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Hi Jon, So will standard dimarzios fit in no problem? have been looking at the body routing & wondering if square pickups will fit. I'm good with a router but there is no way that blade is going anywhere near my bass! I've had my eye on some of those cream EMG's for a while now but if they don't fit it's a total waste of time. I've attached a picture of the Hohner too, much better with a matching pickup guard. Had to take the thumb anchor thing off too, still don't understand how people can play with those things. Thanks, Jim.

Hi Jon, Yep that's the Hohner bass. The neck plate has some faded details about the previous owner (which seem to be acid etched ono the plate???) who lived in Canada I believe. The pickup is great sounds really crisp with lots of bottom end. I put a matching pup cover on, some straplocks & metal knobs all in chrome, looks very smart & in keeping with it's original look. I was downsizing my collection & just wanted a Pbass & a Jbass. Very happy with my 2 Japcrap basses. My CSL bridge pup gave up the ghost (output was down to 0.3K!!!!) so I swapped it for an old squire pup for now. Doesn't quite fit into the case but has been gently convinced to fit in temporarily. Does anybody know which kind of pups will fit the old rounded end type covers? I like Seymour Duncan, Fender, MEC Warwick & Barts, would be nice to get them into the original covers & will be keeping it passive. Was also wondering exactly how the sloppiness of the tuners is tightened up? Can't seem to work out how this is done? Have been looking for a grub screw or a tensioner but can't find one anywhere, would prefer a little more tension on it. The Hohner will be kept as is until something fails on it as it's just a secondary P bass to play gigs with at festivals etc..... The CSL will get the best mods I can afford to throw at it, not missing my German Warwick at all in comparison. If all goes well will be using it to record an album over Xmas with. Smiles al round. Thanks for the help & advice

It was the one from Scotland yes. I quite like the weight, got a nice wide padded strap. It's not an issue really as I rarely play for over an hour in one go. I've done a little audio sample of it for you to listen to. Straight into my usb soundcard with no preamp and getting some ground hum from somewhere, will need further investigation as it doesn't do this through my amp (maybe I'm sat right in front of the soundcard & the laptop & stereo amp with single coil pups?). Sounds are as follows; (Tone pot is always fully open) neck = 0 bridge =0 neck = 100 bridge = 100 neck = 70 bridge = 100 (my faveourite tone to dial in) played with pick played with fingers (didn't do any slapping as I refuse to do that without compression & pre amp mid cut)

Just bought a CSL Jazz copy 1972 from ebay. I've had my eye on one of these for a while & the bass lives up to it's reputation as a nice player. I've put some pics on here for you. I was going to upgrade the pickups but after a little bit of work they're sounding great. The bridge pup wasn't too great at first but after taking it out & shielding the cavities, jiggling it a little & moving it further towards the strings it's working great now with lovely tone & lots of variety. I removed the ashtrays & thumb rest, they just get in the way for me. Added some good strap lock buttons. Replaced the plastic knobs with some metal ones (don't like the look of the plastic ones & I don't actually need a dial to reference my tone just use my ears!) & decide not to add a brass nut (can't see the point) Just picked up a Hohner P bass (1972) from ebay as well. I'm going to keep the P bass more in line with a vintage Fender look & keep the ashtrays, finger grab rest thing & get some nice metal buttons asap. Nice to make little additions to these old basses & keep playing them. Can't afford a vintage Fender so I have to settle for these instead!

Bit more info for you; If you google Camac bass/guitars you'll find some extremely similar basses. The branded basses have the logo I've included in the attachments from the 1970's which is definitely from the French company. If you google EKO Camac you can find the same basses. I can't find any info on whether EKO made basses for Camac so am making some assumptions here! One possibility is that EKO made the bass, went bust, the bass body ended up with Bardoni in London where someone bought it & added new components to it. What is still of interest to me is; Who designed the horns for this bass? Is it modified from a Camac bass? The finish isn't the best but it does look original and consistent with a homemade job. Who is TJG luthier? Customised truss rod cover..... Is there a connection with EKO, Camac & Matsomuko? That headstock looks too Japanese to be European. Have a look at the EKO BX7 headstock, it's a totally different headstock on an almost identical body (what a beautiful bass by the way, one of the most beautiful basses ever in my opinion) How did the pots end up like that? Just can't quite work this bass out. Playing it a lot though

I see what you mean. The headstock is identical to some of those EKO's & the cutaway bottom would agree with that. It's the horns which realy intrigue me, they're so nicely rounded. Thanks for the help!

Hello, I bought this a while back because I missed my old Westone Thunder & this looked similar & also a lot better. I think it's got the hallmarks of a Matsumoku but can't be sure. It has no identifying marks or serial number to tell of it's construction. Here are some specs to help; fretless (hard to tell if de-fretted or not, could have done a really good job) brass nut through neck full scale truss rod cover says TJG (only identifying mark on it) heavy brass cavity plate on back of the bass At some point it has had Schaller tuners added & Seymour Duncan PJ pup's. Can find no info on this bass but it does play very well & has a very interesting look. Any info would be greatly appreciated. thanks, Jim.

sweet thanks mate

Hi i'm Jom from Tyne & Wear, I'm a full time ceramic artist as well as keen bass player & cyclist. My gear is as follows; Bespoke bass (Jerry Rulf) UEB Warwick corvette std 5 string, ash body Godman acoustic bass (good for festival jamming, not too precious as it only cost £50!) ashdown mag 300 various stompboxes moustache & beer! I'm currently getting back into being in bands as I've been at uni & neglecting my playing for almost a year! Lovely to find this site & I look forwards to making some friends here