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Hmm, I guess I am looking for something that will sound great with muted fingerstyle funk. For want of a better word, low end burp? Any ideas? I usually stick with Seymour Duncans as I can get them really easily. But if none of them will get what I want, I may consider others.

Hmm I may be having second thoughts on selling. Figured I am not a huge fan of SPB3's anymore. I tend to play with a gritty tone, but with higher powered pickups it tends to turn into overdrive mush, which is what I don't want. Maybe I should swap this out for an SPB1 or equivalent Dimarzio. What do you guys reckon? R

So it's been a few days with it. The bass was supposed to be second hand, but its completely immaculate. Not a mark on her, smells like it is right out of the factory. I checked the neck pocket and it states a build date of March 2014. Nut is well cut and quite low, action is low and plenty of travel left in the truss rod. It's medium weight, not too heavy or too light. The neck is fairly solid. Not the most massive neck I have played, but still pretty substantial. Sounds like a turbocharged P bass with the SPB3 pickups. Honestly I am not sure whether I will keep it to be honest, as my Modern Player Jazz does cover the P bass tone quite well along with a range of others. Although this bass does the P tone all that much better. You may see a for sale thread up soon or I may start gigging it next week. We shall see!

Hey guys. I played one a while back at Wunjos, didn't have the money for it and spent on a Fender Modern Player Jazz, which I really enjoy playing. The Roger Waters was quite light and with a great tone, love the standard brass nut. Didn't like the half black/chrome looks or the Floyd association. In my constant struggle to increase my credit rating I have been taking out things on layaway with high deposit/short term/no interest deals that I can easily afford, for the past few years. Saw a Roger Waters bass second hand on GuitarGuitar for £500 and lept on it. Just wondering how consistently good or bad these basses are? What was the weight of the ones you tried or owned? Basically, I really want a 50's precision classic but didn't want to play the new price. So buying this one to change into a 50's P with Anodised Gold Scratchplate, Chrome bridge, Chrome knobs and screws to save a bit of cash. Cheers.

I tried a Fender Dimension at andertons. Jack socket was falling out but it was a very light bass! Tones were interesting as well.

I have a Modern Player Jazz. Love the tone, the Finish on the neck and body is beautiful. Electronics and shielding are great. It's fairly heavy though! I am also getting the nut replaced on mine. Careful on ordering the sunburst model, they look horrible as many are made out of 3 pieces of wood or more. I had to look through about 5/6 in real life before I found one that looked good enough. (Two piece). The tuners on mine are absolutely fine.

Cheers. I have emailed Noden.

Unfortunately Wunjos Workshop is only for stuff purchased at Wunjos and need repairing under warranty. Not for modification.

Any other names folks? Need someone open tomorrow if possible. Charlie seems a bit expensive and Reading is a bit far from me sorry.

[quote name='Number6' timestamp='1419454912' post='2640222'] I've seen lots of good reports about Graham Parker luthier in Lewisham. I've never used his services only going on what i have read. [/quote] [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1419454988' post='2640224'] Give Greg a call at Guitar Aid. Recommended. [url="http://www.guitaraid.co.uk/"]http://www.guitaraid.co.uk/[/url] He's done a few jobs for me and for Billy Apple of this parish too, I believe. He's good and doesn't charge the Earth. [/quote] Cheers folks, I have emailed both of them. Hopefully they can put up with my fussiness! The one in Putney seems ideal.

Hello guys. I have some things I need looking at with some of my basses, I used to go to a certain bass shop in Camden for my needs, but they screwed me over a few months ago when they didn't pay attention to what I wanted, so looking for someone else. Basically I need some remedial work done on some wiring where a pickup/pre-amp is intermittently dropping out at random times. So need a decent electronics expert who will track down the issue and solve it. I am also looking for someone to do some routing for a battery box, cut a new brass nut and perform a little bit of weight relief. Can anyone recommend someone? Preferably need it done fairly quickly. Wont pay the ends of the earth, but I don't want a cheap job either. Quality at a decent price. Cheers!

