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I literally used these on my jazz last night... 3.5mm done head... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2-pairs-P90-Dog-Ear-bass-guitar-pickup-mount-screws-35mm-long-Warman/163782243783

Yes, it's a B10 bridge. I'm hoping to just get one saddle. The design is flawed so I wouldn't get a whole replacement, I'd get a different bridge if I was to replace the whole thing.

Does anyone know where to source a replacement or possibly have a spare Ibanez bridge saddle like the pic below? I somehow managed to break one 😥

The neck and body is SX, all hardware, pickups and electrics have been upgraded by the guitarist irrc. 😃 Her strings are flats, don't really need changing, if ever.

If you do your research and find a good and experienced person to do the refret, there's nothing to worry about. Also a refret will add value. Change anything else might devalue your bass, but a refret does the opposite.

Alternatively get a Harley Benton PB50, they really are very well made (I'd say bulletproof), and the stock pickup is very good, better than the Seymour Duncan 51 pickup imho. Then have someone who relics guitars to reshape the headstock and have the neck amber gloss tinted, and the fretboard edges rolled. Have them fit gotoh tuners and better electrics, maybe a traditional 2 saddle bridge (if you like). The Harley Benton is only around 110 euros, so you have lots to spend on making it look exactly how you want, and high quality upgrades. The neck is the only big difference between the Squier CV and the Harley Benton. The Squier is more modern sized, where as the HB has the original fat neck.

You could buy a new one, or they often come up for sale here or on eBay. 😀

Neil White from Canadian rock band The Carps played a Squier Bronco, all stock AFAIK. When they toured outside north America, instead of shipping his bronco(s) over, he'd just buy a new one in whichever country they were in.

Get a used Squier classic vibe (around 200-300 euros), then get someone who relics guitars/basses to relic the squier, get them to upgrade the electrics and machine heads (should be around 500-600 euros), which is within your budget.

I like Lightening Bolt also. Around the same kinda time as DFA1979, believe they later inspired drum and bass bands including The Carps, which are a lot more poppy.

I've been told the glue is old dried PVA, which seems to be water resistant. I think lighter fluid might be the way to go. I was also thinking white spirit, but will try lighter fluid first. 👍

I don't think hand gel or mayonnaise will remove this glue, it's super stubborn. 😪

I picked up a bass body from a mate, it was covered in some kind of wrap, been on the bass a fair few years I guess. Anyway, I managed to remove the wrap but the glue residue I'm finding impossible to remove. I tried some window cleaner which works pretty well normally, did nothing. Next I sprayed WD-40 on, left it for almost an hour to soak in, that did nothing also. This glue which is in patches seems super stubborn. The body has a poly finish, so any ideas how to remove this stubborn glue, nail polish remover, white spirit maybe?

Hipster hangouts in Shoreditch??? 😉

It's a HB, it'll be relatively heavy.

I had a body resprayed in candy apple green almost three years ago at a local car body shop, included a couple clear coats and polish. Cost me £80, did the prep myself, excellent finish. I was just offering my advice for actually having a body sprayed at a car body shop.

I'm not sure if you're joking or not???? The sparkle finish was invented for cars. Candy apple red, blue, green, purple... whatever colour you want. Primer, few coats of sparkle colour and a couple clear coats. Done. 🙄 Modern techiques and paint technology allows the glitter to be in the paint when applied.

Any car paint shop will do it. If you do all the prep work, you'll keep costs down.

This is all the OP requires, along with a set of D'Addario pro steels. Modern, punchy sounding P bass, lots of top end and plenty of beef.

Alternatively, add a kill switch then all holes accounted for! 😃

That's what a tone knob is for.