Cuzzie

If so - here may be of interest https://sandbergshop.gambiocloud.com

Do you want to stick with a Sandberg bridge?

Ill fated attempt before getting a proper router. Idea was for a hidden woofer type pick up under the pickguard to give a constant rumble with its own control Didnt quite work for various reasons - may be revisited

Haha! those are 3 I built form parts - goldie I finished and relic’d myself. These 2 I carved the body and finished from scratch but added aftermarket necks proportion size next to DK Orange has a Seymour Duncan Custom shop hot stack P - so essentially it’s the fender dusty hill with a correct orientation neck at a fraction of the cost and a tonestyler 10. The 2 jazz weird one was fun in designing a different shape it has curves all over the show. I must add-none are flawless, but the quirks add to them! The Jazzenbacker-well I like a Rick, can’t afford one, spotted the highway one body super cheap at about £120, spotted the Rick pick ups really really cheap, and thought why not?! The Tonestyler again I got lucky on price and fitted it together-I just like learning about different concepts-some I keep, some I shift in for cost of parts. I attempt the odd repair as well on old cracked bodies, or refins Also the DK is the perfect jazz so didn’t need another!

The switch does Neck, Bridge, both series, both parallel if I remember right. Stellartone Tonestylers are awesome bits of kit

Would be my pleasure This is it next to a couple others I made/bitsa’d together It has a status P neck which I didn’t quite get on with. here is the body alone Plan is to either go for a maple with blocks like your classic Geddy - or I may actually get a status jazz neck, which I love, with no markings or logo and go completely stealth - it has a lovely tone to it. The body is a Fender Highway One I picked up second hand for a great price - so very well made

Knew my man would come through - you are a legend

That I dunno - be worth giving Sandberg a shout - I always thought the neck pick up was a split coil and not single? Another very left field - I routed a jazz bass to accept Seymour Duncan Rickenbacker pick ups into and it’s a very good sounding guitar, not like a Rick, but a nod to it for sure, I used a Duo 6 Tonestyler as well. The neck pick up is used to being closer to the neck so I had to use a Schaller 3D bridge to narrow the strong spacing and it works. You could get 2 bridge pick ups, or see if they do the Al Cisneros ones separate as they are in a different place and should be fine for the magnetic fields.

Smell good yes - cos you borrowed my poncey preening backs kit! I used to bring a shower gel just the front rows in my team most weeks so they didn’t steal my towel and use it before I had the chance to! Played a Kiesel guitar - lovely piece of kit, of the bass is half as good Hades awaits

Mild dislike only - you front row’s are so easily moulded it’s great fun, but no worries if you were like the front rows I played with, I’ll let you borrow my toiletries and cologne after the game. I specc’d a bass - had to walk away and forget about it till now

I feel for you - I have played 1-15 but the front row is attrition of a whole new kind - I settled on Centre to preserve my face for radio - so many joints are in trouble now.....

Pleasure - as ex rugby as well - it’s good to have a different focus. Status is way expensive and that Shuker looked really really nice, for me the only status I would entertain is the Stealth being all graphite, also being too expensive for me it prevents me buying something! Hope the job settles

Yeah I knew that with those pick ups - be interesting if you can get decent surrounds off the shelf, or maybe get a couple covers 3D printed?! Haussels are used in Sandy’s a bit, the web site is basic, but the pick ups are of very high quality. There is not a lot out there on them but there is this in a marzipan bass

Duke was up there for me too, Kramer’s have that great old skool feel - Upgraded the Hohner to the EMG’s but kept it passive - and it’s great for lugging around, picking up easily. Kiesel do some really nice options for a headless, but if I was going to indulge - it would be a status Stealth headless all the way with LED’s of course

BX-1’s are great - was on my list but I settled for a Hohner B2ADB

Crikey - if slapping is blowing a speaker it must be being done with the might of Thor’s hammer with a super hot chain. I have massive clumsy thumbs and never been close!

Oh yes Creamery are the most fabulous pick ups

If possible I would keep casings for the routs be they silver or black as it keeps the same looks but you can have any pick up config you like. Why not T-bird type pick ups - lollar ones are awesome or Haüssel do a triple bucker which fits in an MM rout. I have always fancied Ulyate Tic Tac pick up range as well, or Joe Barden ones - loads of options

Semaj Forp - I knew it was you - little tinker As for price variations - anyone’s guess - likely folklore gets perpetuated and it gathers moss. For example, nowt against a JV Squier ‘83 - love em - but they are good because all else from Fender was so bad - some have holy grail prices

So do I qualify for a Masters now? A 3rd agreement and surely it’s a PHD and maybe a professorial chair like yourself?!

Crikey this has gone further than expected, my point of view was for me mucker Andy. That case was bought for £211 to flip for a profit - nowt wrong in that, good work if you can do it, and 5 days later can make a profit of £64 with very little hassle and a local buyer. Maybe it’s just me, but hold out for £20 squid more, and have the potential postage hassle, packing, hopefully not getting lost/damaged?! - I’d go for the quicker easier sale if it was me selling that one! The one about market forces, rare factor, vintage are a different ball game altogether - most things wont have a 10-50% increase in price as a second/third hand owned product inside a few months. Researching latest price for a product is part of the buying and selling game, and both parties do it, but should be realistic - I had a nice transaction with someone where I evidenced the same product, newer, guarantees, in stock etc at the same price - we came to a decent agreement. Would be nice if Royal Mail actually delivered it! It is what it is though, or what you make of it

Seems like it’s in reference to the comment I made - if I had said people are pretty ‘good’ at......Does that mean I would be calling another person bad? Certainly not - it’s a classic glass half full or half empty argument. The statement was in regard to BC being a good and trustworthy market place and community, which is often toted by everyone and is evident. If you want to interpret it differently, be my guest. In this case it appears @AndyTravis has both a half full and half empty glass this morning

I am honoured - even The Prof agrees

I understand wanting to use the reference as it’s topical, but big pharma is a poor example to call upon. Yes some companies/healthcare/medicines/research etc are set up to be not for profit (Nuffield health private hospitals/gyms as an example) where what they generate goes back in. Others, unfortunately it becomes a tricky situation. Often when medicines are first released they are more expensive, but then they decrease in cost over time. To get a new medicine made, tested and out there costs a huge amount of money. Profit from one is often pumped into financing the next one in whatever field and vaccines are not the only life saving/elongating/changing medicines these companies will do. New tech inevitably costs money, Ox/Jenn are using established tech they have been working on for many years with a twist and hence it will always be cheaper. Efficacy etc is always a debate but they are both effective products in this instance.

I can see the frustration, he’s got a good mark up for a bass to flip and no hassle of posting either. Its good that you don’t see that sort of thing on the marketplace here, people are pretty honest for moving stuff on the same price they bought it if they had a good deal originally