Telebass

Bought a MIM bridge - all good! Thanks, Den

[quote name='q_of_doom' timestamp='1342079440' post='1729055'] I'm a big fan of having scruffies fixed up. Don't worry too much about the value if the guitar has once been someone's DIY attempt. Restore as far as funds and common sense allow and then play the hell out of it. [/quote] + the one.

[quote name='obbm' timestamp='1337159595' post='1656272'] I've had it for the best part of 30 years and as far as I'm concerned there is no fix so I just ignore it and get on with things. Most of the time I hardly notice that I have it. [/quote] Sounds familiar! I'm going down the in-ears route (and paying handsomely for it) in order to drastically reduce exposure, as I've found that omnce you have it, earplugs alone don't help much in that I can't hear [i]anything[/i]!

Playing it gives me that feeling too!

Another trade with Lee - my 51RI for his Jazz. Top guy! Den

[attachment=112805:DSC00012.JPG] Yumminess! I put the black blocks neck on my MIM P due to the neck being weak. I've kept it going for around three years using TI Jazz flats, but still the truss rod won't hold it. So, the standard neck retires to a hook on the wall, and the neck from Higgie takes its place! Plays better than ever, possibly the nicest action I've ever played, in fact. The Jazz came from fellow BCer Rasta, and the neck on this (they are both Allparts necks) is a little more of a handful, but still plays beuatifully. And the Lindy Fralins sound huge!

This is what the 60th anniversary Precision should have been! Utterly droolworthy...

Just had Higgie's Jazz neck, it's all good! Cheers, Den

And another endorsement for these great wiring kits! Thanks, John!

[quote name='bigjohn' timestamp='1341767137' post='1723798'] I don't mind blocks, but I'm with you on the dots and bound. [/quote] Yup, like them too! In fact, maybe I could put some Hipshot UltraLite ovals/paddles/lollipops/whatever on one of the Jazzes...Hmmmm...

[quote name='BassPimp66' timestamp='1341755709' post='1723575'] I always look at the neck, because it looks gorgeous. I also love the silky feel of the back of the neck in my hand. [/quote] This! And he day you see John Williams playing a classical piece without looking, I'll be concerned about looking at the fretboard. The guitarist/bassist who can play a set without looking at some point has yet to be born. And if he was born, it would probably be a sign of boredom rather than 'cool as f**k', IMHO...

They ruly are wondrous for the money. Having developed an unpleasantly inense thing for Jazzes lately, I was stunned, in Manson's the other day, to see the Squier VM 77 Jazz. It's on the llst...

Stunning!

Having had something of a Damascene conversion to the A necked beasties recently, I've decided that henceforth, all my basses, including the black Precision, will eventually have bound-and-blocks 'A' necks. For example the ex-Shockwave bitsa now wears an Allparts black blocks neck. Lee's (Rasta) jazz (swapping for 51RI tomorrow) has white binding/pearl blocks. When I can afford it, I'll get anoher Allparts black blocks jobbie for the P bass, thereby making it like the custom one-off shown on page 54 of The Fender Bass: An Illustrated History., except mine has a b/w/b pickguard. Anyone else as blocks-bonkers as this?

Welcome!