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I tried and failed with trans white spray laquer, interested to see how you do it. Loooking at tinted danish oil

I've never noticed an issue with the BBOt on my precision, it sustains forever. @Christine says "A lightweight bridge will vibrate more " but I don't see that as truth simply because its screwed to the body; surely it might make the body vibrate differently and it might have its own saddles vibrate sympathetically if they were loosely fitted, in a different way. Perhaps the qualities of the metal in a cheaper bridge of equal weight might make a difference, albeit a miinor one. I honestly think its minimal at best and the £130 bridges you see advertised are truly overkill when a wilkinson will do the job

Having had both I much prefer this to butt end adjustment

Welcome to the Light. Leave the Dark Side behind

@Muzz me i think

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I had this system on one of those decent easy German p copies in the late 80s

nice, I have some tort just like that ready for my build project

You see it on Gibsons too - I don’t think the Warwick time frame is seen as being as “gritty”

@discreet maybe they are more comfortable with pixies than real people.

yes I know he is incredibly talented and seems like a nice guy too. I just find his stuff a bit too busy and a little same-y

My mind has changed on this; I did think that all instruments these days are made to a reasonable standard and that was that. If it didnt work for you, it is probably that it didn't quite fit physically to your own body geometry. I then bought a very capable ibanez bass and it had lovely looks but it was soulless in a way that I cannot describe. I bought a jap fender P at the same time and I could not stop playing it, and I hated precisions at the time. It spoke and resonated in a way that I cannot describe. It had music in it. In short, I don't think cosmetic wear to any level makes any difference at all, its all about the qualities of that instrument. Even if it was made by hand in teh old days, or on a CNC router now; you can still get duff wood, duff copper windings, duff steel batches whenever they were made or on whichever continental landmass

I’ve seen the iron maidens on YouTube they can play .. and are hot too...

I recommend you buy https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fender-Bass-Illustrated-History/dp/0634026402/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1531212220&sr=1-2&keywords=the+fender+bass+book there are pictures of them of every era and they also talk about what changed, things fender tried (like the lollipop tuners) and so on.

Burst looks wrong, too thin

That burst is ringing bells, I’ve seen it somewhere before on a low rent clone but I’m struggling to recall what it was. I Might be a lovely bass to play but def not a fender

The burst is totally wrong as is the truss rod hole

Maude clearly is hook line sinker. Guitarist; reasonable, polite, insightful, apologetic 🤨 hmmm

Maybe he is a secret bass player and thus only pretends to be a tool

So I tried a transparent finish and I learned some things 1. Pawlownia is a lot more grainy than I thought and I wouldn’t do it again 2. Translucent finishes are hard as it’s ridiculously easy to burn through 3. You don’t get a lot of paint in a 400ml can

I’m doing one right now I’ll repky in more detail shortly

I read his jazz bass thread

The LP kits you can buy have a bolt on neck