Recent content by AWS Blazer

Old/New Blazer on the way ....

Oh yes please!!

Nice - would like one without the Jazz pup.

Greg had the best of taches.....

I spoke to Hipshot and the reply from Oscar Yuan was 'no'. They used to make the heart shaped tuners as 'favours' but no longer do so. The search continues....

Jeepers! That's a hell of a reference! P229 it is. I would not be surprised if the previous owner had changed it (the capacitor) himself - there are holes all over the thing and it looks like he even had an active circuit installed at one point - but I want to recreate this actual bass as...

I've pulled the scratchplate from my April 82 BL700 to check the wiring and it seems to me that this is how it is wired: Would some sweet soul who know more about electrics than me confirm whether this is correct (or is what I've captured is the same as the photos) and would the choice of...

Not aimed at you but that’s crazy. It’s basically completely different. A model that looks more of a Jazz bass with a funky pickup is also a P clone(ish). Apologies for the challenge and I’m genuinely pleased for you but it makes the whole thing something of a minefield when trying to source...

Thats a nice bass but is it actually a BL700? BL700s (and 800s) that I’ve seen all have P style pickups with the ski jump kick at the end of the headstock. Is it possible that Ibanez had more than one model called the BL700? Edit: looking at that dealer sheet posted earlier it seems there are...

How nicely do you have to ask? As in, how much extra do they charge? Also, which of their tuner models did you go for/would work as a drop in replacement on a B700? TIA.

If you know, you know......for the saddest of reasons I became the owner of this 'famous in the 80s' BL700 in December. This all-over battleship grey Blazer bass was used on two world tours in the 80s plus two Euro tours 2009-2010 as well as studio recordings in between. It shows every ding of...