mojobass

just wondering how best to doi it? i bought a HK jazz bass recently off ebay and whenit arrived theres a couple of what look like permenent marker marks under the clear lacquer coat! it also appears that this was spotted before they sent it as theres dull patches where it looks like theyve tried to remove them but realised it was under the lacquer!! (see my build thread!) They did refund me some of the money and i'm still pretty happy overall with the body but i'd like to get it sorted. I'm happy to have an unlacquerd bosy and just traeted with oil etc to give a bit of a sheen. is it a major job to remove the lacquer?

ok so ive wanted to try putting a bass together for a while, and finally got round to trying it! I bought the bass off ebay - HK spalted maple top jazz!! the body is basswood (so they say ive really no idea!) with a spalted maple top. it arrived the other day and upon opening the box there i saw some permenant marker marks on the upper section of the body which are actually under the clear lacquer!!! and it looks like someone noticed and tried to remove them with stripper or something but realised they were under the lacquer and stopped - but not before 'dulling' the finish!! anyhow, other than these marks i have to say the body seems quite nice! the neck however is s**t, prob the worst 'cheap' neck ive seen! heres a pic of what it looked like out of the box! [attachment=83659:__KGrHqN...QzQ___12.jpg] so my plan was.... replace the neck - I scored a very nice tokai jazz neck recently on ebay and as luck would have it the screw joles lined up perfectly so no extra holes required!!! replace the scratchplate with either black or tort - i ended up going with tort (because it was cheaper than a b;ack one) but i think i will go for black eventually replace pups and electrics - well i had a set of MEC jazz pups lying about so ive put them in will get round to replacing the bridge soon, also got a squire deluxe active circuit (bought off talkbass in the states for next to nowt!) so up to now this is waht it looks like: [attachment=83660:DSCF8601.JPG] [attachment=83662:DSCF8602.JPG] [attachment=83663:DSCF8603.JPG] anyone got any tips on how to remove the lacquer so i can get the marker pen marks off!?? I would then just leave it un lacquered but use wax/oil or something on it

i dont know much but i know that's def not genuine! the neck lookslike a cheap aftermarket, the logo doesnt look right, pickups wrong knobs wrong etc etc. just hope someone doesnt end up shelling out on this lemon!

ive got a 1980 Ibanez Roadster RS924 4 string fretted, totally original from 1980, just curious as to their value? i'm not particularly looking to sell it at the minute but for future reference just wondered !?

spotted this on ebay: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/overwater-aspiration-delux-4-bass-electric-guitar-bass-/150615396713?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item2311609169"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/overwater-aspiration...=item2311609169[/url] ive always liked overwater stuff but no way could i afford one! are these tanglwood licensed ones any good?? whats the difference between the 'proper' ones and these? woods? electrics?