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[quote name='Ou7shined' post='317472' date='Oct 29 2008, 12:23 PM']I'm quite relieved to see some Squier love going on here, seeing as (to see how I'd get on with 5 strings) I've just ordered a Deluxe Jazz V Active..... then immediately doubted myself. I've already had 2 people take the Mick out of me for buying it. Come to think of it I've only told 2 people about it. It's user reviews are glowing but I'll not know how it suits me until it gets here... sure looks perdee tho. [attachment=15334:38607_l.jpg] From what I've read there's not much need to mod them other than perhaps different pre-amp and pups to suit your tastes. Oh and they can covert to good 6'ers too.[/quote] IIRC I just took the mick because you could have had a shottie of my OLP MM3 for free to see if you liked 5 string You know I've got the Squier lurve.

[quote name='op76' post='317464' date='Oct 29 2008, 12:09 PM'][attachment=15335:Gibbo_Th...rstripes.jpg]Assuming no quality issues (and the price!), would you ever be tempted...[/quote] Can't say I'm tempted - the two zebrano wings glued to something else looks a bit daft to me

Small update (now that I've run out of excuses to put things off) - I'm working on shaping the zebrano filler for the cavernous control cavity. Carved out the round corners left by the router. Filler still not fitting 100%, some sanding still to do.

[quote name='fifeq' post='317013' date='Oct 28 2008, 07:42 PM']maybe try a screwdriver with magnetic end?[/quote] The broken bit is likely to be held in by the sprung contacts, I doubt a magnetic screwdriver will have the oomph to shift it.

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The jack sockets are enclosed units and they are soldered to a daughterboard. You'll have to undo the two retaining nuts on the jack sockets to get it out, then remove the connector from the main board and remove the screw which holds the earth connection near the valve. After that, you will have to desolder the jack socket in question. You may be able to push the broken jack plug out after that, or you may opt to replace it.

I'll take a look inside my HA3500 and get back to you. Note to mods - this probably belongs in the Tech forum.

If only it wasn't on a starting bid of £150...

As a bass player who is constantly tinkering at a shabby collection of far eastern firewood, I'd have to say that the only reason you should be doing this is for the fun of it or the learning experience. Don't do it to save money - you won't. The upgraded parts + cheapy bass will nearly equal the value of the higher end bass anyway and the upgraded parts won't increase the resale value. The prevailing wisdom is that a Squier with a Badass on it is still a Squier. Not picking on Squier on purpose - my Epi EB-3 is also a prime example - it may well have a Hipshot Supertone bridge on it and a DiMarzio Model One pup at the neck, but it's still an Epi EB-3 at the end of the day, if I sold it I'd only get market value for it stock and the purchase price of it plus mods would probably put you well on your way to a Gibson SG reissue probably anyway. Maybe stay out of the pub for a couple of weekends and you're there. In short - mod for fun and knowledge/experience, not to save money.

Welcome to the forum! Don't be ashamed - you should see my collection of cut-n-shut far Eastern junk

+1 for the individual phone calls. Agreed that email/text appears to be a cheap and impersonal "easy option". Start of a practice will just ruin it for everyone who has made the effort to get there - it'll be a flat, deflated, lethargic practice no matter how gently you break the news, if anyone can be arsed practising at all. You might chicken out of telling them after a practice. Phone them up and arrange to meet down the pub or something. They can come together for practice, so they can surely come together for a beer and a chat. Band meeting!

The seller does say it comes with a pickguard, and with that routing I would definitely be fitting it.

[quote name='Sibob' post='314036' date='Oct 24 2008, 05:52 PM']Lovely job Cheers mate! Si[/quote] Oh, forgot to mention - the spring (as supplied with the bridge) for the G saddle wasn't long enough to push against the saddle when the intonation was set correctly - had to replace it with a longer spring - I used a guitar humbucker spring which did the trick.

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Try entering the USPS tracking code into the Parcelforce tracker. If it's landed here then it should convert it into a UK tracking code and give you an idea of where it might be.

