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That`s the exact one I`m gassing for at the moment, Stu. In line with proper punk etiquette it would get a black scratchplate but I just love that vintage-white colour.

I can see where you`re coming from, for a while I was standing in on bass for a mates band and they did a lot of drop D/drop C# stuff and I just couldn`t work out the pitch at all.

I`ll add to this, I bought a Vintage Tony Butler Sig V4 a few months back, and played it with my band for the first time this week. And to say I`m knocked out by it would be an understatement. Usually when I play any Precision other than my US 2012-15 Series ones I find myself noticing that I`m not playing one of those, if that makes any sense. Well with the TB V4 I didn`t notice it at all playing wise. I might have to adjust the height of the pickups a tad, but sound-wise it was "there"! This is one of those basses that you just think, wow, how is it so good for that amount of money - I paid £120 second hand, but new they`re only £250 - £300, in comparison to £1200/£1300 for the US ones when they were on the market. I do prefer my US ones but this TB V4 comes very very close. So much so I`m def going to use it as my overseas/flight bass, to save flying with an expensive US Precision. Now irrespective of cost I wouldn`t do that unless it was a bass I was comfortable with, I`d prefer to take the risk with the expensive bass. I`m actually thinking of getting another and just gigging these all the time I`m that impressed. The only mods I`ve done/will do is a Hipshot triple-retainer to keep the pesky A string under control (not that it did misbehave, but to eliminate the possibility), and may well put a KiOgon loom in there, think that the electrics may be the weaker part of the bass if there is one, though sound-wise it doesn`t seem that way. These might not suit everyone, the neck is a real cricket-bat-chunker, and being a Precison, well it sounds like one, so if you don`t want that sound then it`s probably not the right bass for you, but given this one-time purchase of a Vintage instrument I`d say it`s worth checking out their range. I`d read before about pros who claim to "love their Vintage" and thought it was just marketing/cos they`d been given them. I`m not so sure now, I reckon it`s because they`re great instruments, irrespective of price/value.

He/she will frighten off most I reckon, a very angry looking cat you have there Tim.

Agree re bright and defined. As a previous Rotosound user I used to get 1 month from Rotos, I average 2 - 3 months on Warwick Reds, depending on how hot & sweaty the gis are.

Well I used my Vintage Tony Butler Sig V4 this eve with the band for the first time and to say I`m pleased would be an understatement. I`d expected it to be ok, but it by far surpasses that. So much so that not only will I keep it as a backup as originally intended I`m going to use it on gigs where we fly, to save flying with a US Precision. Now I wouldn`t do that/gig with a bass I wasn`t comfortable with, I`d prefer to fly with the more expensive one and take the risk, but this eve has shown me that the V4 is more than suitable for my needs. Playability is great, and the sound is spot-on what I want.

That happened to a band I was in a while back, new owner, no promotion for the gig, halfway through the set offered us a £100 to stop and go home.

They`re great, protect guitars, double up as stands on stage etc, for regularly touring bands I`d say they`re a must. We only tour once a year at present but if that changes we may well look at one of these.

Ashdown Little B`stard, or CTM - when I used one - can`t remember which one tho - I was knocked out by how good the sound was. Available at 15 or 30 watts I think.

The Rumbles get a lot of love, as do Markbass. I think it depends on the sound you`re after, if you want any kind of gain/drive then Markbass doesn`t do that, so that`s one area to consider.

Looks great, well done sir!

Well the 212 NEO gets a lot of praise over on Talkbass, and will be a lot easier to move about - those RBH cabs are great but rather unwieldy due to shape and weight. A bit of Talkbass research would be worth doing I reckon.

There`s no specific sound to the size of drivers, but many voice their cabs to have different sounds, and different ranges will also have different characteristics. There`s nothing like hearing a piece of equipment for yourself, so I`d try the 410 first, if you like it go for it.

This. You love the sound and portability of the CMD121P, then adding the NY121 cab doubles up on the sound, makes it much fuller, and the portability is still there. I find that with swapping rigs it`s best to do it when the sound from the current one isn`t getting what you require - in this case you have what you require sound-wise, you just need more of it. As another previous user of CMD/NY rigs adding in that extra cab makes for a pretty startling change to the size/amount of sound available.

That were me if I recall correctly, Rich, and yes, very decent strings indeed.

We always play on multi-band bills so usually it`s a case of plugging in amp-heads to existing cabs, then connecting instruments/pedals etc, drummer usually swapping snare, kick-pedal, cymbals, sometimes stands. You`d be amazed at how many people aren`t efficient at this, but then the copious amounts of lager that they`ve drunk may have something to do with it. We can do all of the setting up and level check everything in 15mins or so.

We must be related, as I do the same. I also duplicate this process with Jazz basses.

Don`t look at the Tony Butler Sig Precision, Liam, it`s a cricket-bat-chunker of a neck. Which is nice (imo).

Yeah I`ve heard bands do Slither by Velvet Revolver/By The Way by Chillies and try and do the low notes an octave higher and it destroys the songs - although I`m a committed 4-string player I do accept that if I ever get to the point where I need those low notes then a fiver will be on its way to Chez Lozz, no playing an octave higher for me.

Probably the most/best publicity TC have had in a long while, put them back on the radar I`d reckon. And @0175westwood29 fully agree, some of the lyrical content I`ve heard in rap when it`s on at work - the younglings seem to like it - would deserve better attention from those getting the hump about the name of an effects pedal.

They were a band me and my mates liked back in the 80s. Aside from Blister in The Sun I couldn`t name any of their other material but in that long hot summer - or so it seemed at the time - of 86, the VFs were always on one of our car stereos.

I can`t remember who it was but someone on here put that they started with Reds, went on to try Blacks and found that they preferred the Reds.

Do a search for Herrick Pickups, they`re very good and Martin is a member on here as well.

I`ve found in the past that swapping a regular Fender BBOT for either a Gotoh or Badass on my Precisions has somehow "tightened" the sound a tad, and lost some mids. Nothing that I`d ever hear at band volumes but at home practice levels it was noticeable. A bit like the strings suddenly sounded a bit newer is the easiest way to describe it.

I`ve swapped from Roto steel rounds to Warwick Red Label rounds and yes, I get about 2+ months out of them, rather than the up to a month on the Rotos. They sound very similar as well, and that`s the killer for me.