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Okay, so I picked the bass up this afternoon. First jobs already done. Flats gone. Elixir 40-95s added. Black Scratch Guard added (and single coil route inspected). Mute kit turned the correct way around and general setup completed. So what we have here is a really light weight 1995 Stingray with an OBP-2 Preamp, but the HS Aguilar pickups have been replaced with the original MM humbucker. Sounds huge and plays wonderfully, barring some small extra adjustments. Oddly enough, the second control, which I presume was the blender still has an effect, despite the Single Coil pickup having been removed. It gives three distinct sounds between the centre detent and the two extremes of travel in the rotary control. It's almost as if the 'blender' is splitting between the two banks of the humbucker, and the central point makes them cancel each other out very slightly. Is this possible?! (I didn't do the rewiring. It was done by my mate's tech who previously owned the bass.) Anyway, the obligatory pictures now it's home...

Mass Of A Graviton — Izabella Khalo

Yes (no pun intended),I read Trev's autobiography. The Yes/buggles connection came through them having the same management.

Finally sorted. Bought a 98 mm one from the source suggested by @ratman. Purchased the large one because having no experience of how rigid they were I thought that a slightly over size would provide a nice snug fit. When it arrived I was impressed how stiff it was and sadly didn't fit properly. Bought a second from the same supplier at 96 mm for a sound hole of 95 mm. Problem solved! Nice snug fit and seems to do the trick by preventing the feedback. I have also created a new patch on the Zoom B1FOUR with HPF at 50 hz. Happy Days. Thanks everyone for your advice.

Gravity - John Mayer

Steve Howe played on the original album - him and Trevor Horn are long-time collaborators, even before the short-lived Buggles/Yes "merger". He does look a bit out of place here, sitting down and playing dobro though!

Nasty! I recently bought a Chinese classic vibe precision deck and it’s amazing. That was £85 delivered, reckoned choose a name brand over these.

Floating Through Space - Guetta/Sia

So, 2-3 years in, my cheap Chinese neck is feeling the strain, still plays OK, but the cracks seem to be getting bigger......

So, 2-3 years in, my cheap Chinese neck is feeling the strain, still plays OK, but the cracks seem to be getting bigger......

Mark O’Toole wrote the bass line for Two Tribes. There are demo versions online that show the song in its early stages (pre ZTT) with the bass line pretty much formed. I think there was also a BBC (John Peel?) session at one point too (again, pre ZTT). I always really rated him, even more so after I saw them live at Brum NEC in, around ‘86/‘87, touring the Liverpool album. It certainly belied the myth that they couldn’t play…

Great pedal. Mine has just replaced a Darkglass.

I'm not the biggest Fender fan but this one came as a pleasant surprise. Saw it at Guitar Center last month. 152 basses there. Everything else was hanging on the wall but the Fender was sitting in a stand right inside the door to the bass room, just asking to be picked up and plugged in. Twenty amps on the floor but for some reason, only an Ampeg Rocket was actually plugged in so I used that instead of a Rumble. Must've played for half an hour or more and the truth is, I never sounded better...hadn't touched a bass in two weeks. Sure, tone is all in the fingers, but I have to think the bass had a little to do with it. Seriously, though, what a nice P bass! I used a strap and the bass felt very comfortable...I'm guessing it was under 8 lbs...and the neck was perfect. I don't believe the fretboard edges were rolled, but the edges were definitely rounded...1.65 nut, felt like a Jazz bass neck to me. Looked very nice with the Candy Cola finish, but I think a black pickguard would've looked better...that's just nitpicking, though. Played along with my ipod as I always do. Must've played along to 9 or 10 songs...some hard rock and some softer stuff, too. Sounded great! I can only imagine it'd sound even better with some tapewounds or flatwounds.