KiOgon

Strangely - they do turn up from time to time in Uncle Horrid's garage I just recently scored a Jazz gold anodised plate from him - rare as a rare thing with bells & knobs on Mines going on an faded Olympic White, rosewood board fretless. You never know he might have a Jazz 'onesie' plate somewhere Best of luck.

Pet shops sell bags of it - don't they?

'Cos it's got 2 pick ups = more magnets & they're heavy Oh Carol!

I had a Electro Acoustic which had kept me ticking over for many years but when my partner died I decided to start playing more again. The Tanglewood got boring & I hankered after a Fender Precision, giving myself a budget of about £800 to include a practice amp better than my Peavey with 8" speaker. I started searching for 2nd hand Fender P's & found BC! Then I got gas - saw a Skjold Exotic Custom being sold here & couldn't resist. The Skjold has faily recently moved on & now I have 4 Fender Precisions, 3 Fender Jazzes, (1 of is fretless) & 'a few others in the house' . Still getting GAS but not so bad as it used to be

I'd rather have Betsy any day

My pleasure to make a kit for Alex to upgrade his Yamaha, excellent comms, instant payment, real good guy to deal with. Cheerz, John

Second verse same as the first 2 kits in a week must be a record . Again spot on comms & instant payment, another all good transaction. Great guy to deal with Cheerz, John

I made a P-bass wiring kit for Leth, excellent to deal with, all good communications & instant payment, no problems in recommending him. Cheerz, John

I do enjoy these 'mostly' BBC4 band docu's, there's always so much I/we never knew about going on at the time, I/we just turned on tuned in & enjoyed the music We say every time though - that was all part of an era in music - that will never be repeated or bettered.

Is that real? Seriously

[quote name='iconic' timestamp='1370677648' post='2104210'] i think we may have a winner already....ive actually heard this and never picked up on it!!!! [/quote]

Fretless Precision Bass ?

[quote name='bbrich' timestamp='1370631182' post='2103809'] I knew a couple of guys who worked for Cable & Wireless in Jeddah. When were you in Saudi? [/quote] On & off in the mid to late 80's, working with C&W, Egerton Construction, Nokia & Fujikura on their Cable laying projects throughout the area. TBH spent as little time as possible actually in Saudi, much preferred the Abu Dhabi & Dubai lifestyle Bahrain was maybe best of all, Qatar & Kuwait not so much I know how much it's all changed in the last 30 years I wouldn't recognise any of it. Best wishes, John

Hi & welcome, I've worked out your way, (a few years back), from Oman to Saudi, through all the Emirates, telecom projects with Cable & Wireless. Rather be home these days Cheerz, John

Hey Yolanda - yeah like already said - you don't need a big introduction here, I reckon you're a bit late to the party but very very welcome. Always good to see a player of your calibre on side there's not many about (ducks for cover) Have fun, John

[quote name='Chiliwailer' timestamp='1370365386' post='2099801'] [size=5][u][b]Ok, the set arrived today![/b][/u][/size] I put them on with HUGE anticipation. Once the truss rod and saddles were adjusted (especially the A string) off I went for a wonder on the Jazz Bass. The feel was an instant hit and couldn't believe the quality of the tone, quite unlike the other Flats I had been using and all for the better. The A string being so thin was a big concern for me, initially the balance wasn't quite suited to my style but I switched on the compressor (which is always on the go anyway) and hey, problem solved! Perhaps it was a placibo, but the bass responses of the E and A balanced better after. I'm guessing the lighter A string is to match it better to the D and G because I was really impressed with that. I'm super pleased with the strings.Big thanks to KiOgon, you're post was on my wavelength and I agree too about our P Bass needs. The other posts were great too, nice to hear what other players are up to and thinking. [/quote] Glad you're happy with, I don't find the balance (size or sound or tension or feel) a problem on my AV '62 Jazz. I have a new set ready for my 60's fretless Jazz I'm working on at the mo, looking forward to that I think the last time I bought TI's I got a few sets from a USA dealer who was doing a good deal on them, nowhere near the price they are now

You've answered your own question, the proper job would be to fill with dowel & re-machine. Cheerz, John

[quote name='Stacker' timestamp='1370335127' post='2099150'] The slugs have become part of the circuit?? (edited 'magnets'!!) [/quote] The way I see it is 'some' of the windings must be in contact with the magnets, not normal surely? How else could I get a few Ohms (16/23) reading?

Getting lots of noise when you touch the poles, 2 'new' sets of SPB-1s here doing the same thing! On one set I've investigated I'm getting a resistance reading between the pole pieces & the common wire, after scratching through the varnish on the back of one pole , the reading between pole & ground wire on one coil is 23 Ohms, the other 16 Ohms. The resistance of each coil is 5.7/5.8 K Ohms, total across output wires is 11.6 K Ohms. All earth connections are good, checked with multimeter. Cheerz, John

Bumped with more info ;-)

Do you get any noise using these when you touch the poles? 2 sets here doing the same thing! On one set I've investigated I'm getting a resistance reading between the pole pieces & the common wire, one coil is 23 Ohms, the other 16 Ohms, resistance of each coil is 5.7/5.8 K Ohms, total across output wires is 11.6 K Ohms Cheerz, John

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1370187929' post='2097333'] By way of a comparison , I remembered seeing this and thought you might find it interesting : [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owYAsxl3LVA[/media] The sunburst on that CS 59 reissue is eye - wateringly beautiful , and it sounds just as good as the Pino bass to me . . [/quote]They're all beautiful - I'm assuming each has the factory fitted strings on at time of the video? Quite a wide range of tones between them.

[quote name='Conan' timestamp='1370178726' post='2097242'] Or to have a root through Uncle Horrid's garage/workshop! [/quote]Made I larf

I had to check a packet - you're right JF344's .070 A - & yes they're balanced lovely. I love the soft & smooth feel on a Jazz bass, fretted & fretless. They don't suit me on a Precision though. I prefer a heavier gauge for the definitive P bass tone, personal favourites GHS Precision flats, 55 G, 70 D, 90 A & 105G. The 43/56/70/100 TI's feel right to me on a Jazz neck, they balance the thinner neck better IMO & the GHS suit Precisions, both 1 5/8" & 1 3/4" varieties