mckendrick

[quote name='Evil Undead' timestamp='1352137061' post='1859221'] I have little opinion on the aesthetics of the bass but check out that action! I wouldn't wanna play that bass without lowering the action by at least a foot! [/quote] Slide bass. I'll get me coat.

[quote name='Big_Stu' timestamp='1352069455' post='1858480'] Before I parted with that kind of money for it though the least they could do is get an official verification from Fender for it? [/quote] This. I'm not saying it isn't real, but yes, I'd want real proof and not just a smiling dealers "[i]yeah man, you can tell if you look in the neck pocket[/i]". Yawn.

[quote name='pietruszka' timestamp='1351957421' post='1857296'] ....not in that colour. [/quote] Oh... I don't know, it's presentable.

[quote name='Blackbird88' timestamp='1350611230' post='1841296'] ....I strangely find myself wanting a Jazz bass at the moment though. [/quote] Nothing at all strange about that, Blackbird. Nothing at all. Huge welcome to the boards, you've come to right place.

[quote name='TRBboy' timestamp='1350926032' post='1845151'] Have you considered just a change of capacitor...? So often I've found people praising this little mod. Much easier to test drive on your own instrument than change the pickups only to find they don't sound as good in your own bass as you thought they sounded in someone elses. Try a paper-in-oil .047uf. You'll be amazed at the difference such a simple mod can make. If you want to go down the pick-up route maybe consider a not-oft-considered winder like Jason Loller or Curtis Novak - both easily googled. Both do some gorgeous ultra vintage sounding types. Hope this helps. Good luck. [/quote] [quote name='mckendrick' timestamp='1350916729' post='1845015'] +1 for the cap. In fact for the sake of £20 or whatever you may as well get a wiring kit with CTS pots and an Orange Drop cap (or similar), whether you change the pickups or not. Can make a noticeable difference for not much money! [/quote] I don't mean to be pedantic, but methinks the subject of the OP already has CTS and Orange Drop fitted OEM.... hence my suggestion of a paper-in-oil type - Orange Drops being a polypropylene/film type. Cheers.

[quote name='risingson' timestamp='1350413210' post='1838542'] The guy who sold you this is either one of two things: a complete moron or a total twat. [/quote] 'Either' and 'or' don't come into it, boss. The vendor's both a complete moron AND a total twat.

[quote name='Captain Rumble' timestamp='1350836759' post='1844043'] ....assume that I know nothing and you wont be far out.... [/quote] Have you considered just a change of capacitor...? So often I've found people praising this little mod. Much easier to test drive on your own instrument than change the pickups only to find they don't sound as good in your own bass as you thought they sounded in someone elses. Try a paper-in-oil .047uf. You'll be amazed at the difference such a simple mod can make. If you want to go down the pick-up route maybe consider a not-oft-considered winder like Jason Loller or Curtis Novak - both easily googled. Both do some gorgeous ultra vintage sounding types. Hope this helps. Good luck. .

Curtis Novak scatterwound.... [url="http://www.curtisnovak.com/pickups/jb-v.shtml"]http://www.curtisnovak.com/pickups/jb-v.shtml[/url] I can't recommend 'em highly enough as a drop-in replacement.

[quote name='neepheid' timestamp='1349256465' post='1823810'] In all honesty the date (and location) of manufacture of a particular bass is neither here nor there. If it feels and sounds good to you, then it IS good and if you like it enough then you should buy it. It doesn't matter one jot what "round the campfire" talk exists about certain periods of production. I highly doubt that anyone here has sufficient overview of the entire output of Fender from a certain era and location in order to make overall judgements applicable to the entirety of it. [/quote] [quote name='Hutton' timestamp='1349263854' post='1823914'] This is one of the best things I've read in a long time. This just doesn't apply to fender basses but to the whole lot of them! [/quote] I entirely agree with the first part of that, although I feel the last sentence reflects a certain naïveté on the part of the author, if not least an assumption. With all due respect.

[quote name='Billy Apple' timestamp='1350756946' post='1843223'] One thread running, take a peek.. [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/184386-gibson-thunderbird-non-reverse-reissue-september/page__hl__non%20reverse%20thunderbird"]http://basschat.co.u...e%20thunderbird[/url] [/quote] Ah.... oops!

[quote name='thodrik' timestamp='1350589075' post='1841038'] ......take care of your gear and have it insured. [/quote] This.

Fender CS did do a limited slab bodied P. Have you got a link fot the ebay Rick? Cheers.

Please remove. Duplicate topic. .

As above.... but if you DO need to increase the size of the hole DON'T drill it, get it REAMED properly by a skilled bod.

[quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1349373261' post='1825481'] Definitely worth trying a CIJ (crafted in Japan) model... [/quote] +1