NBD - Limelight Jazz Bass 1960 YOB *Spitfire Guard!*

[wateroftyne]

[quote name='Billy Apple' timestamp='1403771637' post='2486049']
I thought that was the body, neck too?
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No, you're absolutely right - it's the bodies. I haven't quite woken up yet.

Not sure about the neck.

[discreet]

[quote name='Billy Apple' timestamp='1403771028' post='2486033']
Very nice Mark. But if this is your idea of a moderate relic, I'd like to see your version of a heavy one!
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I played a friend of mine's pre-CBS Jazz (around 62-64, I think) and it looks like it has been buried in the garden for about fifty years - body, neck, fingerboard, everything a very dark walnut-brown with a huge thumb-hole above the bridge pup! Just lovely to play and sounds great, though.

To be absolutely honest though Sean, my new baby has just a [i]touch [/i]more, er... 'mojo' than I would perhaps have liked, but the real ones do look kind of similar...

Edit: Right, I'll go and take some more pics now.

Edited June 26, 2014 by discreet

[Billy Apple]

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1403772461' post='2486065']
I played a friend of mine's pre-CBS Jazz (around 62-64, I think) and it looks like it has been buried in the garden for about fifty years - body, neck, fingerboard, everything a very dark walnut-brown with a huge thumb-hole above the bridge pup! Just lovely to play and sounds great, though.

To be fair, my new baby has just a touch more, er... 'mojo' than I would perhaps have liked, but the real ones do look kind of similar...

Edit: Right, I'll go an take some more pics now.
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It's just my opinion, one mans medium is another mans heavy. Lovely bass tho and I'm sorely tempted.

[fun size nick]

Looks incredible! Fantastic value too. Hugely tempting...

I expect that they'll start to get the wrong sort of attention over the use of the Fender trademarks if they're not careful though, sad to say.

edit: Sorry, I just noticed that there was already a thread talking about Limelight's chances re: legal action. Nothing to see here, move, on!

I'd gladly consider one even with a different headstock & logo though!

Edited June 26, 2014 by fun size nick

[Geek99]

They'll start with a cease and desist letter and if he's smart he will act immediately. Worst thing to do with a legal dispute is hope it will go away

[discreet]

Some detail pics...


























My new Status Half-Wounds haven't arrived yet... should I record some sound files with the stock roundwounds?
I don't know what they are - generic 45-105 rounds... a bit too bright and boingy for me.

Edited June 26, 2014 by discreet

[skej21]

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1403776004' post='2486133']
My new Status Half-Wounds haven't arrived yet... should I record some sound files with the stock roundwounds?
I don't know what they are - generic 45-105 rounds... a bit too bright and boingy for me.
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A before and after (ie rounds and flats) would be good :-)

[discreet]

[quote name='skej21' timestamp='1403776357' post='2486141']
A before and after (ie rounds and flats) would be good :-)
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Doh! I knew someone would say that!!

[skej21]

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1403776519' post='2486143']


Doh! I knew someone would say that!!
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If you want to be really picky, we should all play the same thing for samples ;-)

[Billy Apple]

Outstanding work

[discreet]

[quote name='skej21' timestamp='1403776799' post='2486150']
If you want to be really picky, we should all play the same thing for samples ;-)
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What do you suggest? Rhythm Stick?

[skej21]

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1403776923' post='2486154']


What do you suggest? Rhythm Stick?
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Haha. Sex on fire?

[Rumple]

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1403776923' post='2486154']
What do you suggest? Rhythm Stick?
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That would count me out then, I can only play every other note if I try to play it up to tempo

[discreet]

[quote name='skej21' timestamp='1403777109' post='2486156']
Haha. Sex on fire?
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I'm not bloody playing that! Don't worry, I'll think of something.

[Geek99]

A walking blues ?

Like the detail of the broken tip on the (lower front) plate

[discreet]

[quote name='skej21' timestamp='1403777109' post='2486156']
Haha. Sex on fire?
[size=4][/quote][/size][quote name='Geek99' timestamp='1403777918' post='2486170']
A walking blues?
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I'm going to have a crack at 'Mercy' - The Third Degree version, not Duffy's dirge...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YU12FrWWVqA&feature=kp

[Simon.]

[color=#222222]I'm not fan of relicing to that degree, but the work involved and attention to detail is brilliant. Looks like a real beaut, discreet. Enjoy![/color]
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[color=#222222]Has anyone worked out what pickups Limelight use, yet? They seem to sound pretty good.[/color]

[CamdenRob]

[quote name='Simon.' timestamp='1403787351' post='2486357']
[color=#222222]....the work involved and attention to detail is brilliant. Looks like a real beaut...[/color]
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It's remarkable isn't it...

[Bassman Sam]

I love the attention to detail on this Mark, the corner of the scratch plate in particular. Enjoy your new old bass.

[fun size nick]

Incredible detail work! How do the machine heads feel? I had a set of similar rivet-style tuners on my '74 with half of that corrosion, and they were almost impossible to turn - I shudder to think what they would have been like with that much green on them! I ended up replacing them with late-'70s-style Schallers.

[Dingus]

That looks like a great bass and one that you could have endless years of fun playing, so good luck to you. I am looking forward to hearing about how it sounds, but I would hazard a guess that it will be something along the lines of " like a really good Jazz Bass !"

Somehow he has managed to make that relic job look genuinely weathered. I wouldn't be surprised if he has been using that bass to do some gardening with at some point. You are lucky he didn't charge you extra for that .

[discreet]

[quote name='fun size nick' timestamp='1403792141' post='2486455']
Incredible detail work! How do the machine heads feel? I had a set of similar rivet-style tuners on my '74 with half of that corrosion, and they were almost impossible to turn - I shudder to think what they would have been like with that much green on them! I ended up replacing them with late-'70s-style Schallers.
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They are smooth and positive. They only [i]look [/i]worn.

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1403795468' post='2486508']
That looks like a great bass and one that you could have endless years of fun playing, so good luck to you. I am looking forward to hearing about how it sounds, but I would hazard a guess that it will be something along the lines of " like a really good Jazz Bass !"
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It sounds like a really good Jazz Bass. What else?

Edited June 26, 2014 by discreet

[fun size nick]

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1403798007' post='2486564']
They are smooth and positive. They only [i]look [/i]worn.

It sounds like a really good Jazz Bass. What else?
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Fantastic on both counts

[martthebass]

[quote name='Geek99' timestamp='1403777918' post='2486170']
A walking blues ?

Like the detail of the broken tip on the (lower front) plate
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I think that's the Limelight trade mark ;-)

[discreet]

[quote name='martthebass' timestamp='1403800115' post='2486590']
I think that's the Limelight trade mark ;-)
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Heh! They do tend to split there on brittle old celluloid guards if you tighten the screw too much.