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Well, the thread is about an inch further up the string on 3 out of 4 strings than the previous set, and the tension is way higher than the identical set that I’ve now had to put back on the bass. Not really sure what else it could be. It’s either the wrong length or these strings are just wildly unpredictable and need a full setup every time they’re changed. Either way it’s not ok. I’ve emailed them, let’s see what they say.

I take back what I said about these strings, I just opened a new pack and they are all over the place, 3 out of 4 strings are the wrong size. What a mess for a £50 pack of strings. Rotosound need to sort out their QC.

I have a recent set and they only have silk at the peg, and they do have the coloured ball ends. They all feel the same though, same level of rough/smooth across all strings.

Thanks, they look ok and the price is ok too. I'll see if they can give me any indication of weight.

I have an old P-bass which I'd like to bring back to life, it was my first Precision and I was fairly clueless when I bought it, but despite that I loved playing it for many years. It's supposed to be an '83 Fullerton re-issue, but in reality it's a random P body with Quarter Pounder pickups, with a legit '83 Fullerton neck on it. It is incredibly heavy (feels like over 14lbs), so I stopped playing it many years ago, but given that the body is a random very heavy chunk of questionable wood, I'd like to replace it and hopefully reduce some of the weight. So my question is - who makes a decent quality, relatively light, already finished Precision body? Doesn't have to be Fender, doesn't have to be chambered / super light (to avoid neck dive), just has to be better than the boat anchor the neck is currently attached to.

These are currently my favourite strings on a precision. They mellow out after a little while but they definitely are bright to begin with, give them around 2 weeks to mellow. They’re pretty stiff too, and a little rougher than other flats but that’s what I like about them.

I wonder if he ever sells anything at these prices, I had a look at the rest of his shop, there are some shockers on there.

Yeah I thought it was a 'touch on the optimistic side'. It has a couple of watchers, which means there must be some people out there thinking it's not completely crazy.

I saw a converted fretless '72 P neck on Reverb for what seems to me like an insane price, around £1.5K (link here). I have something similar which I was going to put up for sale at some point soon but I had a very different price to this in mind, I'm curious what people's thoughts are - to me it seems like this should be priced as anything else that's vintage but modded, but who knows.

The G&L Fallout is basically a Mustang with a humbucker, they might be worth a look if you like that sound.

Cool, let me know if you’re looking to move it on, it needs to go on a Precision so that might just work.

Hmm yeah that does seem a little sketchy. I chucked in a couple of offers on that neck on eBay, both rejected so I'm guessing the seller is expecting to get close to asking price. I suppose it does come with tuners but it is quite a high price. I looked at Warmoth too but by the time you include frets, nut and finish it ends up being more like $370, and that's before tax and shipping. Allparts is coming out on top at £260, but I'll need to factor in a proper set-up / fret dressing etc. All in all, it's gonna end up costing roughly between £400 - £500 whichever way I look at it!

If you have a moment, would you mind expanding on this a little bit please? Wondering what makes let's say a Warmoth neck better than an Allparts neck. I'm guessing fit / finish will be ok with most of those brands, so does it come down to fretwork, weight, overall feel? Or how close it feels to the real thing? Or is it reliability / stability? One thing I really like about USA Fender necks is that (in my experience anyway) they tend to be very stable, I very rarely have to adjust any of my USA necks unless I'm changing string brands - once they're set, they're set.

Having looked around, AllParts seems to be my best bet, they’re MIJ necks from what I can tell. I trust MIJ a bit more than MIM. I’d potentially be willing to fork out the extra for a USA neck with the F on it, but there doesn’t seem to be a maple one for sale anywhere and I have no idea what the difference in quality is actually likely to be between that and one of their MIM necks. Too much of a crapshoot.

Fair enough, looks like I’ll need to up my price. Maybe this is a supply problem too, most of that inventory says ‘no stock’. I’m guessing the issue with Fender’s site is similar, it looks like all they sell is mim necks but they’re more likely just out of stock on usa ones. In any case with 600 quid for a neck (especially once you include shipping and fretwork etc) it might be that buying a used usa fender starts to make more sense.