Beedster

Hey Surfguy, yes, they don't mention in the blurb that if you have a slightly raised rosette that not only are the screws insufficiently long but, more seriously, PUP doesn't fit under the strings! I was a little annoyed to be honest that there was no adjustment for PUP height, which strikes me as a design flaw. Anyway, it's sold now so no worries! Cheers Chris

Mmm, lovely, and Julian's atop guy also. I'm in Aber today, must resist..........

I'm going to eBay this at £240 in a day or two so will take £200 posted which includes the Badass, the original bridge and a brand new Fender gig bag. No offers please (unless they're higher)! C

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1392106010' post='2364624'] What? You paid him to take it away? [/quote] At £5 it was a bargain trust me

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1392056975' post='2364177'] My Squier Bass VI wearing same pickguard [/quote] Ha ha, Tom ain't that lucky mate. That pickguard's actually quite nice. Mine's got a curious blue/grey tinge that makes me feel quite ill to look at it. I dread to think what might happen to it under stage lights. I could be a legitimate health and safety hazard

Thanks chaps. I have to say that if i were a Jazz Bass man looking for a very high quality project Jazz, I would buy this neck, this body http://basschat.co.uk/topic/227028-fsft-allparts-jb-body-price-drop-l150/page__fromsearch__1 (Ray, from whom I bought the neck in the first place, is a top guy to deal with), and then PUPs, bridge and circuit of my choice. For a total expenditure of probably not much more than £600 you'd have an instrument to rival most of the current offerings from Fender up to about £1500. Allparts woodwork really is exceptional and similar in quality to FSC.

A few more close-ups showing the back of the neck, which appears to be alight oil finish and is very fast and smooth, and the fretwork, which is very very good. Also shown are the not especially professional but pretty much un-noticable extension to the J-PUP rout, and the rather traditional crack in the pickguard at the end of the control cavity. No good Precision should be without it! [URL=http://s80.photobucket.com/user/Beedster/media/IMG_1924_zpsbf82e668.jpg.html][IMG]http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j199/Beedster/IMG_1924_zpsbf82e668.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s80.photobucket.com/user/Beedster/media/IMG_1925_zps63c3bc89.jpg.html][IMG]http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j199/Beedster/IMG_1925_zps63c3bc89.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s80.photobucket.com/user/Beedster/media/IMG_1927_zps513c907d.jpg.html][IMG]http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j199/Beedster/IMG_1927_zps513c907d.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s80.photobucket.com/user/Beedster/media/IMG_1929_zps85cd4432.jpg.html][IMG]http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j199/Beedster/IMG_1929_zps85cd4432.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s80.photobucket.com/user/Beedster/media/IMG_1930_zpsa8aaa679.jpg.html][IMG]http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j199/Beedster/IMG_1930_zpsa8aaa679.jpg[/IMG][/URL] C

Pickguard and £5 go to Tom. Wish him luck.

Withdrawn as I now have the space to keep them and they're damn good fun

[quote name='Telebass' timestamp='1391982131' post='2363339'] Glorious necks. But why is the nut cut through the binding? [/quote] It's not [URL=http://s80.photobucket.com/user/Beedster/media/IMG_1916_zpsbf28e35f.jpg.html][IMG]http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j199/Beedster/IMG_1916_zpsbf28e35f.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s80.photobucket.com/user/Beedster/media/IMG_1918_zps475eb6de.jpg.html][IMG]http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j199/Beedster/IMG_1918_zps475eb6de.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

Well I've just been playing this and it's really quite nice indeed. A few things worth mentioning. Firstly, despite a bit of cracking in the paint, the pocket is VERY TIGHT (see pics below) and the bass itself is very resonant. Second it sounds lovely, very punchy of the bridge PUP, nice and fat from the neck PUP, and some variation between the two with them both engaged. Third, it has a lovely slab rosewood board (is that usual for Squiers?), which both looks and feels great. Finally, it looks damn fine [URL=http://s80.photobucket.com/user/Beedster/media/IMG_1836_zps8eb1b870.jpg.html][IMG]http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j199/Beedster/IMG_1836_zps8eb1b870.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s80.photobucket.com/user/Beedster/media/IMG_1835_zpsb686ecfb.jpg.html][IMG]http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j199/Beedster/IMG_1835_zpsb686ecfb.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s80.photobucket.com/user/Beedster/media/IMG_1904_zps861a023c.jpg.html][IMG]http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j199/Beedster/IMG_1904_zps861a023c.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s80.photobucket.com/user/Beedster/media/IMG_1905_zpse5b3c43a.jpg.html][IMG]http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j199/Beedster/IMG_1905_zpse5b3c43a.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s80.photobucket.com/user/Beedster/media/IMG_1915_zps406d3312.jpg.html][IMG]http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j199/Beedster/IMG_1915_zps406d3312.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

I've just listed this neck on eBay and have to say that, having really checked it over, it's hard to believe that it's ever been played, it is 100% immaculate in terms of playwear. It's been on a bass for sure - it's been drilled for Fender pocket and has one screw missing from one of the tuners (which I hope to resolve before I post it) - but other than that it's in pretty much 100% condition.

