Shaggy

Just finished building this from scratch from separately sourced components, but I'll post on here rather than the build diaries forum as forgot to take photos of the build. Always fancied a '70's white P for that Sid Vicious / Dee Dee Ramone / Paul Simenon vibe - taken me years to get around to it, but really pleased with the result......[list] [*]Solid alder body with Oly white finish [*]One-piece flamed maple neck, Jazz bass width / profile [*]Lollar vintage spec split P pickup [*]Celluloid vintage-spec tort pickguard [*]Solid brass (lacquered) hi-mass bridge, through-stringing [*]heavy solid brass neck plate and control knobs [*]Schaller gold tuners [*]CTS pots / Switchcraft jack / cloth-covered wire circuit with solder-less p/up connections [/list] Tiny bit of touching up to do (old screw holes by bridge) but she's def the new gigging bass!

I used to own a 4003FL and they're lovely - the varnished rosewood board feels similar to an epoxied one, and dialling in a "Macca thump" type tone on the neck pickup sounds even thicker and woodier on fretless. Massive sustain. Only potential downside I suppose could be that many don't find the slab body comfy for finger style, but I've never found that an issue with Rics Chris (Beedster) will be along in a minute to comment I'm sure as he's also keen on these (it was his I used to own, only traded it back to get my mitts on his '65 P...... I've tried pretty much every passive fretless out there, personal favourite is definitely my '77 Ovation Magnum 1

Vox were doing it back in the mid-60's; admittedly just a basic generated E tone: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vox_Bass_Guitar

Just bought a P bass body from Marinus - smooth easy deal, a pleasure to communicate with, and the body arrived swiftly and expertly packed Deal with in confidence

I've a few Gibbos: http://basschat.co.uk/topic/76091-gibson-porn/page__st__60 and none of them would be my first choice for slap. Not my playing style of choice, but definitely the best slap tone I ever had was from an '80 MusicMan Sabre - agree with previous comments that Status / Alembic / Jaydee is probably the way to go though if it's your thing

Traded a Schaller bridge for a Badass one with ash - smooth easy deal, great BC-er to do business with

Did a trade with Lee for his very nice bitsa P bass - great communications, and he posted it packed very securely fast as could be - top guy to deal with!

A belated one from a deal in late summer! Chris bought a Wal off me, at a meet up in a Suffolk beer garden - he was on his way to a wedding, I was aimlessly enjoying the sunshine and the beer I'd bought the same Wal off him last year; at least the third time we've bought stuff back off eachother (think our wives are getting suspicious......). I should mention that the deal was a kind of three-way one that helped me to acquire something I particularly wanted and couldn't otherwise do; it involved Chris taking the biggest personal financial risk I have ever known anyone make, and he did so without a murmur. As many have said in these pages; Chris is a genuine legend and diamond geezer in these parts - particularly enjoyed silverfoxniks story above!

[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1445523061' post='2892125'] Simply buy an old Cortina estate, load the Fridge into the back, throw a tartan rug over it and park it out of sight round the corner. The Mrs will never know. [/quote] Rumbled........ I thought I was the only one who'd done that! Have to admit I've never tried an 8x10, but have had on/off affairs with Mesa 1516's over the years, which have a mass roughly equal to the sun - still have one Modern cabs are fab, but nothing seems to move air like a big old-school cab......

With my first bass set up (Kalamazoo KB-1 & Carlsboro Stingray) I used to pick up Police radio fairly regularly. Just hope they didn't hear my angst-laden but dire punk fumblings on bass Sadly, no voices from the ether since......

Bought a P bass pickguard off Dan - smooth, easy deal, great communications, super fast postage - thanks fella!