Telebass

Mmmmmm, Fenders, mmmmmm. Nothing to touch 'em.

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Welcome back to the fold. I did something similar. Strange how the fit takes you! But, at 50 I started it all again, and I'm well into making sure I'm deaf before I retire...

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Welcome indeed! Yes, pics of the Stratacoustic would be very interesting - I've never seen one of the originals.

Agreed. And Proel are pretty good with MB, so should be helpful.

There are certainly many ways to reduce the weight, to some extent, of valve amps, but you can only go so far, as yet.
One thing that I think no-one has yet mentioned as a down-side for valves is the need to match impedances always. Unlike SS, where a 4ohm output can be run into 8 with merely a loss of output power, doing this to a tube amp will wreck the output transformer sooner or later, usually sooner.

My personal take on the whole thing? SS every time, purely to save my back! I'm certainly old enough to have been around when SS wasn't often an option!
My favourite valve amp of those I used was a Vox AC50 head. Great amp, and reliable, too. But I wouldn't have a valve amp now even if i had free roadies! I prefer not needing a big car...

Anything is coverable if the crowd want it...

Howdy! you'll enjoy bass playing more than you can believe. And, all else being equal, there's a lot less to set up...

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Best advice? Jus keep doing it, no matter if it seems stalled. It and you will move on! Just takes dedication...

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The 51 can hold its own build-wise with any Fender, no matter where it was built. The Squier is remarkably well put-together for something that cost 249 or less. The neck on the Squier is really nice! It would appeal to those who fancy a slab, but prefer J necks.

They are too different for that, really. That big 'ole mudbucker is a world away from the single coil of the 51, which is different again from the split coil humbucker in the standard Precision. This way, I have three totally different basses, all with "Precision" on the end!

No, wouldn't change a thing on either. The 51 is indeed a slab. The Squier is a slab with an arm contour only, a la Mike Dirnt, whose sig is now a Squier model also. Why change to the SD antiquity? It's no different at all to the stock pickup. We have a Sting in the shop here with that pup, and it was a swap for no reason...I love the big fat sound of the humbucker on the Squier, so why change it for a single coil? A modern amp can control the mud, so no problems with it as-is. And the other bridge cover would just not be right for this style P.
I love 'em!

Nick, you need to be giving the Precisions a new home . Mine.

I'm not remotely 100 times better than that, but I can do a fair crack at MG. At least he's had the balls to actually DO it...

Yup, gigging all the time. Not in a band? You're still a muso. Want to be a better one? Join a band! It will help, believe me. And everyone else who does it. Nothing brings you on quicker than doing it live. Can be jolly frightening, too!

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Howdy, and wow! Lots!

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Not lo-fi...clearing the cache has worked, but I'm blowed if I can figure out why it went wrong in the first placxe...
Thanks, all!

A brilliant thread! Couldn't remotely live with anything shown, but nice to know what there is!