Recent content by tomd999

Hiya, Weren't some of the MIJ Jazz's sold in Japan only an odd 32" scale? I think I remember seeing some at some point.

Hiya, I like to have my instruments setup so if I play light-med fingering or a thinner pick, I get no buzz however, if I play harder/heaver, I get that growl to the notes. Neck relief is the key here, too little you get buzz, too much and your action is high so you're working too hard.

Hiya, Best P-Bass bang for the buck, easy, a US made Peavey Fury. 10 years ago you could get them for less than $100 on Craig's all day long. It appears that people have "found out" how good they are and now they are going for about $350-400 on Reverb when and if they show up. If you don't like...

Hiya, If I didn't already have the koa version of this I would be all over this one. The Unity series have one of the best slim profile Jazz necks I've ever played (and that's coming from a guy that has 12 Jazz necked instruments.) I've always considered these to be the prototype for the US...

Hiya, I would say it's home made. The grain looks like oak but it could be ash. The pickup cavs are hand chiseled, the neck cutout radius isn't symmetrical so I would say routed by hand. (It could be an optical illusion because the pickup "route" is also off) I'm guessing here but I would say...

Hiya, I'm going to say it's an index hole for the CNC machining of the neck. When the neck is moved between stations of assembly, the hole mates to a pin on the jigs so that the neck is in the same position as to the tool head so measurements and thus tolerances don't vary between machines...

Hiya, Not me, that's for sure. My wife says I need an intervention to stop me from acquiring more. However, I do know someone that bought a '58 P from Manny's in NYC in '60 and it was his one and only bass. Now, as instruments go, if you could only have one, I'm pretty sure that's the one you...

Hmmmmm, For me, I gave up a long time ago trying to figure out "The Best". Currently, I have 4 Jazz's, 3 P's, 3 PJ's and no Ray's or Sterling's (Tried several times to love them, just wasn't my thing) Of those, I would say that the 2 standouts are my '86 G&L SB-2 and my '88 Japanese Jazz...

This: Bridge - G&L Saddle Lock 4-string The one on my SB-2 hasn't budged since '86 :-) For the traditional Fender style, I much prefer these over the smooth style where the saddle height screws rest on the surface. Not to mention it has 7 screws to lock down onto the body better. 203B-4 –...

Ah the wonders of Google translate.... https://translate.google.com Truss rod and nut ■ Supports rod diameter 6Φ Hexagon wrench type (5 mm) A type of truss rod nut that can be adjusted with a 5 mm hexagon wrench. The screws are M6 (corresponding to rod diameter 6Φ). ※The image is an image...

Hmmmmm, Well, looks like issues are back as this is on a bright surf green banner at the top of the page. (I would have used Sea Foam green but hey, I'm partial to it) =================================================== 4/28/2020 Recent website issues and an unusually high volume of orders...

Hiya, There was a thread a little while ago for a bullet type truss rod nut on a P-Lyte that asked the same question which turned out to be metric. I would suggest the same may be true of the RI as Japan is a metric based country. Tom

I think we did, I looked this morning and there is a banner "Sorry, our site is down for emergency maintenance" Good job girls and boys... ;-)

Hiya, Wired like a single coil Jazz, each pair treated as one pickup. I thought about doing a G&L on it with multiple switches to reverse phase of each pickup but that just made my head hurt and would have spoiled to clean look I was going for. If I want those kind of options I'll break out the...

Hiya, OK, just found this club, only a little late to the party. ;-) Warmoth swamp ash body in Sea Foam green, Gotoh legacy 7 screw bridge, Stew-Mac vintage pickups, CTS VV-T with a series/parallel switch, a MIJ '62 Jazz RI neck strung with EB Cobalt flats 45-105.