Jono Bolton

[quote name='bigsmokebass' timestamp='1341159325' post='1714484'] [IMG]http://i989.photobucket.com/albums/af20/graeskyenathoof/My%20Basses/Fender51.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i989.photobucket.com/albums/af20/graeskyenathoof/My%20Basses/IMG_0208.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i989.photobucket.com/albums/af20/graeskyenathoof/My%20Basses/IMG_0209.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i989.photobucket.com/albums/af20/graeskyenathoof/My%20Basses/IMG_0210.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i989.photobucket.com/albums/af20/graeskyenathoof/My%20Basses/IMG_0211.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i989.photobucket.com/albums/af20/graeskyenathoof/My%20Basses/IMG_0212.jpg[/IMG] [/quote] Gorgeous bass!

Some belated feedback, bought a P Bass wiring harness, well packed and quickly delivered. Piece of piss to install, but still gave me a great wiring diagram. My girlfriend was most impressed with his creative use of an empty tissue box for posting the kit!

So with these earlier J Basses is the only way to swap out the pickups to have the body routed to accomodate the larger bridge pickup? Mine's an '03 which would explain the two different sized pickups.

I've bought replacement sets of Jazz pickups before, Seymour Duncans and Wizards, and they just dropped straight in to my MIM Jazz. The bridge pickup from the Wizards needed a bit of cajoling to fit the rout, but nothing major, I don't see any need why you would need 2 neck pickups or anything specialist.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1340791754' post='1709560'] Catheter hygiene is important. Didn't think I'd be typing [i]that [/i]sentence today. [/quote] I've tried boiling strings before and didn't notice a great deal of difference, I preferred wiping them down with meths instead. That said, that was back in the days when I cared enough to do it, the strings on my Jazz have been there for about 18 months or more, and my Precision only had new strings put on because I was refurbing it and thought 'Why the hell not?', they were only a tenner off the Marketplace here. Otherwise, I tend not to bother with new strings unless they break.

Cheers for the advice 3below, I looked into it and they were in fact the cheaper one's I was looking at. Axesrus had the alnico set at £36, but they're out of stock, so I may have to drop them an email. Did you ever end up getting the alnico pickups, and if you did, what are they like?

Thanks for all the suggestions so far guys. Has anyone tried the Wilkinson vintage pickups? They seem to be about £40 a set but I think I've found them on eBay for less than £20 new

That looks excellent Twigman! I didn't think the tort would work against the yellow but it really does! Where did you find the Gotohs by the way? I've been looking at trying to find some reverse-gear tuners for my Jazz.

Approx. £40, which is what I paid for the 84s I had previously. That said, I'd listen to all recommendations, so £40 isn't an absolute limit. If someone could point me in the direction of a decent pickup set for £50 for example, I'd certainly have a look at it. I'd rather not go as high as that though but if I felt it was worth it I'd see if I could make the cash available.

Hi all, I've got a Fender MIM Jazz Bass that's currently sitting with no pickups in. I used to have Wizard 84s in there but sold them a few months back as I was a bit strapped for cash and the bass wasn't getting used much. I'd toyed with the idea of just selling the bass sans pickups but it was a birthday gift from my folks when I was still in uni way back when, so I think it'd be disrepectful to punt it. But I digress. Funds still aren't great, but after refurbing my P Bass I'd really like to do the same with the Jazz. I was narrowly beaten in an ebay auction for another set of 84s last month and they don't come up on there too often, so can anyone recommend a set of new Jazz pickups with a similar sound that I could get on the cheap? I've kept an eye on the 'For Sale' section but nothing's come up, has anyone tried some of the no-namers that you can find on ebay and the like? All suggestions welcome!

[quote name='pst62' timestamp='1338476197' post='1675162'] Got this 2007 Squier VM Precision for £50 on Monday, It's immaculate, there's not a mark on it. The neck had been given that much relief you coulda got a double decker under the action at the 12th fret After a few adjustments with the truss rod and a few days to let it settle, it's now looking and feeling great. The only downside is the Rosewood fingerboard, it woulda been better Maple, but for £50 I'll cope with that http:// [/quote] £50! I've fancied one of these for ages, that's a bargain! I agree with Uncle Psychosis tho, I'd put a tort scratchplate on there. If you want a maple neck, Gary Mac has one on here for a very reasonable £80, I think it'd look cracking.

[quote name='stelios82k' timestamp='1337360385' post='1658874'] [attachment=108215:P5121901.JPG]Home made Precision Bass! [/quote] I don't like red finishes, I don't like gold hardware, and I don't like white pearl scratchplates, but somehow when the three of them come together it works! It reminds me of an old Squier Protone I saw, except that was a 5er and had a rosewood neck. Great work!

[quote name='KiOgon' timestamp='1336744912' post='1650359'] Hey Jono, As said above ^^ If you're not confident in doing the job, feel free in sending it down to me & I'll do my very best to repair it for you, it'll only cost the postage. [u][b]OR have a word with Andy at Wizard [/b][/u][b] [/b] Cheerz, John [/quote] Hi John, Cheers for the kind offer, but I've only just seen your post now, and I've already had a handful of brave pills and done it myself The connection seems solid enough, and was fairly straight forward, once I've got my new scratchplate I can hook it up to your wiring harness, if there's any problems I'll be in touch

Could you get one of those spacers for putting between the body and the neck plate so the screws don't go in so far? That said, I don't know if that'll work, I'm not actually sure what those wee cushions are for! Without wishing to hijack the thread, can anyone enlighten me?

I've got a Wizard Thumper in my P Bass and whilst I was changing the pickup covers on it the wee wire that connects the two parts of the pickup together became disconnected from the treble side. It's always looked a wee bit flimsy, to be honest I don't think the person that did a lot of the "upgrades" to the bass before I got it really knew what they were doing. Anyway, should it be straight forward enough to just re-solder the wire back to its original place? I was ready to just grab my soldering iron and put it back but after reading something in another thread I thought I'd better check first! The other thread is here: http://basschat.co.uk/topic/175687-selling-fender-american-passive-jazz-bass-pickups-2-volume-controls-1-master-tone-control-and-accessories-price-drop-l40/

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1336689063' post='1649701'] They were wooden. [/quote] How early did they change to plastic?