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[quote name='Lfalex v1.1' post='160728' date='Mar 20 2008, 11:42 AM']Ummm. That body looks like a Warwick Thumb. Sort of. Not aware of them existing in Zebrano, save in Custom Shoppe guise. Nonetheless, nice body. Beware, that if the body IS modelled on a Thumb BO, they have 26 Frets... And the pick-ups DO need to have blades for pole-pieces in this instance. Sounds like that's covered, though....[/quote] Where I've had to put the Badass to cover up the preexisting bridge holes, with the saddles fully out the 24th fret (at 34" scale) is approximately here: There's a lot of scope for intonation adjustment in a Badass bridge, so I could move closer to the bridge a few mms for the right neck. I'm ideally looking for a 24 fret neck with some material beyond the end of the fingerboard. Or as you point out, a 26 fret neck. Not something you see on eBay every day

The scammer's left -ve feedback for the "buyer" - cheeky!

I hate higglty-pigglty string through holes.

Welcome to the forum

Only ever sold one bass, a Squier Jazz. Not bothered really, nice looker, Barts and preamp, but I didn't engage with it. Bought it on eBay with the intention of butchering it for parts, had an attack of soft and couldn't go through with it. Didn't lose any money when I sold it on, so no harm done.

To quote the eBay description: ARE YOU READY TO BE A LEGEND

Someone's looking for an EB-3 here: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=15391"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=15391[/url]

[quote name='jono b' post='157622' date='Mar 14 2008, 06:01 PM']Cheers for that! £50 though? Might have to wait a while til I can scrape together the necessary funds. How difficult would you say it was to refinish a guitar? Is there a certain process you go through? Sorry for the thread hijack![/quote] I haven't embarked upon a body refinish yet. However, the general theory is - sand it smooth - I've been going to 600 grit before painting which based upon things I've heard may be a little excessive - then depending upon the wood grain filler, then primer, colour coat, clear top coat. MGT has a good pictorial about putting together a kit guitar which goes into some nice detail about the finishing: [url="http://www.manchesterguitartech.co.uk/kitheadstock.html"]http://www.manchesterguitartech.co.uk/kitheadstock.html[/url] [url="http://www.manchesterguitartech.co.uk/kitpaint.html"]http://www.manchesterguitartech.co.uk/kitpaint.html[/url] [url="http://www.manchesterguitartech.co.uk/kitclear.html"]http://www.manchesterguitartech.co.uk/kitclear.html[/url] Also check out [url="http://www.projectguitar.com/"]http://www.projectguitar.com/[/url] and [url="http://reranch.com/basics.htm"]http://reranch.com/basics.htm[/url]

[quote name='allighatt0r' post='157599' date='Mar 14 2008, 05:20 PM'][url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110222463010"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=110222463010[/url] I like the look of the Blue sunburst especially, and the maple, i'm just weary, as this is cheap enough to be worried about it, where as an SX is cheap enough to go "crikey!" and yet you can still trust them, if that makes sense... Looking at the full size picture, the wood of the contour for your right forearm looks a bit odd, but that may just be me. What do you guys think? [/quote] I can't see how the quality can be anything but poor at this price point. Also I'd steer clear of anyone who can't even read - in the questions someone explains what scale length means, but the seller has once again quoted the entire length of the bass, which is no help at all.

[quote name='jono b' post='157511' date='Mar 14 2008, 03:48 PM']Quite alright, I haven't actually looked at this recently, just a coincidence that you replied yesterday and I wanted to check the progress of this build today! Are the Steve Robinson lacquers expensive? And how hard are they to get hold of? My flatmate announced the other day he's moving out in the next month so he's kinda leaving us in the sh*t rent-wise so money may be a bit tight for a while.[/quote] Get all the info here: [url="http://www.manchesterguitartech.co.uk/lacquer.html"]http://www.manchesterguitartech.co.uk/lacquer.html[/url] £15 a can + £5 flat postage. For a body you'll need 3 cans - primer, colour, clear top coat. Site has all the colour swatches and some examples of his and customer's work.

[quote name='subaudio' post='157401' date='Mar 14 2008, 01:50 PM']Hi all, long time no see. I have a problem with my amp, I have a GK MB150s combo and two gigs over the weekend, problem is the input jack is broken to the amp so I cant plug into it. The amp has an fx loop with an in and an out, I need to pick something up tomorrow cheap, (under £50) to allow me to plug in via the fx return, to act as a pre amp/eq and to boost the signal enough to use the amp at a gig, I have tried my korg pandora but it's output isnt quite hot enough, any advice would be a life saver , I am starting to panick a bit :s[/quote] Broken how? Physically (it's physically impossible to insert a jack plug) or internally somewhere (no input at all or intermittent)?

