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Steve recently bought my MONO double bass case, great comms and super fast payment made for a very easy deal

Dave (Nugget) made a very nice fretless 5 string with only a Piezo for a pickup, I had a go on it through some sort of external pre amp, it sounded lush, unfortunately I can't remember the name of the pre amp.

The fretboard extends well past the end of the neck and over the body, it's not unattractive (to me) but certainly detracts from any vintage value the neck might have.

I kinda like it but I certainly wouldn't pay that sort of money for it.

I had a 5 string Bongo for a while and loved everything about it apart from the looks so I moved it on in the end, as mentioned above I'd hang on to it for a little longer before deciding to sell it.

[quote name='EmmettC' timestamp='1457275517' post='2996924'] I would definitely go with the stinger preamp, and if the bass works well when it's finished it might be worth getting a Seymour Duncan MM pickup for it. [/quote] I bought the pre amp to build into a pedal but never got around to it so it does make sense to use it in this build. I was considering a Nordstrand pickup but soon realised it would double how much I'd spent on the bass as you suggest I'll wait until it's finished before deciding.

I bought a very cheap Chinese 5 string Stingray copy last year just to see what you can get for just over £100, although amazing value as you can imagine it wasn't Exactly top quality but the body isn't too bad, jump forward a few months and I was lucky to acquired a well used and modified OLP neck so I decided I would try and marry the two together, a bit daunting for me as I'm not that practical. Here are the parts: [attachment=214041:IMAG0932 lr.jpg] I found myself at a loose end yesterday and got started by adding tuners to the neck, I then made a pigs ear of extending the neck pocket, with hindsight this wasn't the time to be using a router for the 1st time amazingly the neck fitted despite the rather inaccurate routing, I've had to shim the neck pocket though to get the action right. I then used my Dremel plus some files and sandpaper to modify the scratchplate, now that the neck comes further into the body the plate is a bit too long really but I might keep it like that as it covers up a lot of my shabby work! Here's where I'm at: [attachment=214042:IMAG0945 lr.jpg] Things left to do include, stripping and painting it white, replacing the fugly bridge with something a bit more MM like, redoing the weird 1 Volume 2 Tone control wiring, in general I prefer passive basses but I do have a 2 band Stinger circuit I could use in this, I also need to put a finish on the neck. It's never going to be a top quality instrument but hopefully it will turn out to be a perfectly serviceable backup bass. Don't hold your breath but more will follow as and when it happens.

Sometimes my love of bass playing fades and I spend my spare time doing other stuff consequently I don't visit BC as much but I've been around since the final days of Bassworld so I'll not be far away.

That fingerboard wood is lovely.

[quote name='synthaside' timestamp='1451436311' post='2940538'] I did just this myself about 6 months back , picked up an OLP mm3 5 string as a part exchange trade on here I'd strongly recommend one of these. [/quote] Glad you are still enjoying my old OLP, lovely neck on that bass so a +1 from me!

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1452023552' post='2945683'] [font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif][color=#000000]This has already been posted as a NBD in 'Bass Guitars' but I feel 'Show us your Limelight!' is its spiritual home... [/color][/font] [color=#000000][font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]Limelight Dakota Red Precision Bass, 1963.[/font][/color] [color=#D0D0D0][/color] [/quote] Very nice Mark, loving the light relic, you will have to bring it around at some point

Great thread and excellent use of recycled wood.

Welcome to BC Mark.

Warmoth do parts that include a smaller body if you fancied putting a bass together that way. [url="http://www.warmoth.com/Bass/Bodies/ShortScale/Body/SSBJStyle/"]Here[/url]

[quote name='spiltmilk_2000' timestamp='1449786009' post='2926934'] 66 Jazz in Shoreline Gold, b&b rosewood neck, and both parchment and tort s/ps which I can't decide between! What would you do? [/quote] I vote for parchment Lovely looking bass.

Oops I didn't know it had closed down, I used to work almost opposite Coda but I left that job over 5 years ago. There used to be a Luthier in Luton that made high end custom basses http://www.luthierdirectory.co.uk/luthier/rim-custom-basses but I'm not sure if he does set-ups, could be worth giving him a call.

Have you tried [url="http://www.coda-music.com/servicing?oscsid=ddc243f826767d4263de5fe74b893447"]Coda[/url]? I can't vouch for them as I've not used them, just remember the shop from my days working in Luton.

Welcome to BC Dave.

Amazing software and seems more intuitive than the expensive alternatives I've tried, love it, I happily bought a license.