PaulThePlug

@Paolo85 Thats a very considerate thing you have done. RSPB - Royal Society for the Protection of Basses... 'we never put a good bass down!'

While i wait for the bodys return journey, sounds like a repatriation!.. I thought i'd share this bit of an email i sent to Andy... This is my 'Mental Health' Bass... I've gone on (and on!) about my love of the Ibby Worn Pebble Body and Great Neck... and my wish for a Simple Passive P in the thread back in June '20 when you did a job for @donslow SR Body. This is about the same time Lockdown was in Full Swing, and I started to get to grips with my Mental Health. Went to the Doc, got signed off from work, and started on the meds... Getting the bits together to complete this project, has been great... spending and occupying my time, researching and reaching out to those for the Pickup, Tone Switch, Knobs and Strings, as well as you (Andy) for the Body Mod, is much more than blagging a discount or freebie... time taken to write the email, and joy in recieving a response, and willingness of those to support my build has had such a positive effect on my mood... and admittedly saved a few quid. I've been thinking about the finish, and your kind offer of a veneer for the front, but... If OK I'd be happy with the existing cavities filled and a route for the P with the extra control holes filled. Your veneer finishes are amazing, but the above will show the outline of the old pickups and controls... All 'PowerSpan, Power Tap, Active 3 Band EQ, Blah Blah Blah'... But then taken back to simpler times with a single P pickup, Vol and Tone... Just how my mind feels with all the stress and anxiety of complication causing my depression, and not something to be covered up, out of sight, but celebrated with trying to live more in the moment. Apologies for going on... I just thought i'd give a little insight as to the 'what and why's' this bass is about to me... Cheers, Paul

Oh!... I bet that feels loverly... all woody and curvaceous... organic and tactile... Nice warm colour and elegant looking conversion, no pretence, no apology... Great Job by @Andyjr1515 exactly what i'm after.

@TheGreek... wasn't calling you a knob!... Just remembered the box, that had some old style 'Witches Hat' knobs as well ad the speed knobs....

Maybe the binding is all there, just come unglued... no real reason the neck should be damaged... If the pickups read OK, New loom @KiOgon... Knobs, @TheGreek Had a box of odds n sods, maybe some vintage looking ones or speedknobs... Earlpilanz for a plate, prolly £30, unless you get a blank from Aliexpress for less than a tenner... Sand down the body and Natural Oil finish, for cheap easy and best...

Bridge may be lurking under the scratch plate, with strings attached as they all look to be heading that way... and although broken, looks like the bit is there for making a template.

Some of the burns were quite deep... Whoops! 🙄 Looking Good - way better than the state i sent it in...

They should make one with a more a old 42mm P Bass 'Baseball Bat' neck... than the shallow 38mm nut Jazz...

Sky Arts - The Art(?) Of Drumming... (and i don't mean 'Build a Shed with Tommy Walsh'...)

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You're a Pink Tooth Brush - 'Mad' Max Bygraves...

Mate... such a neat 'n sweat looking job! Taking the pickup pair that 8 - 10mm further forward to the neck, from the measured P position, really gives it a look of balance and symmetry, spanning the old cavity... Pleasing to they eye... great job by @Andyjr1515 it's those little details that make all the difference... Thanks.

I'd stick with black, otherwise it's tuners, knobs, strap pins... Plus Gold Hardware and Silver Frets 'n Strings make my teeth itch...

^ cocktail sticks... check depth glue em in, just below the surface... attach the machine heads with the holes that align... Use electrical tape across the machine head to avoid scratches, and drill thru the machine head holes to try and stop the drill wandering... i would use an old style had drill for 'feel' and less likely to snap the little drill bit in the wood... Some dry bar soap or candle wax on the little screws to lube the threads....

@bloke_zero All Q's i had and pondered... I understand that it doesn't mater... Convention i have seen in wiring diags is with the EA coil having the white hot wire... as shown. More trouble with phase etc. With more than one pickup, ala a Jazz...

Hi @Roseweave Welcome... What do you think of this? I must say i've been tempted, but have too many already. Ticks some of your boxes... Budget, P Bass, Simple, Surf Green, EU Frendly... sign up and get a fiver off... https://www.bax-shop.co.uk/right-handed-bass-guitar/fazley-hot-rod-bass-fmh182sg-surf-green-electric-bass-guitar?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=surfaces&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIxpKig7al_QIVipftCh0HdwqNEAQYASABEgJLzvD_BwE

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If you only need the Special Plug bass end... cut it in half and fit standard plugs on the other end... then you have a spare! My Fav plugs at the mo are these... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/363103213608

@Witch Hazel... My latest SR getting a helping hand from a fellow Basschatter.... Might be of interest... What ya think?

Loves an 'ol Westone, had a Spectrum SX... As for the Westfield, once sorted, All-Good, might be lacking in the pickup, but the flats might be a leveler on tone. Look out for a Wilkinson P Pickup, or somesuch in the FS section... but open that door carefully... shut it quick if ya smell GAS!

Nice... a lot of Ibby SR action going on here on Basschat if all sorts n sizes... and rightly so... Loves an SR. As for the Mk1 Barts... l have these on my SR600... they are a Reverse P in a Soap Bar... often not known, or overlooked when comparing to other Soap Bars that are more likely regular type full width humbuckers...

Unexpected Weight Loss... Weighed up the OE PowerSpan Pickups, Pre Amp, Pots, (prior to posting out) and factoring in for the Knobs... 700g - Monster Heavy Pickups!... Just weighed the Vol Pot, Artec Tone, 2 Knobs, and the Maida Vale P and Kent Armstrong P (100g each)... 150g Thats a MASSIVE saving of 550g... Half a Kilo!.. now with a bit more weight saving with all the filler 'n finish gone... and my other SR300 weighing 3.8kg... This could be down to 3.2kg / 7lb..