attackbass Posted August 25, 2019 Posted August 25, 2019 Picking this up next week from Mark! Ordered it a few months back on the basis of the great reviews and to be honest completely forgot about it! I think it's based on a 65 p bass from what I remember, with lake placid blue over white. Not sure what to expect when I first get my hands on it. Hoping it will just feel like a nice, worn p bass that I can continue to add my own character to it as it will no doubt get from use. It certainly looks great! Apparently his camera has made the blue a little more vivid than it actually is. My trust worthy Fender Jazz 75RI has a neck problem so instead of replacing the neck etc I thought I would retire it (12 years of touring and playing and the frets are gone and it's done it's job!!) and get a p bass, after looking at fender US basses and playing my brother in law's 70s p bass these limelights looked perfect and incredible value in context to a US fender! 9 Quote
hooky_lowdown Posted August 25, 2019 Posted August 25, 2019 Does it have the edges of the neck rolled? I don't know if Mark does this as default, and if you didn't ask then it won't feel vintage/worn-in. Rolled edges really make necks feel and play so nice. 👍 Quote
attackbass Posted August 25, 2019 Author Posted August 25, 2019 Yes, it was on the spec sheet. I didn't request it so I think it's part of the relicing Mark does. Quote
wateroftyne Posted August 25, 2019 Posted August 25, 2019 We've got twins! For the record, mine is an absolute cracker. Enjoy yours 🙂 3 Quote
hooky_lowdown Posted August 25, 2019 Posted August 25, 2019 1 hour ago, attackbass said: Yes, it was on the spec sheet. I didn't request it so I think it's part of the relicing Mark does. Well, it's gonna be awesome. 👍 Quote
attackbass Posted August 25, 2019 Author Posted August 25, 2019 1 hour ago, wateroftyne said: We've got twins! For the record, mine is an absolute cracker. Enjoy yours 🙂 Haha yeah... I actually got mark to base mine on yours in terms of the level of relicing! I spent hours trying to decide a colour! Quote
knicknack Posted August 25, 2019 Posted August 25, 2019 @attackbass it's a belter... had a look at it on Friday! Quote
Hobbayne Posted August 25, 2019 Posted August 25, 2019 (edited) Welcome to the Limelight Club. Here is my sonic blue 63 P Bass I had made early this year. Edited August 25, 2019 by Hobbayne 3 Quote
Grahambythesea Posted August 27, 2019 Posted August 27, 2019 How nice to see restrained reliving, just like someone looked after their bass over the 50 years they owned it . 👍🏿 Quote
AndyTravis Posted August 27, 2019 Posted August 27, 2019 The LPB’s are beauties. would love one with an added j pickup, with a reversed p pickup... after car issues and another bass purchase this week...that’s not going to happen. Quote
attackbass Posted September 1, 2019 Author Posted September 1, 2019 Picked up the Limelight on Friday afternoon from Mark. The bass looks even better in real life, photos do not do justice to the relicing work that Mark does. The bass feels incredible, very comfortable and feels like a well used instrument. The rolled fingerboard felt great and just the wear and smoothness of the body made it feel like I had the bass for decades. I mainly play 5 strings or jazz basses so when I started to play it I felt like I had just been given my first bass and couldn't for the life of me think of anything to play! The sound... Well obviously it sounds like a P bass! But I have never played a P bass that has sounded so clear and that has resonated so well. Somebody mentioned before that the basses really sing, and they do. I was amazed as I have had bad experience of very dead sounding p basses in the past, especially on the E and A strings. The tone control is really useful, and can surprisingly get a nice range of tones out of the bass, especially when changing hand position. Took it on a gig last night, sounded great everything flat... It was a weird gig... And I wasn't able to turn up very loud so didn't get into eq'ing the bass with my amp and I just rolled with it, and the bass sounding good with little EQ really helped me just get on with the gig. Limelights are really great, having owned US fenders and Laklands etc I would never buy one again. Mark gave me good advice when ordering the bass and that advice has been realised in this great bass. Beyond pleased with it! Mark was also a really nice guy, friendly and approachable.. also hope I didn't slightly offend by thinking he was English when we got on to the subject of rugby... I'm Welsh.. didn't expect Mark to be Welsh too! Whoops. 1 Quote
attackbass Posted September 1, 2019 Author Posted September 1, 2019 I have no idea! Not sue if he makes them himself or buys a certain brand... Whatever they are they certainly work! 1 Quote
hooky_lowdown Posted September 1, 2019 Posted September 1, 2019 1 hour ago, OliverBlackman said: What pickups does Mark use? This has been asked before, no one knows, other than they're made in Korea, iirc. 1 Quote
Hobbayne Posted September 1, 2019 Posted September 1, 2019 He is very cagey about his pickups. Not that it matters, as they are far superior to many brands I have tried in the past. Quote
wateroftyne Posted September 1, 2019 Posted September 1, 2019 I've just installed a Limelight P pickup into my new (old) '72 'P. Sounds marvellous. 1 Quote
attackbass Posted September 1, 2019 Author Posted September 1, 2019 Yeah, the way this bass sounds whatever it is, it sounds great and that's all that really matters. If it works, it works... And I don't want to go down another pickup rabbit hole! Quote
Ander87 Posted May 16, 2021 Posted May 16, 2021 Guys sorry to bother but do any of you have details to order a Limelight? @attackbass @wateroftyne @Hobbayne sorry for the mentions but I can’t find anything! Quote
hooky_lowdown Posted May 16, 2021 Posted May 16, 2021 26 minutes ago, Ander87 said: Guys sorry to bother but do any of you have details to order a Limelight? @attackbass @wateroftyne @Hobbayne sorry for the mentions but I can’t find anything! Go to the limelight website, and email Mark. Quote
Ander87 Posted May 16, 2021 Posted May 16, 2021 Just now, hooky_lowdown said: Go to the limelight website, and email Mark. Ah so sorry bud, my apologies for being ‘that person’. I just never thought the site classicandcoolguitars.co.uk was the place, dummy me!! Quote
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