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[quote name='The Burpster' post='318137' date='Oct 30 2008, 08:38 AM']To top that I had about an hour waffling with with Al at Bass Gallery about EUBs ( I still havent got enough confidence to take the plunge.....yet!) and he is very accomodating, and again I reitterate what a great place for a bass player to go![/quote] Go on, take the plunge, I have a lovely Shuker EUB waiting for you haha! Si

[quote name='BigBeefChief' post='318172' date='Oct 30 2008, 09:27 AM']I don't like adjustable bridges![/quote] hehe +1 Si

[quote name='bassman2790' post='317129' date='Oct 28 2008, 10:20 PM']I gather from your post that you want a bass that's comfy for someone with small hands and makes a pleasant sound when popping and slapping. From that description, I'd say you can't go far wrong with an OLP, the licenced MusicMan copy. It's passive so hasn't got that edge to the tone that a Stingray has but is far cheaper and does produce a useful sound for popping and slapping. I upgraded mine with Seymour Duncan pick-up and 3-band active EQ which brought it up there with the big boys. It had one of the most playable necks of any bass I've owned. I still think about getting another[/quote] My OLP stingray has a very wide neck, wider than a precision! I'd go for a Jazz width neck! The new Squier Classic Vibes are great so I hear! Si

If so this is what I'm after, preferably from a 2002-2008 era USA 4 string jazz bass: Nut width - 38mm (from Fender website) width at 12th fret width at last fret (fret 20) Neck depth at first fret depth at 5th fret depth at 12th fret Many thanks Si

Cheers CK, I think it might be worth going down this route, certainly if it's an feature that takes little effort to include in a build. Si

Are they literally just for giving open strings a more even sound compared to fretted notes? Or are there other areas that can benefit from them? This may or may-not* be related to the next neck build for my jazz project! Cheers Si * it is related

[quote name='neepheid' post='313651' date='Oct 24 2008, 11:17 AM']The pickguard I got from eBay seller fxguitarman1. They've got BWB, black pearl and white pearl listed but will do others on request. It's made by Jeannie Pickguards. Try [url="http://shop.ebay.co.uk/?_from=R40&_trksid=m38&_nkw=bronco+bass+pickguard"]http://shop.ebay.co.uk/?_from=R40&_trk...+bass+pickguard[/url] It wasn't perfect - I found that the screw holes weren't countersunk enough for my liking so I sorted that out, and of course the holes didn't line up worth a damn (as is the case with any Squier body I've changed the pickguard on) so there will be some filling and redrilling in your future. The bridge was also an eBay US job, there are a few dotted about: 140275775969, 400003273589, 350114574112 (I got the last one mentioned there, but I'm sure they're identical) The pickup was also an eBay US job (there is a distinct lack of cool bass stuff here in the UK, no?) - a GFS Pro Tube lipstick pup. Decided to go with the 8k bridge pickup. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120322134772"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=120322134772[/url] They also do a 6k and a 4.9k depending on what you want to do. There's a lot of space in the pickup rout if you want to get creative and you don't mind modding your pickguard.[/quote] Lovely job Cheers mate! Si

As someone who has owned both, I can say that for me, the Standard blew the Deluxe out the water! I haven't got the Deluxe anymore as a result! The Fender preamp is tosh, nice enough bass I guess, but tone wise the Standard owned it! Having said that, I know at least three guys personally who love their Deluxes, you won't know until you try them both! What I will say is that my old Deluxe sounded great in the bedroom, it was gig situations that it really performed poorly! So try and gig everything! Good luck Si

Mate that looks so cool! Could you tell me the various parts you used for this? is the scratchplate a custom? I've got a Bronco that is kinda sitting not doing much, I've got it strung Piccolo, but am definitly now thinking about pimping it and returning it to an octave lower! Mines Red though, not as cool as black, but might look nice with a red-tort scratchplate Cheers Si

is that a strap I see??? they call me 'Eagle eyed' Poulton! Lovely setup mate! I want a Schroeder Si

Yeah my Shuker is a transducer pickup under the bridge, much like an acoustic DB. Here's a video of me bowing it (about halfway through the song)....decent speakers will help you hear it the bass! [url="http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=4034454"]http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseacti...videoid=4034454[/url] Si

EUB Got one for sale innit! Si

It depends really! All I can say about when I purchased the bow for my EUB, is that I spent around £120. Brazilwood with an Ebony frog. Size will make a difference to the price as well, full size, 3/4 etc...mine is a 3/4. Any smaller isn't really worth it, you can't get the length of notes needed! What I will say though, is that the chances are that budget EUB's aren't going to allow you to bow as well as a better quality one due to the shape of the fingerboard! The stagg ones for example look impossible to bow on, much flatter fingerboard, there are plenty of users of that EUB on here though, so maybe they can comment! My Shuker EUB is for sale in the FS section (page 3 i think lol), it's in a higher price bracket, but due to it's true upright fingerboard and bridge, you can bow on it as well as any acoustic double bass. Hope this helps Si

Tis beautiful! Looks like the lighter cousin to my currently in half black jazz build! (thread just down the page).! Nice one Jon, get some shots of it in action! Si

Gold? Si

Oh, One thing I forgot to do was mention everyone who's helped out with this (ongoing) build, certainly up to 'Version 1'. It's been a real Forum effort lol [b]They include:[/b] Jon Shuker (for the sexy and solid 'version 2' neck) Chopthebass (Ian - for the beautiful 'version 1' neck, good luck in Canada) My Uncle Steve (for the ace refinish) Kevbass (Kev - for the body and neck plate) Mr Pablo (Rob - for some electronics and string tree) Bassistjonathan (Jon - for the Badass II) DylanB (Dylan - for the Hipshot tuners) Bassic Bits (for a superb price on some new DiMarzios) Neepheid (Matt - for the strap buttons) NJW (Nico - for the control plate) Cheers Si

[quote name='7string' post='308990' date='Oct 17 2008, 11:34 PM']I was sure I'd seen a repair for your trussrod problem in the original Dan Erlewine video tapes from the 1984. I went through two 3 hour video tapes, but I found it again! To fix the rattle, the video shows him taking off one of the mid-board fingerboard dots (7th) and drilling into the neck from the area underneath the dot. Thinned down Titebond glue is then injected into the neck using a plastic syringe. The instrument is left for a few hours for the glue to harden. If this doesn't stop the rattle, then another dot is removed and the process repeated.[/quote] The fingerboard has no dots on the facing! Thanks for looking though mate! Si

[quote name='steve' post='308918' date='Oct 17 2008, 09:01 PM']that's terrible mate, if the neck plays anywhere near as good as it looks, I'd have been inclined to send it to someone else to get it sorted (obviously no disrespect to Ian intended)[/quote] This had crossed my mind mate, but my tech suggested it might cost something around £200 to sort out....and my funds don't really run to that, especially if it was on top of the price of the neck! Ian has been fantastic and very accommodating so I'm just going to suck it up and source another neck from somewhere (see the 'Wanted' post). Si