wateroftyne Posted December 18, 2014 Author Share Posted December 18, 2014 [quote name='thebassist' timestamp='1418928662' post='2634994'] Are the dots inbounds clay on limelights? I played a couple but never checked that. [/quote] Mine are clay... Or something clay-ish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebassist Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 Hmmmm I wonder if you can get an ebony fingerboard too - I think ebony looks closer to Brazilian rosewood than Indian rosewood... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bakerster135 Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 [quote name='thebassist' timestamp='1418928662' post='2634994'] Are the dots inbounds clay on limelights? I played a couple but never checked that. [/quote] Mine look very clayish, more like clay than the original Fender furniture filler anyway!... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karlfer Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 Quite a few of his ads stated clay dots, mine certainly seem to be. If I don't sell my Warwick in the next few weeks I might have to sell my Limelight as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Houmann Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 I have talked with Marc about 66 jazz with dots and bindings but he is not able to get those necks and therefor is not offering. Cool if he could a ebony fingerboard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colleya Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 [quote name='Mattmit' timestamp='1414349853' post='2588542'] All the bass I'll ever need. [/quote] If it ever turns out that you don't need that jazz any more then drop me a line! Great colour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M@23 Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 I'm really tempted by one of these! They all look superb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesBass Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 I thought I really wanted a sunburst or LPB 66 P, very lightly relic'd and only tarnished chrome-wear. But I've just seen this on Mark's website. I'll let it speak for itself. http://classicandcoolguitars.co.uk/basses/limelight00142shellpink.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebassist Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 The rosewood board looks awesome. In the photos it looks nice and dark like Brazilian rosewood! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M@23 Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 [quote name='JamesBass' timestamp='1419095245' post='2636539'] I thought I really wanted a sunburst or LPB 66 P, very lightly relic'd and only tarnished chrome-wear. But I've just seen this on Mark's website. I'll let it speak for itself. http://classicandcoolguitars.co.uk/basses/limelight00142shellpink.htm [/quote] That's awesome. My Jap Fender P is shell pink/rosewood/tort and I get random punters remarking how cool it looks most gigs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazed Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 (edited) [quote name='JamesBass' timestamp='1419095245' post='2636539'] I thought I really wanted a sunburst or LPB 66 P, very lightly relic'd and only tarnished chrome-wear. But I've just seen this on Mark's website. I'll let it speak for itself. http://classicandcoolguitars.co.uk/basses/limelight00142shellpink.htm [/quote] Yeah I saw that last night. Made me have a good long think if I could rock shell pink..... Edited December 20, 2014 by Dazed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lw. Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 £200 more than usual though - ouch. They're probably the best looking aged fenders I've seen but if you look at what you're paying for; the parts are probably £500 if you were to buy them yourself - I can almost swallow paying £265 for someone to relic it given the time & attention to detail, but almost doubling that? That would be more difficult - I'm sure someone will snap it up though, they are very popular around these parts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted December 21, 2014 Author Share Posted December 21, 2014 [quote name='Lw.' timestamp='1419191078' post='2637452'] £200 more than usual though - ouch. They're probably the best looking aged fenders I've seen but if you look at what you're paying for; the parts are probably £500 if you were to buy them yourself - I can almost swallow paying £265 for someone to relic it given the time & attention to detail, but almost doubling that? That would be more difficult - I'm sure someone will snap it up though, they are very popular around these parts. [/quote] To be fair, a Fender production-line equivalent is probably £100 more than that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 (edited) [quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1419191504' post='2637457'] To be fair, a Fender production-line equivalent is probably £100 more than that. [/quote] +1. I'm sure it's hard to appreciate just how much work goes into these basses. Where do you source a period rolled-edge, slab-board clay-dot neck, for example? Or do you make it? Where do the pickups come from? Why do these basses sound so good? It's not all about the relic job and it's not necessarily obvious what you're paying for. However you