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But none of those are directly in competition with Fender, whereas G&L by the very definition are supposed to be the guitars and basses that Leo would want you to buy over those from his previous companies. My feeling is that fender will have bought them to reclaim the Leo Fender heritage. They'll pay lip-service to the brand for a few years and then everything will be quietly dropped. As we've seen over the years, Fender's core user base don't want any developments to their instruments since the pickup positioning on the Jazz bass was changed.

Awesome! I love the yellowing on the bindings and fingerboard inlays. The toaster in the neck position is a great addition too (I think the high gain pickups were stock?).

@BigRedX I feel I answered the OP’s question.

FMIC didn’t change the Gretsch brand, very different I know, but Charvel and Jackson still exist and they’re definitely Fender shaped objects.

I'm probably going to go for the Squier. One thing I have noticed with the Vintera is the truss rod is at the heel which, although period correct, is irritating.

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nice score they sound great with flats

So I'm been pretty much a full time P bass/flats player since i started in bands. Ive had a few flirts with Jazzes and once upon a time a burns bison bass but always come back to the P. Over the years I've had a few basses ive always loved the look of a few others (i still think a Spector Euro in Gloss Black and gold hardware is one of the best looking basses) and had mixed reactions when finally getting hold of them. Now, my main 'always wanted' bass is an original Ric 4005 but finances just cant justify even the reissues but i developed a ric itch. Fast forward to last week and my daily trawl of the usual sites took me to Bass Bros where the had a few ricks in. I love fireglo but to me the newer ones have a sort of 'washed out' or 'bleached' look. Then i saw it - a 1998 Ric 4003 with just the right mojo and for what i thought was a reasonable price - i had to have it! Today, after being ordered late Friday evening she showed up in her rickenbacker hard case and she looks absolutely glorious. After years of P's ill need time to adjust and ill need to get her off to the fixers for a set up with my usual strings when they are in stock but here's a few teaser pics in the meantime.

I was in a couple of bands in the ‘90s / early 2000’s who played in the Grey Horse in Kingston ( not Jamaica ). I was told by a couple of band mates at various times briefly that it had Legendary name Musicians who played there . To me the bar looked okay, but the gig area was like a rundown social club . Most of those legendary musicians are either dead or in care homes. It meant nothing to me . All we ever experienced there was bad band promotion , dodgy bar managers resulting in a few punters. Yes, we played to the bar staff exclusively as well . We gave it our all so to speak , treated it like an extra practice session with payment fluctuating to allow for shady managers. That was the worst . We just took in on the chin and moved on ,and refused to go there again .

Perhaps it's just the way I'm wired, but when someone says they're hideous, it just makes me love them even more.

That's why I emphasise buying good cabs. The best cabs will combat that woolly/boomy-ness in bad rooms.

By the way, Worship Together’s website is a good resource. With a free membership account there are loads of chord charts available for a load of worship songs including in ChordPro format…

Danny’s tone is the tone I aspire to. Stylistically, he always managed to hit the sweet spot, underpinning what the other instruments were doing, never getting in the way, but always adding something significant to the setting. Thanks to @TwoTimesBass for sharing that beautiful version of Magic Strings.

Dunlop short scale flatwounds are very nice - but I'm not sure how loud they would be on an acoustic instrument - is it purely acoustic or can it also be plugged in?

Sounds good, but to be fair, I get a very similar tone from my Warwick Rockbass Alien. I ripped the frets out and fitted her with La Bella low tension flats and she growls and sings. Mind, my playing isn’t anywhere near Matt Garrison level 😂

Sad news. As well as the brand, all those people out of a job! Whatever you think of the headstock the technological steps forward: MFD, active/passive tone shaping, locking bridge, 6 bolt neck are worthwhile. I'd really hope that Fender might incorporate some of that into new models if they are the buyer.

I’ve got the old bought OnSong app and love it! Have used it extensively over the years. However, I hate the idea of subscription software so have never “upgraded”.But I’ve noticed that certain functions have started to fall away for it. You used to be able to search for songs generally on the web and that’s stopped working recently. But like orders I’ve got a large library which I’ve built up over the years and also just create my own files using the internal editor.Which is t so hard when you get the hang of it. There are a few ChordPro / pdf compatible apps out there and many are free so not a bad idea to check them out.

yep, it happens I had a Policed gig at a rugby club fun day. They all got plastered and went home, promising to return Organiser offered us the full fee and to go home. We agreed to do the first set and see if any of them come back. They didn't, so we gave it our all for the bar staff. And more recently a St. Patrick's day beer fest in Derby this year.# with The U2 Tribe boys You'd think U2 / St paddy's day were a good match It was a repurposed warehouse and freezing cold and it was rammed with people We were due to start at 8.30. I counted 23 people left but we did the whole set (they said to stop after an hour) but it was my 2nd or 3rd gig and I need the runthrough Got paid 400 quid each though

The general feeling is that if Fender does buy it, it’s to gain the right to use Leo’s name & image, rather than to continue the G&L brand. Time will tell, I guess…