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I just might try the shim but its no big deal. The action is only slightly higher than I'd prefer. Yes, its not a lightweight but owning a 77 Precision, well its not quite in that league!

A few weeks ago I bid on and won this handsome Farida Jazz bass off ebay for a princely sum of £128. I have played on one in the past and thought what a nice bass it was but being more of a Pbass player I've never really looked out for one. But I spotted this for collection reasonably local so had a punt on it and being the only bidder, won! After putting much needed new strings on and setting it up is plays fantastic. The neck is so comfortable, the finish is excellent as so is the whole build quality. Now I know exactly nothing about these basses. Where they're built, body woods etc. and how good the pickups/electronics are (although it sounds pretty good to me). I did replace the BBOT for the Gotoh bridge just because I had one knocking around. The only 'downside' is that I can't get the action as low as I'd like. As the base plate of the new bridge is thicker it's resulted in the action being slightly higher. The E string saddle is as low as it'll go. But aside from that it's still very playable and if it bothered me that much I'd simply put the old bridge back on. So if anybody else has one and replaced pickups/electronics or made any other mods I'd be interested to hear what you've done. Overall I'm pretty chuffed with my purchase.

NOT my bass and I don't know the seller. But if anybody is interested in this bass and is too far from St Helens I'd be happy to help. I have a strong flightcase and a few bass boxes for postage . Although the pictures are not great it might be a cracking bass. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fender-precision-bass-all-Original-Serial-number-S873205-Made-in-USA-1977-78/254541933604?hash=item3b43e1ac24:g:77gAAOSwH49ebrV3

Kiogon loom fitted to new tort scratchplate and just waiting for delivery of new pickups to arrive. What I'd like to do in the near future is to replace the existing '70s type tuners with the 50's/60's reverse winding kind. Soft question but are the ferrules diameter the same on a Japanese Pbass as a USA one? I really don't want to dismantle my 1977 Precision to check!

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I recently bought (Ebay) a 1998 CIJ 57 reissue Precision bass which will need a little work. First of all I need a new input socket so while I'm at it new pots wouldn't hurt! I'd like to replace the factory parts with the best possible, be it with individual parts or a whole pre-made loom, if such a thing exists. And finally, what would be a great set of passive pickups to complement it all? Cheers for any advice/recommendations.

Bought a bridge off Joe. Very happy with transaction, speedy delivery and comms. Thanks pal.

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On here, years ago I bought and sent payment to the seller of a fine Warwick bass only for the seller to message me [and returning the payment] saying that he 'sold' the bass to a family member. Needless to say, 'I was over the moon'.

Well this has done nothing to quell my Ric GAS as this is my favourite colour too! I work about 100 yards from a small music shop in Liverpool which has a number of Rickenbacker basses for sale and for 6 months I've managed not to go in because I'm afraid of what the outcome will be - divorce. Lovely bass!!

I only have three 😪 For now....

And I thought I was lazy with my for sale ads. Bloody hell.

I'd give it a good home, if I had the cash... The gold finger rest, or whatever it's called looks a bit naff though. I'd replace that with a black one instantly.

Vin bought my Yamaha TRB4 one week and my MarkBass combo the following. Collected both, no problems, no fuss, no messin' at all! Many thanks.

Bought a fine Precision bass from Paul. Couldn't be happier with the transaction - Top guy!

I tell you what I don't like about that bass, the fact that I don't own it! A 50's remake is on my shopping list just because they look so good (always the best reason to buy a new bass)! I would have to put covers on it though. Is the logo the pre TV logo decal?

I remember trying one and buying it from PMT Brum years ago when they were pretty much unknown here. Excellent basses and yeah, the 'Basic' name has no reflection on the bass!

It doesn't get any better than this. Many moons ago I bought a bass off Martyn that unknowingly had an inferior replacement preamp. On seeing my for sale thread of this bass today he has offered to compensate me over this. As mentioned here many times Martyn is a great guy to deal with and a credit to the forum.