Good place for Fender pattern bass parts?

[HarryPotter]

I want to build a bass to my liking using off the shelf parts:-

PJ body

Maple Jazz neck

Nothing else special.

So where's a good place to be looking for bits?

TIA

[andy67]

NOT FOND OF THE MIGHTYMITE PARTS, WARMOTH SEEM TO GET GOOD MARKS, - I'll stop shouting now! - all parts seem like mightymite too me!

[stingrayfan]

+1 what he said

[ednaplate]

There is a US based seller on ebay called reliablefender with a shop called The Stratosphere. It's mainly broken down Strats and Teles but there are often many bass bits and pieces on there. You have to check every few days. I've bought a few bits from him and it's all legit Fender stuff

[Buzz]

Allparts?

WDMusic?

[Bassassin]

For general bits 'n bobs (ie not the important stuff) [url="http://www.axesrus.com"]http://www.axesrus.com[/url] are pretty good, free post as well. Although their website's a mess.

Jon.

Edited October 31, 2007 by Bassassin

[Jase]

[quote name='ednaplate' post='81523' date='Oct 30 2007, 11:10 PM']There is a US based seller on ebay called reliablefender with a shop called The Stratosphere. It's mainly broken down Strats and Teles but there are often many bass bits and pieces on there. You have to check every few days. I've bought a few bits from him and it's all legit Fender stuff[/quote]

It's mainly Japanese bass parts at the moment, last year they had more USA parts. They have plenty of satisfied customers.

[HarryPotter]

Cheers guys, I have no problem with using Japanese parts.

Given the might of the pound at the moment I guess going across the pond for bits has never made more sense.

[Shaggy]

Contact Chop-the-bass on this forum - top bloke, fantastic luthier, and has all sorts of bits - supplied most of my Jazz custom 5 parts including neck & body.

[bassbloke]

I think there's a US ebay seller called Slonk who sells parts, a lot of which are good quality Japanese ones from, I think, basses made by Signature. There's some nice stuff on show. Another good seller is Sigler music who do pickups, bridges etc... They have a lot of the Fender Custom shop and Seymour Duncan basslines. You can also get badass bridges from them for a good price. Need to keep checking their ebay shop though.

A good aftermarket preamp is the Audere JZ3. Again, exchange rates, which are becoming ever more attractive for buying from the US make all of the above potential bargains.

[HarryPotter]

I actually wonder if one of these:

[url="http://www.guitars.co.uk/acatalog/Fender_Active_P_Bass_Special_.html"]http://www.guitars.co.uk/acatalog/Fender_A...s_Special_.html[/url]

with a maple neck would be more cost effective?

Anybody know much about them?