fusdepilee Posted August 17, 2015 Posted August 17, 2015 Just pulled the trigger on a deko acoustic B-30 BK so fingers crossed I get confirmation. Quote
Shockwave Posted August 17, 2015 Posted August 17, 2015 So the stripping has begun! Some nice tidy wiring work. Body and neck as fairly tight together. The poly finish was fairly easy to take off with a heatgun and wallpaper scraper. The black underneath needed a combination of Wallpaper scraper and sandpaper 240 Grit. The white primer underneath is taking much more time. Wood is alder and pretty lightweight. No flame top or anything. Almost looks like a one piece body but cant confirm until the rest of the primer is off. Has taken about 2 and a half hours so far. Quote
Andytre Posted August 17, 2015 Posted August 17, 2015 Loads of Dekos up on mobile site, just ended up buying a fretless progressive because of all the talk about them! That and my fretless project ended up being crap so may as well replace t for £30! Hopefully get confirmation tomorrow! Quote
Shockwave Posted August 17, 2015 Posted August 17, 2015 Grabbed a Natural/Maple Jazz and another P. Hopefully this one will be lighter! Quote
Andytre Posted August 17, 2015 Posted August 17, 2015 Those maple jazzes look good, but I already bought a deko jazz in sunburst so therefore don't need another one ... Right?..... Quote
Shockwave Posted August 17, 2015 Posted August 17, 2015 [quote name='Andytre' timestamp='1439851747' post='2846320'] Those maple jazzes look good, but I already bought a deko jazz in sunburst so therefore don't need another one ... Right?..... [/quote] Defret the Sunburst one and get a maple one for frettedness? Quote
Andytre Posted August 17, 2015 Posted August 17, 2015 [quote name='Shockwave' timestamp='1439851867' post='2846322'] Defret the Sunburst one and get a maple one for frettedness? [/quote] Hopefully got the progressive for fretless fun otherwise that would be very tempting! Quote
Shockwave Posted August 17, 2015 Posted August 17, 2015 [quote name='Andytre' timestamp='1439852016' post='2846324'] Hopefully got the progressive for fretless fun otherwise that would be very tempting! [/quote] If I had the moolah I would grab the £50 Neck thru thing. Or the £8 black classical! Quote
Andytre Posted August 17, 2015 Posted August 17, 2015 I purchased one of those classics in white as a first guitar for my girlfriends 7 year old brother, it was actually a really nice guitar and the best bargain ever for £10! Quote
planer Posted August 17, 2015 Posted August 17, 2015 50 pages and no hint of an argument - surely some sort of bc record! I find this to be such a happy thread, and it's nice to see people enjoying their Deko basses. I have stopped looking on purpose; if I came home with another one The Boss would blow a fuse, bless her Quote
yorks5stringer Posted August 17, 2015 Posted August 17, 2015 The review for the £50 neck- through Bass is quite interesting.... Quote
yorks5stringer Posted August 17, 2015 Posted August 17, 2015 [quote name='planer' timestamp='1439852769' post='2846331'] 50 pages and no hint of an argument - surely some sort of bc record! I find this to be such a happy thread, and it's nice to see people enjoying their Deko basses. I have stopped looking on purpose; if I came home with another one The Boss would blow a fuse, bless her [/quote] Yes, I expect there are one or two "domestic arguments" as a result of this thread however... Quote
miles'tone Posted August 17, 2015 Posted August 17, 2015 [quote name='Grangur' timestamp='1439845405' post='2846257'] Ahh... you obviously get yours from Sky. [/quote] 😀👍 Quote
CamdenRob Posted August 18, 2015 Posted August 18, 2015 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 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. Quote
yorks5stringer Posted August 18, 2015 Posted August 18, 2015 So I looked last night and the box in the top left hand corner of their Deco page was empty save a tick box. I ticked this and all of the 18 Decos revealed themselves. Tempting! However this morning it still says 18 Decos but there are photos of the staff in the box and only 4 Decos showing...... As Marvin Gaye used to say, "What's Going On"? Quote
BigRedX Posted August 18, 2015 Posted August 18, 2015 Even more perplexing, if you change from list view to grid view, the number of deko models changes from 4 to 8 and the results total from 18 to 19. WTF... Quote
pfretrock Posted August 18, 2015 Posted August 18, 2015 [quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1439852900' post='2846334'] Yes, I expect there are one or two "domestic arguments" as a result of this thread however... [/quote] Just done a Skoda and f̶i̶l̶l̶e̶d̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶t̶a̶n̶k̶ ordered a set of TI flats for my Prog 4 (hides bank statement). Quote
pfretrock Posted August 18, 2015 Posted August 18, 2015 (edited) [quote name='Shockwave' timestamp='1439848909' post='2846288'] So the stripping has begun! .... Has taken about 2 and a half hours so far. [/quote] Thanks for the photos, Interesting to know it is not so difficult. Almost stripped my Shorty P, then realised on getting the Prog, the only thing 'wrong' about its looks was the white pickguard. never liked black guitars. (or chrome knobs) Edited August 18, 2015 by pfretrock Quote
Andytre Posted August 18, 2015 Posted August 18, 2015 those JB-75s look great with a black scratch, wish mine had one instead of tort! (never been a fan of tort) would a standard jazz plate fit anyone know? i think i need to stop looking at the deko page i think iv bought like 7 dekos now (they werent all for me i promise!) Quote
Annoying Twit Posted August 18, 2015 Author Posted August 18, 2015 (edited) I wonder if they are deliberately making it all go weird in order to wrongfoot people who use programs to track the site. Edit: If I click on grid view, I see the extra instruments too. This black classical guitar is available in grid view, but not in standard view. http://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_cg200_bk_deko.htm Edited August 18, 2015 by Annoying Twit Quote
CamdenRob Posted August 18, 2015 Posted August 18, 2015 [quote name='Andytre' timestamp='1439889614' post='2846433'] those JB-75s look great with a black scratch, wish mine had one instead of tort! (never been a fan of tort) would a standard jazz plate fit anyone know? [/quote] Yes there is tort and there is cheap tort... I've never been a fan but sometimes It can look good on a vintage sunburst J or P. However this monstrosity from a recent PJ4 Deko I got is an abomination... Quote
Shockwave Posted August 18, 2015 Posted August 18, 2015 How heavy is it Rob? [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 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. [/quote] Quote
CamdenRob Posted August 18, 2015 Posted August 18, 2015 [quote name='Shockwave' timestamp='1439890923' post='2846449'] How heavy is it Rob? [/quote] I'll weigh it tonight and report back... I intended to do it last night but forgot. Not heavy though, it's a damn sight lighter than both my Wals. Quote
RickyV Posted August 18, 2015 Posted August 18, 2015 [quote name='Andytre' timestamp='1439889614' post='2846433'] those JB-75s look great with a black scratch, wish mine had one instead of tort! (never been a fan of tort) would a standard jazz plate fit anyone know? [/quote] 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!! Quote
Andytre Posted August 18, 2015 Posted August 18, 2015 [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!! [/quote] thats good to hear! i've had to slightly adjust every pickguard iv bought bar one so that should be easy, to ebay!! Quote
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