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One of our resident wood whisperers, @Andyjr1515, has just slimmed down a neck, for Happy Jack if memory serves. Something else I've done to a couple of basses of mine is to just cut a new nut with slightly tighter string spacing. I've found for me, it's more the string spacing rather than the physical size of the neck that my left hand prefers. Bringing a 41mm nut down to a 38mm only means bringing the strings in 1.5mm either side (obviously all four are spaced evenly) an amount which neither looks, nor feels, odd. But makes playing the bass much more pleasing for me. I keep the original nut for if I sell the bass. The new nut is the full width of the neck, just the spacing slimmed down. Bringing 44mm down to 38mm would be too much, but 44mm to 41mm would be fine. Nobody ever seems to do it but I've found no issues.

I guess they are made a certain way and that is that. But if the internal wiring was accessible I can't see why it couldn't be changed. I imagine they are sealed in an epoxy resin though.

Yes, that is one of the problems with reversing the P in standard P BB body. With a scratchplate the PU needs to move neckwards slightly. Without a scratchplate you can put it where you like but will have to fill the existing cavity, and that's not easy as any wooden block and/or filler will eventually move differently to the body wood and a tell tale 'ghost' will appear, especially in black. Just thinking out loud, but the Sims quad pickup would be great if they'd wire it for a reverse P option. It must be do-able as it's essentially four pickups in a 2x2 grid, with P, J and MM options. That would then fill the entire cavity as long as you didn't want to move it anywhere.

I've just bought a Yamaha Attitude which has a 44mm nut. I prefer a 38mm nut, and while the Attitude does feel very big it's not uncomfortably so. Jumping from 38 to 44 might feel odd, but if the Shuker was to be your main player I think you'd get used to it. Unfortunately only you will know. I know, that was no help was it? 🙄 😁

The added weight of a pre amp and battery would more than counter the weight of the removed wood from the PU cavity. If only there was someone around with a spare 1024x, a template for a reverse P scratchplate and the ability to do it. 🤔

I don't mind supplying the chisel. 😁

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Drain You - Nirvana

Kickstart My Heart - Motley Crue

I don't know of a supplier of off the shelf replacements, but there are plenty that will do you a custom made one. Try a seller on ebay called 'earlpilanz', he's a member on here but I'm not sure of his user name.

Being born in '73 I was too young for Punk but discovered, and loved it, in the mid to late 80s. All my mates were metalheads and while being into that I'd always loved the slightly more melodic, alternative side to rock, punk, post punk, goth etc. When Grunge hit it was like the perfect blend for me. One of my favourite albums at the time was a little known compilation called 'Another Damned Seattle Compilation'. Seattle bands doing The Damned covers. Yes it was just cashing in on the grunge scene, but it had unknown (to me) American punk/grunge bands and was fantastic. Seek it out, it's a great album. In a similar vein, I used to buy the Epitaph sampler albums from a small record shop. Fantastic albums full of bands I'd never heard of doing stuff I loved, more stateside punk though, but where does punk end and grunge start?

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Go on then, count me in. A combination of having a few unfinished projects (parts already bought) and last year getting a bit expensive, means I have no need to be buying anything other than strings 'n' things this year. Maybe even sell some stuff.

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On a Rope - Rocket From The Crypt

Ignore me. Too slow.

I'm Not Scared - Eighth Wonder Yes I'm hanging my head in shame. 😁

I've been known to spend far too much time and money on cheap basses, I'm literally flatting and polishing a refinished 80's Kay bass between BC browsing sessions. I look at it as a hobby, I don't do any of it to make a profit and I'm well aware that some of my basses would make a fine loss if sold. Other people pay thousands per year to push a trolley around a golf course, digging around in the undergrowth and whacking balls into lakes. As has been mentioned, as long as you go into it with your eyes open and don't expect a bass to be worth the sum of its parts, then knock yourself out and enjoy the process.

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If you are thinking of a preamp or loom upgrade then incorporating a series switch is something I'd recommend. I really like a Jazz with the pickups in series, but that's probably because I prefer a P bass sound. Nevertheless it's a useful addition to a Jazz.

I didn't even know he was on life support.

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