spec your Limelight, you are getting value for money. Edited December 21, 2014 by discreet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skej21 Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 [quote name='Lw.' timestamp='1419191078' post='2637452'] £200 more than usual though - ouch. They're probably the best looking aged fenders I've seen but if you look at what you're paying for; the parts are probably £500 if you were to buy them yourself - I can almost swallow paying £265 for someone to relic it given the time & attention to detail, but almost doubling that? That would be more difficult - I'm sure someone will snap it up though, they are very popular around these parts. [/quote] The parts might be £500. But the time and expertise for the relicing, the pickups (which are much better than a cheap Mexican Fender set!), the freedom to specify a custom colour and (in my case) put a jazz neck on a precision body, is just something that Fender don't offer. At all. So it's relevant how much Fender *would* charge. They don't. A hypothetical option is not a viable option. Also, I would say about 400-500 Fender basses have passed through my hands working in a music store and I have not seen any (including mex, US, Deluxe, Selects, AV and Custom Shop!) that I prefer to my Limelight. It's absolutely stunning and if anything, worth MORE money than Mark charges for them. There's something about mine that I've never found in anything else. Just superb! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lw. Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 All good points, I was just putting an opinion across that he's valuing his time at over (assuming he buys in bulk) £465 - I have no idea how many man hours it takes to do a relic, but I'd be interested to know... Especially as I'd be up for buying a mighty mite neck P neck that he's reliced to put on my jazz! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted December 21, 2014 Author Share Posted December 21, 2014 [quote name='Lw.' timestamp='1419200077' post='2637596'] All good points, I was just putting an opinion across that he's valuing his time at over (assuming he buys in bulk) £465 - I have no idea how many man hours it takes to do a relic, but I'd be interested to know... Especially as I'd be up for buying a mighty mite neck P neck that he's reliced to put on my jazz! [/quote] Allparts, not Mighty Mite, I believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lw. Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 [quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1419200335' post='2637603'] Allparts, not Mighty Mite, I believe. [/quote] He told me mighty mite but that was nearly a year ago so he may have changed. Is there much of difference? I'd still like one... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted December 21, 2014 Author Share Posted December 21, 2014 As far as I'm aware - and I'm happy to be corrected - Mighty Mite are a lot cheaper and have truss access at the headstock: non-authentic and ugly IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martthebass Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 I've had a Mighty Mite neck (fitted to the last Affinity I had through my hands), rod access at the neck end and wood quality on the lower end of the scale. Definitely different to the neck on my LL which has better fretwork, a slab board and clay dots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bakerster135 Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 [quote name='martthebass' timestamp='1419201309' post='2637617'] I've had a Mighty Mite neck (fitted to the last Affinity I had through my hands), rod access at the neck end and wood quality on the lower end of the scale. Definitely different to the neck on my LL which has better fretwork, a slab board and clay dots. [/quote] The Allparts necks have "ALLPARTS LIC. BY FENDER" stamped on the base. When I've had mine off it just has a date written in pen. Not sure how he'd get the clay dots in either? The Allparts neck don't have clay dots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc S Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 [quote name='Dazed' timestamp='1419104529' post='2636678'] Yeah I saw that last night. Made me have a good long think if I could rock shell pink..... [/quote] I think this must be the best looking bass I have ever seen! Wow! just Wow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesBass Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 Does anyone know if Mark offers 3TS? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LemonCello Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 (edited) Pick ups in my LL '63 P died unexpectedly a couple of weeks ago. Phoned Mark who sent me a new set straight away and paid for my guitar tech to swap them out. All done just in time for a gig last Sat. Still loving the Limelight, it's punchy as hell Edited December 29, 2014 by LemonCello Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted December 29, 2014 Author Share Posted December 29, 2014 My '63 is on its way to its new owner. It had 'it' in shedloads, and I'm a fool for selling it. I'll see what's around, and if nothing rings my bell, an order will be going in for a Limelight P... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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