Lozz196

I always associate JD with the natural Precision

Great tribute, very envious

I had a Nemesis 410 cab, really light, great sound.

As a matter of interest @la bam, what’s the tribute?

Get stacked knobs so only two knobs rather than three, and get a black control plate made. From a distance it will look more in keeping with the Precision especially if you have the knobs to be where the bridge pickup volume & tone knobs would be on a standard Jazz plate. I wonder if our very own KiOgon could help out on some of this.

Just watching Jeff Lynnes ELO at Wembley again - love this show.

Good choice, great bits of gear.

If I recall correctly Fender tuners are something like 19:1 in comparison to Hipshots which are about 26:1 - I read this stuff a while back so numbers might be a bit off, but I did replace the stock Fenders on a Mex Precision with Hipshots which are much smoother.

That’s nice Clarky, classic colour scheme

It’s only playing small venues that stops me doing exactly the same…….

I have to admit I`ve considered that Pete - I had one a couple of years back and asked our very own Gary Mac if he could swap out the frets for medium jumbos as per my others and he said he could easily enough, but I then thinned the herd back so never got round to it. With this one I`ve similarly considered it, but I`ve just got too many basses - I`ve been through a "buy many to find the right ones" kinda thing. I`ve got there now so am just selling off the ones that didn`t make the grade so to speak.

Yes I`ve got - and am selling - a US Professional, it`s the tall frets that I`m not keen on as well, other than that a really nice bass but those frets........

Definitely, they might not be the most refined of basses but a good old P-Bass will work nicely for many/most genres.

Me too, tort on basses, pineapple on pizza, things that are right & proper in life.

Tonerider P is a great pickup, sounds very much like the Fender CS62s I have in my US Fenders, putting one in my backup bass this weekend - via a KiOgon loom as my soldering skills are non-existent. Two great recommendations there chaps.

Range is between 21 to about 27. All great "kids" but they all seem so mature & sensible, much more than me anyway. Which thinking about it isn`t that much of an achievement.

Heretic, burn him!!!!!!!!

I’d look at a Vintage if possible. If you like maple fretboards the Tony Butler Sig, if not just the regular ones. They do sometimes come up used on the bay, but new will still be cheaper than a used Mex Fender. The Tony Butler Sig which I had was incredibly good quality, played well & sounded great. I thought I’d need to upgrade the pickup to get it sounding near to my US Precision with CS62s but didn’t need to at all.

Yep, I took a break from music in general from 1991 to 1996, didn`t play at all, go to any gigs or even buy any music. I was just sick of gigging and playing every weekend, and wanted to be in the pub with my mates - some ambition huh. Then I started up again, just buying CDs, bought myself a Fender Stratocaster and started up a punk covers band, one gig say every 2 months or so, fizzled out after a couple of years but the flame had been re-ignited. Been in bands ever since then and have realised that a lot of my dislike for gigging in my early years, without going into it too much was actually signs of a drink problem. Now unshackled from booze I love gigging, but at 56 have to accept my limits.

At present aside from going to see The Drifters with my Mum I’ve nothing planned, tho as Dirt Box Disco are playing not far from me later in the year this may well change.

Our younglings at work are pretty much the same. They’ve all recently been to see Coldplay but wouldn’t dream of local live music.

I bought something from them a couple of weeks ago, stupidly ordered the wrong variant. One e-Mail to them and it was agreed to do a swap. Sadly by the time I returned my item the intended one had sold out so they offered instant refund or to wait until it was back in stock. Refund please, sorted straightaway. This might be slightly against the grain of this thread but I think it’s only fair to show that BD aren’t all doom & gloom.

The 2008-12 had a flatter (and wider as a result of this) feeling neck to me, the 13-16 being deeper in the hand. The 13-16s had the Custom Shop 62 pickups, going back to a more vintage sound in comparison to the 08-12s which I found to be more modern sounding.

You’ll pick up an Ashdown MAG for a pretty reasonable price.