geoffbyrne

Last time I gigged I was 73, a year ago. I'll keep going as long as I can. G.

Looks great - thinking of this myself. G.

I spent a week with Jon Shuker and built one fro scratch. The cost of staying in a hotel/inn/pub made it quite expensive, but I ended up with a lovely instrument.

Yup. G.

I have a Mk1, and as far as I can figure, the tones are pretty much identical - same pickups/preamp. Since unexpectedly getting an Overwater, it's not getting played very much though. G.

G&L? G.

Is it roundwound or flatwound, Jezza? G.

^ This. G.

Whilst respecting his writing, I lost all other respect for him when I discovered he was on stage with PF holding a bass while Guy Pratt stood in the wings and actually played the music...... G.

I have a couple of reverb coils (2 coil and 3 coil) whaich may be had for postage. If you need more info PM me. G.

Yes, but currently no pics - a 5 string Overwater & a 5 string custom build - Gibson RD body, Fender-style neck, MM pickup in the sweet spot and SD 2 band pre. G.

This ^ G.

How about "rail"-type pickups? G.

When I was getting my fretless tended at Overwater, Chris got a standard allen key and ground about half of the short end off as it would have been too long to fit into the slot. You might try that. G.

I did exactly that and came home with a unique instrument - Gibson RD-style body, 5 string fretless fender-style neck, and an alnico 5 pole pup in exactly the Stingray position. I'm not living at home (where the bass is) so I currently can't put up pics. G.

Nip over to Jon Shuker's for a week & build a 5!!!!!! 😁 G.

For me, it's my technique. Although I had a couple of 4s when I started, I've almost always played a 5. Now, when I play a 4, I find I'm zooming up & down the neck like I was pumping up bicycle tyres. I play across 5 strings and am most comfy doing that. G.

I have a complete set of those - invaluable. G.

Another neck on a neck through might prove difficult...... G.

Nickel strings turn my fingers black, fake or not. G.

I'd phone Overwater & talk to Chris. You'll need a new nut too. That could change the whole feel. G.

^^^^^This. G.

Well, a few years agi I had a good copy Jazz bass (bass type not actually important here) that had the passive EMG Hz pickups. I spent A LOT of money and bought a set of Joe Barden pups. These promised me to reproduce the "authentic, original sound of the early Jazz pickups". So I put them on and played. Nobody noticed. Nobody said "Gee, how wonderful your bass sounds now that you have spent large amounts of cash on your pickups!" I kidded myself for a while, imagining I could hear more top, deeper bass, more complex mids, but sooner or later I realised I was probably kidding myself. I went back to looking at the EMG Hz pups and discovered the blurb which said the would give the "authentic, original sound of the early Jazz pickups". Yeah. I re-installed the EMGs and - guess what - nobody noticed. Draw your own conclusions. G.

I'm still using a curly lead (for practice) I bought in the '70's, although it has had new jacks on more than one occasion. G.

OK this is what I was told many, many moons ago. If you stop down any of the strings between the 1st and 2nd frets you should only just be able to slide a cigarette paper between the string and the 1st fret. Alternatively if you tap the stopped down string over the 1st fret you should be able to hear the 'ting' as they come together. No 'ting' then the nut is too low - and you've blown it! G.