Maude

The Man Who Sold The World (Bowie)

I don't remember it being particularly pleasant, one of the main reasons for drinking was it came in a 500ml bottle rather than a 330, and you knew it hadn't been watered down, unlike draught. Much the same reason as Newcastle Brown Ale, which was also shite. 😁

Just think of all the Grolsch you could've drunk while you're waiting.

It Wasn't Me (Shaggy)

Into The Valley (The Skids)

The Internet's not for you then I'm afraid. 😁

54-46 That's My Number (Toots And The Maytals)

Hells Bells (AC/DC)

68 Guns (The Alarm)

Gimme Three Steps (Lynyrd Skynyrd)

That's the best use of them yet! And I hope you had fun doing it. 😁

Danger! High Voltage (Electric Six)

Gimme Some Lovin' (Spencer Davis Group)

It's all witchcraft from what I can see of it and makes no sense. For instance people say you have to unplug an active bass to stop the battery draining. Duh, with no plug in there's now nothing to stop the electricity draining out the hole.

Using magnets will change the output of the pickup, and only the pole pieces which the new magnets are attached to will be affected giving an uneven output across the strings. You can try this by adding a flat magnet across the underside of a pickup to increase output. Also, although the magnets will be fairly strong against a pulling apart action, they'll be fairly weak against the shearing force of resting your thumb on the ramp edge, if you do.

Half a Sixpence (Tommy Steele)

If you think these are a rip off, wait until the BC branded waxing strips are released.

Where Is My Mind (Pixies)

White Lines (Don't Do It) - Grand Master Flash & Melle Mel

@BigRedX, that's an interesting thought regarding the neck pocket infill. I had noticed that the tailpiece looks slightly further forwards in some pictures I've compared to, and your theory would make sense. Also the tuner button idea is food for thought too as they do indeed have a slothead fixing on top so the button must be removable. I'll look into it when I've got a chance. Thanks 🙂👍

Oh BTW @Pea Turgh, I saw this whilst searching out parts for the Hofner. https://reverb.com/uk/item/36614997-kay-short-scale-bass-1970-japan What are they thinking!? 😄

Yellow River (Christie)

Thanks for those pictures @ikay, they'll help me determine what's what. I don't know what I'm going doing yet regarding replacement parts. Part of me would like to source genuine original parts and put it back to original, but it will still have had a refinish then and lots going on under the scratchplate that will mean it's not worth much. I'm not doing it to sell and make money but it's nice to know you'd get back what you've spent if I had to sell one day. The other part of me says refinish it, fit suitable, retro styled but new pickups, funky colour scratchplate and headstock facing so it's a cool, useable bass. The price, and rarity, of original parts makes restoring to original a bit of a non starter, I'd have to spend far more than it would be worth, and it might be worse to use. For example, it looks like it'll cost me £200 for set of original tuners and they'll more than likely be worse than the Schallers it's got at the moment. Although I did look on ebay and people are asking silly money for a set of these vintage Schaller M4 tuners. Likewise a pair of the Retrovibe HiGains (width dependant) would probably sound better than the original humbuckers, and the wiring is apparently quite odd in the way the controls interact with each other. I'm leaning towards keep what's good and a pair of pickups, loom and scratchplate material would only set me back about £100ish, refinish won't cost anything. Whereas to properly restore would cost roughly £500 give or take for the parts. But I feel bad 'ruining' what I think is a cool vintage bass. Sorry I'm rambling now.

Driving Away From Home (It's Immaterial)

Goes to look on ebay 🙈