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If you can find a decent second-hand Peavey Foundation, then grab with both hands. About £150.

It's always nice to come back to a project you liked. Good luck

I do wonder if there are ways to build a sleeve to thicken the neck of a bass... Doesn't work for the nut, of course.

Three here... a fretted/fretless pair (courtesy of vmaxblues, thanks ) and a pink one I got off That eBay.

I have one called the Frankenjazz, but that's the name its maker gave it in the sale thread. The others have not been given names, nor will they be.

I just saw this on eBay and wondered if it might be the same maker. Not the same model, obviously. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bryce-Fretless-Bass-Guitar-4-String-/252200301015?hash=item3ab84f31d7:g:4oYAAOSw7FRWYyJN

Welcome aboard! There are lots of useful threads here. This one may help... [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/8009-buying-your-first-bass/"]http://basschat.co.u...our-first-bass/[/url] For what it's worth, I'd buy an Ibanez SR300 to start with. It depends on what you find comfortable; some people don't like the thin necks. Alternatives: Yamaha make good instruments. Intro-level Peaveys are generally decent. Westfields are OK for the money. Vintage (brand) basses by John Hornby Skewes are good. I'd guess you can already read music. That will definitely help. Finding a teacher is often the best thing to do; simple Google search is probably the best way to do that. There are lots of resources online. This is good: [url="http://www.studybass.com/study-guide/"]http://www.studybass.com/study-guide/[/url] I'd definitely buy a book or two, as well. If you can stand the writing, Bass Guitar For Dummies is not bad. There are others. When you come to buy leads: Always buy instrument-quality cables (they should be labelled on the cable insulation). Other leads will buzz. Good luck!

If they are duff, send them back...

Tempting That's got to be the best source of necks with unshaped headstocks out there. If I didn't already have too many, I'd be buying.

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I didn't go to many loud gigs, and I have never run the headphones excessively loud. I've still got hearing damage. We used to have a guitarist who suggested that rehearsals should be done without a microphone for the singer. It worked for us.

[quote name='kodiakblair' timestamp='1451777010' post='2943422'] Damn I thought it read Foundation S. Yorks not Foundation S Yorks. The Foundation S was a PJ with DiMarzio design pickups made by Schaller. You can understand the confusion [/quote] Ha, sorry Still a good buy, potentially, but you've already got three at least...

[quote name='Telebass' timestamp='1451767890' post='2943325'] Swap the necks, see if the Tokai neck kills the cheapie or the cheapie neck resuscitates the Tokai body... [/quote] This.

That's superb.

[quote name='3below' timestamp='1451732737' post='2942822'] The bridge - I think I had the same problem, the windings went over the saddle on the E string. Fixed by removing bridge and making the string 'hole' deeper in the body. Small spacer nut slid onto string moved the ball end further back and the windings now end behind saddle. [/quote] Not the same problem, if I read you right. It wasn't the silks that were the problem; the actual round wire which the string is made of was the problem, because of the angle the E string makes where it goes through the bridge.

Thin the herd - I have a silly number of basses. Lose some weight/gain some fitness. Learn to play properly.

[quote name='Rumple' timestamp='1451556002' post='2941423'] Great thread and excellent use of recycled wood. [/quote] This

[quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1451663187' post='2942208'] Great use of scrap wood. Word of advice, only ever do a scarf joint in the winter! [/quote] Why, please? Unless it's a scarf pun, I suppose...

Kramer the Duke... Great tone, but oh dear. - Temperature-sensitive neck. It's aluminium; it changes length with temperature. So it goes out of tune, quickly. - The bridge... it's a BBOT with the strings run through it at an angle. That means that if you put roundwounds on it, the E-string can't be tuned correctly, because the winding of the string catches on the edge of the bridge.

If this is in decent nick it might be a good buy - a USA-made Peavey for £130. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/peavey-foundation-bass-guitar-/151935696703?hash=item236012bf3f:g:MqIAAOSwHaBWhsrk

ahem... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TENNESSEE-15-STRING-EXTENDED-RANGE-BASS-/291630566887?hash=item43e6894de7:g:bJwAAOxycgVTixwQ

11. Not bad given that I haven't been a fan for years.

Have you tried putting a different neck on it?