KiOgon

It's a pleasure to start a thread for Mike, he contacted me about a wiring kit for his Mustang, spot on comms and instant payment, a perfect transaction. Very happy to deal with again and highly recommend.

Cheerz, John

Another loom for Alex, Jaguar with series/parallel, I think he likes it 😁

Perfect transaction from a great basschatter - again 😉

Cheerz, John

I worked with Ander's idea for his P-bass and made up a loom with my tone switch - which he's rather pleased with 😁

Splendid chap to deal with, great comms and instant payment - perfect transaction - very happy to recommend and deal with again.

Cheerz, John

Potato yourself 😁 welcome to the machine 👍

@Pirellithecat You haven't mentioned the electronics, what have you got in there? 😉

Ted bought a wiring kit for his Jazz bass, his first time fitting a loom and pick-ups turned out great.

A pleasure to deal with, great comms and instant payment, perfect transaction.

Cheerz, John

10 hours ago, Maude said:

I bet you can't run and jump, landing inside the circle of headstocks. 

 

So you're saying it is a circle then! 😁

Nein

# helping more 😆

Spending out big bucks on pick-ups and fitting them in with standard el cheapo wiring pots and jack is just the wrong way round of doing things 😉

That's shocking, no age at all, my condolences to his family and friends.

I only knew Martin through his 'wheeling and dealing' here, always a pleasure to deal with.

RIP MB1

Steve ordered a loom for his Jazz, first time he'd done anything like fitting a loom so a few questions later - bingo - all's well and sounding great. Learning curve completed 🤩 great success!

A pleasure to deal with, instant payment and great comms, highly recommended.

Cheerz, John

2 minutes ago, KevL said:

A few thoughts:

 

Are there already matching screwholes in the body and neck? If so, does screwing together the body and neck put the neck in correct alignment i.e. where it needs to be so the bass can be usable?

 

If there aren't any screwholes (or the existing ones don't line-up) then you will (obviously, sorry if this teaching you to suck eggs) have to position the neck in alignment, drill new holes and put in screws. You could maybe use some spacers on each side of the neck to hold it whilst you check the alignment. It could be that the pocket is not cut centrally and there iwill be a slightly uneven gap on each side of the neck. 

 

When you are happy with the fit of the neck then you could maybe fill any gaps with wood. I'd do one side of the pocket at a time: neck off, cut wood to correct depth and length but leave slightly wide. Remove a small amount of width, put wood in place ('dry fitted'), put neck in place (wedge the gap on the other side to put neck snug against the wood) and test for position by seeing if you can place the screws in. 

 

Once the neck fits, remove the wood from the first side and repeat to fit ghe wood on the opposite side. When you are happy with these filling pieces and the fit of the neck, the glue them in place and do any finishing or paint touch-up etc.

 

Let us know how you get on. 

 

 

@KevL Very good advice there  👍

Like it 😉 and BONUS, far fewer moths and flying things attracted to my monitor 😆

Great job again guys, thanks for the upgrade and keep up the good work 👍

On 06/07/2021 at 06:53, thebrig said:

Thanks for the kind words, but I'm sure it would sound a lot better in the great James Jameson's hands 😏

True - we can all say that about any bass 😊

That tone comes through really sweet, (my PC with Creative monitors), sounds superb 😎

GLWTS

https://www.fender.com/en-GB/squier-electric-basses/precision-bass/mini-precision-bass/0370127554.html

Not a bad price either IMO.

Tried to sign up, got the email but no link to activate membership and no answer from Mark 🙄

The white from your pick up is the same as the blue show in the diagram

Ah! didn't see that blue wire 🙄 I stand corrected, go with chiliwailer's suggestion

Centre tag of the volume pot almost certainly.

EDIT Note to self; open picture up and have a closer look before typing next time.

1 hour ago, nige1968 said:

Hello 

If I want to go stack-knobby with my road worn bass, is there any way to get non-shiny hardware? Such parts seem to be like hens’ diamond-encrusted teeth in the everyday world.

Ta

Hello Nige,

I don't offer a relicing service on my kits, I believe it's quite a time consuming thing to do - but not as long as doing it *the real way* 😎

The side on pic of the neck makes it appear to have quite a dip around the 5th fret, maybe just my old eyes or the way the photo's taken, but it struck me when I first saw it, then I put a straight edge up to it 🙄

What have I always said about preamps?

Stay at least a field away from them!

Good luck Jack and well done Gary!

I have used Fast Fret a few times on used strings over the years, (not always on the same strings 🙄), that does clean them off, apparently KFC fingers is good too!