Newbie Bass enthusiast in Perth

[Gavin1393]

Quote from keloooe on April 24, 2013,
Hi Brendan, welcome to the forums!!! We already have a number of 'Perthians' here, and the warehouse that the kits are stored in is located in Fremantle IIRC, so your kit should be pretty quick to get to ya!
Yep, as DB hinted, we all love Wudtone, seriously great stuff (no mess, more awesome looking!!!), so give it a shot!

Set up a Build Diary in the appropriate sub-forum so we can all follow your build, and when you finish, enter it in GOTM (Guitar of the Month)!!!

Cheers,
Pest

He's baaaaaaack! Gee Pest, we all thought the mathmatics monster had abducted the real Pest! welcome back to you too and on top of your 'welcoming duties' game once again! Good man!

[Brendan]

DB / Pest - wouldn't dream of painting it. To be honest, I've run across an image online that I'm thinking I'll have a go at for my first - not sure if to go for a light Wudtone or even go with DB's wax option (like the ST-1). Looks like I can ebay a cover (without the "F") for the bridge (though I might not go the pickup cover).

Adam - I figured I'd start with something fairly simple and the Jazz looks the treat. Let me know how to order with a maple neck - I can handle the wait... (at least I keep telling myself I can). The HB-4 looks great, but I'd want to go spalted to get the best look - may be a 2nd (though it'd be a toss up with the PBH-4 and a defret job) guitar. Alternatively, I might go over to the dark side and try my hand at a Tele (though I can't play normal guitar for nuts).

Great community here - already feel part of the whole and looking forward to the day I can put in my Build Diary.

[wokkaboy]

Quote from Gavin1393 on April 24, 2013, 07:07

Quote from keloooe on April 24, 2013,
Hi Brendan, welcome to the forums!!! We already have a number of 'Perthians' here, and the warehouse that the kits are stored in is located in Fremantle IIRC, so your kit should be pretty quick to get to ya!
Yep, as DB hinted,
Cheers,
Pest

He's baaaaaaack! Gee Pest, we all thought the mathmatics monster had abducted the real Pest! welcome back to you too and on top of your 'welcoming duties' game once again! Good man!

Welcome Brendan. Good choice a PB, JB or HB bass they all look like great kits. I'm another South of the River resident handy to be a 20 minute drive from dingobass. Good luck with your build and set up a build diary as Pest says. Any questions the forum family will be too happy to answer.
Cheers wokka

[keloooe]

Quote from Gavin1393 on April 24, 2013, 07:07

Quote from keloooe on April 24, 2013,
Hi Brendan, welcome to the forums!!! We already have a number of 'Perthians' here, and the warehouse that the kits are stored in is located in Fremantle IIRC, so your kit should be pretty quick to get to ya!
Yep, as DB hinted, we all love Wudtone, seriously great stuff (no mess, more awesome looking!!!), so give it a shot!

Set up a Build Diary in the appropriate sub-forum so we can all follow your build, and when you finish, enter it in GOTM (Guitar of the Month)!!!

Cheers,
Pest

He's baaaaaaack! Gee Pest, we all thought the mathmatics monster had abducted the real Pest! welcome back to you too and on top of your 'welcoming duties' game once again! Good man!

Yea, woke up to this post, so I just had to!

[Bass Guy]

Welcome, fellow deep-ender! Good to have more low end guys on board!

The natural finish look for the Jazz is a winner- looking forward to seeing the progress shots!

Best wishes,

Eliot "Bass Guy" McCann

[Brendan]

I agree - just waiting on the bass with the maple neck coming in... Has anyone played a bass with the bridge / pickup covers on? The pickup cover looks to be a bit of a pain, but I like the look. Hmmm... do I compromise function over looks.

[robin]

Quote from Brendan on April 25, 2013, 18:52
Has anyone played a bass with the bridge / pickup covers on? The pickup cover looks to be a bit of a pain, but I like the look. Hmmm... do I compromise function over looks.

Hi Brendan,
I got my Jazz second hand about 30 years ago, and still play it to this day. The first thing I did was take the covers off. Never been on since. I think they may be suited if you play with a pick. But never had one of those on it in 30 years either. lol

I think its just a matter of taste, and what you get used to.

cheers
rob

[Brendan]

That's what I thought - may go for the bridge cover - I think I can live with it. Pickup looks a no go.

[dingobass]

Yep. The covers are a pain.... That is why most of them ended up being used as ash trays! :P

They were originally installed in an attempt to shield the Bass from electrical feed back etc, they didn’t really make much difference.

You get a much better result by using copper shielding tape in the pup routs and control cavity.

[keloooe]

I actually play a little bit of bass, and I play with a pick, so the covers on my friends Jazz bass are used as neck holding jigs!