Jono Bolton

[quote name='4 Strings' timestamp='1365761216' post='2043982'] Seems like you're more influenced by the badge than most others! [/quote] I guess you're right! I guess this thread should be re-titled "Brand whore", or does that make me a thread title whore?

I sanded the Fender logo off the headstock of my Precision. I'd like to say it was done as an act of defience and 2 fingers up at the badge Nazis, but in reality I just really like the look of plain headstocks. I honestly couldn't give a toss what the name on it is, or where it was made for that matter, my P Bass is Mexican but there's nothing about it that would make it worse than the USA P I had. Also, is just me or are the Fender and Squier logos sh*t? That's what would put me off a Squier, not the name, but that awful, gaudy decal on the headstock.

In spite of the pickup choice, I reckon this: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/204708-for-trade-upgraded-mim-fender-precison-blue-agave/"]http://basschat.co.u...son-blue-agave/[/url] is a pretty good deal. Edit: Although I've noticed that it's just for trade, although I'd say the trade value is pretty good

Another thought: A lot of people selling Mex Fenders on here have changed various components (pickups, scratchplates, bridges etc) and then put them up for sale at round about the £300-plus mark, so I would expect a stock P Bass to have a slightly lower asking price. Maybe the number of modded MIM basses on here have skewed our view of the value of these basses? That said, I'd be put off paying a higher price for a bass with a bunch of mods. Often they're referred to as "upgrades", but surely that's relative to the owner and their needs compared to what they have? If I got a P Bass with a Gotoh 201 or a Seymour Duncan Quarter Pounder pickup, they'd be a the first things to go, but to someone else they might be the bees knees.

[quote name='dazza14' timestamp='1365667587' post='2042463'] When i said "cheap" i mean compared to a Squier. I always thought a second hand Fender would still be more expensive than it's more revered 'cousin', just shocked that you can pick up a MIM Fender for not too much money. I'm trying to get hold of a 2011 Fender P in good condition, my daughter is two years old and just loves making sounds on my bass so i thought it would be good to get her one that is her age, but i thought i'd be looking to spend much more than the £275-£300 region. [/quote] The new range of Squiers such as the VM and CV series seem to retain their value pretty well in comparison to the Fender Mexican Standards. Maybe because there was such a hullaballoo about how good the Squiers were when they first came out. "Knocks spots off my mate's Fender" and various other phrases were - and still are - thrown about, no doubt they're good instruments but I don't think that the decline in resale value of Mexican Fenders is unrelated to the popuarity of the Squiers. I traded a bitsa Jazz to get my P Bass back about 2 years ago, and the seller who had the P was advertising it on here at £350. If I were to put it up for sale now, in much better condition than when I got it (I've done a lot of work to it), I'd probably be looking at £100 less.

Is that not the sort of thing the Bass Doc does? Could give him a try?

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1365593496' post='2041446'] This is common. On a two pickup Jazz bass there's a sweet spot (although not everyone will agree it's sweet) with the neck pickup on 100% and the bridge pickup rolled off to about 75%. [/quote] This. With both pickups turned up on my Jazz there's a distinct drop in volume, and rolling back one of the pots brings it up again, although I prefer 100% bridge and 75% neck

As far as I can remember, I've never owned a bad bass. My first bass, a Peavey Foundation, was nice to begin with but being young and foolish as I was back then, it was a bit of a dog when I got rid of it (50 quid, to my brother's mate ) I had a Squier Duo Sonic guitar that was utterly terrible, badly made, cheap parts including a horrible 3-saddle bridge which I took to a "guitar tech" to have it filed at an angle to sort the intonation. I should have known that said "tech" wasn't that reputable when I was asked to meet him in a pub in Prestwick to drop off the guitar. After about 3 weeks I got the guitar back, only to discover he'd put the guitar behind his passenger seat when I'd dropped it off with him and he drove his mate home from the pub who got in the passenger seat and immediately moved the seat back as far as it would go, not knowing about the guitar in the back, resulting in a 3 inch gouge out of the front of the body.

I don't think so. I've been toying with the idea of selling both my basses to fund one new one, but having a look at the For Sale section on here, £250-£275 seems to be the going rate if you want to get rid relatively quickly, there are a few around £300 that have taken a while to shift. Unfortunately the second hand market seems to be quite slow at the minute, and because MIM Fenders are ten-a-penny only the verry keenly priced ones seem to sell.

Does it not depend on the type of Mexican Fender in question? A lot on here will back up that the Classic 50s Ps and 60s Js along with the Road Worn series are top notch, and that a lot of the issues that people have reported tend to be the Mexican Standard Series? Both made in Mexico, but completely different feedback from users. FWIW, both my basses are MIM Standards and both are absolutely fine. The neck pocket on the Jazz has a slight overhang but nothing I've ever been bothered about (it's approx. 1-2mm), and my Precision is an absolute beezer, but I've done a few mods along the way. The scratchplate, pickup, wiring and bridge have all been replaced, but structurally the bass is great, solid construction, nice neck too.

[quote name='dafonky' timestamp='1362403680' post='1999190'] no more pre CBS Fenders to show ? Come on ......[attachment=129052:P7304884.JPG] [/quote] Do you have any more pics of this one? Black/tort/rosewood is a favourite colour combo of mine, yours looks a beaut!

