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  1. vinorange
    Bought a GB 212 Neo cab from Dave. Easy transaction, well packaged cab, as described and delivered quickly. Thanks!
  2. vinorange
    For sale Status jazz neck, 20 fret, 1.5” at the nut, unmarked condition. Fitted with Hipshot tuners with Hipshot bass extender. Fitted snuggly in my recent bass build but decided that graphite probably isn’t for me. £500. Will ship anywhere. Sold before I could add the photos........
  3. vinorange
    It's the headstock decal and the earth running from the pickup to the bridge that gives it away. If you took the neck off there should be a JB62 stamped somewhere too. I only say because it's not a standard CIJ jazz, it's better and more sought after and may help if you put it in the ad
  4. vinorange
    That there is a CIJ 62 reissue isn't it?
  5. vinorange
    Just traded my 4004 for a vintage P bass and it was just what I was after. As ever, Ash is a gent to deal with. Hope the Ric is a keeper.
  6. vinorange
    You could also build up the scuff with nitro lacquer first and then use the same method. You'd just have to leave the lacquer to set for a couple of days before touching it.
  7. vinorange
    I use kovax 1500 grit pink scratchless sanding paper. It is truly amazing stuff, no need for wet & dry, just use with the curve of the body until ylscuff starts to disappear (youll start to sand the adjacent lacquer and thats what you want). Don't go too far but you should have plenty of clear coat layers on there. Once it's flatted out then use Meguires cut and polish. When I went on a bass maintenance course with the great Jon Shuker he showed me that exact technique. Both kovax paper and Meguires are miles easier to use than normal wet and dry / T cut. Good luck.
  8. vinorange
    It’s particularly noticeable on the open E. With fresh strings the A, D and G are nice and zingy and then the open E is lifeless. I’d say that it sounds dull acoustically as well as amplified which may point to the nut. Anybody used a brass nut on a Rick? Or would a good bone nut suffice? Thanks
  9. vinorange
    I should have added that trades are possible but only for a P ish bass. I've got too many jazz basses and only realised that I have no P in the armoury. A vintage Fender P would be perfect (apart from the nut width which is never perfect in a vintage P). Up for sale is my 2015 Rickenbacker 4004 Laredo in Jetglo with chrome hardware. It’s had the controls changed professionally to volume / volume / tone with push / pull coil splitting. Pots are also 500k instead of 330k so it means that the bass is opened up tonally. The normal 4004s sound a bit dull but this sounds great with blendable pickups and a choice to run as humbuckers or single coils for that more vintage Rick tone. The original 3 way switch, volume and tone pots and Jack are included in case you’d want to send it back to stock (not sure why you would as it sounds great now). Condition is brilliant, no nicks, dings or scratches. Strung with new 45-105 D’Addario nickel strings it plays great too. Comes with case tags and original case. Can be viewed on the Wirral, can deliver within 50 miles or so or can post with UPS for about £50 in the UK. Thanks for looking.
  10. vinorange
    I’m just wondering if anyone else has had this issue on a 4001 or 4003. Mine is a 1980 Jetglo 4001 and, despite fitting new strings (D’Addario super steels) the open E is always tonally damped compared to my other basses. My fenders always sound tight, crisp and zippy whereas the Rick always sounds like the E is muted which it can’t be as I’ve swapped the bridge for a Hipshot brass. I had wondered whether the brass bridge was causing it, or the nut which looks original. Id read that other people have the same hole in the bottom end on a vintage Rick but just hoping that the genii on here are able to point me in the right direction to a possible solution.... Cheers.
  11. vinorange
    I did say it wasn't cheap.....but how much extra would a Fender high mass Bridge have been? £20. No brainer for what they intend to be high end bass really.
  12. vinorange
    Clearly that bass divides opinion!
  13. vinorange
    Exactly what I thought when I saw it.
  14. vinorange
    Surely they learned their lessons from the Fotoflames....
  15. vinorange
    I was thinking that it was a proper quilt maple top but looking at the pics it may be a stick-on top....
  16. vinorange
    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/385234087667?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=4u-u5imfsdu&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=VukzHPmnRRC&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
  17. vinorange
    I presume its 80% off the description week?
  18. vinorange
    I only just latched onto this.........
  19. vinorange
    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/266034994830?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=n-y-mlNuRNW&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=VukzHPmnRRC&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY £400. Surely there's a cheeky Mex jazz chucked in?
  20. vinorange
    £299.99? Surely the decimal place is in the wrong place?
  21. vinorange
    Trades Added
  22. vinorange
    Price drop.....
  23. vinorange
    Such neat and precise work. The back of the headstock is a work of art the way those tuners line up so perfectly.....
  24. vinorange
    I was after a straight sale but as there's a lot of basses sticking at the mo, I would take a part trade with cash my way. If there was a Flea jazz or any Jap P or J 4 string then I may be interested. Up for sale is my near mint USA Fender Flea Jazz. Made in 2019 and in limited numbers, the Flea USA is a future collectors item. It has a satin pink finish and a satin lacquered neck making it a real smooth player. Equipped with a single custom humbucker & Aguilar OBP-1 2 band active preamp it sounds brilliant. It also has a custom profile neck 1.5" at the nut but with 12" to 16" profile as you go further up the board. Apparently makes those snazzy "Fleaesque" soloing lines easier. Apparently. Condition wise it has one minor chip on the rear but very minor and weighs in at 3.8kgs. I'm on the Wirral so it can be viewed, played or collected from there or I can deliver within 50 miles or so. Other than that UPS insured shipping would be around £50. Here's some spec blurb; Satin finish in shell pink with matching headstock alder body Fivefold screwed neck made of maple with standing annual rings (Quartersawn Maple) "C" neck profile Maple fingerboard with 12" to 16" compound radius (305 mm to 403 mm) A Fender Custom Humbucker Active Aguilar OBP-1 2-band tone control with 18 Volt power supply Fender 4-Saddle HiMass Bridge Fender Lightweight Vintage Machine Heads
  25. vinorange
    If you’re feeling brave enough and fancy trying a refinish again then I’d recommend stripping back to the wood, doing the grain fill again and then using all the same paint for all of the finishing. I use Northwest guitars nitro and it’s brilliant. It’s a laborious process to get a really good finish but start with nitro primer, leave to dry and then sand flat with wet / dry 800 or so. Once flat then use around 3 tins of aerosol for a good deep finish which can be polished flat. You need to spray 8 to 10 thin coats and leave 20 mins between each coat. Then it’s off somewhere warmish to dry for 2 weeks. I use kovax 1500 scratch free polishing paper to flat the finish down. If you shine UV light onto the body you know when you’re ready to polish when there are no little shiny spots left (the natural orange peel finish of an aerosol needs a lot of flatting but a couple of hours will see the last shiny spot disappear). Then use Meguires cut and polish and you will not believe how pro a finish you can get. A lot of those tips came from Jon Shuker and he should know...... If you fancy a go and get stuck anywhere I’d be happy to reply to any PMs as you go as I’ve refinished around 20 basses now and all came out very close to factory (accepting that they were nitro and not poly).
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