Jerry_B

Try a Boss HM-2 if you can find one of the older ones. The newer ones sound too tinny and thin, IMHO. IIRC, such a pedal was used by Godflesh, Codeine, and a few others.

Wizard Thumper?

It's just a generational thing. And a taste thing. I imagine that there's a fair few people of the same age who [i]do[/i] know who he is. I imagine there's quite a few people who are older than they are who aren't sure who he is. There may even be a few people who wish they didn't know who he was (and I don't mean his recent ex-wife). Not everyone likes the Beatles you know (and yes, I'm on that list)...

Yup, it's a Fender-licensed one. Will post some pics at some later point.

I'm hoping to do more updates later in the week. Just to add a bit of detail about the neck. It's any Allparts one, that has had a tinted laquer applied. This isn't too thick, which is how I tend to prefer things. If, once the whole bass is in one piece, the back of the neck seems a bit 'sticky' when playing, what I usually do is some very fine sanding/polishing. The fingerboard is ebony. I've given that a clean and then a very light sanding with very fine wire wool. And I mean very fine sanding! After that, I worked in a coat of Tung oil which has gradually evaporated off. I've helped that along by buffing it with a soft duster. This doesn't leave a glassy, epoxy-like finish but it does make it smooth and shinier to a certain degree.

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1329073853' post='1536837'] I`m very impressed with my recent purchase of a Tokai Hardpuncher. PJ configuration as well, though most Hardpunchers just have the traditional P pickup. [/quote] Yeah - that sounds like a tasty mix!

I too tend to think that Yamaha BBs do the trick. That said, in terms of aesthetics I tend to prefer the slightly older 414s - I think it's the matching body and headstock colour that does it. Aside from that, they sound bloody good, they're very well made and extremely playable.

At a guess, I'd suspect that the body is actually a factory reject. There was a flat lump at the rear of the neck pocket which I've sanded out, as the neck wasn't sitting flush. The marker pen 'R' may also mean 'reject' - anyone know? You can also see the manufacture date, but I've blanked out the serial number. It's an MIM body. Just around the corner, inside one of the curves of the lower horn was a small very thin scatch through which I could see some of the white primer. That was easily fixed - a quick dab of black permanent marker, leave it for 10 seconds or so, then buff the remaining ink away. No more scratch ;-)

Cheers! At the moment I'm just hoping that everything goes together without too much of a struggle. I've not actually ever tried this sort of project before! Either way, it's good that I was able to source alot of useful parts from various Basschatters

As I can't ever see me being able to afford a real fender fretless Precision, I've decided to build a FrankenFender from various bits and bobs. It's still in the early stages at the moment, but thanks to various people here on Basschat I've been able to source some of the more important components. The photos shows how things as they look at the moment. The BC-sourced bits are: neck (wateroftyne), Schaller tuners (mikegatward) and wiring kit (KiOgon). The body and bridge are Fender, sourced from Ebay. Other bits and bobs come from the net. Hopefully in the week ahead everything else I need will be delivered (pickups, neckplate, various screws, string tree, and Telecaster-style knobs)...[attachment=99728:bits#1.jpg]

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I bought some Schaller tuners from Mike, which were sent along to me very quickly. Great stuff!

T-40 basses also have a volume and tone control for each pickup. Rather than see this as a challenge, try to see it as a way of dialling up a wider variety of tones At least, this is the case for the T-40 (which also has a phase switch) - I can't vouch for the efficacy it may have for the SG

Another excellent Pbass wiring kit arrived for me from John today, with tasty oil in cap goodness included!

I bought an Allparts fretless neck from WoT, and it arrived very well packaged. WoT was also kind enough to arrange the delivery for my day off!

There's nothing wrong with the SX tuners. If they ever start to slip, it's easy enough to take them apart. They have a small plate underneath the cog (you can see the black plastic covers they have when the tuners are still on the bass). This plate provides friction for the screw part of the elephant ear. Give the plate a small amount of bend and it will work again fine. You can do this with alot of other Fender-style elephant ear tuners.

Very very nice!

The DX sounds really really good (I have one) but tends to suffer from neck dive...

The only thing aside from that which might slightly effect the tone would be the fingerboard wood on a fretless bass. But that still may eventually be down to what you can hear/want to hear

[quote name='noelk27' timestamp='1327625219' post='1514567'] More bang for the buck going for older BB models, either of the BB200 or BB300 on eBay at the moment would do a better job. If the OP goes for a big-name company, such as Yamaha, he should be looking at the bottom of the range from the late 70s all the way through the 80s. Either that or the lesser factories/makes of the day, like Columbus, Cimar (as mentioned), Kay, etc. [/quote] Maybe, but then there's always the chance that the OP might end up with a duff one, for which money has to be spent to revamp it. That may effect the budget

Get a Yamaha BB414...

Fretless is all I play nowadays. I've always preferred unlined ones. I've got a MIJ Fender Jazz and a pimped '80s-era Maya Pbass that has a maple neck. I also tend to play with a plectrum, often as not.

One man's poison is another man's meat. Taste is entirely relative. Personally I don't go in for the slap happy or Jazz Odyssey noodling, but I don't think worse of people who find it floats their boat. The only problem I have is when anyone tries to imply that one style is [i]better[/i] than another, or that a bass player is better than another because they play fiddly stuff. That just reminds me of daft endless pointless discussions about guitar solos I used to have at school when I was a metaller...