franzbassist

That's a great looking bass! Good score I am a huge fan of these basses. Mine are the 2012 honeyburst models with two piece alder bodies, 8.5lbs each. As you say, the necks are fantastic. I had one converted to fretless by Book Guitars in Devon. I've swapped the scratchplates and added thumb rests, and both basses have upgraded Hipshot tuners.

[quote name='steviedee' timestamp='1424768372' post='2700090'] I'm playing in the states in a couple of months, I'm going to try and pick one of these up. [/quote] Good plan. It's a top notch piece of kit.

I think Bass Gear in Twford are both La Bella and Sadowsky stockists. Worth a try?

[quote name='philw' timestamp='1424605013' post='2698137'] I'd be interested to know how much the fretless conversion cost. [/quote] £200 + VAT

Thanks for the comments guys. One other thing I meant to say is that the price Brook quoted was the most competitive I received, so if anyone is considering a fingerboard conversion I really can't recommend them highly enough.

Some of you may recall that I bought a 2012 American Special a while back that I absolutely love. Two piece alder body, maple capped board, 8.5lbs, it's just the most wonderful bass. Anyway, I was browsing Gumtree a while back and spotted another one for a very good price, so I decided to buy it for converting to fretless. The basses have serial numbers just eight numbers apart! I sent the neck away to the guys at Brook Guitars down in Devon (they made me an acoustic a few years back and their work is just superb, so I was confident they would do it right) and in less than a week they did the most amazing job of converting the neck to an unlined fretless ebony board. They even managed to keep the original nut. It plays beautifully, and the unlined board is a dream - it's quite thick (7mm deep at the centre, 5mm at the sides), so the sustain is amazing. I've added a black scratchplate, tugbar, and upgraded to Hisphot tuners. Very happy camper.

I ordered a VT5 (that's a PJ to you and me), fretted, sunburst, hard core aged. I specified my preferred weight and balance and they nailed that too. Order went as smooth as you like and was about 3 months to make IIRC.

Sold a set of flats to Pete. Deal was as smooth as the strings themselves (see what I did there). A pleasure to deal with, and a credit to BC

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I sold a set of tuners to Tom. Sale went through smooth as and he was a pleasure to deal with

I'm not a fan of Geezer Butler by any means, but I have heard good things about this pickup and was wondering who on BC has tried one, and what they thought of it?

Sorry, deleted first post somehow! I think eBay is your best bet.

[quote name='NJE' timestamp='1423766478' post='2688849'] Sorry to derail the thread, but I have been trying to find someone with one of these in the uk. Did you have to pay and duty or anything extra to get it from the US? also do you remember which store you bought it from? Oh also do you need anything special to convert current? Many thanks. [/quote] It came from the US branch of Chuya Online via eBay, and I bought a PSU off eBay for a tenner. You would normally pay duty and VAT on import.