CHINSPINNER, welcomes you to a night of heavy groovy rock, My first bass and vocal performance. ENTRY IS FREE, BUY SOME DRINKS The bass is grindy as heck, don't quite know all the lyrics which is really bad considering we have been together for over 2 years... But there is a bass solo! Sorta. I'll be playing a cheap and cheerful Fender Modern Player Jazz bass through a VT Deluxe into the house rig. Anyway, if you are interested it is in Luton and the George II pub, supporting a couple of other bands. We're on at 8:45. Sounds like: https://soundcloud.com/chinspinner Event poster: https://www.facebook.com/events/305282206348589/ We are: http://www.facebook.com/chinspinner Hope to see you there!

[quote name='72deluxe' timestamp='1418303256' post='2628945'] With the wrong string spacing, wrong preamp and wrong pickups, what a disappointment that you're having to resort to selling it instead of just getting your money back! What a pity! [/quote] To be fair, the pre-amp is better then the one offered initially.

Hello all. I just received this bass and thought I would give a quick review. THIS BASS IS ALSO FOR SALE FOR THE REASONS DETAILED BELOW, Sale thread is: http://basschat.co.uk/topic/251183-fsft-brand-new-lettsbass-6-string-bass-34-scale-175mm-string-spacing-walnut/ Specs: Handmade 6 String custom bass 34" Scale, Maple neck and Maccassar Ebony Fingerboard, 26 frets. 17.5mm String spacing at the bridge. 2 Handmade Lettsbass P style Alnico pickups with Ebony wood facia Hipshot B Bridge Hipshot USA Ultralite tuners Ebony Nut Ash, Maple and Walnut neck thru construction. John East 3 band 5 knob premium preamp with handcarved knobs. Volute on the headstock Brand new Hiscox case. I would guess the weight at between 9/10 lbs. The action is LOW and can go LOWER. Neck is straight as an arrow. The sound is balanced. The pickups both soloed and together sound excellent. Construction: Very good construction, it's very solid and everything is sanded and given a satiny finish. The bass looks amazing. The body is quite wide and the choice of woods are very good. I may not have picked using wood for a nut, but seems very solid and does not take away any tone. The neck thru join looks fantastic and the heel is very discreet when playing. I love the Volute near the headstock which is done very well, whilst shallow it does give more strength to the headstock then no volute at all. I cannot feel any seams in wood. There is a couple of very slight imperfections in the wood, this is naturally occurring rather then due to a construction fault. One of these is a slight mark in the neck portion of the body, but you cannot see it. The other is on the back of the neck and you cannot feel it. Playability: I noticed a low action right out of the box with scope for setting it lower, The neck angle is correct to allow this. The neck is a mixture between a P and a J in terms of taper, It's about on par with some of the Yamaha 6 Strings. The string spacing is 17.5MM at the bridge, I had asked for 19MM, so this is not what I wanted and one of the reasons why I am getting rid of it. However it is very comfortable for fingerstyle and slap styles, it's just a personal preference. The bass balances well, the Hipshot ultralite tuners really help in this regard. The neck feels very smooth. Sound: It's burpy and a mixture of hi-fi and lo-fi. It can get quite deep using just the middle pickup, but really I wanted a Gospelly growly tone and this definitely has it! The sound just feels very powerful. The preamp is very versatile. There is not much separation between the pickups, but this was my spec and I feel it works very well. The bridge pickup can definitely be used on it own. Anyway, I am selling it due to the amount of time I waited and a couple of things were not to my spec, namely I wanted 19mm String spacing, I raised my concerns during the build after seeing the first photos about this, yet it still is not correct after being reassured, the pre-amp was changed from an Aguilar, the headstock was refinished with a new logo, whereas I preferred the old one. I also asked the pickups to be full humbucking where in fact they are P style. So really it's not so much anything wrong with the bass, but just not quite what I asked for.