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[quote name='Metalmoore' post='1097843' date='Jan 21 2011, 05:28 PM']Whats your average turnover? And you doing any to order? Or anything a bit more custom?[/quote] turnover is very minimal. im only in my second year and have made 10 or so instruments of varying quality. my builds have only recently reached a place i can honestly say i'm very proud of, and i've just about learned all my lessons from trial and error (even lost a bit of my left thumb about a year ago). i do offer a full satisfaction or your money back guarantee, along with a lifetime guarantee against any build and parts issues. custom work is all i aim at now, but i keep building all the time regardless. i also work full time. i aim to keep my prices as low as i feasibly can and that is my plan for the future also. i honestly think that a lot of 'handmade' guitars are heavily overpriced. i don't do paint or laquers due to space requirements but all going well, i plan to have a more suitable workshop in the next year in which spraying will be possible. in the case of a custom order, i work with the customer to acheive a body shape which they are happy with and which satisfies my ideas regarding weight and balance etc. i also will only use hipshot tuners and bridges(i've yet to use any metal bridges due to aesthetics and weight) and also prefer to use imp pickups, as i've played a big part in their development and have a close relationship with ben (not sexual), + ben offers any spec i/you desire, tapped coils, magnet choice, coil sizes etc. thanks. jon

i've uploaded a couple of low-fi vids to the website for your amusement (my playing sucks eggs). [url="http://www.lettsbasses.co.uk/root/jlettsbassesmain.html"]Visit My Website[/url] were recorded direct into cubase with no effects or eq, and consequently are rather quiet.

[quote name='silddx' post='1097302' date='Jan 21 2011, 11:46 AM']yoove got a right attitude you, incha? [/quote] and you should see the size of my balls! no really i'm not that bad. although i think the freak doesn't like me very much. i wasn't having a go. i just thought it wierd the way it seemed to be disguised as a non affiliated post. just a joke really (bad joke thread?) keyboards do not convey true emotions as we all know. there seem to be a few folks takin things awfully seriously. i'll get me coat.

cash conbobulators do have the odd bargain. missed out on a usa tele for somewhere around the £250 mark a year or so ago. went home came back and it was gone. bollocks!

made by aliens me thinks.

[quote name='Metalmoore' post='1097426' date='Jan 21 2011, 01:05 PM'] Thoses basses are amazing looking. I'm sure they will find a loving home[/quote] thanks man. if not, i'll love them.

[quote name='EBS_freak' post='1097348' date='Jan 21 2011, 12:13 PM']"Bassists Wanted and Available" forum. Kinda self explanatory. I would wager this isn't the only place he has advertised. You getting off on trolling or something?[/quote] not at all. i just thought it made no sense advertising bassists to other bassists. i guess bands come here looking for bassists though as an afterthought. my apologies. i did suggest other sites for the guy. guess i'll keep my mouth shut next time.

calm down. just seemed a little deceptive 'sall. and yes i'm a massive cynic. and bitter as a quince.

surely advertising your wares as a bass guitarist on a forum for bass guitarists is a waste of time? try drumchat! or muso list, gumtree etc.

sounds like a shamelessly badly disguised ad to me.

ebay bin is £600 or best offer. bc'ers as i say, get special 'mates rates' so i dunno really. £520 + free postage?

pics as requested. specs are scroll. 34" honduras mahogany neck with indian rosewood board and jescar frets. side dots and ziricote headstock cap. sapele body core with english walnut top, ziricote back and cocobolo cat's eyes. imp humbucker, vol and tone and series/parrallel switch. hipshot tuners. ebony bridge and tailpiece. 5 string. 34" honduras mahogany neck with f**kin awesome maccassar ebony board. side dots and ziricote headstock cap. honduras mahogany body core, cocobolo top, zebrano stripes and purpleheart/walnut cat's eyes. kent armstrong neck pup. vol tone. hipshot tuners. ebony bridge and tailpiece.

