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  1. Cosmicrain
    Yes, getting the book-match on that Jarra was not easy, but well worth the effort, as the end results show.
  2. Cosmicrain
    The headless Zoot was an interesting and fun build to do, I may do more in the future. Many thanks Geoff for placing the order.
  3. Cosmicrain
    Excellent work, looks a great bass and sounds brilliant. Very impressed with the pickup tones.
  4. Cosmicrain
    Great work, and the cab looks fab in a natural finish.
  5. Cosmicrain
    I'm pleased the new scratch plate worked out Pete. The bass looks excellent with a real retro vibe to it.
  6. Cosmicrain
    Many thanks Peter, I appreciate the kind words. The new plate looks absolutely fantastic on the Skyline (very retro). I'm pleased we got it sorted. Again, many thanks. Regards Mike.
  7. Cosmicrain
    If you run a small business, customer communication should be be your No.1 proactive priority, especially if it's a price quote request. The golden rule is "lose customers = loss of business" Or maybe they have a sales prevention officer.......
  8. Cosmicrain
    Nice amp, I loosely based the all valve preamp of my PC750 heads on this amp, which when I checked was also not dissimilar to the original Fender Bassman front end.
  9. Cosmicrain
    No worries Stuart, you basically had all the details correct anyway. Cheers Buddy.
  10. Cosmicrain
    The bass above (Ebay sale) was indeed a hand made bass (Made in Essex). Out of all the Iceni Zoots that were the same as this one, I only made 3 in this peacock blue. The reason for this was I used up the left overs from the bass bodies I painted for the Mark King basses he endorsed for Fender (Martin Simms did the necks and LED's etc and final assembly) I remember at the time I had some heavy swamp ash in stock and that got used on these Iceni Zoot basses as well, I seem to also remember they were as punchy as hell. The original Zoot Chaser was indeed made in Japan by Nanyo Beakoi (bass collection, Deviser basses etc) However, we did the final setup in Essex, and fitted with a John East 2 band E.Q. and our own custom made "Iceni CSD" pickups (or you could have Bartolini / Seymour Duncan's as a cost option upgrade) Here's a picture of the Mark King bodies being painted at my old factory. Note the colour. Also a picture of one of the other 3 that had a pickup option upgrade and is still being gigged every week by Bassist Steve Clark. The King bodies are in fact the same colour as the Zoots, it's just that the King basses are waiting for the second and third colour coats to be applied, that's why they look a bit lighter in the pictures.
  11. Cosmicrain
    Yes, Hipshot Kickass is my main choice of bridge for custom builds and retro fitting.
  12. Cosmicrain
    Bass hand over day. Here's Martin this morning collecting his new Zoot Funkmeister 32" custom build.
  13. Cosmicrain
    Here's a shot of the back of the headstock.
  14. Cosmicrain
    If I'm available on the date/s, I'll bring down some Zoots & Funkmeisters and if I get one done in time my new Zoot Artemis. I may bring down some basses and/or bass necks that are in the process of being made, so people can get an insight in to how I do things.
  15. Cosmicrain
    Depending on what date/s I'd love to attend and to bring down some new Zoots and Funkmeisters, It would give me a chance to support the charity as well. Bury is not to far from me if I go across country via Halstead from Silver end.
  16. Cosmicrain
    Here's another I made for Andy Reeve last year in Candy Apple Red with cream edge binding and a Hipshot 'D' tuner on the low E string, which was heavily based on the original that Mike and I designed. Anyone considering buying Mikes white one will not be disappointed.
  17. Cosmicrain
    Merton has asked me to colour the headstock face black to match the body, which I think will be a very nice touch and make the bass look more retro'.
  18. Cosmicrain
    Totally agree with Mudpup, Personally I would try for a 500W setup as that will also give you some clean headroom. But good advise from Mudpup and Chris-b.
  19. Cosmicrain
    https://www.facebook.com/zootbass/videos/251221669091193/
  20. Cosmicrain
    Yes and here is a picture of Richard H tuning it up. It was a great day.
  21. Cosmicrain
    Speaker cab first Mark.....Let's not get ahead of our self's
  22. Cosmicrain
    The body will get it's top coats of Hi-gloss black tomorrow, then when completely dry (two days) a flat and polish. Umm... I might do a quick video of me polishing the body.😉
  23. Cosmicrain
    B/W/B scratch plate coming soon
  24. Cosmicrain
    From Tony Strudwick's personal stock of Idigbo from the barn days. I popped round to see him at his new place in the week and purchased the rest of his Idigbo stock, and for an extra £10.00 he planned and thickness it for me (BIG RESULT) and yes, it's lovely and light in weight as well.
  25. Cosmicrain
    Hi Mark, Stayed in Wales, I sold it later that same afternoon to Ian (Dan) one of Daz's bass playing mates. He loved it and could not resist, so a deal was done.
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