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Great stuff Stewart, Glad your happy with the fretless neck - looks to be a fine combination. Just keep on at it. Play along with lots of records - not necessarily with fretless players. Do lots of gigs if you can too - the neck will become familiar in no time at all. All the best Bill

Based in South Wales - full scale !

Folks, Will be putting my Ergo 5-string EUB up for grabs later on this week. Just wondering if there will be any interest out there....... [url="http://www.planadmin.us/ergo/"]http://www.planadmin.us/ergo/[/url] Mahogany, 2 years old, mint condition Will be looking for £450 plus shipping Thought it appropriate to have a little feeler on this part of the forum PM me if you are interested Cheers Bill

The Richard Thompson "Live in Austin Texas" DVD would be a good purchace. His tone on the track "Mingus Eyes" is just breathtaking - turn up loud !

Sold Stewart a fretless Fender Japan P-bass neck - paid very promptly and enjoyed good communications with him throughout the transaction. I have no problems in recommending him to any prospective buyer/seller. All the best - hope your fretless P-bass project goes smoothly - don't forget the piccies ! Bill

Saw this on Talkbass [url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=521069"]http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=521069[/url] Looks damn tasty with the Chi-sonic ! More "normal" ones to come too I feel a build up of GAS........

....saw this on e-bay [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fender-Japan-Precision-Bass-PB70-US-Made-in-Japan_W0QQitemZ120378831068QQcmdZViewItemQQptZGuitar?hash=item120378831068&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1683%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fender-Japan-Precisi...A1%7C240%3A1318[/url] Tried link and it appears to work. I would be patient and look on E-bay and the BC classifieds. I have bought basses from Japan through e-bay with seikosuru2003 and bluezy-guitars - had great quick service - you can contact them to look out for things for you too. You could also look for Jap bass bodies and necks on e-bay and make up your own one that way. Good luck in your hunt !

From 1976..... [url="http://www.percyjones.net/"]http://www.percyjones.net/[/url] Scroll down a bit and you'll see the (You Tube) vid You'll have to put up with some drum noodling until 1:15 when Percy comes in (in his own inimitable style - harmonics blazing !) At 1.25 there is good footage of him grooving away - great stuff ! You can check out some soundclips of more recent stuff on his website too to see what he's up to these days - not everyones cup of tea I know but jeez I love his playing.

I'm a bit of an MK fan I must say - the Japan album "Tin Drum" album is as good a place as any to start. He's readily admits to Percy Jones being a big influence - indeed he got into fretless through hearing Percy Jones on Eno's Another Green World album. Another great British fretless player to try out if you haven't heard him before.....

Folks, Just wondering if anyone out there has bought or got their hands on one of these yet. I ordered one from Thomman but the order kept getting pushed back so I cancelled. Mulling over whether to get one or not - makes a nice change from the Fender or Fender based instruments I've been into of late. Certainly the review on Bass Player TV on sonic grounds makes it a must. The looks are not to everyones taste but if it sounds that good who cares I say...... Two octaves - light as a feather and £199 or so - you can't really go wrong/

Will definitely be looking out for the book. Given the interest in these basses I'm surprised Fender never did a re-issue. You'd probably have to go down the Fender CS or Bravewood route now to get a new version of one. One day perhaps......

BK's work on the Laurie Anderson album "Strange Angels" is highly recommended - especially on the track "Monkeys Paw".

Get two Darkstars........ [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=13622&hl=darkstar"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...amp;hl=darkstar[/url] He he he

Great stuff - looks fab ! Nice to see something a little different. Must go to the Lakland website to hear what they sound like - if indeed they have clips up and running yet....... Hope you have hours of fun Bill

Hi Jase, Will give Dave a bell in the new year - I have a few bits and bobs for him to do - one of which may be to coat my P-bass fingerboard ! Cheers Bill

Hi Jase, I have been eyeing up a fretless Status neck for my Jazz body for some time now as well- I have an unlined fretless P-bass neck (Japanese) on it at the moment. Don't know whether to get the neck's existing fingerboard coated or go for the graphite neck - I'd go for a P-bass neck profile if I did. Obviously the coating option is cheaper....... I've noticed on the Status website that the price has come down a bit of late (VAT reduction included) - it's around the £366 mark including postage - you'd obviously have to buy tuners too. I'm sure in the past it used to be around £410 after VAT. So seems a wee bit more affordable. If you are still in Newport - we'll have to hook up - drop me a line ..... Bill

Good to see there are people out there that like Percy Jones too ! He's my Jaco - if you see what I mean. I LOVE Jaco dearly don't get me wrong - I have everything he's done (just about) - but Percy just pushes one or two more buttons more for me - I particularly love his "Wal" period but have grown to love his early "P-bass" stuff too...... Back to Jaco - Would like to see some Joni Mitchell albums re-mastered - especially Don Juan's Reckless Daughter and Mingus