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I've owned a few over the years, still have my first bass which is an 83 japanese Fender. Like every brand, you get good ones and bad ones. I'm less worried about what name is on it than how nicely it fits how i play. Jonny

I've owned a bunch of Squiers (still have an '87-ish E serial MIJ Strat) but never owned anything with a Fender sticker on the end, and it's unlikely I ever will. I've played a bunch of Japanese Fenders, usually in shops (the original CIJ Geddy sig was superb) but have been racking my brains to think of any US Fenders I've been within sniffing distance of. Back in the very early 80s, a mate had a butchered, badly refinished old Strat, so I probably plonked around on that, and I remember trying a Jaco sig in a shop, maybe 15 years back. I think that was probably a US Custom Shop version (the price was ludicrous) but my main recollection was that it was one of the worst set-up basses I'd ever picked up, and was borderline unplayable. The Irony, I suppose, is, that if I had to pick just one bass for ever it'd be a Jazz - the sound, feel and look tick all of my boxes. Stroke of luck then, to have picked up a stunningly good late 70s MIJ copy for £60 in a pawn shop. 😎

Hmm, sounds familiar.

Basstalk? The one that was shut down briefly by the FBI

Really like this, agree re Jam like sound

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Carpet Crawlers - Genesis

May 23rd 2007 joined Basschat. Besides Bassworld, wasn't there another shortlived predecessor to Basschat?

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Lots of sparks though… twisted fire starter

After two very late night finishes on Thursday and Friday at a couple of our pub residencies and back home in the small hours, which included having to deal with one of the venues that had hitherto supplied the drum kit not having one anymore, but not bothering to inform us(!), we had a real treat Sunday morning as the course band for the Hackney half-marathon for our fourth year. 8am arrive to set up and then 25,000 runners streaming passed over 2 hours which we played solidly without a break - so a bit of a marathon for us too! Made doubly special for me by having my daughter participating as a runner again this year. A complete blast and a great atmosphere! A little insta clip here to give you more of a feel for the event.

… gets you thru the night. JL

Won't get fired again!

It's not very environmentally friendly. Creating trinkets that will mainly gather dust once the initial buzz has passed and the next CD is released. That's mainly what marketing and consumerism depends on. What's the objective? Raise money, or spread the band's name in the hope more people come to gigs in other towns than where your mates live, and you make money from that?