Dom in Dorset

It will have a regular modern P pickup, the one that came in the junk bass seems to be really good, nice powerful output and a surprisingly wide range of tones. I have no idea what it is but it has white casing. Talking of the junk bass, more on that soon, I bought it for the neck and hardware but the body turned out to be better than I thought...

A previous owner of the body added a control cover to the back, I presume so that they didn't need to remove the scratch plate to access the electronics. I have the plate , I may keep it or cover the hole permanently.

I bought a junk bass on ebay as a donor , the neck needs some attention , someone really didn't want me to know who made it because they chiseled of the trade mark! As it's going to be a bit of a relic I can live with it. Tomorrow I'll take it to work and give the lower horn and headstock a trim.

Looks like sapele to me (I think it's a relative of mahogany)

For a thousand mothers -from the Stand Up album.

Probably my favorite player, sad news indeed.

So extreme heat treatment of a wooden neck doesn't turn it into graphite?

Isn't graphite just a form of carbon?

It probably was a bit thin , it's no longer possible to say exactly how thin ....

I seem to spend a lot of time depping for a country band and fancy some sort of (at least cosmetically) telecaster bass. As usual I'm on a tight budget and so I'm using uo a few bit's I already had: A Precision body I bought on Ebay while drunk a few months ago, I used my Squier tele as a template and I'm reducing the thickness a bit to take out some of the contouring and make it more slab like. It will eventually be given a distressed blue finish.

Thanks, I'll get some regular maple soon. Anything to look out for in a truss rod?

I'm starting a new project soon and may attempt to make the neck myself. I did this once before and found the result hopelessly unstable. The possible reasons : I used a cheap truss rod. - any recommendations? I used birdseye maple - is that ok for necks? I still have some but should I get some good straight grained stuff instead? I thinned it too much - I'll be paying much closer attention to my fender neck this time.

maybe...

A definite possible maybe, it bit out of my way but I may come if I'm at a loose end.

Thank you, I'll start a diary as soon as I have enough materials and parts.

How thick is the body? At the center and the wings, Epi or Gibson. I had an Epi a few years ago but sold it to fund my Jazz bass, I'm thinking of building my own tribute.

My background is heavy rock/ folk rock/psychedelia/prog.... I've ended up depping fairly regularly for a country band....I found country fairly easy to grasp, generally there are no hidden depths melodically, everything is bang on the beat , the main thing I get out of it is working closely and tightly with drummer and rhythm guitarist - a joy when it really clicks and starts to chug along by it'self. After a gig last week I was asked if I'd play bass in a reggae band for a one of charity gig next month, I just can't say no!!! I'm loving it, complete opposite to country , everything off or on or around the beat, more hidden depths than er a secret coal mine (I'll work on that simile) I'm learning a few Jimmy Cliff songs a few old ska numbers and of course some Bob Marley. The bass in the Marley songs is interesting, rhythmically and melodically it sneaks past me at every turn. I don't think I've managed to anticipate anything he does so far. Oh well , three weeks to go... Aston "Family Man Barrett" I salute you.

A lot of locals make a lot of money (camping/glamping/hotels/selling cider/ a friend of mine rented her house out for the weekend for a four figure sum) Most of Pilton is off limits to festival goers, every house along the road through it has 24 hour security outside. If I remember rightly most of the objections came from one person who has long since gone.

The Festival is (mostly) popular with the locals, it skips a year every 4-5 years.

Got back late last night, I had a gig that clashed with Blondie . Saw Metallica , I've never considered myself a fan but was blown away by them, they are pretty damn intense! (and loud) I didn't have any reason to suspect that Dolly's singing was mimed, the sax that she was holding looked like a soprano but the sound you heard was an alto! Stuff that may not have been on TV that impressed me Rev Payton's Big Damn Band - Slide guitar , drums and washboard! It shouldn't work but really does. The Dodge Brothers -Film critic Mark Kermode on double bass (great player) rockabilly band , I saw them with one of his old school friends , introduced after the show. Brushy One String - one string guitarist, I wanted to see him but his gig was cancelled , not sure why.

After a while you'll find yourself doing more complex bass lines or or playing with the timing of the lyrics without thinking about it. It just becomes routine.

I take a share of lead and backing vocals. As others have said it's down to practice. If I know the bassline and lyrics off by heart it works, slightest moment of doubt and it starts to fall apart!

I like my strings under the frets. It took a while to get the set up just right but there is very little fret buzz.

I added a piezo to a passive P and it added an extra layer of treble response, great for slap. The bass in question is the light weight cut down festival bitsa you (APA) saw at the bass bash last year. I've accidentally bought a 24 fret neck for it and I'm fitting it with Jazz pickups. The piezo bridge is already on it, seems a shame not to wire it in.

Hi, I'm thinking of adding a piezo bridge to a jazz bass, I'd like to have a volume pot for it. Anyone know of a wiring diagram for such a beast? Basically a three pickup jazz bass.