MichaelDean Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 Early last year, I had a cull of basses I wasn't using. This resulted in me not having any standard 34" scale basses. Just shorties and my Dingwall. It was fine for a bit, but GAS got the better of me. After trying out a Squier Affinity PJ, I reckoned something in a PJ might be just the ticket. I didn't need a new bass straight away so held fire for a bit. Thought I might spot a bargain - and so I did! Got this Revelation RPJ 77 for £60 from Facebook marketplace. It's got some dents, buckle rash and I think it was never kept on a stand. But after some cleaning, new strings and a bit of a setup, it's come up nicely. Need to get some lemon oil or similar as the fretboard is as dry as a bone, maybe drier. It's a lovely candy apple red. Didn't quite capture it in the picture! Sounds alright as is, but needs the cavities shielding. The pickups are neo Entwhistle ones. I think they could be a bit more refined, but they'll do for now. Very pleased for £60! I think the first proper mod I'll do is get a black pickguard on it. Or maybe red tort... 🤔 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grahambythesea Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 That’s quite a bargain. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hooky_lowdown Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 19 hours ago, MichaelDean said: The pickups are neo Entwhistle ones. I don't think the pickups are the neodymium version, but the ceramic one's. Neo's have PBXN written on them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lownote Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 Welcome to the Revolution world. How are the frets? Smoothness and sharp ends I think are always a give away on poor basses. Mine is fretless so I'm interested what the fretted are like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelDean Posted February 7, 2022 Author Share Posted February 7, 2022 5 hours ago, hooky_lowdown said: I don't think the pickups are the neodymium version, but the ceramic one's. Neo's have PBXN written on them. I can't see any markings on them, but it's listed as the neo pickups on the website: https://www.revelationguitars.co.uk/guitar/rpj-77/ 5 hours ago, lownote said: Welcome to the Revolution world. How are the frets? Smoothness and sharp ends I think are always a give away on poor basses. Mine is fretless so I'm interested what the fretted are like. The frets are absolutely fine. Feels good up and down the neck and it doesn't feel like there are any high frets as I play. They're also a lot more polished than the Harley Benton tele I bought last year. As it's second hand I'm not sure if it would have had any fretwork done already, but from the sorry state it was in, probably not! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelDean Posted February 7, 2022 Author Share Posted February 7, 2022 Here's a bit of the sparkle 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kodiakblair Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 @MichaelDean Looks great. I deeply regret selling my RPBX ☹️ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kodiakblair Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 On 06/02/2022 at 14:13, MichaelDean said: The pickups are neo Entwhistle ones. I think they could be a bit more refined Bloody scary pickups , good luck taming them 😆 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelDean Posted February 7, 2022 Author Share Posted February 7, 2022 @kodiakblair yeah, I think I came across an old thread after you picked this up. I'd like to try a double p sometime. Plus it doesn't have a jazz width neck - 38mm is too narrow for me. The jury is still out on the pickups until I've had a practice with it. I'm tempted to try some Toneriders plus a new loom from KiOgon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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