silentbob

3-ply would be fine for what i want. Could you do one then?

[quote name='The Bass Doc' post='759028' date='Feb 27 2010, 12:35 PM']3-Ply T'shell is quite cheap, can be £15 for a P plate but the best 4-ply material will come out at around £35.[/quote]

[quote name='The Bass Doc' post='758969' date='Feb 27 2010, 11:26 AM']Aah... I see why you're called silentbob.......[/quote]

I'm after a replacement for my Encore P-Bass in tortoise shell. Are there different quality materials available as i've seen prices rangeing from abot £15 up to £50?

Does anybody on here make custom pickguards?

After finally managing to win one these on Ebay, i was a little disappointed when it arrived, to find it was in pretty poor condition. The body and neck were filthy, the pickguard was warped, the hardware was tarnished (which was expected), espeacially the bridge which was pitted and flaking. pots were crackly as hell, and the grime around the the pick-ups was horrible. Worst of all was the nut which had been properly butchered, along with the top of the fingerboard on the headstock side (which must have happened during the professional set-up it had). Under normal circumstances i would have just returned the bass, but this would have not been economically viable, plus, i REALLY wanted one of these basses, so i decided to keep it and cut my losses. The big question is, what will i do with it?
I started stripping all the bits off it at the beginning of the week, and on Tuesday started to give it a good clean. After searching the net i found a recipe for a wood cleaning solution made up of washing-up liquid, vinegar, bicarbonite of soda and warm water. One hour later i had myself one veryclean bass guitar and a headfull of ideas. I figure that as i'm going to be keeping this bass, i may as well spend a few quid getting it right, so here is the plan.

1) Fully shield all cavity's with conductive paint.
2) Repair the fingerboard with woodfiller.
3) Fit a brass nut.
4) Get fret edges filed back.
5) Replace all hardware with new items in gold (Gotoh tuners and bridge, straplocks, knobs and string tree).
6) Replace all electrics (Seymour pick-ups, cts pots, new jacksocket).
7) Either re-furbish, or replace the pickguard in red tortoiseshell.

Hopefully this should all start taking shape over the next couple of weeks. I've included a couple of pics of the bass in its current state if anybody fancies a look, and i'll post updates/new pics as and when.

[quote name='Kev' post='752419' date='Feb 21 2010, 12:46 AM']some idiot has bid, i assume it was a buy it now?[/quote]

Yeah, £99 buy it now. At that price i was tempted to drive up from Somerset to collect it.

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Spector-Performer-4-4-String-Electric-Bass-Guitar_W0QQitemZ230440258570QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item35a74f4c0a"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Spector-Performer-4-...=item35a74f4c0a[/url]

I'd be up for attending this. Taunton area best for me, but willing to travel/car share to anywhere really. Shaftsbury sounds good if venue is going to be free.

[quote name='Bilbo' post='749871' date='Feb 18 2010, 03:39 PM']Bump for a price drop. Next stop: the 'bay.[/quote]

Would have had a punt on this if i hadn't just received a £500 MOT bill, gutted. Have a free bump on me.

[quote name='Al Heeley' post='747990' date='Feb 17 2010, 07:51 AM']how is the ash finished? Clear seal (polyurethane, nitrocellulose, acrylic?) or wax or tru-oil finished? This will determine best products to clean.
How glossy is it? How thick is the coating? That gives a clue as to the finish type.[/quote]

I have no idea of the finish to be honest. Infact, it looks like it has no finish at all, as does the maple neck, which also needs a good clean. If it helps, the bass is a limited edition Encore P, like the one here.
[url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=54743&hl=encore+limited"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...=encore+limited[/url]

Hi, i was just wondering if anybody had any suggestions for the best way to clean a natural ash body. Any specific products i should be using, and more importantly, any i should be avoiding. Thanks, Rob.

Will somebody please buy this. It's giving me serious GAS and i've already bought two basses this week.

Years ago when i started playing, my first bass was a Westbury Track II which i cherished, until i saw a limited edition Encore P-Bass which i just had to have(i know, but i was young and foolish). This meant the Westbury had to go. The Encore was also cherished until a couple of years later that too had to go to fund a new car. Now i've returned to the bass after about fifteen years, i've always wanted to get hold of one of my "first" basses again, and tonight i became the proud owner of not one of them, but both of them, both coming from Ebay about an hour apart. I know neither of these basses would set the world alight, but i am proper made up about this and just wanted to share. Only problem now is sneaking these bad boys into the house.
Here they are if anyone's interested
[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150406925414&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...e=STRK:MEWNX:IT[/url]
and
[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260539516595&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...e=STRK:MEWNX:IT[/url]

[quote name='tarcher' post='722208' date='Jan 23 2010, 02:47 PM']Whenever I buy something for myself I usually get something for my wife.
The last time I bought her a new bag and belt.
I was happy,new bass.
She was happy and the Hoover works really well too. [/quote]

L.M.A.O.

Just wondering how easy it is to switch to five strings from four. Am i likly to encounter any problems?

Gotta be a headed Status for me, just love those angles.

I really love Jason Newstead's sound on the the Metallica "Black" album. Any ideas how i can replicate it without spending a fortune on Alembic and Ampeg gear?

Bump

TTT

How much are you looking for?

Hi, i've decided that i'm going to sell on my first bass in the hope of putting the cash towards somthing a little better. This means i have for sale a Godman Jazz Bass copy in red, with white pickguard. The bass has a small blemish on the back, but is otherwise spotless. Also included is a Dean Bassola 25w practice amp, the details of which can be found here [url="http://www.dolphinmusic.co.uk/product/19452-dean-bassola-25-bass-amp.html"]http://www.dolphinmusic.co.uk/product/1945...5-bass-amp.html[/url]
I will also throw in a spare pearl style pickguard (needs a slight amount of trim around control plate area to fit), a strap and a lead.
Looking for £75 for the lot collected from Somerset
Photo's to follow

Up again

Top bloke to deal with, super speedy delivery on the strings i bought.

Thanks for the replys, i think i will be able to have a go at re-wiring it now. One more thing i would like to know is what capaciters i should use on the two, tone pots. The ones that were on there were .047uF, but it appears that .022uf types should be used with humbucking pick-ups. Should i replace like for like, or use the alternative type?

Hi, i have decided to replace all of the components in my Vintage Stingray copy and have today received the new pick-up. The new pick-up has more wires than the one i took out, so i was just wondering if anybody could offer some advice as to why that would be and where they sould go. The old p-up has a large grey covering containing some multi-strand wires surrounding smaller red and white wires. The multi-strand and the red wire were soldered to the right hand tab of the volume pot, and the white was soldered to the middle tab. The new one also has a large grey covering, but contains a large black wire, and smaller yellow, red and white wires, the red and white being soldered together.
Any help with this would be much appreciated.
Thanks
Rob

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