Recent content by electro8

Ooh the Ric knobs is a nice touch. I was thinking generic flat tops, but I like have to give that a go.

All chromed up! Now to take it back off and age it. What would you use? A friend suggested using etchant/muriatic acid/ferric chloride, but that's some pretty nasty stuff and I don't really think I will need it after this. How does leaving them over a bowl of vinegar stack up against the more...

Not necessarily. My Teisco SS4L had 4 gold foils had an on/off rocker switch for each pickup, a rythym/lead rocker for each sets of 2, and an overall tone and volume wheel. If it was a bass, you would only need just the on/off switches and a VT knob setup.

Yeah just shell pink for the Jazz and seafoam for the Precision was unexpected, since the rosewood Jazzmaster comes in both those colors plus olympic white. Maybe they felt like shell pink was the best color for a limited edition Jazz, since they're making them already in every other color up...

That's the best part about if I ever have to sell it (which I doubt). You can't lose any money over dings because it's already dinged to bejesus and back!

Hey, it's the bass that made me want my Flea! Shell pink is such a great and unique color that seems to be made for offsets. I have to agree with you on the neck feel. It's such a nice full shape, without being awkward or chunky, and oddly a little fuller than the neck on my Flea '61 reissue...

New bass day (Well it was on Thursday, but who's counting), and my first Jazz! I've been recently been GASing for anything offset, and shell pink, but I couldn't really justify dropping cash on something like the new rosewood Jazz or an AVRI, so Flea Jazz it was. I saw that a local GC had one in...

Finally got a good shot of my Classic Vibe 70s Precision. I swapped the pickguard for a cheapo tort one from Amazon and after GASing for a MM Cutlass that I fondled at a GC, I took a sanding pad and stripped off the gloss from the urethane on the back of the neck to see if I could get close to...

If you look up perfection in the dictionary, this is what you'll see. For me, all it would need is an ashtray over the bridge. Also, do you still need the toggle since it's VVT?

Thoughts on the Pawn Shop Mustang, and how much you would realistically pay for one? There's an olympic white one in my area with no exact price set and I've been seriously gassing for a Mustang.

I really hope that they keep selling the V1s. Rolled frets and ebony is nice and all, but a $499 bass that punches well above its weight is still huge.