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Whereas I tend to visualise...

One other thing - the MIM bridge that came with it has to go. The screw holes are too near to the bend (through which the strings and saddles go), so when the bridge is screwed on it tends to roll up near there and thus doesn't sit flush with the body...

Maybe that's because the heavier rock bands weren't on TOTP all that much...

PJ Harvey was at the same art school as me (she was doing her A Level, I was doing a Foundation Diploma).

A quick spray and a rub down with some furniture polish should do the trick. Lemon oil probably won't go into the wood that much, if at all AFAIK. That said, mineral oil in small amounts may help lift off any crud.

[quote name='BurritoBass' timestamp='1329299074' post='1540111']A lot of rubbish is spoken about music (& long may that remain) but I simply enjoyed the tunes. No real cultural significance for me. During the Silver Jubilee as the Pistols sailed down the Thames I believe I was at a tea party on Marlborough High Street dressed as a cowboy. I sat by my friend Pete and had a great day [/quote] I was at some village party. All of us kids were given a Jubilee mug. I asked my dad why were given a mug. He said 'It's because that's what they think we are...'. As you can probably guess, my parents aren't fans of the royal family... Maybe my dad was a bit of a punk (actually he was a mod/folk fan)...

Here's a shot of the fingerboard. With the coat of Tung oil it's a bit more glossy than it was before, without being too glassy or epoxy-like. Akk I'm waiting for now is the new scratchplate. I'm hoping that'll arrive tomorrow or Saturday. Once I have that, the bass can go together and I can set it up

Schallers go on...

Anyone know if they pushed Jamie into the hole before they filled it in...?

Found with guns and gold? That creates an interesting image...

[quote name='Musicman20' timestamp='1329257665' post='1539831'] Agreed that punk in the USA bred hardcore, and eventually, (and don't laugh) early 'emo' and post hardcore, (well before we had bands making it a commercial success).[/quote] Yep - Emo, aka 'Emotionalcore' was allegedly kicked off by a band called Rites of Spring (one band member ended up in Fugazi). Members of the band don't share this view. Either way, Rites of Spring were an American punk-inspired band from the Dischord punk record label/distributor. Emo just seems to have grown out of RoS's use of lyrics, rather than musical style. [quote]As I grow older, I still look back and love the moments of seeing bass player's in punk really playing the bass properly (Matt Freeman - Rancid, Karl Alvarez - The Descendents).[/quote] Same for me - although in my case it's inspired more by Klaus Fluoride, Dave Riley, Chuck Dukowski, to name a few.

Don't forget also that when punk went to the States (or as some might say, rebounded) it kicked off a great many offshoots. Hardcore punk maybe being one of the most influential. Not just in terms of music, but in terms of bands and band members forging their own paths and encouraging others to do so. That ethos was passed on to various other scenes and kicked off a few others. It definitely informed other genres. It also created some horrible mutants too. I've alway preferred US punk to UK punk. True, I still really like Discharge, but I never ever liked the Clash, X Ray Spex, etc.. US punk always seemed alot more full-on, and to me it's still very listenable and still inspires how I think about ways of playing the bass and creating music. I think if there's one problem that's always bugged me is that there is sometimes an assumption about punk, UK or US, that tends just to judge it on surface stuff - fashion, social mores of the times, etc.. I think that really undersells it.

Turns out that the mounting screws I bought aren't chunky enough. Nevermind, I ordered another more suitable batch. Typical that the tiniest bit is what slows up the whole process... ;-)

Yeah, they're good for that. To start with I tend to use very fine (0000) steel wool, just to see if that makes a small difference to start with.

So then I move onto installing the tuners and... bugger. The holes for the mounting screws aren't deep enough! So I have to drill those all out a bit more that they all work. That's my next 'to do'...

Next is the string tree and bushes for the Schallers. The headstock holes needed a tiny amount of sanding out to ensure that the bushes fitted and were still snug.

A quick check with the bog-standard scratchplate I have. This will be replaced by a b/w/b Mex-fit plate. That hasn't been delivred yet.

Next to go in was the pups (Fender Originals), just to check that the fit is okay there too. Like I've said, as the body seems to be a reject I just want to check that everything fits! Seems that the pups are okay. There's another cloth-covered wire coming in from the bridge.

That said, it looks pretty snug in terms of the pocket fit overall...

A bunch of bits and bobs arrived in the post today. First thing I had to test fit was the neck plate. It seems okay, maybe a tad askew but I may put a small shim in to nudge it slightly. Not sure yet.

Then again, it might not be too hard to source a black body that fits the bill. That way you always have the option of going back to the blue body if you change you mind. Or you can sell it to cover the costs of what you spent on the black body.

Wizard Hammers may also be worth a try. I put a set in my fretless Jazz and they definitely improved things tone-wise.

I tend to like it for the reasons you had to rein it in, but that's just personal taste for you But maybe the fact that I use it with a fretless and a plectrum might be skewing that to some extent.

Do what steve Albini and others used to do: ignore promoters and middle-men. Do all of that yourself. And not give two hoots about what the commercial side of the music industry/scene/etc thing is the way to do things.

I personally prefer the Fender 'Original' Pbass pickup nowadays. Bit more pricey than a Trad tho', but not by much.