BigJim

Is that you Pete? 
 

Pete’s work who build these basses is amazing. And he is also the reason I play bass and has become a dear friend! He’s a great guy and his work is amazing! 

 

he also used to play with many amazing people including Peter Green for many years! 

4 hours ago, Oldman said:

I’m confused:

You said:

 It's a pickup switch between them, so it's always active.

Then you said: That’s an active passive switch 

So what is it?

I’ve double checked the wiring and it’s an active

passive switch 

6 hours ago, Oldman said:

That switch, is it each and both? Dumb question I know 😬

That’s an active passive switch 

12 hours ago, Henrythe8 said:

Is it a 38mm nut ? it looks larger... 

It is bro

Interested in trades?

9 hours ago, soldersqueeze said:

To be clear, are we talking just gluing a bolt on neck into the pocket? Was any work carried out to lengthen/ strengthen the neck joint? 

It’s a slightly deeper pocket and was done under the supervision of the head of Crimson Guitars (who’s a very good friend and was round when I was doing it) 

Qué guapa tú Eres 

4 hours ago, GremlinAndy said:

How is the neck attached?   It doesn’t seem to be bolt on as it’s missing the screws.
It’s not neckthrough.    Is it glued into the pocket?
 

 

It certainly is sir! 

1 hour ago, Fil1ip said:

Could you help identify my vintage bass if you worked for them as I am trying to find more information on it?

Also looks ace and GLWTS

Sure man. Just PM me

What year is this Beauty?

2 hours ago, prowla said:

🙂

My solution to not having arty skills was to get someone else to do it!

That body is darned nice, though!

What’s wrong with my handwriting 

26 minutes ago, prowla said:

Yikes - felt tipped logo and fanned tuners! 🙂

The fanned tuners are due to the curve on the headstock and I don’t have the skills or tools for inlays for the headstock logo. 
 

glad you like it though 

1 hour ago, mgauction said:

Very pretty color. Did you mix it or its it a brand? 

The previous owner did it. He’s unfortunately passed away now and I bought this off his brother 

DM’d

So the final part of my Corona Virus-no work for months and have equipment I need to sell is:

The one that pains me the most!

 

My own made fretless bass! I also have pictures of the build process too if the new owner is interested!

The parts cost me over £700 for everything including the wood!

 

Before we get offf to pictures the specs are as follows:

 

Flame Olive Ash hollowed out body,

4a Quilt with a bit of spalt Maple top,

Hard Rock Maple neck,

Bubinga board,

Bone nut,

Generic lightweight tuners,

Hipshot Kickass bridge,

Bartolini Jeff Berlin soapbar pickups,

Volume, Volume, Tone controls.

The burst isn't as light as the pictures show and is more gradual, it has to be seen!

 

The neck is a slight V shape on the supper side so your thumb follows this and makes it ultra smoothe and quick.

 

I put some Rotosound Tru-bass nylon strings on it as it gives that hollow bounce and with the fretless, sounds like a crossover instrument!

 

I'll let the pictures do the talking but they really don't show how amazing this bass is!

 

I may be willing to trade... depending on what it is!

 

BigJim

 

On 08/06/2020 at 12:25, Marky Screen said:

Looks very nice! Tuners look to be schallers not hipshot, both quality thou. It's the main toggle an active/passive switch? And what's the control layout? Vol/treb/bass or something?

Cheers

Thanks dude, I've ammended the post about the tuners!!

It's a switch between active and

passive 

The control layout is Volume, Treble, Bass yes!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Part of my Corona Virus-no work for months and have equipment I need to sell is:

 

My refinished (by the previous owner) 1972 Musicmaster bass.

 

So when I got this, it was in a sorry state with the previous person was a punk and had refinished it, he hasn't done a bad job but is a teal/turquoise sparkle! The frets were virtually flat, he's varnished the neck which was coming off under the nail and he had routed out and put in a p bass pickup.

 

So I refretted it, had the neck refinished at Crimson Guitars with a flash coat, routed out all the nasty chizel marks so it was all smooth and put a Seymour Duncan SPBC-3 in it (1/4 pounder) The previous person had put 2 2-position switches in place so when I made the new pickguard and included the switches incase someone wanted to put another p pickup in it.

 

This bass plays, feels and sounds AMAZING!!! Coming and trying it is 100% advised before you buy it, you won't walk away empty handed! Also comes with Schaller style strap locks.

 

Pictures don't do this bass justice!

 

Original bits:

Body,

Neck,

Tuners,

Bridge,

Nut.

 

BigJim

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hey guys,

 

Part of my Corona Virus-no work for months and have equipment I need to sell is:

 

My 1989 Korean Samick factory Squier jazz with Bart preamp and pickups! The same tech (who's name escapes me now but I remember his first name is Duncan and workes out of his workshop in Earls Barton, Northants) fitted a battery compartment on the back which, as with his work, is a professional job as you'll see in the pictures.

 

So this bass came to me by a local tech who was selling it on behalf of a friend 6 years ago. I then sold it 4 years ago to a friend then bought it back a couple of months ago!

 

The pictures tell all really, it's a great bass and set up and sounds awesome!

 

The preamp is a Bartolini TBT 2 band preamp.

I'm not sure of the pickup models but they are bartolini as shown in the pictures.

"Licensed by Schaller" tuners which are smooth and work fantastically.

Single ply black pickguard

Graphtech nut.