[quote name='Metalmoore' post='1095973' date='Jan 20 2011, 08:57 AM']I only get the internet in work but they block eBay. Any pics available?[/quote] i'll post some pics this avo, about 4 o' the clock. now get back to work you lazy bum! cheers

i have a couple of builds on ebay at the moment if any bc'ers are interested. i would be happy to pull the auction (bin) and offer a discount for any of you guys and would also make a donation to bc for any sales generated here. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/handcrafted-4-string-scroll-bass-guitar-jon-letts-/180614589831?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item2a0d77ed87"]4string[/url] [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/handcrafted-5-string-fretless-bass-guitar-jon-letts-/180614583288?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item2a0d77d3f8"]5string fretless[/url] thanks y'all

[quote name='gilmour' post='1095828' date='Jan 19 2011, 11:57 PM']Looking good, what are the pickups?[/quote] they are handmade by a friend of mine. called I.M.P. (ibstock magnetic pickups). all custom and scatterwound passives. great pickups. the case on the single coil is a little 'bumpy around the logo area which is a shame and i may have to have it recovered by ben if ed isn't happy with it. the vac forming process has been a steep learning curve for ben, but he's gettin there. highly original though and they are noise free and loud. these are quite simple alnico designs but he does coil tap, at no extra cost and offers all sorts of magnet, rail, air coil design options. also does all my wiring. what a guy! i have a 4 string on ebay right now with his 'ibstock brick' humbucker, if you wanna take a look. cheers

haven't forgotten about this one. ed's away for a few months, so we're on hold for a bit. got the pups in though and pretty much finished. just a few touches.

a bass guitar is exactly that! a guitar in the bass range. i guess there is no such thing as a bass, as 'a' bass is just poor grammar. 'i play the bass' would make more sense. but 'this is a bass', huh? i presume a standup bass is a bass violin or cello. obviously we all use the bass term cause it's the most popular form of bass instrument.

very interesting.

[quote name='eude' post='1089187' date='Jan 14 2011, 12:12 PM']Personally, I'm a flat fingerboard convert. My Shuker 6 string has a 20" radius and my newer ACG 5 string is flat. I'm so impressed with how the flat board feels, I don't think I'll ever change from that now. You can of course get marginally lower action, but I guess you can close with most well thought out necks. I'm not sure how it'll work with a shallow/thin neck, as it would very much feel like a plank of wood as you say, but with an asymmetrical neck shape it feels right. Also, on a extended range bass, it certainly makes sense, as it brings the lower register strings closer to your fingers. I've played a fair few flat 4 strings too and they felt fine, really comfy, however having played 5 and 6 string basses for so long with my tiny wee hands, pretty much anything with 4 strings feels like putting on nicest comfiest slippers in the world to me now, regardless of the spec. Another thing to consider is that radiused boards only came about to make chord shapes, predominantly bar chords, more comfortable to play, so at least initially, it wasn't really relevant for bass, depending on how you play, or what you're used to. I guess it's just one of those marmite things.Eude[/quote] erm. haven't violins and standups always had heavily radiused boards? i go 20" on a five and 16" on a four and to radius a board by hand is probably the most stressful part of building a bass, and all that sandpaper is expensive. but $999 to add a radius is absolutely ridiculous! i would expect you to radius my house for that! personally, i would never leave a board flat unless specified. i don't understand how a flat board would allow lower action either, unless the radius was poorly done. how low do you want the action any road? isn't low action a tonekiller. and i find i lose a lot of attack when slapping if the string height is too low. don't get me wrong, i like a nice action as much as the next guy, but no lower than sort of .120 at the 12th or summat.

[quote name='pantherairsoft' post='1088703' date='Jan 13 2011, 10:40 PM']Ironically I took an interest in this thread as it was an unusual concept that Inhadnt experience or heard of... However I changed my strings from light's to mediums today and my D string is phasing!!!! Definitely no twist. It's sat firmly in the nut with no issues. I'll try the pickup height tomorrow and if it's still there then the lights are going back on!! Shep[/quote] ha. it's contagious.

drummers! you gotta lovem. ours just doesn't turn up. especially during world cup time. ok, i accept that football and b***j**s are top priority for a lot of folk. just a little courtesy and a text message would do it, but nothing. as for music as a job, that rarely happens unless your willing to play other peoples music. which is not the point in my eyes.

you play drum and bass? wrong forum!