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How could you not notice/mention the neck dive? I have an Epi EB-3 (it was my first bass) and much as I love it, you'll have to put up with holding the neck up as you play - small body + ludicrously long neck = neck dive. A thick grippy strap helps. I guess an EB-0 wouldn't be so bad being short scale, but I can't comment having never held one. The trouble with Epi EB-0s is that the second hand prices seem to be a bit steep for what they are. Once again I shall harp on about how much I hate the 3 point bridge. I replaced mine with a Hipshot Supertone.

[quote name='Sibob' post='313641' date='Oct 24 2008, 10:58 AM']Mate that looks so cool! Could you tell me the various parts you used for this? is the scratchplate a custom? I've got a Bronco that is kinda sitting not doing much, I've got it strung Piccolo, but am definitly now thinking about pimping it and returning it to an octave lower! Mines Red though, not as cool as black, but might look nice with a red-tort scratchplate Cheers Si[/quote] The pickguard I got from eBay seller fxguitarman1. They've got BWB, black pearl and white pearl listed but will do others on request. It's made by Jeannie Pickguards. Try [url="http://shop.ebay.co.uk/?_from=R40&_trksid=m38&_nkw=bronco+bass+pickguard"]http://shop.ebay.co.uk/?_from=R40&_trk...+bass+pickguard[/url] It wasn't perfect - I found that the screw holes weren't countersunk enough for my liking so I sorted that out, and of course the holes didn't line up worth a damn (as is the case with any Squier body I've changed the pickguard on) so there will be some filling and redrilling in your future. The bridge was also an eBay US job, there are a few dotted about: 140275775969, 400003273589, 350114574112 (I got the last one mentioned there, but I'm sure they're identical) The pickup was also an eBay US job (there is a distinct lack of cool bass stuff here in the UK, no?) - a GFS Pro Tube lipstick pup. Decided to go with the 8k bridge pickup. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120322134772"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=120322134772[/url] They also do a 6k and a 4.9k depending on what you want to do. There's a lot of space in the pickup rout if you want to get creative and you don't mind modding your pickguard.

As some of you may know, I picked up a Squier Bronco for very little recently, and with some modifications it has turned out to be a most excellent purchase. Mod 1: get rid of the catastrophically bad 2 saddle bridge. Now you can set the intonation properly. The replacement bridge wasn't ideal - had to drill a couple of holes in the bass for mounting screws, and modify the bridge itself for top loading as it was designed for through body stringing (might see to that later, we'll see... Mod 2: change of pickguard to a rather fetching BWB job. There's only one choice with a maple fingerboard, and it isn't single ply white Mod 3: stick in a lipstick pickup, therefore using a blade instead of 6 individual pole pieces, and looking damn fine into the bargain. The lipstick pickup has a lovely mid range honk to it when the tone control is all the way up, and a quite meaty tone when it's wound all the way down. Very pleased with the sound. The only thing left to do is change the tuners. I think I'll bore the holes out to 17mm and put in full size tuners for that late 70s Musicmaster vibe. Eagle-eyed readers will note that one of the pickguard screws is missing, that's because someone in Indonesia can't drill straight and the original screw blew past the edge of the wood. I had to glue in a piece of dowel and was waiting for the glue to dry before attempting to redrill. And there you have it - another silk purse made out of a sow's ear

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='313417' date='Oct 23 2008, 11:03 PM']Neepheid emailed the guy and got him to make a [b]Fender Imprecision[/b] decal for his P project. [/quote] So I did Cool guy, turned it round real quick for a custom job, was very happy with the quality of the decal.

Not my cup of tea (probably because I wouldn't even know where to start!), but welcome aboard nonetheless

Always good to hear a person's backstory, no matter how late

Heh, I was in your fair city this week, really enjoyed it. I will be back. Welcome to the forum

I dunno about top three, but the two bass players who made me decide to pick up the instrument are: Jack Bruce Steve Harris There are many since who I have come to appreciate and rate highly, but they were the first two.

Dunno what to tell you. Obviously a faithful restoration is only as faithful as the information gleaned about the original. If it is a cut'n'shut anyway then I don't suppose there are any rules. Those tuners look mighty familiar For a basic stab at the type of body wood, I'd say mahogany. Pics are a little too small to be sure though. As for the neck pickup, I'd be tempted to rout it out and put a beefy humbucker a la Gibson EB-0/3 - depending on string spacing and all that of course.