gary mac

[quote name='Basszilla' timestamp='1458071826' post='3004465'] Can I ask what difference the wiring loom has made to the sound? I've got a pbass and was wondering what the upgrade actually does so that I can have a go as well. Do you replace the pots as well as part of the upgrade? Gorgeous bass btw [/quote] The wiring looms from Bass Chatter, Kiogon, come complete with pots, input socket and the cabling. The whole thing drops in, with no soldering required. Opinions vary as to whether the sound is improved, I think it does make a difference, particularly when replacing really cheap components. That aside though, to me it just makes sense to use quality components, that will be reliable over a long period of time.

[quote name='miles'tone' timestamp='1458072460' post='3004476'] I love it, but I think the neck needs loosening a tad and the headstock moved down in the G string direction. You seem to have alot of fingerboard showing under the G and not much at all on the E string side. It should bring the strings over the pole pieces into alignment too. I say this as I'm not only a geek with OCD leanings, but a serial bitsa builder who has learnt that little tweaks like that can bring it all together. No pi$$ing on chips intended! Your bass looks killer and I'm sure it sounds it too! [/quote] The neck has been adjusted since taking those pics but actually the bridge needs to be moved slightly.

Put this together last week, final tweaks, shielding and set up finished yesterday. Fender P, with G&L SB1 pick up. Babicz full contact bridge from Discreet. One of Kiogon's marvelous wiring looms. Fender Japanese neck. Turned out exactly how I wanted, nice and light at just over 8lb and very loud and punchy thanks to the G&L MFD pup. [url="https://flic.kr/p/F5i1yF"][/url] [url="https://flic.kr/p/E7UJTV"][/url] [url="https://flic.kr/p/EvNXd4"][/url]

It's gone already.

That's quite a pleasing looking Guitar Rich, good work.

[quote name='lou24d53' timestamp='1457732272' post='3001508'] Nice, I absolutely love the black, black, maple look...I'm after a Lakland Bob Glaub in that look, but I'd need to offload first. [/quote] Cheers, it is a pleasing look. Just a bit of shielding to be done and then I will be trying it out with the band. Hope you find the Lakland that you fancy.

I would avoid sand paper and treat yourself to a pack of Micromesh. It is brilliant for fret polishing and a multitude of other polishing/buffing tasks. About a tenner on Ebay will get you good variety, from coarseish to super fine. It really is far superior to sand paper for this sort of work. It also smells lovely

My latest P bass, looking forward to gigging it [url="https://flic.kr/p/E7UJTV"][/url]

Always a pleasure to deal with Nick and I'm happy to recommend him as one of Bass Chat's best

If you've got the readies, I would recommend searching out a 60's or early 70's Fender. If you get a good one, I'm sure you will get on with it. It's what I had to do, to actually enjoy a J bass.

I reckon you will love it, I recently treated myself to a 63 and it's a mighty fine instrument. That was definitely an era of awesomeness from Mr Fender

Nice one Marvin. Happy to hear that you're enjoying your purchase. I had one of these for a while and thought it was a very decent P. Although the pups were good enough, I was going to install a Wizard set but in the end, I didn't.

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1457350946' post='2997543'] Seven posts and nobody has yet referred to it as a Dingray, so allow me. [/quote] Good man

[quote name='BobVbass' timestamp='1457343640' post='2997446'] Something that's been depressing me lately. It seems everyone I speak to (whether they still play or not) regales me of stories of playing huge gigs, playing on telly, being a member of some band that supported the Beatles or the Who or something, having albums out - everthing like that Me, I've been playing for 30 years this year and I have exactly zero claims to fame, no success, no albums, no support slots - 30 years of gigs to a few people, sometimes a few hundred, but that's it. Maybe I should take the hint :| [/quote] Also keep in mind that there are huge numbers of so called musicians who are somewhat delusional. If they are talking to you at a gig, during your break or at the end, it's you that's doing the playing/entertaining now.

In the first instance, I would be inclined to take the saddle up slightly.