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Ok people; time to make this site bigger and better than it's previous incarnations!

This thread is for DIY Spare Parts – whether for your Bass Guitar, Amplifier or Cabinets.

I'll split the first post into these three sections. To give you an idea, I'm looking for suppliers of:

For Bass guitars - bodies, necks, machine heads, decals, scratchplates, screws, pick ups, bridges, on-board pre-amps, tone/volume control knobs, potentiometers etc - all the stuff that you might not find in your local guitar shop.

For amplifiers – valves, knobs, switches, rack mounts, feet, handles, sockets, wiring diagrams, cooing fans, LED's etc.

For cabinets (including self-build) – speakers, wood, covering cloth, grill material, handles, feet/wheels, corners, crossovers, plugs, sockets, acoustic foam etc.

You contribute to the thread the details - name, telephone, website, range of gear they sell etc, and I'll update the sections in the first post as an easy reference.


Hamster


BASS

Decals
www.thedecalshop.co.uk
www.haneberg.se
www.axesrus.com
[email protected] For funny Fender style decals "Faker", "parts-o-caster" etc that occasionally come up on ebay
ebay seller brauskoh Reproduction vintage headstock decals
http://caraguitars.c...ender_decal.asp Make your own Fender style decals


Electrical Components
Farnell www.uk.farnell.com
Maplins www.maplin.co.uk
Rapidonline www.rapidonline.com
RSH Electronics www.rshelectronics.co.uk
Luxe Guitars Luxe-Guitars

General Parts
Axes r Us www.axesrus.com
Highly Strung www.highlystrung.co.uk
Basspartsresource (USA) www.basspartsresource.com
Bestbassgear (USA) www.bestbassgear.com
WDMusic www.wdmusic.co.uk
Allparts www.allparts.uk.com
Mojo (USA) www.mojomusicalsupply.com
Tubesandmore (USA) www.tubesandmore.com
Brandoni Custom Guitars www.brandoniguitars.co.uk
Stewart MacDonald (USA) www.stewmac.com
Small Wonder Music www.smallwonder-music.co.uk Good for inlays
Axiomatic www.axiomatic-music.co.uk
GuitarJapan www.guitarjapan.com Good for Fender MIJ parts
GR Guitars (USA) http://www.grguitars.com/
Angela Parts (USA) http://angela.com/
ESR Electronic Components (UK) https://www.esr.co.uk/

LED's
Sims Custom www.simscustom.com
Auroraproject www.auroraproject.co.uk/

Metal Re-finishers
Premier Plating www.premier-plating.co.uk
Alpha anodising www.alphaanodising.co.uk

Pickups
Wizard www.wizardpickups.co.uk
Delano www.delano.de
Villex villex.com
Bareknuckle www.bareknucklepickups.co.uk
Oil City www.oilcitypickups.co.uk

Preamps (on-board)
John East www.east-uk.com
Audere (USA) www.audereaudio.com
Villex villex.com

Scratchplates
Sims Custom www.simscustom.com
Jeannies Pickguards (USA) Jeannie Pickguards
Pickguardian (USA) www.pickguardian.com
WDMusic www.wdmusic.co.uk
Auroraproject www.auroraproject.co.uk/

Custom Cables
OBBM www.bassic.co.uk/
Bayou Cables (USA) www.bayoucables.com

AMPLIFIERS

Electrical Components
Farnell www.uk.farnell.com
Maplins www.maplin.co.uk
Rapidonline www.rapidonline.com
RSH Electronics www.rshelectronics.co.uk
Luxe Guitars Luxe-Guitars
Ampwares (USA) www.ampwares.com
Watts Tube Audio http://www.turretboards.com/

