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A bassist has a genuine need for the following basses as a minimum: two fretted jazz basses one strung with flats, one strung with rounds; two fretted precisions, one with flats one with rounds; a fretless bass, possibly a jazz; one with decent active electronics for a modern hi-fi sound; a vintage bass; a custom made bass; a bass with exotic woods; a semi-hollow; an acoustic bass; a headless bass; a bitsa frankenbass; an acrylic bass; a keytar; a bass that nobody else has; the bass everyone else has; a broken bass that's always in the process of being fixed..... and a Hofner.

A fret less p bass has a surreal beauty that words just cannot do justice to. It certainly looks the business hope it sounds as good!

Well played Paul S!!

I'm going to buy a load of second hand Squiers, sail out to a buoy a few miles off the Scarborough coast and anchor them down so that the waves smash them in to some rocks, limpets grip on to them, the chrome tarnishes and they stink. £500 each, anyone in??

It even looks wet on the big welts under the bridge. Is it wet? I don't understand!!!???

Still available

Aha - the current body is a Westfield P Bass copy, and the bridge is a Wilkinson P Bass copy so hopefully that shouldn't be a problem?

interesting, hadn't thought of that one

I like that a lot! Congrats

Hi everyone, I bought a G&L Tribute 4-string bass neck recently, all maple. It's excellent, needs some sharp edges sorting on the frets but otherwise its great... However...! The neck has an extra fret to a standard Fender P or Fender clone neck. It fits perfectly in the neck pocket on the body I want to use with it (Westfield P Bass body for now) but I'm unsure what to do about the fact that the scale is slightly thrown off. Do I remove some wood from the body to extend the length of the neck pocket (would also need the pick-guard trimming too)? Have the neck trimmed back? Source a different body? Ideally I'd like to source a better body over time, but now I know the neck isn't right for a generic P-Bass body I'm not so sure of my options, and I don't want to spend too much on getting this right. All advice welcome!

[quote name='leftybassman392' timestamp='1396698655' post='2416524'] Bit of an obvious one really, but in my gigging days it was nice not to have to invent excuses to prevent inebriated punters getting their grubby mitts on my livelihood. [/quote] YES!!!!! Have heard many a story of musicians crying as a massive biker wrecks their gear...! Also there's growing your hair long and "being" Paul McCartney if that floats your boat.

Mine arrives on Friday, really great deal for the neck, delivery and import fees. It's going on to a black bitsa P-Bass, everything black except an all maple neck... Am hoping this is similar quality to a Fender MIM neck?

Paul_S thank you for posting a link to AWB! Absolutely love them, "Put it where you want it" is an all time favourite of mine. Oh yeah... basses. If your friend leaves it with you that long I think it's yours already surely?!

I've seen some brand new kack-handed Ricky basses with walnut bodies and maple fretboards... They look amazing, I would love a Ricky, but I'd be so scared of damaging a £2,000 instrument I wouldn't buy one even if I could

Can't wait to play it in anger!

Had this for a month but moved house and only just got all my gear together... Here it is, Trace Elliot rig!! Can't wait to get it properly fired up with a full band[attachment=181791:IMG_1942.JPG]

Nothing left handed there... No surprise 😢