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it was a perfect fit no new holes required ,i had a neck i bought from america which on arrival was warped and i cant beleive after all the grief i had with necks this thing slotted straight in and i love the feel of it quite chunky but i like that

this is my souped up encore,its been a long time in the building and the only original encore parts left are the neck and tuners which have been grafted onto a usa p bass body with a wizard thumper pickup cts pots and a us vintage bridge, the jazz pickup is a us jazz pickup but remains unwired i now have loads of parts as i bought a sunn mustang p bass i was gonna use at first but the truss rod doesnt work i think the sunn mustangs and the early encores where all made in india in the same factory as both the encore and sunn are pretty much identical bar the bridges and machineheads [attachment=61544:Picture_036.jpg]

i think the other post may be correct though i dont think they ever made a proper fender japan katana bass i know they made a guitar but im not sure there ever was a bass just the squier one heres some info here: [url="http://uniqueguitar.blogspot.com/2010/08/fender-katana.html"]http://uniqueguitar.blogspot.com/2010/08/fender-katana.html[/url]

i have a squier katana guitar i bought recently off the bay, i remember back in the 80s going to the soho soundhouse new years sale i went to buy a bass but the ones i wanted had gone so i came away with a fender katana guitar which i think cost about £150 sold it to a schoolmate shortly after

surely they would want a tried and tested sound ?i would never borrow someone elses rig unless i really had to i have a sound i like which is from using my own gear to obtain it ,i cant believe that many bands would just turn up on the off chance of borrowing some gear i would just tell them in advance no chance am im sure they would rustle up some gear and if they cant they shouldnt do the gig

i had the same pickup in my old jap precision and i was very happy with the sounds i had replaced my 70s usa p bass with the jap precision and used it live and for recording for a number of years

im a big fan of yamaha there basses are always well made but i never had one i have kept hold of i had a yamaha attitude plus, rbx200 fretless, attitude special and they were nice to play just wasnt overly impressed soundwise i own ibanez sr505 and an old roadster rs900 and i love the sound of these ,so for me its ibanez but to be honest i would say that both companies both have good quality contol

i was building a precision imported a neck from america only to find it was warped, i wanted body end truss rod adjustment so in the end i picked up an early encore indian made bass for £23 and the neck fitted perfectly in my usa body ive done a bit of research these are made in the same factory as the old sunn mustangs which were fender licensed i dont know if they made jazzes though but if i see anymore encore p basses i will be snapping them up

just picked the paisley up recently, ive always wanted 50s style p bass but i didnt want sting version so opted for the paisley

my latest collection of basses there not all in the picture but most of them are there:[center][attachment=59218:Picture_004.jpg][/center]