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New set of Hipshot Ultralites installed on one of my JMJs this morning, does make a difference, this is my lightest one so the neck dive, whilst not massive was more noticeable than on the others, much more balanced now. They’re a doddle to install too, straight fit, I’d def recommend them for the JMJ.

Good comms there. Given there are 3 extended breaks 4 - 8 would be doable if my back were ok but at present that would be way beyond me, a 40min set makes me hurt for a good few days.

I think it would start with C And end with UNT

I’m 6ft and don’t think they look that out of place

I switched last year to short scales from Precisions, I went for the Fender JMJ Mustang as it has a neck with similar width & feel to a Precision (and a fairly similar sound in the mix too). It hardly took anytime at all to feel very familiar playing it, in fact it was pretty instant, as a Precision player for years I was concerned I wouldn’t gel with it but my concerns soon faded. The neck dive I don’t notice too much, though I do use a Mono Betty strap which provides good support & stability (I went short scale due to back issues so made sense to have a good strap as well). Changing the tuners to Hipshot Ultralites would reduce the weight by a fair bit - principle of levers & all that, knocking off 200+ grams at the end would be very noticeable. This is something I’m thinking of to make my JMJs (I have 3) even more practical.

I`m like that with my fave Precision which I`ve had since 2015, although I`ve had loads of other basses throughout this period this bass is the one which I really know.

Dreadful news, Nick was a really decent guy

Gutted, Nick was such a nice guy

Good luck Billy, must have been great fun learning those bass lines.

To minimise the amount of kit I carry about I use a Nux system which is just two bugs, one for bass & one for amp. Works on 5.8 too, so no taxis or pizzas interference.

Very underrated basses, the Vintage V4s

Good luck Mark, given I`ve done similar for auditions I think that`s the way to go.

It did Jon, and not by a nose but by a country mile, a runaway winner.

I get that, before my short-scale days I`d have quite liked the Sting Precision but, well it`s got Stings name on it. He`s a fantastic musician but, well just but.......

I`ve not had that one but had the 21012L (two 10s front facing, the 12 side firing), and yes, on it`s own it was quite middy but in the mix it really shone with a rich full sound, plus the dispersion was amazing, you`d pretty much have to stand behind it to not get the full range of the sound.

I don’t feel at all pigeon-holed playing my Fender JMJ (Justin Meldal- Johnsen) Mustangs. That could well be down to I’m not familiar with his work, just have the basses as they’re just really good instruments that fit my needs. Similar to the above I’d probably feel pigeon-holed by anything pointy/metal oriented.

In my last band we had a large range of t-shirts and sold a great deal both at gigs and online. At gigs we literally carried more merch into the venues than musical equipment.

Def one of HR Gigers aliens, with acid for blood. You could rent him out to Fenders Road Worn department for legit and completely individual wear on their instruments.

Maybe we should report it to the PBI (Pedantic Bureau of Investigation)

Worth the wait I dare say

Sounds like something from the Alien films!

In that case I’ll look at the Northampton one

Last night at rehearsal I didn’t place one of my ACS plugs properly. Holy cow Batman, it was loud loud loud. For that band my ACS plugs are essential. But once, buy right.

I play punk & rock so similarly need that brightness on the top end and found the best thing for me is Elixir steel rounds. I get about a year from a set before the brightness fades.

Matt Willis from Busted plays these basses, gets a great sound from them (a girl at work is a fan, honestly, she shows me their live clips).