General Parts
Ampwares (USA) www.ampwares.com
Mojo (USA) www.mojomusicalsupply.com
Tubesandmore (USA) www.tubesandmore.com
Tubetown www.tubetown.de
Askjan www.askjanfirst.de
Ampcomponents www.ampcomponents.co.uk
Bluebellaudio www.bluebellaudio.com
Fliptops (USA) www.fliptops.net Ampeg specialists
Amps-n-bits www.amps-n-bits.com/
Watts Tube Audio http://www.turretboards.com/
Doctor Tweek http://www.doctortweek.co.uk/ Great for stompbox parts/tweaks etc

Valves
Voc Rock Guitars http://www.voc-rock-....com/index.html
Watford Valves www.watfordvalves.com
Bel-Tubes www.bel-tubes.co.uk
Electrofix www.electrofix.co.uk
Hotrox http://www.hotroxuk.com/

Amp Covers
Roq Solid www.roqsolid.co.uk

CABINETS

Coverings & Covers
Ampwares (USA) www.ampwares.com
Tubetown www.tubetown.de
Roq Solid www.roqsolid.co.uk
Cover over Covers http://www.coverovercovers.co.uk/


Fixtures & Fittings
Maplins www.maplin.co.uk
The Electronics Shop www.theelectronicsshop.co.uk
Nut screws washers and bolts www.stagonset.co.uk

Speakers
Blueran www.bluearan.co.uk
BK Electronics www.bkelec.com
BMSpro www.bmspro.info
Alcone www.lautsprechershop.de
AER www.aer-loudspeakers.com
MCM www.mcminone.com
Parts Express www.partsexpress.com

Circuits / Wiring Diagrams / Tech Stuff
www.montagar.com
www.seymourduncan.com
www.christianmusicweb.com
www.diystompboxes.com
www.kbapps.com
www.avatarspeakers.com
www.mif.pg.gda.pl/homepages/tom/schematics.htm
www.freeinfosociety.com
www.warwickbass.com/schematics Warwick schematics
www.guitarnuts.com Several pages of pickup/wiring principles
www.alexplorer.net/guitar More pickup & wiring combinations explained
http://www.duncanamps.com/index.htm Loads of stuff on here - amps, tubes, impedance calculator etc etc
http://www.fender.co.uk/support/wiring_dia...parts_lists.php - From the horses mouth
http://ampedia.redbeartrading.com/


How To guides and DIY Luthier courses
Bailey Guitars www.baileyguitars.co.uk
Craft Supplies Craft Supplies
Bass De-fret Bass De-fret
Tone-stack calculator www.duncanamps.com
Musicman Pickups and preamps Musicman guide
String Tensions www.daddario.com
Swirled paint finish www.projectguitar.com
Bass Building Monster Bass
Bass Building Phil Mailloux
Fender neck set-up www.fender.co.uk
General neck set-up www.garywillis.com
General neck set-up www.weedhopper.org
Rickenbacker neck set-up www.joeysbassnotes.com
Neck Radius Gauge (Downloadable) www.pickguardian.com
Thunderbird Neck-Dive fix www.lysator.liu.se
Drop-filling damaged lacquer Lacquer repair
Buzzing 101 The Big Buzz List
Guide about wood and tone etc www.warmoth.com
How to apply carpet to your cab www.icixsound.com
How to properly connect cables! - http://www.rane.com/pdf/ranenotes/Sound%20...rconnection.pdf

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[quote name='99ster' post='10883' date='Jun 2 2007, 01:30 AM'][url="http://www.fliptops.net/index.htm"]http://www.fliptops.net/index.htm[/url]

Fantastic source for parts & expert info on vintage Ampegs.[/quote]

Added - cheers!

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[quote name='Jean-Luc Pickguard' post='14200' date='Jun 8 2007, 01:06 PM']Brandoni Guitars in Wembley - bodies, necks, pickups, hardware etc...
[url="http://www.brandoniguitars.co.uk"]http://www.brandoniguitars.co.uk[/url][/quote]

Thanks Jean-Luc - I have made it so! :)

Hamster

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[quote name='Villex_Europe' post='15462' date='Jun 11 2007, 09:22 AM']Hi Hamster,

Villex also make passive boosters for basses. For the purpose of your list I guess they can be classed as on-board preamps

[url="http://eu.villex.com/boosters.html"]http://eu.villex.com/boosters.html[/url]

Thanks a lot![/quote]

Thanks for the reminder - a useful bit of kit with good reviews - added.

