Grooverjr

Horses for courses, i can't stand colour matched pickups. Special mention to the wood ones. Hideous! But then it would be broing if we all thought the same, right. But I do agree that nowadays we could have anything. If I could have a Peavey T40 pickup cover for all my basses I'd be in heaven!

That is tasty. I don't think you can play that in normal footwear, though. Platforms, sparkly Adidas shell toes or at the least teddy boy suede numbers.

Someone mentioned Why Don't You? in another thread recently. In that spirit I think with a bit of time and effort you could make your own, certainly one that would stick rather than screw on.

Exactly that. And it sounds oh so sweet!

All good advice, and of course bas sshopping is very much on the cards but I can't sell the Squier. It was my first bass and it's covered in paint that means a lot to me and would make anyone else wince! I expect I will end up with a cheap and cheerful starter and see what happens from there.

Thanks everyone for some good solid advice. I love BC! Special shout to @Beedster for the detail and excellent reasons not to do something daft and @Happy Jack for the lines advice. The favourite neck is safe! I'll keep an eye on the S/H market and see what comes up and go for somethign cheap. If I like it I can then go down the 'get a neck made' route.

Thanks, that's what I suspected. It's a P neck anyway (don't get on with J necks, really) so I might hang on for a cheapie second hand fretless.

Thanks. Lined is fine (probably better) but I was thinking the same about a defret. I know I like the feel of this neck as well, and I know my way around it so transferring should be easier as well.

I fancy giving fretless a go, but I don't want to buy yet another bass. I have a Squier Jazz that I don't use and am keeping for sentimental reasons with a decent maple neck in it that I find very comfortable. The question is - get that neck defretted or buy a fretless neck and stick it on there..... Considerations: - cost (which is cheaper? I wouldn't want to spend much as it's the scratching of an itch rather than a necessity - you don't see many maple fretless necks, is there a reason? Maybe that more bitey maple sound doesn't suit fretless? The benefit of the considerable wisdom of the BC Hive mind shall be my guide (oh, fool that I am 😁)

Thanks for going there so I didn't have to 🤣

Stick a car tree in it for a day then leave it open for a day outside. If it still stinks it will always stink and it will transfer back to the guitar so it's for the bin, I'd say. You got a win on the instrument either way!