[quote name='Magnolia' post='157389' date='Mar 14 2008, 01:29 PM']Im looking at trying out different pickups. I recently got some Wizard pickups, i want a custom set as i have a specific sound but Andy suggested i try the 84s and if they arnt what im after i can send them back to be re-wound. So I may be chopping and changing pickups. I was thinking about just snipping the wire about an 2 inches from the pots so i have enough that side.[/quote] To be honest, it'd be as easy to use one of these:

[quote name='Magnolia' post='157377' date='Mar 14 2008, 01:15 PM']I was just thinking as an alternative to soldering could i use [url="http://www.maplin.co.uk/Search.aspx?criteria=L96AR&source=15&SD=Y"]these[/url] terminal blocks to wire in pickups? Nick[/quote] Probably handy if you're in the habit of regularly changing in and out different pickups, but if not I'd rather have the security of a solidly soldered joint. You'd still need to solder anyway, I doubt you can connect these direct to pot lugs etc. because they're not long enough to get in the hole sufficiently for the screw to catch them. It's just another thing to potentially go wrong - there's more chance of one of these going wrong than a competently made solder joint.

[quote name='bremen' post='157372' date='Mar 14 2008, 01:08 PM']yeah, but what can we do? We can't even warn the 'winner' as it's a private auction. What's the justification for a private auction anyway?[/quote] Ultimately, eBay probably won't do anything without some positive proof of foul play (like the source of the copied pictures/blurb). I don't know about private auctions, seems like a licence to scam to be honest.

[quote name='TimmyC' post='157351' date='Mar 14 2008, 12:44 PM']If you were going to buy a vintage bass without looking at it first you need your head seen to. If you were going to do it on ebay with 0 a feedback seller and poor quality pics then I have no sympathy.[/quote] Well, lucky for you you're so streetwise. If we can do something positive with our collective knowledge, then we should at least try.

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='157293' date='Mar 14 2008, 11:24 AM']Is it in a hard case? If not, most Hags had a bolt-on neck - ask him to unbolt it and he should save a packet (sorry) on the postage.[/quote] Good point, I'll mention it to the seller.

[quote name='markbass555' post='157265' date='Mar 14 2008, 10:28 AM'][url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150225089130&fromMakeTrack=true&ssPageName=VIP:Watchlink:middle:uk"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...hlink:middle:uk[/url] Well what do you think is this genuine or not?[/quote] I say scam because of these red flags: Horrible resized pictures Zero feedback seller, registered on eBay almost as soon as the auction starts Unrealistic start price No reserve Bog all info in the description If someone could track down the eBay/gumtree/whatever listing this was nicked from then we could get it shut down.

Going to check it out tomorrow afternoon, thanks for all the help everyone. Yum yum, beans.

Just won a beat up old Hagstrom on eBay in USA. Guy got back to me today saying that he didn't mean to have it set to international post (yet saw fit to quote $100 for postage) and warning me that it might cost more than $100 to ship. I hope he's not trying to screw extra money out of me just because I got the bass for a song. What's the going rate for sending a (svelte, shortscale) bass from USA to UK? Who are the best couriers to use to achieve this? Thanks for any help given.

Well done. Inspiring stuff.

Indirect progress: I've been practicing my spraying and I will be ready to start on the neck soon. I feel quite confident now because I've done this for my Franken.P.Bass: Also I've just scored a wreck of an old Hagstrom on eBay, which should yield the parts I'm most desperately needing (like that dastardly jackplate). So, things are slowly moving on

Well, I've had this hunk of wood for quite a few months now, so I've gathered some hardware and will try to make something of it. It's a nice bit of wood but it's a bit of a mess - pickup holes in particular and holes drilled for a bridge/tailpiece on stilts. Control cavity is too large. The intention is to take a 6 string neck and modify it into a wide 5. Something approaching 20mm string spacing at the bridge and approximately 55mm nut ought to give me room. The intention is to get as close to the Warmoth Gecko Wide 5 neck as possible, but 34" scale - I don't want to stretch to 35" yet. It's going to have a Badass V bridge with choice of top load or through body stringing, EMG 40P5/40J pickups, Gotoh GB7 machine heads and nice simple controls - 3 way switch, volume, tone. Well, I've kinda made a start (apologies to all the people who have been expecting progress on other projects, but I was getting bored of painting) so this is what I've done: I filled the holes with dowels and sanded them flush, the Badass covers the area anyway as you can see so I'm not too bothered about the fact that they never had a hope in hell of matching the zebrano. Also bored holes for the neck screw bushings and strap buttons. I have a piece of zebrano ordered which will help fill in the cavernous control cavity at the back (it's so big that one of the bridge screws pokes through into it!). I'll also use the zebrano block to make a ramp between the two pickups, as I'm basically going to have to rout out a whole area to eradicate those ill-advised existing routs. Because it's a ramp, it won't look daft if the grain doesn't match. Yes, I'm bad for starting something new when I should be finishing existing projects

It does seem a little close to the edge...

Welcome aboard. Do you really have large hands?