Manor57

not sure mark has used pauliwinia as he didn’t kno anything about it when i spoke to him but a game changer as far as weight goes

the only way you would prob get to that weight is to use paulownia wood which sandberg are now using

i’m not sure you will achieve your desired weight and if so probably it would suffer from neck dive , my sm1 is heavy and sits level but not tilted , unless mark can come up with other ideas

yes a total balls up , the pick ups are v deep and the body depth wasn’t deep enough to accommodate , the plate wasn’t even recessed which made it worse so i declined it but mark did refund my money

i was just commentating on it as i hav a jones mk1 , it is the 1 on his web site hi gloss , i asked for weight reduction but didnt get it so its quite heavy , the build of it is lovely , i did order a mk 2 with multicoils only to for him to tell me after completed he’d routered out completely thro the bac so i refused it and he sold it on , a shame as it looked grt from the front

did u choose not to buy it in end as it looks v much like the one jones posted pics of yesterday

not using many multicoils due to cost

Hi there yes i purchased a sm1 late last year , i was looking for a smith of which i already have a Hadreien feraud , but wanted an american thro neck version , then someone tipped me off about jones basses , after a few chats with Mark Jones i took a leap of faith having not tried 1 or even seen 1 , i specked it as i wanted , roll on 2 months later the bass turned up , the build quality and finish is already at a usa Smith level , sound wise you will get the same tones as a smith as the pick ups come from the same supplier , the woods are very similar and the construction is exactly the same , i was blown away with this bass partic as it’s 40% of the cost of the likewise Smith , so pleased with this i ordered a different design and different pick up configuration which i will be receiving next week , ive already seen pictures of it during the build and have no doubt it will be as good as the sm1 . If anybody is looking for a truly fantastic handmade bass i can recommend these , altho they are expensive compared to mass produced basses they are a snip compared to smith , fodera ect and just as good

yes i bort 1 in december last year liked it so much ive just purchased another with different pups and shape , fantastic build quality and although expensive a snip to said other makes