AndyTravis

Time for some fun

Yeah - feels nice, smooth satin on the back. 4 clover 1/2” ultralights on order. total spend on the fix is a bit high. But never bin a good bass. need to find my draw full of pickguard screws.

Yeah @Owenhas claimed the neck

Sooo…yeah. Looks like I’m ordering the hipshot ultralights. Neck holes are pre drilled. A little wax and pre fit screw check…all good. but I’m not getting into pressing the bushes in. Will be a nice bass when it’s done. Needs a good clean still.

The first version was just vvt with two double jazz pickups - glossy finish. The second version (like this one) had the rotary. im going to offer up existing machineheads (gently) and then make a decision. Neck has arrived. feels like it weighs less than the original neck.

@OllyWi had read this - will see what’s what. I’m not rushing with it as I’ve not got anything on with the band this week. is the back of the head pre drilled for machineheads?

New strings arrive tomorrow @horrorshowbassso will give a more in depth response than my previous message 😉

Yeah that.

Think they’re various holes from painting process - none go through the pocket. Odd but there we go 🤣

There’s a bit of work to do to make that right - I made an attempt but as the body was basically brand new…thought it deserved a good new neck

Spending lots of time and money in local studIo recently. We rehearse there weekly and have always used his spaces. For a long time he’s had a modern player Fender Jazz on the wall and I recall thinking they were ace (the mk2/satin/switch version…) it’s always bugged me that it looked like it had crappy strings on it and half the pickguard film hanging off. It was basically unused wall art (owner is a vocalist and guitarist). A couple of weeks ago - went to pay for the session and noticed that cool bass was gone. Bah, nicked/sold/in a case? Didn’t ask any more about it. On Sunday we were doing tidy ups on some new tracks and I saw what I thought was a black strat body in amongst some broken gear (stands/drum skins). And then a neck,,,headstock down… so just heel in the air. Its the jazz. pulled the neck out…it’s gone semi Headless.. ”gah, that’s some tumble…bet the body is smashed to bits” pull it out. not a mark on it - just covered in dust. spoke with owner, negotiated a fee for removal of this “trashed bass”. And set about seeing what to do. Neck is bloloxed…chunks missing from the break (looked clean at first) and the lacquer is shattered around the break point like shards of glass. It will go in the bin wonderfully - I clamped and glued it but it’s an ex-neck at this point. A good luthier would charge £100 to make it work, £50/£60 to overspray and it would still bother me. So…UPGRADE TIME! Roasted Maple Fender Player neck on the way… Arrives in the next day or two.

Schaller M4?

Want. No cash…bah.

@Eldon Tyrell has just bought a bass from me - a beautiful Sledge Sabre. Weirdly I can’t find a feedback thread - was an absolute pleasure of a deal. Absolutely lovely bloke and hopefully he’s going to enjoy the bass. Deal in confidence, pleased to be the first - NOW THE FLOODGATES OPEN! 🤣

Yeah. It’s all there. They’re an absolute winner. Maybe bongo 5 quest is back on.

Will get my tape measure out. Just had a takeaway so not yet…

Well. A bongo 5 is on offer. so. Send me a message in a bit.

10000% not a fender of any ilk… bah.