charic

The templates your talking about. How do you mean about making your own? Also whats the best size router to get then? For neck inlay work would a dremel multi-tool do the job or would this be bass suicide? lol

What equipment is needed to learn how to route? To begin with I would want to route for pickups (I have a real thing for MM style pups atm, actually considering modding my beloved fender P again... MM pickup just behing the scratchplate would look so goooood!). Then with enough experience I would like to go onto modding inlay on necks. Tbh the fact that fender have put plastic dots on such a nice bass REALLY annoys me. Kinda seeing these in their place (i think) [url="http://www.smallwonder-music.co.uk/shop/Inlay-Dots/New-Zealand-Paua-Dots/p-118-443/"]http://www.smallwonder-music.co.uk/shop/In...Dots/p-118-443/[/url] what you think to those on an all black p bass?

Purty bass

I tried a BB (dont know which model) but i wasnt overly impressed by the looks or sound. Yamaha wise the trb1006 is a beautiful neck for me, but thats a six string. RBX was the nicest 5 ive tried (feel/sound) wise. The cheaper one.. wish i could try a 774 and 775 though. Unfortunately only one place locally stocks Yamahas stuff round here. They have a bad reputation with some of the dealers as they give online stores such a large discount (apparently).

Damn, thatll teach me to read the threads more.... My 22kg ashdown perfect to is costing me around 25squid to send to newport. Ah well to late to complain now

[quote name='Shaggy' post='49836' date='Aug 23 2007, 10:16 PM']Joined a punk band in '77 when like Sid (Vicious) I could barely play a note. Never looked back - you only progress in a band. (I can play 3 notes now!)[/quote] Wow! How did you cope with going from 2-3 notes? Im still struggling with that

I think that corts actually quite nice looking. Agree with you tho, definately very nice and easy to play. Theyre a good name in my books

ARGH im a small fish in a big pond i thought mine was impressive lol, still an interesting thread tho!

So whats the most famous player you guys have gigged next too. Mine was 4 weeks into learning to play bass. The band I usually sound engineer for had the bassist say he couldnt do the gig so I stepped in. And later on in the gig...... J J Burnell was playing. Thats the nearest to fame ive been. (only gig infact). What about you guys?

HAHA gud name.... perhaps

[quote name='parker_muse' post='51938' date='Aug 28 2007, 08:37 PM']^ Im pretty sure he plays a P[/quote] Yep indeedy, well remembered Talking of which I think its about to name the fender any ideas?

I like playing on fender and warwick 4 string necks... what other brands are of a similar size? (As you know its not always so easy to find these basses to try in this country). Spectors, Ibanez, Yamaha, ESP and Dean are of SPECIFIC interest... but I would like to know of others too. RIK

Most ibanez's ive tried are quite light. Or pretty much anything made of basswood. Oh and the RBX series yamaha's Oh and good luck with the back, im sure youll find a solution