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Yep, was just part of the deal of being a bassist, Trace, Peavey, Orange etc all extremely heavy but that’s what was available.

I had a Precision with PF fretboard for a while, to me just felt like rosewood. I don`t like it when it`s light and streaky but that`s a visual preference, soundwise and playability wise no issues.

One of the best Precisions out there, forget for the money, just one of the best out there.

It`s amazing how far bass gear has come isn`t it. Way back when that weight was pretty much the expected, and whilst - imo - it probably sounds a lot better than the lightweight gear, it`s great we have the option nowadays.

Worth checking out the Vintage V4 basses, especially the Tony Butler Sig (providing you like black/maple of course). They`re great basses that punch far above their weight.

It’s a shame, the Northampton branch which I used to go to was excellent, had good service from them over the past 15 or so years.

Resultmungus!!

I put one on a 5-string Precision a while back and it did tighten the string up and make the B better.

Yep, when I`ve had Stingrays I`ve used gauges like 45-100 or 50-105 to balance out the low/high thing, and nickels to get some warmth and low-mids into the equation. I love the playability of Stingrays but I can never really get them to sound how I want - which is me being a fool as I just want everything to sound like a Precision.

Yeah, in our sites it used to be everything once a year, now for stuff like fridges etc they say every 3 years as although portable not many people shift them around that often.

I love the playability of Super Slinkys but I just kill them in a few days, really irritating as prob my fave string for comfort & playability. Sound really good too - before their imminent death of course.

That black guard makes a world of difference - especially with the co-ordinated strap

Great songs, Tomorrows Girls particularly good for us bassists.

Yep the Boss WL20 works well, pretty much the easiest to use on the market, just plug them together and they do it all for you. If concerned about running on 2.4 as the Boss does then NUX do one that runs on 5.8 and is almost as easy to use - a couple of small on/off buttons.

I’m in agreement Dave, if I can I play the song exactly, if there’s no way of working it out - and if YouTube doesn’t have it - then at that point I’ll settle for what I think it is. But I won’t add in stuff that wasn’t there, for me being as near to the original is the all important factor.

A benefit of this is not then spending your share straight back over the bar, so you end up with actual money, albeit at a later date.

Following on from both my earlier post and @petebs post, weather - hot and it’s Fahrenheit, cold and it’s Centigrade. I suppose I’m just an honorary member of The Don’t Know Party.

Try Elixirs, due to the coating brand new their rounds sound like other brands do after a couple of weeks use, and they stay like that for about a year.

For me certain things are ok in metric others not, but it’s not only metric. If someone says someone is 18 stone I can visualise their size, change that to the equivalent in pounds and I’m nowhere, both are imperial. Swap to sending an item via a courier and I’m good with kilos, pounds and ounces, well I’m lost. But basses, well they’re pounds and ounces.

Yes the Barefaced 12s range are very clear & flat sounding, the 10s being more vintage and having a thicker sound. The low mids on your amp are at 380, whereas to me for what your describing I’d be looking at adding anywhere from 100 to 250 so maybe add in a cheap graphic eq to see if you can achieve what you want, should give an idea of where to move forwards.

Yeah not fun at all, just as you get your brain sorted as to really knowing yourself and your life bits start stopping working or falling off, bah 😠

Agree Terry, I can get pretty near my Precisions with my Jazz, front pickup on full, bridge pickup 30%, tone 70%.