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Thomann selling Harley Benton basses as 'Decoration only'


Annoying Twit

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[quote name='RickyV' timestamp='1439893639' post='2846479']


Should do. I changed the white pickguard that came on my standard HB jazz for a triple ply black/white/black off ebay. Holes all in the right place. Had to do a little filing around the pickup hole and where it buts up to the bell plate but apart from that that, all dandy!!
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Could you link us to that scratchplate?

Cheers!

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[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1439881098' post='2846373']
Few pics of the new 75 J...










Unfortunately I missed out on the natural 75 J last night but I did order up a cheeky p bass... It was rude not to really it was less than £20 :blink:

This bass sounds, looks and plays fantastic... I reckon if you reshaped the headstock and wrote Sadowsky on it you'd fool more people than not.
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Fair do's that looks lovely mate.

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Yorks5stringer, any chance of measuring the string spacing on your progressive 5 please? and a weight would be nice too, I've been looking for a backup for my Letts 5 and these look mighty tempting (even at full price) if there were options for drop-in replacement pickups that would make it a no brainer (I've been wanting to try nordstrands for ages!)


thanks

Matt

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[quote name='Shockwave' timestamp='1439897717' post='2846531']
Could you link us to that scratchplate?

Cheers!
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Here you go:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/m.html?_odkw=&_ssn=agc-customs-ltd&item=271858291476&_osacat=0&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_from=R40&_trksid=p2046732.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.Xj+bass+pickguard.TRS0&_nkw=j+bass+pickguard&_sacat=0

The black/white/black was sold out last time I looked tho.

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[quote name='Matt P' timestamp='1439907457' post='2846658']
Yorks5stringer, any chance of measuring the string spacing on your progressive 5 please?
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If it is like the Prog 4, they are individual bridge/saddles each held with two screws. So could be plugged and moved if needed. I changed mine for a single P type, but alignment was tricky, needs to be within a fraction of a millimetre accuracy. Probably a luthier job to move the originals

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[quote name='Matt P' timestamp='1439907457' post='2846658']
Yorks5stringer, any chance of measuring the string spacing on your progressive 5 please? and a weight would be nice too, I've been looking for a backup for my Letts 5 and these look mighty tempting (even at full price) if there were options for drop-in replacement pickups that would make it a no brainer (I've been wanting to try nordstrands for ages!)


thanks

Matt
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De-fretted it's 3.9 kg on the bathroom scales and the nut is 45mm wide: B-E is 0.9cm, E-A 0.9cm, A-D 1cm and D-G 1 cm assuming you use Nylon Flats. It does not feel heavy and the body is quite contoured. At the Bridge the string spacing is between 1.6 cm and 1.8 cm depending on which strings!

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[quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1439919913' post='2846805']
De-fretted it's 3.9 kg on the bathroom scales and the nut is 45mm wide: B-E is 0.9cm, E-A 0.9cm, A-D 1cm and D-G 1 cm assuming you use Nylon Flats! It does not feel heavy and the body is quite contoured.
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My mini clippers/whatever they are called have arrived. I haven't yet had a chance to file the ends flat. As they are, they don't really grip the frets (on the ex-Andytre deko jazz bass neck) enough, but I assume that they will once filed down.

If I successfully defret the neck, does that mean that I'll have to buy a deko jazz bass to fit it? :D

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[quote name='Annoying Twit' timestamp='1439935152' post='2846990']
Nodules? Can you post a photo of these 'nodules'?

Congratulations on receiving what sounds to be an instrument that can quickly be fixed with a couple of new strings. Or something depending on what these nodules are :)
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Those strings cost as much as the U-Bass, wonder if they can be trimmed?

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[quote name='Annoying Twit' timestamp='1439920168' post='2846806']
My mini clippers/whatever they are called have arrived. I haven't yet had a chance to [b]file the ends flat. As they are, they don't really grip the frets (on the ex-Andytre deko jazz bass neck) enough, but I assume that they will once filed down.[/b]

If I successfully defret the neck, does that mean that I'll have to buy a deko jazz bass to fit it? :D
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You need to remove the curve from the pliers in order to get the jaws as close and parallel to the fingerboard and under the frets

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