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11-05-2009, 08:20 PM
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Chaos would suit me just fine.
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I love how Europeans add letters to words like colour. LOL! God I miss the UK!
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Actually, its the Americans who removed them from the original and correct spelling...
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This, it's not us messing with the language. 
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That's a pretty insightful post for an Irishman.
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11-05-2009, 08:52 PM
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LOL! I'm just kidding about the language difference. I used to live in the UK. Small things like U in color remind me of good times as a 20 year old.
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11-06-2009, 03:18 AM
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Chaos would suit me just fine.
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LOL! I'm just kidding about the language difference. I used to live in the UK. Small things like U in color remind me of good times as a 20 year old.
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I assumed you were, espcially since you mentioned living there, but a potshot is a potshot.....
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11-06-2009, 07:42 AM
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Last night, I did a few corrections and tied up some loose ends.
For instance, I bought new neck plate screws, and they required relicing.
New from the box
After a trip to the grinder and a bath in etchant.
The only modern convenience featured on this bass will be strap locks. I know it probably makes THand crazy, but two of my basses, in that past have met the floor due to a lockless strap. I did the best I could do by relicing them.
Before and after.
Both done.
The strap lock buttons.
On the strap.
I also went back an resoldered the correct coloUr wires on the hot portion of the pots. Thanks for the correction, THand!
Me posing in the mirror. This bass fits like an old sneaker. Even the strap is super comfy!
The only thing I have left is to scrape off the serial number on the headstock and getting the neck plate stamped/engraved.
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11-06-2009, 09:58 AM
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Chaos would suit me just fine.
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but two of my basses, in that past have met the floor due to a lockless strap. I did the best I could do by relicing them.
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Wouldn't this actually not be a bad thing, for this particular bass..... 
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11-06-2009, 10:05 AM
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How much has this cost thus far and what will you have in it all together after completion?
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11-06-2009, 10:12 AM
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very nice job! When do you think the finished product is going to be done?
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11-06-2009, 10:20 AM
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The bass, after all parts, setup, case, strap, and epoxy neck/defret, will run me like $1,900.00
The bass will be finished around Christmas. My end is pretty much done. It's waiting for my luthier to come back into town, and a month-long neck job that will take the time.
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11-06-2009, 11:48 AM
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Haha.
I'm fine with the strap locks, you did a nice job on them BTW!
(personally, I'm growing fond of using washers)
Jaco would probably use strap locks if he were still around, so I don't think it violates the spirit of what you are doing.
I'm glad I can finally understand your wiring now that it's colorized!
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11-06-2009, 12:15 PM
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Haha.
I'm fine with the strap locks, you did a nice job on them BTW!
(personally, I'm growing fond of using washers)
Jaco would probably use strap locks if he were still around, so I don't think it violates the spirit of what you are doing.
I'm glad I can finally understand your wiring now that it's colorized!
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No, they're "colourized"! LOL!
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11-06-2009, 12:17 PM
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I found a guy in Jacksonville who does the plate stamping. THand, am I neglecting any other details?
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11-06-2009, 12:35 PM
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Chaos would suit me just fine.
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No, they're "colourized"! LOL! |
Hell yeah. 
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I found a guy in Jacksonville who does the plate stamping. THand, am I neglecting any other details?
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You need to dip it in a river for a bit, mojo babay!
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11-06-2009, 06:50 PM
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You know,I was sitting here looking at that picture of you with it strapped on and thinking something doesn't look right. Then I realized its the fingerboard. It looks too new. Everything has a very nice aged warn in appearance but the fingerboard. Don't know what you'd do to it,but it's just something I noticed.
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11-06-2009, 10:43 PM
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maybe roughing it up with some 300 grit sandpaper might do the trick. think of what scales jaco used and what notes there are, and maybe sand it down a bit.
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11-06-2009, 11:11 PM
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I really don't want to work the fret board as I have no idea how it will affect Kevin's defret and epoxy job. Hell, I can see if he will allow some of the frets to take off small pieces of finger board when he defrets her.
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11-06-2009, 11:27 PM
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No, they're "colourized"! LOL! |
that's "coulourised".... the added "z" thing is an Americanism, as well
I know, I spent 36 years learning to spell American and the last 8 doin' it the "proper" way
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11-07-2009, 01:36 AM
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I found a guy in Jacksonville who does the plate stamping. THand, am I neglecting any other details?
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Just a suggestion....well you asked!
Since you are lucky enough to have Kevin doing the neck for you, I would ask him to put something on the back of the headstock like he did when he rebuilt Jaco's bass.
Like shown and described here :
Maybe having him say he used the same process as he did for Jaco and say when and where he did it.
It doesn't really follow the exact replica idea, but would definitely add to the coolness factor and set it apart from anybody trying to make a copy in their kitchen!
It will also maintain that you aren't trying to be fraud, but are just doing everything in your power to honor him.
I imagine alot of CS owners would rather have a neck that was done and authenticated by Kevin 
I know that I would rather have your bass that a CS (and I would LOVE to have a CS Jaco bass)!
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11-07-2009, 05:43 AM
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...anxious...
coincidentally, i just traded my Squier Vintage mod fretted jazz for a fretless model last night...this is REALLY tempting me...
must...resist!
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11-07-2009, 07:38 AM
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Just a suggestion....well you asked!
Since you are lucky enough to have Kevin doing the neck for you, I would ask him to put something on the back of the headstock like he did when he rebuilt Jaco's bass.
Like shown and described here :
Maybe having him say he used the same process as he did for Jaco and say when and where he did it.
It doesn't really follow the exact replica idea, but would definitely add to the coolness factor and set it apart from anybody trying to make a copy in their kitchen!
It will also maintain that you aren't trying to be fraud, but are just doing everything in your power to honor him.
I imagine alot of CS owners would rather have a neck that was done and authenticated by Kevin
I know that I would rather have your bass that a CS (and I would LOVE to have a CS Jaco bass)!
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+1, that would make the whole process "official"!
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11-07-2009, 08:38 AM
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Dear bassgod76,
Hopefully you will provide us some soundsamples of your top notch tribute soon.
I love the delighteful work you have done there and i'm really curious about it's endresult!
Cheers, KNURRR |
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