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[quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='1367124' date='Sep 8 2011, 11:10 PM'][url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Jolana-D-bass-1986-neck-through-electric-bass-/280736368641?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item415d310801"]Czech Jolana.[/url] Unusual one, dig the pickup layout and the screwdriver strap pin.[/quote] [quote name='karlfer' post='1367245' date='Sep 9 2011, 06:53 AM']Love the look of it, but the neck looks like a banana to me? Action high enough to kll yourself off, Or is it just my old eyes? Karl.[/quote] Absolutely love these as I'm a Fender player who just likes the Rick shape. Looks a damn sight cooler than the mental Hondo project I once bought: Karl, I'm the same some of the photos the action actually looks good and on others it looks terrible, maybe the camera angle isn't doing it any favours?

£130 for a Hondo? Of course it's worth it. It would make double that on fleabay. Too far out of my way though.

Good price for a [url="http://www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/rickenbacker-style-bass-guitar-probass-retrovibe-rv4/84493509"]Retrovibe[/url] with a case. Manchester area but he'll post for 20 sheets.

[url="http://www.bachmusik.com/en/music-instruments/bass-guitars/model-bach-brbb"]Bach Rickenfakers[/url] Someone just mentioned these on the Rickenfaker facebook group. Never seen them before but they look brilliant! Anyone played one?

[quote name='EdwardHimself' post='1358627' date='Sep 1 2011, 11:47 AM']It's looking pretty good. What sort of tuners did you stick in the headstock?[/quote] I think Paul(Pow22 on here) said they were from a Squier. Quite hard to find ones that fit the 12mm holes. How's your Columbus doing mate? Still crazy dayglow coloured?

Cheers guys. Going for functionality over appearence so no need for the tugbar but I may get a cheap bridge cover for it. As for the quality, I agree. After pulling this bass to pieces and re working each part of it I'll always defend the quality of Columbus stuff,it's really decent.

Gherson for parts but repairs needed sound minor. I own one of these. It's absolutely awesome, nicer than any Rickenfaker I've played. The front pickup is quiet and I've replaced mine but other than that mines a twin truss rod, thru neck tone machine. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200647137070&fromMakeTrack=true&ssPageName=VIP:watchlink:top:en"]Gherson[/url]

Waiting a week before wet sanding the body down to 1500 but in the meantime this gives an idea of how it will look.

Refinishing the body. Primer then black then clear.

Reshaping the neck with a razor blade and then sanding and finishing after. Never done this before but, after owning a few necks that feel like tree trunks would recommend the job to any beginner. Just keep stopping and checking you are evening it up on both sides. It feels great after 9 thin coats of tung oil.

Stripping the poly finish and cleaning the neck (gross). I used a heat gun on the poly finish and it came off in about 2 hours in total. I then refilled it a few times and used some sanding sealer, sanding between each stage.

The bass as it came.

Thought I'd start a new thread rather than unearthing the one I started months ago! Bought this Columbus Jazz Bass on ebay ages ago for £70. For seventy quid it worked, that's all I'll say. It had 35 years of gunk on the neck and was scratched to hell. It had an interesting screw mod to the original bridge that had begun to disintegrate with rust. Amazingly, the bass sounded quite nice. Really boomy kind of big sound you normally associate with precisions. The idea was to bring it back to being a better looking, more playable bass for gigging with but without spending much cash or ruining the vintage vibe. Improvements: New Bridge (Bought a £9 chunky one from a weird company called Warman guitars) Strip and refinish in nitro black New Scratchplate New Machine heads (the original ones are the cheap, crap looking ones you get on Jap crap) Re shape the chunky neck Chean the SH1TE off the neck! Refinish the neck in pure tung oil Re wire everything Clean up metal parts with the aid of coke A massive thank you goes to Pow 22 (Paul) on here for donating some rather nice Squier machine heads. The man's a true gent and I've donated a cheeky fiver to basschat due to the man's generousity. I can't begin to tell you how much I hated the original machine heads and how tricky it is to find machines with 12mm poles. He's saved me a massive re drilling job. Enough yapping, here's the pics which hopefully tell their own story. The bass is now very near completion.