that to a Warwick! The Gotoh GB7 is the correct type (that I assume Warwick copied theirs from), but would a different Hipshot model maybe work? Thanks! Greg

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Apologies, missed this when you posted - yes I do, it only didn't go to the tip this week as the weather was so cr@p...... Will hang onto it if you're up for collecting

It does seem to me to be a core part of the British psyche to diss anything popular and / or successful. Having been on here since it was BassWorld, I soon noticed that any new thread posted about the Beatles, Stones, Ric basses, Wal basses etc will pretty much instantly attract a post(s) about how utter crap they are, as if it were a self-evident truth. There are some bands who if they're played on the radio I have to turn it straight off - UB40 come to mind - but I can appreciate why they'd appeal to a lot of people. Morrisey may well indeed be a complete dick, but to me he's a fantastic singer and talented songwriter. I'm generally not a huge fan of Wetherspoons, but whenever Mrs S and I go to Brecon we always have lunch at The George, an attractive and convivial 18th Century coaching Inn - and part of Wetherspoons. Haven't found anywhere better.....yet. I guess it would be a dull old world if absolutely everything -as that Paul Whitehouse character in the "Fast Show" was always saying - was Fantastic and Brilliant...... "Sugar sugar" famously offered to The Monkees of course, who refused it as saccharine commercial bollocks, then given to fictional cartoon band The Archies (session musicians I assume) who made it a massive global hit

Don't think you can beat this accessory for a bit of groin orientated stagecraft whilst simultaneously relic-ing your bass......

Root beer, if MusicMan.

AI or not; still interesting. Probably my favourite Fender finish, ever since the lead guitarist in my school band circa 1977 turned up with a brand new Antigua finish Strat (maple neck, which IMHO looks much better with it than rosewood). Rather unfairly referred to as "snotburst" I think......

I had one of these many years ago; facing was indeed quilt maple veneer, I think mine was original spec with a passive circuit and a very weedy pickup (definitely the weak point). Good value for what they were, but I sold it on pretty quick. Edit: should have clarified that I sold it on pretty quick because that's what I always do with 5 string basses. A pointless repeated cycle I eventually managed to break.....

I think we've all of us been here at some point, and it can apply to any part of our lives, not just bass In my case, learning other instruments whilst I've taken a long time off bass not only kept music as the main theme of my life (which it always has been) but also improved my bass playing no end when I came back to it

This dismantling of intact instruments for parts by dealers has been commonplace in the US for a long time, and I'd be sorry if it became the norm here too Having said that, I know that anything vintage is viewed through rose-coloured glasses these days, but I never played / owned anything made by Hondo that wasn't completely cr@p. Crazy pricing

"I'm Mandy..." was the first single I ever bought! Brilliant band, although I think when Godley and Creme left much of the unique creativity went with them - "Deadlock Holiday" in particular was dire IMHO...... Surprised that no one has mentioned source of the band name yet

Saw them live around 1980 - superb Back to the OP, I know Mick Karn and Pino are the obvious contenders, but my favourite has always been Barry Adamson's bass tone and playing with Magazine. Ovation Magnum 1 with aforementioned chorus and compression.

Likewise, I saw Rush at Deeside Leisure Centre around 1979 /80, saw most of the big name rock and New Wave bands around at that time, never paid more than a fiver. These days I occasionally catch older bands playing the smaller venues (OMD most recently), wouldn't contemplate going to the bigger ones. I think tours used to be seen as potentially loss-making promotion for album sales, now like everything else it's just a money-making machine.

Going to the tip soon unless someone wants......

My roommate at Uni (1979) had the entire radio series on cassette - I think we pretty much listened to them back to back whilst indulging in a bit of wacky backy As soon as I saw it mentioned here, I heard the theme music in my head......

A good friend who had emigrated to New Zealand came back to do the custom build course with Crimson guitars - built himself a very nice "Superstrat" guit*r. Really enjoyed himself, and said how fantastic the instruction and support was.

Truly fugly, though I'm sure it sounds amazing . I'd prefer the Les Paul next to it TBH