Bump, now located in Canterbury

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Avert thine eyes [URL=http://s80.photobucket.com/user/Beedster/media/IMG_1837_zps83f390e7.jpg.html][IMG]http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j199/Beedster/IMG_1837_zps83f390e7.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

Hi Andy, thanks for the offer but FS only I'm afraid, all the gear I need at present Cheers Chris

[font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif][size=3]Rather gutted to have bought this new a few weeks ago (£147 + postage here [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/191012437439?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649"]http://www.ebay.co.u...984.m1439.l2649[/url]) only to find that I own, apparently, one of the few acoustic guitars on which it doesn't fit (Gibson MK-35, which has an exceptionally deep rosette). It's been taken out of the box, played around with for about 30 minutes without success on the Gibbo, tested on my Epiphone SJ200 to check it works (the Epi has a built-in PUP), and put back in the box. It's brand new in every respect other than the packaging has been opened. Blurb from website [b]LR Baggs M1 passive soundhole pickup[/b] [color=#000000]The LR Baggs M1 acoustic soundhole pickup uses new technology developed by Gary Garrett and Lloyd Baggs to allow the pickup to respond to the guitar's string and body vibrations. [/color] [color=#000000]The M1 is a humbucking pickup - with a twist. In a common stacked humbucker, the second, lower coil cancels hum, but doesn't contribute anything positive to the sound. In fact, it can muddy the sound of the main coil. In the M1, the hum-cancelling coil is suspended under the main coil by a tuned support that allows it to move in three dimensions. The primary coil moves with the guitar top and creates a body signal in the suspended secondary coil. Motion is carefully controlled to add the presence and realism from the body signal while suppressing runaway feedback. This brings the M1 to life, with string and body sound all in one. It's like having a dual pickup system in your soundhole. And it's all passive - no pre-amp is needed. The M1 allows you to play at high levels without feedback, and the combination of string vibration and guitar body sound produces a quality of acoustic sound unrivalled by other soundhole pickups (well, except for the LR Baggs M1 Active!). Ideal for both live and studio situations. [/color] [color=#000000]The M1 is easy to mount across the soundhole using two fixing screws - the tapered ends of the pickup mean that it can be fitted to guitars with soundholes of different diameters. Connection to the endpin jack socket is is via a detachable lead. (Endpin assembly and lead are both supplied.) If preferred, a longer lead is also supplied for direct connection to an amp. Adjustible polepieces allow the balance of individual strings to be adjusted - although the factory setting is usually spot-on.[/color] [color=#000000]Pics[/color][/size][/font] [url="http://s80.photobucket.com/user/Beedster/media/IMG_1850_zps03cc76a4.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s80.photobucket.com/user/Beedster/media/IMG_1851_zps588db53f.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s80.photobucket.com/user/Beedster/media/IMG_1852_zpsc82aeb23.jpg.html"][/url]

a stunning neck bought recently from Bassalicious to upgrade a P/J but now surplus to requirement following the purchase of a new Yammie 2024. It's this neck, which retails at $475 (so about the same in pounds once you've imported and paid duty etc) [url="http://www.allparts.com/JRF-B-Replacement-Neck-for-Jazz-Bass_p_2001.html"]http://www.allparts....ass_p_2001.html[/url] Tuners are these which retail at around £80 [url="http://www.allparts.uk.com/collections/tuning-keys-for-bass-vintage-style/products/gotoh-bass-keys-cbs-fender-style"]http://www.allparts....bs-fender-style[/url] This is a high quality neck & tuner combo that would cost you close to, if not over, £500 new, so £260 posted (which is what I paid) is something of a bargain. [url="http://s80.photobucket.com/user/Beedster/media/IMG_1871_zps46d1d3a9.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s80.photobucket.com/user/Beedster/media/IMG_1872_zps228b06ec.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s80.photobucket.com/user/Beedster/media/IMG_1875_zps2c0d00b3.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s80.photobucket.com/user/Beedster/media/IMG_1877_zpsef128ffb.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s80.photobucket.com/user/Beedster/media/IMG_1890_zps32258dc6.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s80.photobucket.com/user/Beedster/media/IMG_1880_zps75bf7db7.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s80.photobucket.com/user/Beedster/media/IMG_1881_zpsdf91ecb6.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s80.photobucket.com/user/Beedster/media/IMG_1847_zps752b2259.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s80.photobucket.com/user/Beedster/media/IMG_1883_zpsdeb6c1fd.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s80.photobucket.com/user/Beedster/media/IMG_1884_zps3a22b60a.jpg.html"][/url]