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I really liked the colour of the butterscotch one in the vid, looks much better than in the photos. Agree there`s not much here that`s new, but maybe Fender are reacting to what people have said they prefer, they mentioned a redesigned/better preamp for example.

I’m not familiar with the material but great sound and great playing

Bill, it just shows how dumb the rest are 🤣

I think the thing is to a lot of us we just don`t have the understanding, most of the technical terms just go straight over my head. But fortunately we do have the three as mentioned above to give us the appropriate guidance.

Very good likeness there

Whenever rattle is mentioned on Fender basses my first thoughts are the A string. Try pressing down on the string just before the tuning peg, if the rattle goes away it’s the string rattling due to the break angle. On non-US Fenders I put on a Hipshot triple string retainer for the A/D/G to remedy this.

Both look great, excellent bass and excellent amp, just a lovely set up

Happy Birthday, have a good day

Just watching their 2019 set at Punk Rock Bowling in Las Vegas on YouTube. Really good band on top form imo.

I agree, steps onto stage may seem a small thing but it’s those small things when all put together just make gigging so much easier. Plug sockets where needed is another, as is - and prob more for originals bands - hooks on walls for you to display merchandise. Tiny little things but make things go smoother.

I remember - vaguely as used to drink a lot back then - gigging with both of those, more with MC4.

No, I work for Post Office Ltd

I’m probably going to go for exactly the same as your one. I do like a maple fretboard so have a decision there as my JMJ is rosewood, but passive bass, black body, black scratchplate for definite.

I may well come along to Fiddlers Elbow @Merton

At the moment we’ve 3 gigs up til the end of May, then nothing til Sep.

I’ve bitten the bullet and contacted Mark at Classic And Cool Guitars re a Lionel Superlight. Had a band practice last night, used a sub 8lb Precision and back is sore today. That tells me invest in a very light short scale.

Well I’ve finally bitten the bullet and sent Mark a message re getting one of these.

Well I’ve just had a band practice and a set of 62s will need to be ordered, there was an overall lack of definition on the stock pickup, didn’t sound bad but I just prefer the 62s.

I have to admit that from now on I`m tempted to, whenever something is just left outside my property, to state I haven`t received it and to request a replacement. If couriers kept on getting hit with claims it might stop this. The only reason I don`t is that I think it wouldn`t be fair to the retailer.

A couple of weeks back my band played a gig in Malta, and as I hate flying they got my part covered. The stand-in bassist had an Aerodyne Jazz strung with Fender flats and it sounded great in the mix with a bit of drive from his Sansamp. I was rather envious as I just don`t seem to have the knack of getting the best from a flat-strung bass.

I`ve been in the same situations with Stingrays, I love them, how they`re crafted, how they play, how they sit on a strap, everything. Except for the sound. When I hear someone else play one it sounds awesome to me, yet when I play one it just sounds wrong, probably through so many years of playing Precisions, so after the initial high of getting a `Ray I tend to fall out of love with it quite quickly.

That is interesting as I also thought that the QPs were scooped - rather massively so to be honest - maybe it`s more a case of certain areas boosted then?

I`ve recently got a Fender Player Precision, really nice bass but the pickup does sound a fair bit different to my fave US Precision which has the Custom Shop 62s, the 62s having more lows and a mid-scoop. Adjusting the eq I can get near but not exactly the same. But this is at home. I`m not going to make any changes until I`ve used the bass with the band this week, who knows, in the band setting I may well prefer the sound of the Player.

Awesome, well done, that’s a great one to get