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Unfortunately ‘eastern’ necks are not to be trusted for 100% quality. As a ‘test’ project I bought one off EBay around £80 and it was absolute rubbish, good firewood though…(a double bass bow many years ago was already bent on arrival). The Fender ones seem absurdly expensive from a U.K. shop mentioned earlier, you may as well buy a full Fender bass for the same price (and take the neck off and sell the rest on 🥴). I would think your Allparts supplier would do the job.

I just tried Chris….and I never knew either 😀

Maybe call a publisher and ask what the usual way of working is applied….many authors (of non fictional books) quote from other sources and list the ‘Thanks to’ authors at the end of the book.

I used to buy from them years ago, hopefully they are still willing to send a few pieces out of these 50k pots you need with longer shafts...good luck.

Try this UK place... Omeg......https://www.omeg.co.uk

Look at Allparts U.K. and Armstrong Music U.K. (used to be WD music).

Yes! I missed those connections…..methinks a complete rewire is in order, new pots using AWG.22 cloth cover wire.

This looks odd to me as the diagram shows the ‘hot’ and ‘ground’ from the pickup being soldered to the pot chassis which is/should be ‘ground’…in fact it looks like all three lugs on the first pot/volume eventually get ‘grounded’ . The tone pot ‘grounding’ also seems strange. This is either a very clever and different wiring harness that either works fantastically well or a simply doesn’t, I’m confused 😳

We’re you that underage drinker Mike 😄

Frank is also out playing with ‘Slim Chance’, Charlie is in it as well.

That would have been a Sunday lunchtime gig Mike and the Cherry Tree was one of my earliest gigs with Steve Waller....the band usually consisted of Steve, Dave Early on drums (RIP, played with Sade), Frank Mead on sax, me on bass, keys and more horn players. 12-2pm opening times.

Good luck Mike, that’s a big time move, I’m sure there’ll be music enough around the Wolves area.

I think there is a place down Andover way that does veneers but at what thickness I’m not sure of ie as in a thicker top for a bass or thinner veneer like on furniture…….. Just had a quick search and couldn’t find the Aldershot place ..’Reliance’ up in London……or David Dyke/Luthier Supplies in East Sussex.

I purchased a cool new set of Gotoh machine heads from James, all well packaged and sent speedily.... a top man, cheers James.

Look up Jimmy Webb ‘Tunesmith….Inside the art of writing’. On Hatchett books. I’m sure he also has an autobiography out of his earlier days in the music business.

I would hazard that there has to be a contact with a ‘live’ wire somewhere, maybe at the jack point….maybe take all the shielding out and see if all is well, then try to shield the cover only and earth it and test.

Of course yes Micro mesh! Well spotted and I’ll edit my post, cheers.

I’ve used Tru Oil (ie Gunstock oil) for many years. David Dykes Luthiers Supplies in East Sussex put me onto it, the idea came from an acoustic guitar builder in Sussex who had developed a technique for using it to gain a thin oil finish on acoustic guitar tops. It penetrates just a little into the wood surface and then subsequent coats build up (after drying) on top of each coat. It employs micro mesh for end finishing the wood and for ‘cutting back’ between each oil coat. (There is a Tru oil filler that could be applied first but I’ve generally gone straight to the oil application using this technique). Micro mesh is now readily available on EBay in packs of something like 1200 to 8000…it isn’t a sandpaper that cuts the wood back but more of a fine ‘polisher’, the body wood will appear to have an almost light coat of oil on before Tru oil is applied and you will see any scratches or missed sanded arear before applying oil.

I’ve never known of a SD jazz pup with Allen key pole pieces, only DiMarzio jazz and P bass pups.

As a long term Markbass user of amps and speakers, I've had heaps of positive comments ( from bass players to guitarists and drummers) and no negatives about my sound (usually playing fretless bass). to the degree that many other bassists have actually gone and bought Markbass rigs. Now whether they were hoping to sound like me is another (flattering) matter because that also comes down to the bass, the strings, the actual player's style on fingers or pick playing. I have only tried Barefaced 12" cabs and I think they are great, very clean, almost too 'clean' bottom end and I couldn't quite get the 'bite' of the strings but great for straight ahead P bass sounds but like many manufacturers, they are pricing high to cover costs of being a smaller manufacturer and they can't compete with larger companies production rates. On cost alone Markbass is winning. I haven't tried any of the latest MB cabs and it’s a shame there isn't a proper MB type of sound lounge somewhere to hear the three different types of 12" cabs they now make.

You might to try one of these Jack plug extensions? https://www.mouser.co.uk/ProductDetail/REAN/NYS224S?qs=%2B86TLfaev2%2BSQdm8vB4m4g%3D%3D&mgh=1&vip=1&utm_id=20797887759&gad_source=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI-riY_MfChgMVyJRQBh1QBTY9EAQYDyABEgKn5vD_BwE