Best place to pick up a high quality J bass body in the UK?

[Cairobill]

I'm entering one of those 'find a purpose for those nice jazz bass bits and pieces in a box under the bed' phases. 

I will likely go for a status fretless neck but where do I get a high quality, finished, ash, jazz bass body in the UK? There are a bunch of obvious sources but I'm looking for the good stuff

Cheers, Nick

Edited July 21, 2021 by Cairobill

[Chienmortbb]

1 minute ago, Cairobill said:

I'm entering one of those 'find a purpose for those nice jazz bass bits and pieces in a box under the bed' phases. 

I will likely go for a status fretless neck but where do I get a high quality, finished, ash body in the UK? There are a bunch of obvious sources but I'm looking for the good stuff

Cheers, Nick

If it were a P Bass I wouild say Crimson, alternatively for a jazz, WD Music or Northwest Guitars.

Edited July 21, 2021 by Chienmortbb

[Cairobill]

Thanks - northwest look quite inexpensive. How's the quality? Anyone used one of their J bass bodies in a build? 

[paul_5]

Can't attest to the quality of their Jazz bodies, but their Jazz necks are beautiful - I doubt you'll have any issues.

[JPJ]

I've just taken a punt on a fully finished custom P bass body from G&B Guitar & Bass Builds https://guitarandbassbuilds.com Can't attest for their quality yet as my delivery might be as much as 45-60 working days 🤔 so I will not see mine until mid/end of September. 

[Lord Sausage]

15 hours ago, JPJ said:

I've just taken a punt on a fully finished custom P bass body from G&B Guitar & Bass Builds https://guitarandbassbuilds.com Can't attest for their quality yet as my delivery might be as much as 45-60 working days 🤔 so I will not see mine until mid/end of September. 

My mate got this body from the same place. I can attest that it's a beaut!

[JPJ]

8 hours ago, Lord Sausage said:

My mate got this body from the same place. I can attest that it's a beaut!

Thanks for sharing this. The comms with the company were spot on, but you never know. You’ve gone along way to allaying my fears.