In order: 1. Peavey Foundation - red, with a maple neck. £50 off a guy a few years above me in school, it was a 14th birthday present from my parents. Not a bad bass as I remember, an identical one came up on ebay recently and sold for not too much, if I'd had the cash at the time I would've had a punt on it. 2. Washburn XB100 - my first new bass, it was metallic blue with a rosewood fingerboard. I recall it was pretty cheap, about £100 and not really an upgrade on the Peavey, but by the time I got the Washburn the Peavey had seen better days. 3. Fender Jazz, made in Mexico, 2003, Sage Metallic Green. I traded in the Washburn against the Jazz, which was bought for me by my parents for my 18th. I still have it, but never play it. I used it a lot through uni, but it doesn't suit my sound or style of play these days. I [i]hate[/i] the colour too, I bought it on my 18th birthday and it was the only one guitarguitar but I'd been out the night before, and because I'd made my way up to Glasgow in my pitiful state, I didn't want to leave empty handed. In hindsight I should've taken the staff up on their offer of ordering me in a black one and coming back a couple of days later. Frustratingly, I walked round from guitarguitar to the old Sound Control with my new purchase, and was presented with a wall of Mexican Fenders in every colour 4. Fender Precision Bass, made in Mexico, 2000, Black. This one was picked up on ebay for £200, with a flightcase in about 2007/8. It was in pretty good nick apart from being filthy, I gave it a clean up, new strings, a new black scratchplate, Badass bridge and Seymour Duncan Quarter Pounders. I didn't have it for long though, I ended up selling it a year after I finished uni to pay off a council tax bill. 5. Fender Precision Bass, made in USA, not sure of the year, maybe 2006? Sunburst/rosewood. This is the one I wish I still had, bought from Clarky on here, who bought it from Old Horse Murphy. The nicest bass I have ever owned, to the extent that I barely played it for fear of damaging it. I gigged it once and it sounded amazing, but once I left the band I felt guilty for having such a nice piece of kit going unused. I sold it back to Nick (OHM) after having it for about 6 months. 6. Parts Jazz. In selling the US P Bass, I planned to replace it with a Mexican 50s Classic Precision. I bought one online for a bargain price, about £400 I recall, and even though the website showed they had them in stock I received an email a few days later saying that it would actually 8 weeks until they had them again. They offered to hold one for me, but my impatience got the better of me and I cancelled the transaction and built my own bass. Once again, with the benefit of hindisght, the length of time it took to source all the parts was about 8 weeks, and cost a fair bit more than the 50s Classic The Jazz comprised of a natural Marcus Miller Jazz body bought on here from Mr Fudge, an Allparts neck and Hipshot reverse gear tuners. I hated the Allparts neck, and swiftly replaced it with a maple Might Mite neck that was much nicer to play. The reverse gear Hipshots were replaced as well with the 70s style equivalents. This remained my main bass for a couple of years, but I got the hankering for another P Bass. I put it up for sale on here with little interest, but eventually managed to trade it with another member for his Precision, which upon arrival, turned out to be my Precision (see number 4) It came back a little different to when it left me, the scratchplate and Gotoh 201 I sold it with were still there, but there were covers added, and a Wizard Thumper, a few more scratches and dings and cracked finish and holes in the headstock from a Hipshot 3 string retainer, and the flightcase was gone as well. I've spent a lot of time modding it, and it currently has a threaded saddle bridge, a 4-ply tort scratchplate (proper celluloid), a tug bar and a Ki0gon wiring harness. It plays nicely set up with 50-110 Rotosounds, it's definitely "road worn" but it's my go-to bass. I'm toying with the idea of selling both the Jazz and the Precision to fund either a 50s Classic or Road Worn Precision, but the market's pretty slow just now so I reckon I'll hold on to them for now

Cheers guys, I've got both of those kicking about in the cupboard somewhere so I'll give them a bash over the weekend.

Yep, you read that right, I've been given a Marlin Sidewinder (yep, a guitar!) to clean up by a mate, and someone's drawn on the fret board with a marker. I've had a go at it with lemon oil but that's not done much, I would normally go for nail polish remover for marker pen but I don't know how that would affect the rosewood as it's quite a porous wood. Any suggestions?

Some belated feedback for Jose, I bought a set of Gotoh Jazz Bass pickups back in September, but I've only just got my amp back, so I've not been able to test them out until now! The transaction was quick and pain-free, Jose's communication was spot on, the pickups arrived quickly and well packaged, and most importantly, they sound brilliant, lovely burpy Jazz tone! Excellent BC'er, transact with confidence!

Bought a set of Rotosound Strings from Lozz, he was selling 1 new and 3 used sets together but was happy to split and sell me just the new set, paid him Tuesday evening and they were in my hands this morning. Excellent fuss free transaction, quick and easy. Top bloke!

I don't know that they're not the same screws, whenever I've had covers on eith my P or J they've always appeared to be the same as the scratchplate screws. Screws are usually sold in packs of 20 in my experience so there should be a good few left over for the covers once the scratchplate's on.

Fantastic!

[quote name='S9_S12_Bass' timestamp='1345978927' post='1783685'] 2010 Highway One [IMG]http://i1172.photobucket.com/albums/r569/S9_S12_Bass/54A63497-0102-46E0-B434-14541B8EA32F-14038-00000B2268C122B2.jpg[/IMG] 2004 Mike Dirnt [IMG]http://i1172.photobucket.com/albums/r569/S9_S12_Bass/D58DF29A-361E-4A1F-8CD3-BC3761E3B6C6-14038-00000B2262EAEFBB.jpg[/IMG] 2007 USA Standard [IMG]http://i1172.photobucket.com/albums/r569/S9_S12_Bass/FB44D246-430B-4919-877C-9FE7AF60DAC1-14038-00000B225CC9CF98.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i1172.photobucket.com/albums/r569/S9_S12_Bass/3AE89B99-7885-4441-B4DB-BC0CF9642DFB-14038-00000B224884569B.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i1172.photobucket.com/albums/r569/S9_S12_Bass/AFC4927A-0428-4AF1-BBA9-5611A81005B6-14038-00000B22561A4DAA.jpg[/IMG] [/quote] I love that US Standard, I didn't know they did it in natural