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  1. Beedster
    Probably a nice opportunity for someone to take what is already a playable and gig-able instrument and turn it into something potentially quite magical. Components, mostly bought from BC, are Early 70's Fender Jazz body, originally Oly White, now that rather unique yellow that comes with age, with almost intact original pickguard Early 70's Fender Jazz neck, I originally fretted modified to bound ebony fretless board 70's DiMarzio PAFs PUPs Old and slightly tatty Badass II bridge that doesn't look too out of place on a vintage bass. I have a vintage period correct bridge if preferred I'd assume generic Jazz circuit/control plate as it was in my parts drawer and as the result I have no idea where it came from! Issues that will (may) need resolving The neck heel/pocket fit is not good even by 70's Fender standards, and while it is stable and retains both position and tuning, it would bug me and I was going to do some fine woodworking to fill the bass side gap of around 2mm. The board plays well, allows low action, has relatively little wear, and appears free of any issues. I'm confident however that a skim by a decent luthier would not be a bad idea. The back of the body is heavily worn and had been painted with what appears to be an inch or so of industrial grade emulsion. I've got most of it off but it may require some further work to get it to your liking Original tuners are f*****d, the screw holes have been modified, and are very hard to use, I'll include the nice set of Gotoh lollipops that are in the photo below. All in all I''m selling this project for less than the parts costs me. I was going to part it but I think there's something quite magical about the combination, so heart wins over head! Re collection/delivery, you're free to collect from me in Whitstable, we could meet up in central London, or we could arrange one of those idonic service station meet-ups! Either way, I'd much prefer to hand this over in person if possible, but can pack and send by courier at the buyer's expense if forced to and on the basis that it is fully insured. And unless you have a big Mesa Boogie head (Big Block, Titan, 400, or Strategy), I'd prefer cash to trades please 🙏 Looks like I might need to trim my attachments before uploading a full set of pics, here's a teaser........
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    If the seller accepts an offer of £350 - which is as high as I’d go - this is probably a good bet https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/276710200264?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=NqxTaIutRdG&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=155UlNbXQGW&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
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    In descending order of quality Warmoth, Musickraft, Allparts, Mighty Mite. All are IME better quality than Fender MIM replacements, of which I’ve owned two, one went back due to appalling fret work, the other I should also have sent back as it was not worth the cash by comparison even with Mighty Mite
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    Having watched a lot of 70’s Who stuff, and given that while a massive Who fan I grew up with Hendrix, Page, Blackmore, Clapton et al as the obvious choices, Townsend has to be the best rock guitarist full stop 👍
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    You and me mate 👍
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    Nice Jazz project for someone, will be up for £1000 tomorrow. Will be a stunner when done, but while if plays and sounds fine, defo needs some work to be all it can be 👍
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    …. and of course, a lot of it is a placebo effect. But so what 😆
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    …. but do let me know if you have need of any decent digital studio gear 🙂
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    I think that’s spot on, I guess there’s a reason he gravitated in the instrument direction he did 👍
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    Completely agree, and why I tend to listen to them live more than studio. Yes, WAY has a much more balanced mix 👍
  11. Beedster
    Not a fan of chorus at all, ever, but love how that sound her gets sits in the overall mix. I have a potentially rather special Precision that I’m going to be working with also - feels more natural to me - but man the Buzzard makes getting the tone and nailing the lines so much easier and for whatever reason so much more pleasurable 👍
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    Why I bought this bass (clip from Classic Albums: Who’s Next, which is a great way to spend 90 mins if you haven’t done so) 👍
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    Yep, ideally - and depending on what type of bridge is installed - you’d modify or flip the bridge, or potentially install a right hand version. If you have photos of the bridge we can be more helpful I’d imagine. And you will need to install a new nut, I doubt you can simply reverse the existing one, although you may be lucky 👍
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    Further deets…..
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    Three pots for a single PUP on a passive bass has me wondering what they all do? Beautiful bass by the way 👍
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    Nice! Is it an Allparts neck, assume a legit Fender body?
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    Offers?
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    I wish I could justify buying this, it’s a really special instrument, it just wouldn’t have a role in anything I’m currently playing or will be in the foreseeable future. Nothing sounds quite like this bass through an SVT 👍
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    I’m confident that in a band of four members I am the least competent bass player (possible exception of drummer although he can hold down a bass line). So easily 😆
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    Singing lessons are a great idea Mick, not just to improve singing technique (pitch/tone/range/control) but also to protect your voice for things other than singing. I had short-notice surgery on my neck years ago - long story - and during the surgery my vocal chords were damaged requiring further surgery. I was told in no uncertain terms by the surgeon that I would need 6-weeks of not using my voice at all followed by regular speech therapy. The therapist was also a voice and vocal coach, and the stuff she taught me was well worth learning. I still do the exercise occasionally especially if I'm doing BVs for a gig. Enjoy the journey mate
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    Recently bought two rather lovely music-related items from Mick (he does move on some really interesting and unique stuff so I'm always keeping my open for new stuff from him), and thoroughly enjoyed doing so both times. Packaging of the second brought a huge smile to my face also, many thanks Mick 👍
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    That doesn't mean that they are autocracies though? But either way, if democracy means a process by which a group of people accept that a smaller/sub-group will take responsibility for decision making, then many successful bands are democracies. The problem with some/many other bands is that that one or more members have usurped power. I'm happy to be in the former, I've usually walked quite quickly in the latter. Having said that, I was at fault for this with one of my longer running bands years back in which I thought I was getting my own way because my judgement was valid, in hindsight the others simply weren't prepared to argue with me, they preferred to get on and play the music. We made some great music and we're all still good friends, but I would do things differently now for sure.
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    I hope that the advent of AI generated music will lead more people to recognise, appreciate, participate in and support real live music. Of course, we're in that awful stage where people have done things with AI because they could not because they should (not unlike the early 80's when digital sampling became easy and our group of electronic music students were doing things like the national anthem performed by a choir of barking dogs), but we will no doubt see some imaginative integration of AI and analog in time. But for me the ease with which AI can be used to generate professional sounding digital audio has pushed me away from a focus on recording (I can spoend hours doing something analog that can be done in seconds using AI), to concentrating on playing and performing live.
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    It'll come back around mate, bands are like buses and bills. And either way, that's too nice to let go, you won't get another
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