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Our very own @Jabba_the_gut produced some very comparable instruments in the past. I own a Rob Allen MB2 and have played Jabba’s creations, so I can vouch for the similarity.

Played a gig in Hinckley to the proverbial 3 men and a dog and I've done gigs where the crowd is standing on the bit of floor that passes as a stage it's so busy. I was in a fairly successful Bowie Tribute band for 5 years and we usually got great crowds, but that's because we were pretty good and it's the draw of Mr Jones himself. I imagine most decent tributes get the same lift in attendance from fans of the original band or artist being tributed. I'm now in a Country Rock band and we get pretty good crowds, including 130 at a ticketed event in Melton Mowbray. Again, we're not too shabby and Country is hot right now in the UK. On Daryl's point, it is soul destroying to play to thin air. I get upset if the venue is full and I don't see heads nodding and feet tapping. However, as has been said, the show must go on and there's no excuse for not putting in 100% (or for wearing shorts on stage unless you're the drummer 😂)

That's definitely a valid concern, Marvin. I've never been able to change the one on my American Original, although it's thankfully never needed it in the 6 years I've had it, and I definitely don't want to be taking the neck off. Nooo. It's interesting how all Fender's modern necks (except the Vintera/Vintage models) have been through production streamlining now, and all now have truss rod adjustment at the nut & a skunk stripe on the back.

Diplomacy is always the best option. All questions like, "Does my bum look big in this!" etc are better left unanswered. IMO there is no good part of a sh!t sandwich. So leave the autopsy for the band.

And I was implying that IMO the Shuker is a poor substitute.

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?