Hamster

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Stewmac in the US has a huge stock of parts and equipment for making and repairing instruments.

I previously bought sheilding paint, a graphite nut and a new selector switch from them.

I recently got some emg select pickups ($24) which have a good hum free output and no preamp required, they sound great.

Any order less than $36 to the UK means no import duty which makes it really cheap if you want low cost parts.

Orders over $36 have a 17.5% duty charge when imported to the UK.

[url="http://www.stewmac.com"]http://www.stewmac.com[/url]

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[quote name='dub' post='16721' date='Jun 13 2007, 09:36 AM']Stewmac in the US has a huge stock of parts and equipment for making and repairing instruments.

I previously bought sheilding paint, a graphite nut and a new selector switch from them.

I recently got some emg select pickups ($24) which have a good hum free output and no preamp required, they sound great.

Any order less than $36 to the UK means no import duty which makes it really cheap if you want low cost parts.

Orders over $36 have a 17.5% duty charge when imported to the UK.

[url="http://www.stewmac.com"]http://www.stewmac.com[/url][/quote]

Cheers Dub - added

Hamster

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[quote name='twentyhertz' post='17597' date='Jun 14 2007, 02:19 PM']I see you've linked to Axes 'r' Us already, but it might be worth sticking this link under the decals section, as it's a "secret" page that doesn't link from the main site...

[url="http://www.axesrus.com/decals.htm"]www.axesrus.com/decals.htm[/url][/quote]

The site links to the decals page from its own site map, I'll include it though :)

Hamster

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[quote name='Jean-Luc Pickguard' post='14200' date='Jun 8 2007, 02:06 PM']Brandoni Guitars in Wembley - bodies, necks, pickups, hardware etc...
[url="http://www.brandoniguitars.co.uk"]http://www.brandoniguitars.co.uk[/url][/quote]


I can thoroughly recommend this man!!! I have known him and bought loads of stuff off him since the mid eighties and if you ever get a chance to walk round his warehouse take it !! It,s like alladins cave of guitars!!!
A nice bloke too!!!

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Bare knuckle Pickups. ( [url="http://www.bareknucklepickups.co.uk"]http://www.bareknucklepickups.co.uk[/url] ) They dont advertise the bass pickups they make, but will hand wind to customers specification. Hopefully if they get some more support from us bassists they can make the bass pickups more prominent.

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[quote name='tempo' post='22871' date='Jun 25 2007, 09:46 AM']Bare knuckle Pickups. ( [url="http://www.bareknucklepickups.co.uk"]http://www.bareknucklepickups.co.uk[/url] ) They dont advertise the bass pickups they make, but will hand wind to customers specification. Hopefully if they get some more support from us bassists they can make the bass pickups more prominent.[/quote]

Cheers Tempo - added

Hamster

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Fantastic reproduction vintage electrical components for basses (& geetars) & Amps - highly recommended:
[url="http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Luxe-Guitars"]http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Luxe-Guitars[/url]

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For both general electronics bits and handles/corners/edging strip etc for amps, cabs and flight cases, you cant beat 'The Electronics Shop' in Cullercoats Tyne & Wear. The shop is an aladins cave of muso bits & pieces and the website is pretty good too. Same prices on web as in shop so well worth a visit if your ever in this neck of the woods. www.theelectronicsshop.co.uk

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[quote name='OldGit' post='39198' date='Jul 30 2007, 08:18 PM']For the scratch plate list (and other stuff I guess)
[url="http://www.wdmusic.co.uk/home/index.php"]http://www.wdmusic.co.uk/home/index.php[/url][/quote]

They're already on the general parts list, I'll add them to the scratchplates as a x-ref.

Hamster

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