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JV P - it's got a Squier logo and the pickguard has warped permanently as a result of storing plectrums under it Warmoth P-J brand new that i built last weekend - I drilled for the top horn strap button off the centre line - I measured twice but still got it wrong - the string tree is also about 2mm too close to the G string so the D string could pop out (it did the first time I strung it....looking for a wider string tree atm ;-)

I have only ever taken 1 bass with me to gigs. Most of my gigs are fly aways...you don't get many basses on an Easyjet baggage allowance. I might take 2 to my gig on Sunday, just because this is the first gig I've ever been able to take 2 to! I've never broken a string but as I made my new bass (a Warmoth) anything could go wrong!! - The soldering was an experience but through 2 rehearsals and some noodling at home it hasn't so much as crackled at me so I expect it'll be OK.

bump coz it's this weekend Are you coming Bloggs?

[quote name='JimBobTTD' timestamp='1323148192' post='1459791'] And that case looks the business too. What is it? [/quote] I had it custom made by ABS cases:- [url="http://www.abscases.co.uk/"]http://www.abscases.co.uk/[/url] I can't tell you how much it would cost as it cost me nothing - it was a little bit of a favour ;-)

[quote name='Johnston' timestamp='1323032704' post='1458551'] I reckon kawasaki green In fact no. I fancy that myself [/quote] did you see my P-J I built this weekend? [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/159945-at-last-my-own-build-assembly-diary/page__st__20"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/159945-at-last-my-own-build-assembly-diary/page__st__20[/url]

Played it at rehearsal last night. It sounds awesome. It is easier to play then the Squier 62 P - I put this down to the Jazz neck with the slim taper profile...much easier to wrap my hand round to get busy on the E string. Thinking I'm probably gonna take the stacked pot out and just run 2 volumes as the range of tones available by mixing the 2 PUPs is more than enough for me.

I definitely still feel like a beginner...I can only play our songs....yet I've been playing 30odd years! But I only need to play our songs so I just try to play them well.

[quote name='allighatt0r' timestamp='1322997118' post='1457980'] Wow! That green looks awesome! Green is my favourite colour, and I've been mildly GAS'ing for a green bass for a long time. This is not helping! The colour combination reminds me of a Sadowsky I saw a couple of years ago. Awesome! [/quote] Yeah I love the way it's turned out, although I think I popped the capacitor on the tone pot as the tone pot does nothing (LOL) I'll have to replace it.... I am now GASing for a yellow one to make the traffic light set.

My brand new Warmoth J-P which I built this weekend, alongside my 1983 Squier 9 62 JV:

Sorry I neglected taking photos through the pain of doing the wiring but here is the finished product: I need to fiddle with the set up a bit but it plays nicely already and will be stable mate to my fiesta red squier jv '62:

Marking up for drilling of the headstock for tuners......eeek!! Set square to ensure everything stays square....

Then I discover I can't find the collet to hold my tiny drill bits....so tuning machine heads will have to wait until I have tracked them down or bought another at B&Q on Saturday....hopefully. Anyway I set about shielding the body: I copper taped the bridge earth point to get a good contact with the brisge. I am going to solder the earth wire to a tag which is screwed into the copper lined recess...should guarantee bridge eathing. I also shielded the underside of the pickguard (bit blurry sorry): ....so now I need to find a smaller collet for my Dremel.....trip to B&Q today.....

OK so I've never done this before First tricky job was how to push the machine head bushings in....... I don't have a vice so a 3" G clamp, 2 pieces of wood and some corrugated cardboard came to my rescue; and bingo the bushings go in: and eventually:

The colour in the pic isn't quite what I see with my own eyes...I'd say it's closer to the green used in the 'Pinned' labels on threads at the top of this forum (on the basschat skin and [i]my[/i] monitor)...... I will attempt to take pics at all stages

I wonder if this will get its gig debut at The Purple Turtle on Sunday 11th?

It's arrived!!!!! For those about to ask the UPS man stung me for £130.06 I can't wait to get it home and start assembly!

wwiting anxiously for UPS i got a phone call earlier that nearly gave me a heart attack: Caller: Hi, it's Tony whatever from UPS at East Midlands airport here, I've got a shipment for you. Me: Great! Caller: I'm calling you because I need the import duties and VAT settling. Me: OK, i was expecting to pay that to the courier on delivery. Caller: We only allow that where the liability is less then £1500. Me: But the shipment is only worth $800 maximum?!!? Caller: The dities payable come to £2210.15 Me: HOW MUCH???!!!!????? Caller: £2210.15 Me: Er - where's this shipment coming from Caller: <- some company other than Warmoth> Me: thank f*** for that! Turns out it was an import by my company and not my bass. Still then checked the tracker and it was put on a van in Luton at 07.42 this morning.........

Man!!! and I thought my expected 4-6 week wait which seems to have turned into 3 weeks 2 days for my Warmoth bits was hard to handle.

Getting excited now as I've received an e-mail that the neck and body have been shipped and the UPS tracked shows that they are through customs and out for delivery for tomorrow.

[quote name='waldemar' timestamp='1322103431' post='1446596'] Hiya. I bought a stacked 500K pot for use in my current project. To be honest it was more of a forced decision as you wouldn't believe how much of a faff it is to get hold of 250K stacks - yes, Allparts have 'em, but unfortunately the corresponding knobs are out of stock... As I understand it, 500's will give me a brighter sound and slightly more output. I do occasionally use more treble, but I'm not after a super-bright sound that I can't dial out - is there still going to be enough adjustment using a 500K to knock off the treble when it isn't needed? Can I compensate for the excess treble with the capacitor? Cheers! [/quote] I faced this problem recently - easily solved. I bought a 250k/500k stacked CTS pot from Allparts and a 250k CTS solid shaft pot from Allparts The pots are easy to dismantle and transplanting the wiper from the 250k single pot into the 500k slice of the stacked pot( the top pot) converted the 250/500 into stacked 250k.

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