Rosewood board.

Straight and lovely maple neck .

 

 

 

 

 

 

2 hours ago, Salt on your Bass? said:

...can discuss price Jim if it helps

Isn't the formula for optimal bass ownership n+1 anyway... N= number of current basses 

Well I am NN8 postcode dude! 

Ffs you’re down the road too!!! I can’t buy any more instruments 

I actually dig this bass! The off white with the white pearl and white pickup! Looks sexy! Good luck with the sale! 

He makes mine very happy too... except she apparently misses my BayBee! 

On 24/04/2020 at 20:26, Pea Turgh said:

Lovely colour/finish!

Thanks bro. It’s darker in person but is still stunning 

Just to say I'm not a luthier, I'm a hobbiest builder!

 

So I got VERY bored very quickly and had a neck lying around that was on another bass I replaced the neck on and pickups, bought a bridge and knobs etc and built the body...

 

I'm writing as I'm uploading the pictures so I can remember everything and you can follow it and the pictures!

 

I wanted a double P as I had a Fender CS '57 p pickup I had bought off a mate and a Dimazio P pickup which came in a project bass I got at the tail end of last year!

First came the wood... I found a STUNNING 1 piece swamp ash body so that sealed it and had some red stain and guitar finishing oil so then started the process...

So I started to research double P pickup basses and it came down to the BC Rich style, 80's Fender Elite P basses and the Warwick styles... I didn't like any of them! So I started to look at where my thumb sits on a P and where I should put them... So I came up with a reverse P at the front (with the bass half sitting where it would normally sit on a p bass and the treble pickup infront of it at under the D and G strings) and a P pickup behind in the "traditional" style with the bass half infront of the treble half.

I cut the body using a P template, but planed it down to 41mm so it's a bit thinner than a standard P to counter the weight of the wood!

I made a template for the neck I had (a Brandoni P bass) I got in 2002 when I had a frankenstein parts bass put together for me which was my first proper bass (which I think started my obsession with replacing and adjusting things). Then routed it.

I then had to think about pickup positions and where I play so I took one of my other P basses and played it for a bit thinking about positions and took the covers off the fender pickup and taped them to the bass so I could see if I was happy. So came the result!

So then, being a man of... larger stature and built for comfort, I had to think about contours, arm and belly! So here comes the axle grinder!!!

So I then pilar drilled where the controls would be and I always LOVED the way a '62 jazz is wired with a stacked volume and tone for each pickup and wanted that look and vibe for this build seeing as I'm having 2 pickups!

Then came the routing of a rear mounted control plate as the front of the bass is stunning! I used a piece of offcut from the body when bandsawing the shape out and routed the rear for this! You'll notice a knot in the wood in the rear and this was soft and plyable so I chisled it out and sealed it with glue. There was also a small crack in the wood so I did the same too that!

Whilst I was looking at the bass I contemplated leaving it natural as it's just too stunning not to see the grain!

Whilst I routed the neck pocket, I noticed that one the neck it's got the old fender style truss access with a phillips at the base (what I call the body end) of the neck so I took a little bit of the body away and built a template for a scratchplate/truss rod cover so I could access it... this meant making a custom shaped guard but still wanted to make it out of wood, so with a lot of sanding and shaping with a file, I made the template! Then I saw I had some Sepele lying around so I made the plate from that!

Then I had to go home as it was the end of the day and I decided that my workshop needed to be shut during this time so I took home some stuff so I could do it at home!

 

Then came a LOT of sanding... A LOT and thank god for random orbital sanders is all I can say! So I progressively took it back to 320grit!

 

Then the red came out so I started to stain... but I forgot to use my gloves so it looked like I had murdered a small animal (clean version)!

Whilst applying the stain, where I had stabilized the wood on the crack and the knot, the stain didn't take so I took the body back and started again!

The stain was looking great and applied 2 coats to the bass... then I found some silver car spray paint in the shed  and had a mad idea... what about a silver accented grain... stinky poo... I've gotta sand it all back again... it'll be worth it... let's do it... so I did, it's not like I'm on a time scale or can go out and gig it at the moment!

So here comes the silver spray paint... And now to sand it back again after leaving it to dry... That's when I thought "Holy stinky poo, this is gonna be stunning!!!!!"

 

So I started to apply the red stain again... 4 coats in total before oil!

 

That's when it was confirmed I did the right thing!!

 

This is where I discovered that the misses goes mental when red stain (which will wash away once it rains) goes on the patio!

 

So at this point, I was waiting for the stain to layer up, I made the scratchplate silver, sanded it back and then stained it...

 

Then came the oiling! This was long and I almost lost patience but the results are STUNNING!

 

5 layers of finishing oil (also Crimson Guitars) later and it was time to put the bass together... but I had forgot to locate the bridge (Sir Richard Head III!!!!!!!) So it was a quick trip back to the workshop as all the main tools including long enough rulers are there... just to locate the bridge!!!!!!!

 

Assemply, wiring, setup, pickup height...

 

BOOM, it's done and STUNNING! Kind of a P on steroids but with some really cool combinations of tones from the pickups and being able to change the tone on one of them and leave the other one, it's mental! Really cool!

 

And here's a picture with my other P basses (the Kay is having new tuners, I just haven't installed them yet)!

 

I hope you enjoyed this! I may be doing a couple more during this mad perio of not being able to gig!