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A good point well made! Bath 😎

Hi folks Intrigued as to the "consensus" on the forum as to the quality of the "higher end" Fender basses out there. How do things like the American Vintage and/or American Professional II series compare in comparison to, say, a Vintera or Player series model? Where do the Japanese ones fit in in 2025? Noticeably better? Bit better but not worth the cash? Different ballgame altogether? What about custom shop? Whole different conversation? I'm definitely of the opinion that mass produced instruments with bolt on necks definitely have a quality:price ceiling where the diminishing returns get silly but I'm not sure I know at what price point that happens. Obviously the right answer is "go and play a bunch" but I'm interested in your thoughts as well. (FWIW - I'm afraid if its not a Fender I'm not interested, yes there are lots of awesome basses out there that aren't Fender but that's a different thread for a different day).

Bunged a few quid - hope it works out!

My LX-4

After playing a couple of gigs with them they’ve settled nicely, they do feel really buttery now, but it’s just not the sound I thought I’d get from them!

@oldslapper wots local? 🙂

Up this goes again.

That’s it, though the way he wrote it gave the impression of American built. Not that I read it that closely!

Everyone, especially the BBC, keeps going on about how"emotional" Lewis Capaldi's set was. Of course he was emotional! He'd just had his kebab wrestled away, been dragged out of the catering tent and forced to perform.

Sunday Celeste Good but she was a bit peeved that she hadn't been asked to play before. Came off as a bit arrogant. The Libertines Fine. Not that exciting. Left to see... Sprints A ruddy good band. Their set was energetic and tight. No notes. Brought in Kate Nash for a cover. Excellent tone from a Hagstrom Viking bass. Might have been my favourite bass tone of the weekend. Rod Stewart Bad. Really bad. Had to leave. He wasn't in tune, neither were his backing singers most of the time. Though I do wonder if their singing ability was the reason that they were hired. Goat Good at what they do, but after I think three songs and 20 minutes, I was bored. Not for me. St Vincent Wow. She really goes for it. A big performance, all executed perfectly too. Big stage persona compared to when I played on the same lineup 16ish years ago. Wolf Alice I really enjoyed them. I was looking forward to their set and they didn't disappoint. Olivia Rodrigo My wife really wanted to see her and I'm glad we did. She really put on a great show and it was a lot heavier than I as expecting.

Tomorrow - James

Rod was OK to be fair. I thought he did well and he looked like he enjoyed it which rubbed off on the crowd. I can't understand with a catalogue as big as his why he started with 3 ones that nearly lost everyone?? Then kicked into gear... Also, the interludes were confusing to say the least. Songs written and performed by other people originally now being sung by female singers whilst he was off stage?? And to bring on help when he needed a rest - 65 year old mick hucknell and 70 odd year old lulu! I thought Ronnie did great and he looked like he was loving it!

I thought that about Neil Young. I was wrong .

I thought that about Neil Young. I was wrong .

Saturday The Amazons I heard one track that I thought might be cool, so thought I'd check them out. 90% there on being great, but there's just an element missing. The songs had good elements, but perhaps needed a bit of producing to smoothing things out. Wouldn't watch again. Nice custom Jag bass with a wide range humbucker in the p position and a great tone. Also used a bass VI for a while, but I'm not sure why. Bess Atwell She's popped up on lots of playlists of mine. I really enjoyed her, but you won't find it on iPlayer because she was on Avalon. Japanese Breakfast Enjoyed this lot. There were a few songs in the middle that were a bit samey, but they came out the other end. The singer had a gong that she used for one song, and liked so pleased to be using it. Weezer These guys know how to do a festival slot. Play all of the hits, I was singing along to everything. 10/10 for me! John Fogerty We caught the end of his set after Weezer. For an 80 year old, he's great. Was so happy to be there, cracking band too. Blue checked Les Paul was on point. TV On The Radio I've been listening to this lot for 15-ish years, which is about when they stopped performing.oved seeing them live. Much heavier in person than on record. Lovely stuff. Father John Misty Oooof. You stepped into his world for that performance. He stayed in character for the whole gig. Top quote: "Is anybody here spiralling? Can I give you some advice? Disassociate completely. Works for me." 😂 Neil Young We knew his set was going to be self indulgent, but fu*king hell. Not every song needs a 3-5 minute jam on it. It was the quietest I've seen the pyramid all weekend. Really didn't work. Doechi Energetic performance. It was good, but not my cup of hip hop tea. A bit too over sexualised for me.

This is a great build to follow. I understand the woodwork, after that makes almost no sense, but it's clearly going to very good indeed. 😎

I'm as excited as you to find out, and lower the saddles. I need to get set up properly to work on it. Get all my tools in a row and make the bed to use as a protective bench. If I try now I'll attempt the only pozi I have handy, in some deluded hope that this time it wont knurl all the little screws until they have perfectly circular centre slots. I suspect it will be setup in the most difficult way to solve the pot issues, which is likely why it looked hungry in the pawn shop? edit: It had a dicky jack socket too but when eveything comes together is has the same sort of output level as my HB TB-70 on center notches. Since it has no ability to increase the the output like the Hb when you go above the notch, I suspect it is standard passive les paul. We should have a vote. The forum would no doubt give a substantial cash prize.

They were excellent. I saw them about 15 years ago and it looks like they've lost none of their energy. I'd take being their guitar tech over being Matt Pikes, scraping the gut sweat of his guitars every night.