Kev

[quote name='budget bassist' post='199989' date='May 15 2008, 10:29 PM']A bit more? Try double the price![/quote] not in the current market mate ebay wise sub for about £400 stringray for about £550 do the math

the bass di+ and blowtorch have a wet dry blend, surely thats what you want, keeping your tone but adding some effect??

that second link is quality, i do know how to do a basic set up but that is a really good link

done, didnt need too much sanding really, so its fitted, bit of fret buzz but i think it just needs settin up, n il have a crack at that once the new neck has got used to the string tension. cheers

it is worth absolutly nothing like that, last one on ebay i think sold for more than a grand less, correct me if im wrong

the guy i bought the neck from recommended that i just get some heavy production sand paper (yellow/green stuff), wrap it round a block n just sand, test if it fits, sand, test if it fits... reckon this would be okay? seems sound enough, and saves needless luthier charges

[quote name='neepheid' post='199666' date='May 15 2008, 03:12 PM']Nut width has no bearing on this problem. What you are suggesting is that the neck heel is deeper than the neck coming off. You could raise the action on the bridge to compensate. I thought you meant that it was having difficulty locating in the existing neck pocket because it was too wide.[/quote] yes its a very tight fit, and it doesnt go fully in. comparing the neck to the old jazz neck, the new neck is wider and deeper, hence the problem. i raised the action on the bridge, but to no real success iv emailed a local bristol luthier, waiting for reply

ye, best thing is to try them out. The ebs is a superb analog octaver, one of the best i think you are going to find, certainly for the money. you might be able to get a boss oc-2 for cheaper on ebay, and they are pretty sweet octavers too, miles better than an oc-3

grab an OLP, sub seems a bit expensive at the current market for you, and tbh for a bit more than that you could buy the stingray, the real thing. i did always despise the lack of contouring of the SUB, great sound but uncomfortable. OLP's sound great, and they have the HH versions now

i have owned both, at the same time. di+ and blowtorch are probably the most different two distortions you could ever compare the di+ is a mid scooped distortion tone, whilst the blowtoch is more of a synthy fuzz than anything. low drive sounds from the di+ are great, but the blowtorch sucks for low gain sound. if you want great synthetic distortion, the blowtorch would be what you want.the mid range control on the blowtorch is brilliant, and the eq is very responsive. basically we need to know what sound you want, as judging by you choosing these two pedals to compare, you either know nothing about the pedals or no idea what type of sound you are after the ebs is analog, and the digitech is digital (i assume you mean the bass synth wah) the bass synth wah does a great octave down, but you'll get a warmer more natural tone from the ebs, but of course you will get the usual analog tracking set backs.

running drive into fuzz is just the devil

[quote name='bremen' post='199451' date='May 15 2008, 11:55 AM']If there's a lot to be taken out it might be more cost-effective (and get a better result) to get a new Fender spec body from Allparts or similar, that you know will fit. There might be more worms in the can; for example you say the pocket isn't long enough, does this mean the screwholes might be in the wrong place?[/quote] nah theres not a LOT to be taken off, main problem is it not being deep enough, and so strings rest on frets (i held neck in pocket and semi strung the g sttring just to test).under closer analysis it appears to be a precision neck (1.7 in at nut), which may explain why it doesnt fit. sanding probably is all thats needed, but the level of accuracy in your sanding would have to be pretty high im guessing to keep it all even, which is why i dont wanna do it myself. id really rather avoid paying luthiers lots of money for this as its only a cheap parts bass im building, i just got the neck for a steal off ebay, luthier made with a nitro finish n lovely wood, and i wanna use it

fair enough, tis what i was thinking anyways bristol luthiers anyone???

im not exactly sure how id go about measuring how much needs to be sanded/removed

bought a jazz neck off ebay to fit to my westfield bodied bass recieved through the post, lovely neck nicely nitro lacquered, but the neck pocket isnt big enough on the westfield, its not deep enough and its not long enough. how can i make the neck pocket bigger, without ruinin my bass?? it seems above my head, but i really dont wanna pay alot of money to fix the bass at a luthiers any help? in fact it measures 1.7in at the nut, so this would appear to be a precision neck, hence it not fitting