KiOgon

Enlarging existing holes in wood - on a surface you want to preserve not damage is not as easy as it sounds, drills can bite & tear the edges of the holes then you'll have a mess. A lot depends on the grain you've got in the area. The hand held tapered reamers are not meant for wood & can have the same effect. A tapered round file - used carefully with pressure on in cutting direction only - will do the job, a perfectly round hole is the least of your worries, you're not going to see it when the pots are in. The correct drills for wood have a central point with cutting edges around the circumference, these won't work to enlarge holes already there though.

James got in touch re. a wiring kit to upgrade his P-bass. Great communications & instant payment, a very smooth transactionl - excellent chap, a pleasure to deal with. Cheerz, John

Almost certainly as above the jack socket but look out for the outer tags of both volume & tone where the white wire is also the legs of the cap, anything on the live side will kill the signal if it's in contact with the earthed shielding. If all else fails - send me a picture of the pots/wiring & I'll have a looksee Cheerz, John

[quote name='Immo' timestamp='1414597456' post='2591148'] Oh, my mistake, if it's 100% solderless, than you should go ahead and do it yourself. My sincere apologies to KiOgon for underestimating the awesomeness of his kit, I just knew, as a Polish guy, that I couldn't order one, so I never got into details not to be tempted [/quote]No apologies needed There's nothing stopping you ordering, I believe postage to Poland & many other corners of the world are very reasonable - not saying you live in a corner like

^Thanks Paul^ As above really + there's a lot of happy feedback in my thread, link at end of my sig. below. Anything you need to know further please send me a PM. Cheerz, John

Personally I hate the look of those extra long pick ups, surely they're for a 10 string or something? Spoils the look for me, but I have enough trouble with 4 strings Oh! Yes the fish would have to go

How about just changing the neck? MightyMite are pretty good, Warmouth or a 2nd hand? Example = http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lic-by-Fender-70s-Maple-Precision-Bass-Neck-MM2907-/331356036454?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item4d265bdd66 Cheerz, John

That's a quality bit of kit, custom build of the highest order, looks great! Job well done Cheerz, John

See - a 70's Squier is like rocking horse poo I dunno about the rest

What I said in post #7

Wurrks for me too - Firefox on Windows 7.1 pro.

Now that has really upset me, very sad to hear, absolute legend - RIP Jack https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGke6qsf5v0&index=1&list=RDWGke6qsf5v0

The title sums it up for me - "Are You Friends With Your Band Members?" In my day they were always referred to as 'band mates'

One of my first ever gigs - village hall youth club dance, I leant against a fire door & disappeared into the car park, nobody missed me until I came back in swearing & slammed the door

[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v48/kjon51/DuncanBannatyne_zpsec787e99.jpg[/IMG] I'm out

[quote name='big rob' timestamp='1414012301' post='2584920'] Does anyone have one of these with all intact as should be that you can take some photos of, that would be a great help i think. I have now found the below, but i'm not too sure where the white wire in mine should go or the two earth's that are identified on the blend pot pins. [attachment=174532:s1000print.jpg] [/quote]The 2 earths shown on the blend pot tags should be wired to all the other common earths, which is what the white wire with solder tag looks like. The solder tag complete with all the earths should be screwed to the body somewhere in the cavity.

Howdy neighbour & welcome to the machine

[quote name='Count Bassy' timestamp='1414059972' post='2585252'] I'm curious as to why a thread insert would cause a problem, but a wood screw wouldn't. [/quote]I imagine the outer thread of the inserts is designed for wood & not suitable for Graphite. Although special inserts for graphite are available http://mosesgraphite.com/technical-info/threaded-insert-installation/

Great Sax - RIP Raphael.

[quote name='Weststarx' timestamp='1413802528' post='2581984'] What are the things to look out for? [/quote]Here's a few 'wrongs' making it NOT a US Fender Bridge wrong, should be 5 screws not 7 fixing. Scratch plate; wrong too fat around controls area, wrong knobs, not a Switchcraft Jack socket, wrong number of fixing screws & in wrong places, tug bar position wrong, no cut out for truss rod access. Body edge rounding too small, arm rest chamfer wrong angle, upper horn strap button wrong place. Neck plate with serial number wrong. Fingerboard slab wrong & not a decent rosewood, hole in heel near trussrod wrong. Truss rod adjuster wrong. Nut wrong. Headstock shape & decal wrong, string tree wrong. tuners wrong. Spray in neck pocket wrong. Case wrong, should have Fender label by handle, wrong handle, wrong catches should be 3 not 4. He says "[font=arial][size=4]The cable channel had to be widened out a little to fit the new larger pots[/size][/font]" wrong, they should have been full size CTS originally, "[font=arial][size=4] been upgraded with new more powerful pots"[/size][/font] utter crap! For starters! All IMHO of course

[quote name='Weststarx' timestamp='1413802528' post='2581984'] What are the things to look out for? [/quote]Look out for lying bastards on ebay trying to rip people off simple EDIT: BTW this should be in the ebay forum - with the other thread - http://basschat.co.uk/topic/247362-1969-precisionnot/

Jon ordered a wiring kit for his SQ P-bass, excellent communications & instant payment, a great guy to deal with, deal with confidence. Cheerz, John

http://www.ephotobay.com/share/green-jazz.html I'm sure I saw that 1st bass - the Status - on the Ocado website & they've just been awarded "Best Organic Supermarket" so it must be