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[quote name='henry norton' post='760823' date='Mar 1 2010, 03:31 PM']Warmoth and Allparts will sell you a lined ebony fretless although you're looking at 3-400 quid. If it's any consolation I got so fed up with looking for a fretless maple neck for my Precision I ended up making one. Here's one I made earlier [/quote] 3-400 quid? fook that If I tried to make my own neck it'd look like a sideboard. [quote name='Beedster' post='760844' date='Mar 1 2010, 03:54 PM']I'll be selling an unlined A-width Jazz neck in a week or so Homer. It's a modified '73 with original tuners and binding, recently overhauled by Paul Herman. It's been on my main gigging fretless for a year and is a real dream to play (it's the only neck, fretted or fretless, on which I can play 'Rhythm Stick'). However, I'm currently playing in a '71 B-width Precision fretless neck, so once I know I'm happy with that, the Jazz neck will be going. It'll be reasonably priced also, and will of course have resale value if you don't get on with it. C[/quote] Sounds expensive Chris - and tricky too with no lines on it. I think the Reggie has to go sadly which is a real shame cos I love it but, having just blown a wad on my holiday, I need it to fund a lined fretless.

No but thanks I'll have a look

I have my Fender Reggie Hamilton up for sale ATM cos I'd like a lined fretless. If I don't sell in the next few days I'm thinking of keeping it and buying a decent fretless neck for it. Any recommendations what to buy and where to buy it?

Friday night was a blues gig in Bury with Junkhouse Dog. It was dire - the band were below par and the audience wasn't interested - apart from a few. Saturday night was the complete opposite. My main band - The Silver Dogs played at The Ace Centre in Nelson - it's a lively little theatre with a fantastic sound system which was full apart from a handful of seats. The band was absolutely cooking and we went down a storm. Here's a few snaps I took during set-up.

I had a nice Sterling with a Nordy - no weak G on that sucker at all so here's hoping for ya. I changed the EB Slinky's on my Shuker about two weeks ago supposedly for my favourite DR Sunbeams. I have a horrible suspicion that the strings supplied were not Sunbeams at all but Low Riders which I don't like. Anyway, my G string was really weak and it was getting on my nerves so last night I dug out the EBs, boiled 'em for about 40 minutes and stuck 'em back on the Shuker. My G string is back in business.

I like the look of Pau Ferro but to answer the question it's maple for me

I sorted this problem out by angling the pup a bit, going a gauge higher on the G string and using compression to even things out. It's annoyin' innit?

Mmmm...looks a bit familiar to me...this was my 70RI LE that I owned once and foolishly sold..

[quote name='Bay Splayer' post='754180' date='Feb 22 2010, 06:30 PM']am turning my SX75 jazz bass into a fretless and was thinking about changing the colour of the body. love the colour of that jazz, what is it`s "official" shade (you know what i mean) [/quote] I dunno TBH - is it daphne blue? Sonic blue is lighter I think.

I'm hopeless at describing sound I found the Delanos very punchy - chest thumpingly so, they sounded crisp, definitely hi-fi and with a high output - it still sounded like a Jazz but on steroids. I could get every sound I wanted out of it from dub to face frying treble. I'd definitely recommend them - I'd still have that Shuker if it had 5 strings. bobpalt has it now - perhaps he can describe the sound better than me.

I had a Shuker Jazz with Delano humbuckers - it sounded absolutely sublime and they looked really cool too.

I have a MIM Fender Reggie Hamilton at the mo as a back up to my Shuker - it's easily the best Fender I've owned and I wouldn't shy away from paying a grand for it. I've owned 5 MIAs including an '83 Fullerton P and a 70sRI Limited Edition Jazz which I sold for £800, 2 CIJs and 2 MIMs. None of them touch the Reggie.

The Silver Dogs are doing the [url="http://www.acecentre.co.uk/Events/SEE+ACE/2/EVENTS/1/"]ACE Centre[/url]- Lancashire on Saturday 27th February. Tickets £5 available [url="http://www.ents24.com/web/venue/Nelson/ACE-Centre-53039.html"]here[/url]. We play 'ambient folk rock' whatever that is and have been described as 'Pink Floyd meets Fairport Convention' - whatever...it'd be good to see you.

Weird John. It's probably code for (made by) [b]US[/b] at [b]A[/b]shdown next door to the Kentucky

Wayne58 has a couple of W&Ts - he may be interested.

I love the Duck and Drake - proper pub and a great venue.

Used mine on Saturday night for the first time - on a hollow stage too. Bass was nice and tight with no boominess at all.

Last night was in a word...sh*te. A 45 mile drive to play to 12 people - 5 of which were the support band. By the time we came to do our second set, there was only two people in the place so we just had a 40 minute blues jam session with the other band which was actually quite brilliant. I think my days with the blues band may be numbered - it's no fun playing to empty places.

I went through a lot of basses to find one I couldn't fault then I found this Shuker. TBH, I wasn't sure at first whether I liked it or not - it's a joy to play and a beautiful and solidly made instrument but it just didn't sound right. I spoke to Jon Shuker about it and soon after changed the pups - Nordstrand Dual Coils for some custom made Wizards and now I have the bass that'll see my playing days out. It astounds me every time I play it. With the Nordstrands...