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    Good sounding cheap arsed fretless

    I believe it's just the Squier VM fretless jazz
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    Good sounding cheap arsed fretless

    The longer I have my Charvel JP bass the more I'm starting to appreciate it. It has a lined fretless oiled rosewood fingerboard with lines and dots, a reverse P and a jazz bridge pickup wired Vol./Bal./Ton. . I bought it for €250 and changed the pickups to (also 2nd hand) passive Fender...
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    Painted necks on basses- love them or hate them?

    Oh yeah I had a Precision 5'er that needed a black 3ply pickguard and I managed to squeeze one for the MM out of the pickguard sheet. Only needs it's edges beveled but I've seen a lot of different PG colours combined with the Teal version like I have, and to me they never looked like a better...
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    Painted necks on basses- love them or hate them?

    That's why I had to stop lurking and finally create an account here. The wear on mine was exactly like that not too long ago. I've once seen one on the "for sale" forums -I think- that had the neck stripped like you say, leaving the top face of the headstock untouched, with a black 2 or 3ply...
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    Painted necks on basses- love them or hate them?

    Well I'm not sure it has a clear coat, I can see three layers through the wear: outside layer is Black glossy paint (used to be matte but playing it seems to polish it to a gloss), under that a layer of black paint that looks more like a primer (pretty rough, yet shiny), and under it all just a...
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    Painted necks on basses- love them or hate them?

    I have a MM SUB in teal rocking the same wear on the treble side of the neck. Since i am the first owner I know for sure it's not just ringrash. I wear no rings, never did too. What I always thought is that the paint failed to adhere properly on the treble side of the neck. I had it in mint...