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The epoch you describe is exactly when I started playing the bass and yes, Rotosound was the default bass string. My first set of strings were Swing Bass in the plastic pack with a picture of John Entwistle on the back. I do also remember Superwound and occasionally Ernie Ball bass strings being available locally, but Rotos reigned supreme. Fresh out of the box still the best tone of any roundwounds strings in my opinion. It's a shame they die off so quick and then sound not so special. Flatwounds are for hipsters nowadays. Back on the early '80's they were for old men who liked arm wrestling. I still feel subversive playing a bass with flats nowadays because it was drilled into me by my bass teacher back then that they were to be avoided at all cost because you couldn't slap on them. And slapping was essential. Such a great era for playing bass. Someone please invent a time machine.

My Embassy, with friends 🙂

Sheep - Floyd

The system you’ve got is easily enough for your needs. As Dad has said you will have feedback problems way before damaging the speakers. The amp is excellent, the mixer is fine and the speakers will probably be reliable though the vocal sound will need some tweaking. They’ll do a job for you but might be the first things to replace if you are unhappy with the sound. You might need to address the room acoustics too but you’ve nothing to lose by just setting up and giving the system a try. Again once you let us know where you are based I’m sure someone will help you do the basic set up

Headless may be doable, too. Although not all bodies work well with headless design.

So I had it like this for about 12 months. The bridge (and later pickup cover) were opportune Fender branded buys from eBay and such like which were about £35 each. The inserts and bolts were a bit of a bulk buy only thing so came to about £20 if memory serves.

Mrs S and I had eaten dodgy onion pakoras the night before and were taking it in turns to go to the toilet. I remember most of it - recorded most of it on my betamax video machine and still got the tape somewhere. At the time I thought it was utterly brilliant. Still do tbh. For all sorts of reasons 1985 was a magical year for me and I will always have the fondest memories.

Tuners to both sides of the headstock, like 3+1, 2+2, 3+2. I also like the idea, that the strings are inline from bridge to saddle to tuner. Zero fret and string retainer if needed, phosphorescent side dots are a must. I hate front dots/blocks. I am very bad in designing, that's why links: https://gb.pinterest.com/b25976y/guitar-headstock/ https://www.shutterstock.com/gb/search/guitar-headstock https://www.guitarpedalx.com/news/gpx-blog/the-shape-of-a-guitars-headstock-has-a-significant-impact-on-tuning-stability

First I added a bridge cover. I've not had covers on any of my basses before, apart from a really cheap thing as a kid which had threaded bolts sticking of the body that you spun a knurled nut on to. This made the cover much more easily and quickly removable than having screws through it. I was discussing it with some friends and started looking online. We came up with the idea of threaded inserts in the body, with knurled top bolts that screwed into them. This would avoid having two prongs of death sticking out of the bass when the cover was off. So, off I went (as gingerly as I know how) with my trusty Makita. I was worried about drilling too far into the body so thick the thread was only about 4mm deep. It worked great but if I had my time again I would have ordered a longer insert and kept the 4mm bolt. As I had to add some foam as a spacer to the pickup cover edge to allow it to fully tighten against the body without rattling. (Pics of that later).

Absolutely. If I were to buy a Musicman, it would be a candy apple red Bongo regardless of price considerations.

That's exactly what I was thinking, albeit I hadn't quite got to the point at which the attachment and truss rod were essentially one and the same. Headless graphite necks could be bought in a limited number of sizes - specifically heel dimensions and nut width - with the headstock shape being an option at point of sale?

Was song is it in ? Are you given freedom to express yourself or is it based on a cover version ? Just curious. Dave

Wish our band would go down that route. Might swing it for next year as we will be mostly using PA hire company for our gigs. Once he has it set up on the desk he just saves the settings. Will def be looking into it for next year. Dave

Definitely interested in a SR4 or SR5 neck. Had a status SR4 years ago which I sold on this forum. But would need to be a complete headstock match to stingray like Status made to tempt me.

Could go down in history as one of the great insults 🤣

Hello all, I am very late in posting this up, but Christmas 2023, I bought my son a Harley Benton acoustic g****r from Thomann and managed to sneak myself in a PB-50 (sunburst a'la Sting) into the order. All delivered to my house from Germany before the big day for under £200. I don't really play 4 strings these days but I love the original Precision look. I have not seen a decent 5 string one without blowing a wads ot cash on a custom, so thought I would get it for my own guilty pleasure, and at that price (I think it was £105), it was hard for me to refuse I liked the bass straight out of the box and apart from filing down a few rough fret edges, it was ready to go. I spoke to forumites on here who kindly sent me the templates to cut down the headstock to match. This concerned me as with my blunderbuss approach and giant sausage fingers, I reckoned I'd be left with a snapped headstock and a bloodstained house. But then during Christmas 2024 I had a dafter idea. I have always loved the look of upside down headstocks, so why not look for a lefty neck for it? I also looked for original look bridge and pup covers.... I was talking to @Merton about it last week and realised I hadn't posted a thread about it I did complete it in January and don't have the greatest amount of photos from the build, but happy with the results, so here we go ...

I don't think they were..? They were just beginning their 'Long, drawn out arrangement' phase. (edit) I will say that it sounds like their TV feed was mixed by a drummer...

Martin bought a Swan Flight case from me. Great communication and quick to send over the payment. Hope you enjoy the case! Thanks, Mike

Check the album too - Short Court Style.