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Whichever is the most convenient, I've found that there is a difference in sound between V/V/T and V/Blend/T, so I always leave mine as V/V/T. I really liked the passive tone on the John East J-Tone system, which can be had either way. Never really got on with the concentric Vol/Tone stacks. There's something missing from the sound there and they always sound too bright to me.

I came here to say exactly this! Always felt he rarely (never?) got the recognition he deserved as a slide guitarist.

Yep, I had the GV bass, super nice to play!

Sleeping On The Job — Gillan

Mmm, that could be a quick and easy job or it could be a lengthy nightmare. It will almost certainly look better stripped and oiled but as you say, it's not an interesting or even especially attractive grain, so the improvement might be marginal at best. I stripped an ash body a while back and used black tinted wax, which lifted the grain nicely, might work on this bass?

Three very good friends of mine have all toured on Keyboards with Chris at various times. They had nothing but great things to say about him and often spoke fondly about him as a musician and a human being. R.I.P.

What a looker. If you lived in this shire I'd offer to have a look but take it to a decent tech.

Nightshift - The Commodores

If you use super glue you can spend happy hours picking it off afterwards!

I got a Kramer 450b last year and despite the fact that it weighs a ton and it's not exactly the easiest thing to play I love it. What I don't love is the colour of the body (and the less said about the wooden inserts on the back of the neck, the better). I don't know if it was originally a kind of orangey-brown or if it has changed over the years but I suppose it is 'period corect' for the 70s - i.e. nasty. It also has quite a few little dings and chips, but nothing serious. It's a 4 piece walnut body and the pieces match pretty well but they're not all that interesting, figuring wise. In the neck pocket where it hasn't been varnished the wood looks quite pinky-red and I am thinking of stripping it down to the bare wood and seeing if I want to keep it that colour or, if not, staining it black. With the ebanol board and the aluminium I think it would look pretty good. Certainly better than what it is now. I am hardly an expert at woodworking (a couple of pieces of furniture rescued and revived is my lot) and I have no decent tools but I think I can manage a sand down and refinish if there's no spraying involved. That said, I have a solid history of underestimating the difficulties of just about everything so before I mess it up completely I thought it best to check if any of you far more experienced lovely people have any advice / top tips / recommendations.

Interesting! On the old ATK's it was parallel - north - north with a treble cut (and the center coil activated in both single coil settings as a phantom coil).

Great idea! Good luck.

I am afraid that I have not read the complete thread, so forgive me if I am repeating what someone else has said. For me, an expensive bass is one where the difference between what I paid for it and what I sell it for is painfully negative. Brand new G&L and US Music Man Sub (stripped, painted and fully installed with Bongo electrics), I am looking at you. Given the BC long term loan, sell it for what you paid for it scheme, most basses are kind of cost neutral in my way of measuring expensive.

I’m on board with ‘simple’ but I do like to ride the tone control from song to song.

I would live to play my AVII enough that the finish starts to wear off it. Aside from that I like rotating basses, especially to rehearsals. Took my Epiphone Embassy to a rehearsal for one band. They couldn't believe its looks or sound and asked e to play it at every gig...

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Quality thumbing there.

Awful miming. Great song though. Think the bass is Chris' though although I have a recollection that it was stolen.

Any correlation between Chris' hand movements and te vass sound appear entirely coincidental...

That wasn't very Christmassy at all. Just crashing the thread I assume. Back on topic, I've been listening to Chris Squire's 'Swiss Choir' through December. Lovely arrangements of classic carols sung by a good choir of youngsters... with dirty great clanking Rickenbacker throughout and Chris' great voice too.

Expensive is, to my mind, linked to the concept of a thing being more than it's worth. A Warmoth Precision with woodwork coming in at around £600 with perhaps another £400 on high quality components, gives me a FCS level instrument at £1000, and IME I'd have to spend upwards of £3000 to get anything better from Fender. So, if I'm buying a Precision, anything over £1000 is not only expensive, but unnecessary expense

2x Vol is a Juggle, Blends often too Subtle or All or Nothing SR500 Passive, Vol and 3 way pup switch - simple and Hohner B2, Vol and 3 Way Pup switch. I'd give Simple a try.

Yes and maybe. If you wire two in series they may work at 9V, but these £2 cheapies rely on the internal resistance of the power source to limit current.