Beedster

I bought this for the neck and PUPs, the neck is stunning and probably worth the money on its own, stunning maple/ebony combination. Anyway, if anyone's interested in the body - and possibly the PUPs as I seem to have been a little enthusiastic with my ebaying of late - give me a shout? C

[quote name='4000' post='1244681' date='May 25 2011, 07:43 PM']Make a stereo cable. It'll still work. Interestingly I've never done it myself despite having owned 12 Rics over 30 years![/quote] Yep, in fact, I might have one here Mr Valdemar...... Like 4000, I've never used mine either. C

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='1232087' date='May 15 2011, 03:18 PM']Just popped an amp round to Chris' and picked up a DB PUP, top fella, could chat for hours with him.[/quote] You gotta love Wayne, he does me a huge favour and lugs the two heaviest micro cabs imaginable from one side of the south east to the other, and after doing so, he leaves me positive feedback! Cheers mate C

[quote name='son of frog' post='1243309' date='May 24 2011, 07:22 PM']I've given it Seymour duncan 1/4 pounders and a Badass II bridge. Any comments and / or opinions are welcomed![/quote] SDs and a Badass? Long sustain, perfect intonation and zingy highs have no place in Vintage Precisionland mate. Please don't tell me you're going to use rounds as well Seriously though, nice work, great doing it yourself isn't it? C

[quote name='henry norton' post='1234730' date='May 17 2011, 07:08 PM']Thanks for the comment Chris, always a pleasure hearing form you, although I heard you've given up your precisions and gone entirely DB. Are these vicious rumours true???[/quote] No, the temporary lack of a maple fretless Precision chez Beedster has recently been resolved

Thanks for the above guys, jdstrings, PM coming your way.

Excellent, you can't beat a fretless maple Precision neck. I'll watch with interest.

Have a look here re PJB [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=127884&hl="]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=127884&hl=[/url] C

[quote name='Rob MacKillop' post='1230079' date='May 13 2011, 04:02 PM']I play jazz, think Kind Of Blue, Miles Smiles, etc, and presently play a cheap but very good Vintage Bubinga fretless, which sounds great acoustically with La Bella tapewounds. I have up to five hundred pounds to spend on an amp - I learned long ago to spend more on the amp than the instrument. Your suggestions, please. Small/portable would be appreciated. I will be playing small bar gigs in a trio setting. I have a PJ Bass Buddy to add to the mix. Currently I have a Line 6 LD15, which colours the sound way too much for my liking. Cheers, Rob[/quote] I think Clarky's being very discrete (unless he's sold it), but I'm pretty sure he's got a Mesa Walkabout 12 for sale as well? Whilst it's not the lightest amp out there, the bang for your buck is huge, and it can do pretty much anything from ultra clean to pure grit. Phil Jones gear has a wonderful clean tone, but it really does lack power, unless that is you're either playing very small gigs or buying at the powerful, and therefore very expensive, end of the PJB range. IMO the best control you have over tone is having a high quality & versatile amp that you will never have to drive unless you want to, so having a slightly bigger box and slightly more watts than you need is a good bet. I agree re the cost ratio of amp to bass BTW. C

John, really sorry to hear about all this, and I'm sure you'll get it sorted, although let's hope it doesn't take the courier pursuing a prosecution against the recipient of the bass to force events. I'm not saying this as a "should have done it this way" manner, but more to help people who might have to deal with iffy ebayers in the future, but in the special instructions section that most couriers have, simply state "Deliver to named recipient at stated address only. Do not leave at any other address". At least this way, although it might take longer to get back to the seller, it gets there without any of the problems (how many times does the issue of basses left with neighbours by couriers come up FCS!). What your seller is pulling is one of the oldest scams on ebay, and one that I resolved a couple of years back by emailing the seller to whom I'd returned an amp, and in very formal language, along the lines "I will be "instructing my representative in ........ to visit the address to which the courier has delivered the item. He has instructions to speak to the signatory and if he has no satisfaction, or is unable to make contact with said person, he is to proceed with legal action for theft." Funnily enough, the seller emailed back the same day saying that the neighbour had received the item but that he had completely forgotten about it being a bit old Good luck mate C