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New Fingerboard for 78 Precision Fretless?


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I bought a Precision fretless bass back in 1978 and had the instrument modified in 1983 to extend the rosewood fingerboard up to the pickup. The extended piece was made of ebony. I was a big Dill Katz fan at the time, hence the mod.

The finger board is now pretty rough and chewed up from all the years of playing so I was considering having the whole thing replaced for an ebony version that again will extend across the body to the pickup.

Does anyone know if there is a luther in the west-midlands who could do this sort of work?
Having just been made redundant I don't have a shed load of cash to splash, but I would like to put the old girl back in to good shape. :)

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He's not too close to you, but I can't speak highly enough about Dave Dearnaley in Cardiff. He does lots of custom built acoustic & electric guitars too. Top bloke, really knows his stuff and nice guy to boot. I'm sure there'll be someone closer to home for you though.....

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What about our very own AndyJr1515 ? it might be a few months before he has the time to work on it, but judging by the quality of his past work i'd expect this to be a fairly simple job for him and the result should be awesome, he's based in Derby i think.

http://basschat.co.uk/user/16482-andyjr1515/

http://www.ajrguitarmods.co.uk/

Matt

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[quote name='Matt P' timestamp='1496748281' post='3313577']
What about our very own AndyJr1515 ? it might be a few months before he has the time to work on it, but judging by the quality of his past work i'd expect this to be a fairly simple job for him and the result should be awesome, he's based in Derby i think.

[url="http://basschat.co.uk/user/16482-andyjr1515/"]http://basschat.co.u...482-andyjr1515/[/url]

[url="http://www.ajrguitarmods.co.uk/"]http://www.ajrguitarmods.co.uk/[/url]

Matt
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Wow, those finishes on then basses are amazing!
I never realised people offered this sort of modding.

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[quote name='dyerseve' timestamp='1496739902' post='3313486']
Yes, there is a guy near me who can do that and he is very reasonably priced. Let me find his details for you
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Here he is:

http://jdaveyguitars.com/feedback/

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