Rikki_Sixx

I wondered the same. Saw this as I was eating breakfast and was half-asleep so didn't pick up on anything glaringly obvious other than the headstock logo position looks off. It does look like a dodgy listing though, absolutely. Such a barebones titles and description, can't help but be suspicious!

Absolutely love Seafoam Green! That pickguard looks a bit off though, either uber-sunburned or just a grotty colour!

Hnnngh, I want one! I've always had a soft spot for this kind of shape, it's a stunner! Is that chrome hardware, or gold? Hard to tell from the picture. Either way, I'm envious.

My first bass was a Hohner Rockwood P bass, a wonky old thing with a 'SALE' star sun-burned into the white pickguard from many months in a shop window. After buying my 2nd bass it moved into a case under the bed for the next few years until I sold it on for a few quid. Getting it out of the case to take the photos I remembered the good times it had given me. Handing it over felt quite poignant - a lot of my mates kept their first guitars - but the buyer had the same look of joy on his face as I did when I first bought it. I don't miss it, but it was nice to revisit those memories for a few days.

Bought a Jazz pickguard from Patrick, it was even better looking than I thought when it arrived! The PG was shipped almost immediately, arrived bang on time and was well protected, in perfect condition on arrival. Flawless communication throughout and a thoroughly nice chap to boot!

Another vote for Squier Vintage Modified, there's some great options and they're really high quality at a decent price. If you can get one second hand then you're laughing!

I've been looking to replace the pickguard on my Squier Vintage Modified Jazz bass for a while. I bought a lovely tortoiseshell replacement from this very parish which would be perfect, only it turns out that the control plate on a VM Jazz is a different shape to other Fender / Squier Jazz basses. Does anyone know where I could buy a direct replacement? I don't feel confident enough cutting my own, and I've Googled a few times without much luck. Is it just a case of hoping someone gets bored of theirs and sticks it in the Classifieds / eBay?

Has anyone managed to grab anything other than the 5-string fan-fret as deco lately? Every few days I see a bunch of stuff come up, but by the time I click through to the product it's out of stock! People must have cottoned on to how good these are - or someone is buying them all up to eBay.

That's a lovely bit of timber, so sans-pickguard definitely seems the way to go. That grain needs to be seen! Looks like it would be lovely in that black finish you posted a picture of.

It's a bit different to OP's example, but I was once selling a guitar for £100. A friend was interested, so I sold it to him at "mate's rates" of about £75. Days later, he'd sold it on for £100. He'd never had any intention of learning to play, just fancied himself a David Dickenson type. I did feel a bit offended at that one...

Hi Mark, and welcome! I'm not sure about books but there are some great online resources, particularly on YouTube, for getting started. Scotts Bass Lessons has tons of free content to get you started, and there are plenty of other similarly popular channels. I wanted to buy my first bike since I was a kid recently and someone told me that if I bought the first cheap bike I spotted on Gumtree that I'd give up within a week. I'd say the same can apply to any instrument - you can still get great instruments on a budget but often the marketplace is flooded with crappy Argos kit. The Peavey could be good, or check out Squier and Yamaha gear. If you can, buy used; this site has a great section for that and everyone I've dealt with has been amazing! Good luck, let us know what you get with plenty of pictures! Rik

I'm in Yorkshire too so I'd be keen to hear if you find anywhere selling suitable timber! These guys sell reject / b-stock bodies for pretty good prices on eBay, could be worth a look: http://m.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?sid=boobooguitarsuk

Bought a Gotoh bridge from Alain a few weeks ago, was an absolute gent throughout. Helpful, friendly and sent the bridge really quickly and well packaged. Top notch!

That's stunning, I'll be round in 10 minutes for a go! I think I might have seen a few in-progress shots of this, but the finished article is lovely. Those Aguilar 70's Jazz pickups sound amazing too.

I can't ever argue with a maple board, especially with that gorgeous vintage tint on your new Strat! She's a beaut, love the colour

How was it resolved? Did you manage to get a direct replacement? I've been following the thread but didn't see an answer, sorry if I missed it!

[quote name='Bassman Rich' timestamp='1489139000' post='3254613']He has repaired many of mine and my friends guitars over the years, and is a lovely guy (as his his wife, who kept us all very well fed during my course too) [/quote] He really is a nice guy! A friend got in touch with him about buying some fret-wire and Martin invited us over. Invited us in, offered us a cuppa, refused to take any money for what was a fair sized roll of fret-wire and gave us advice on how to use it. I tried to go to him for a set-up but think he was stacked out with other (probably better paying) stuff! Edit: By the way that bass is stunning, it must be ace to see that and know you made it! Congrats!

I love their videos, both guitar and bass focused, but I wish they'd do more bass stuff in their 'Sound Like..." series. The only time I've seen bass considered (and I haven't watched them all) was during the "Sound like Green Day..." video, and it just appeared in the room with them for a 30 second demo. No looking at options on the shop floor or talking about effects like they do with the rest of the gear. I always comment asking for more bass content in that series as it's the only way it'll happen. They have a great set of faces in their video content, really engaging and great players. Is Nathan from a well known band? He looks familiar. I should really buy from them as I love their content and the prices seem reasonable, but when it comes to a big purchase I'd rather buy in person and Andertons is way far away!

I've never really done a proper set-up on any of my basses (in fact years ago before I understood what I was doing I managed to introduce fret-buzz on every string), but my action is probably about 4mm around the 12th fret. I'm swapping my new bridge in this week and hoping to get that action way down to make things a little easier on myself! Good to hear what everyone else has theirs set to.

That sounds amazing Norris, I wish that was closer to me! I did a similar course last year on woodworking / furniture building, still a bargain at £100-ish for a 12 week term of 3 hour sessions. I'd love to do more, but sadly the company running the workshop went under. The course at Rawlins College sounds brilliant!

There's a guy called Martin Dixon in Otley near Leeds who does things like this (or used to, I'm not sure). I've read about folks going to stay with him for a week and building a guitar/bass together, very hands-on. I don't think he has a website, but he's a lovely bloke and the stuff he produces is fantastic. Someone from this very parish has done similar and posted some contact details, worth a read if you're interested! [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/206258-build-a-bass/"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/206258-build-a-bass/[/url]

Like a few others in this thread I've never really been sold on most kind of 'burst finishes, but that's absolutely stunning!

I'm taking my bass in for a set-up this week and as I was packing everything up I noticed some of my hardware (which I think is chrome - the main culprit is a Gotoh 201 bridge) has little green spots on. Would this be some sort of oxidisation? What's the best way to remove this without causing any damage?

Without pictures, we have to assume this is a "fake news"!