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Both of them play on Tom Waits' new album. Les is on one track, Flea is on two. Therefore Flea would appear to be better. BUT If you consider other Tom Waits albums, Les has played on more tracks than Flea, therefore Les is better. BUT Flea founded the Silverlake Conservatory of Music for Children Who Can't Slap Good And Wanna Learn To Do Other Stuff Good Too, and as far as I'm aware Les hasn't done anything like that, so Flea is better. BUT Les did the South Park theme tune. BUT Flea did the voice for Donnie in the Wild Thornberrys. Therefore, the winner is Mike Watt. Easy.

Is the updog suitable for a Henway?

[quote name='mcgraham' timestamp='1327237237' post='1508060']He is an out-of-work sound engineer [/quote] Yeesh! Why didn't you just say that in the first place? You could have saved five pages and wouldn't have had to use the phrase "colossal tool"!

I bought a bridge from Cieran (a bass bridge, not London Bridge or anything) - he was a pleasure to deal with. Nice guy, good communications, fast delivery - a pleasure to deal with!

I bought a pedal from Dan - it was a pleasure to deal with him!

Squier do a "Precision Special" - P bass body, P-J pickups, Jazz width neck. I had one a few years ago and it was very nice for the money. [quote name='spongebob' post='1224049' date='May 8 2011, 12:30 PM']I recently passed on my CV 60's Precision. Loved it, but just couldn't quite get with the neck width....found it a little unwieldy for my hands! I've read that the 50's P has an ever wider neck....but how about a smaller one? I know my Rics and how they can differ, is it the same for P's? Is a VM-P, for example, very different? Is there an era of the slightly smaller neck? Not looking to spend megabucks, as it's not meant to be a main gigging bass. I'm no expert at all on these, so any advice would be good.[/quote]

I bought a guitar from Andy - great guy to deal with. The guitar arrived super-fast, extremely well packed, and exactly as described. Andy kept me informed throughout. A pleasure to do business with him - thanks Andy!

[quote name='tony_m' post='1078966' date='Jan 5 2011, 06:41 PM']Now up on Fender website, not [i]exactly [/i]a '51 reissue... [url="http://www.fender.com/products/60th-pbass/models.php?prodNo=0196002"]http://www.fender.com/products/60th-pbass/...?prodNo=0196002[/url] [attachment=67936:60annivP.jpg][/quote] Um. Ugh. Well, if anyone's looking for a bass to compliment their Squier '51 guitar, it'll do the trick...

I found that there was quite a bit of variance in the weight of the two I looked at. I first saw one in Newcastle, picked it up and was immediately struck by how heavy it was. I was still interested in the design to look for another one somewhere else, and found a lovely example elsewhere, which I'm very, very happy with. When I was back down in Newcastle over Christmas, I went back into the shop and confirmed that theirs is indeed a lot heavier than mine. When I tried mine out, I also tried out a few other basses they had in the shop - Fender Roadworn P and 60th Anniversary Jazz, and Epiphone Jack Cassidy. To my ears, the Chi-sonic pickups were a lot fuller-sounding than the rest. They were all great basses, but I felt that the were each missing something from the tone that was all present in the Decade. Admittedly, it wasn't the most objective analysis, because I really, really wanted it!

Just back from a wee drive in the snow to sell Andy a Jazz bass - a pleasure to deal with, and to chat to.

I agree with the guys above about the Squier. You've played it, so you know what it's like, and it's easily available without the hassle of importing. The other thing to consider is that it'll likely hold its value better than the SX. These new Squiers are getting a lot of praise round here. A couple of years ago, Stagg did a jag-shaped bass with two Musicman-style pickups in it, in blue. You might have a hunt for one, though, and I don't think the quality would be up to the level of the Squier. So, really it all boils down to how important the colour is to you

I saw her in Glasgow on Saturday night, and it was a fun gig - a fair amount of stuff off her first album, a load of new stuff and Black Sabbath and Patti Smith covers. Her new album's (Out of our Minds) got a comment in it along the lines of "P-Bass + Ampeg SVT forever!", so she clearly trolls Basschat on occasion. She hung about after the gig to sign stuff so I talked to her a bit, then she came over to the pub my mates and I were in afterwards. One of my mates is a massive MAdM fan, so, to in an effort to make her night even better, I was ORDERED by my girlfriend to go over to talk to the afforementioned foxy flame-haired four string flicker again, to see if she wanted to come over and sit with us. She didn't join us as she had other people to talk to, but she came over to say goodbye when she was leaving, making my friend very happy, which in turn made my girlfriend happy. It's not often I get a into situation where I can make my girlfriend happy by chatting to hot redheads in bars...

The D and G strings don't go over the centre of the pole-pieces. Avoid it like the plague!!

Depends on the hardcase, I'd say, but I'd usually expect some additional packing. My general rule of thumb is "if the courier was to transport my package between A and B by kicking it there, would it survive?"

If you're looking for music shops, the best bet's to head to the Merchant City area of the town. There's Guitar Guitar on Argyle Street, Merchant City Music on Garth Street and Strung Out at King's Court, all within a few minutes walk of each other. Up the other end of town where The Box is, Biggars is a few blocks down Sauchiehall Street. If they don't give you food in The Box, pop a few doors along to Nice N Sleazy for a Sleazyburger - they're great!

Popped up the road to buy Gerry's Bass Big Muff from him last night - what they all said ^ great guy, and a pleasure to do business with.

If you like the Jazz shape, get a Jazz. If your bandmates want you to get more of a p-bass type thump out of it, wiring in a series-parallel switch is a fairly straightforward modification. Running the Jazz pickups in series gives a passable impression of a P. Alternatively, if you're looking for a Squier with a Jazz body and a P pickup, the Frank Bello signature has it. Just a shame it also has a not-terribly-U2-like big ol' skull on it!

I had a BLX-80 years ago, and never got on with it. Traded it in for something else, which ended up being a complete dog of an amp*. Wish I hadn't bothered, because the only pleasure the dog of an amp gave me was when I tossed it in the skip after it completely gave up the ghost.