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I bought Fender-style tuners from Nik. Good deal all around, not a bad word to say. Thanks Nik

The headstock looks like a pinecone on a stick...

That makes marginally more sense to me than a Flying V does... Or at least it looks better.

Makes sense to me... that probably doesn't weigh any more than a T-40. That's worth something, to the right player.

Wow. I don't think I can give any actual help, but kudos to you for taking her on, and to her for trying.

[quote name='chrismuzz' timestamp='1393087467' post='2376090'] Interesting how on the back you can only see four tuners [/quote] Must be because the seller is a vision expert...

I'm quite pleased that the dong on the back of the body isn't pictured

[quote name='warwickhunt' timestamp='1392998689' post='2375129'] Alternative... [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AtNecByo1o[/media] [/quote] Works for me I'll play it to our singer, see if I can persuade her...

Someone told me that one of the Joni Mitchell songs with Jaco on it is a twelve-bar... [u]if[/u] you can dig down through the arrangement and ornamentation. I forget which one

I guess the string angle is making a difference to whether the bridge is touching its earth wire. That's the only thing which makes sense to me.

[quote name='muttley' timestamp='1392032687' post='2363740'] No. SR necks are 24 fret long with a slanted pocket. ATK necks are 22 frets long into a standard shape neck pocket. I tried an ATK in a shop a couple of weeks ago. Although my favourite 2 basses have slim necks - one is an older SR400 - I found the ATK still very comfortable to play. In fact I liked it very much but it's [u]very[/u] heavy. [/quote] Thanks

[quote name='TomRichards' timestamp='1392662711' post='2371304'] What do you guys think of my original thought, a pearl white to black burst? [/quote] I think they're ignoring you... That would look good. But do consider the same colours in reverse

I had a VMJFL. It was fine, good value for the money, though mine had been fitted with a Badass II bridge which was definitely better than the BBOT. The Harley Benton modern-style fretless I had before the Squier was not so good, but still worth having. It had a fretted-style nut, though I was too dim to understand why that was a problem till after I'd flogged it...

welcome aboard

I bought a couple of Wilkinson pups from Alan. All went well, a quick clean easy transaction. This isn't the first time I've bought from him, and I don't think it will be the last. Thanks mate

If you want a really lightweight bass guitar, then the Aria Sinsonido 690 is your friend. Looks fab, weighs nowt, sounds good. Fretless model available. They come up here every now and again, about £150 for a decent one. Or you could get an Ashbory, or an Ibanez GSRM-20... the GSRM-20 is very short-scale (28.6"), decently made, looks like a four-string guitar, fits a guitar gigbag, weight in proportion. It's a pretty good deal for the price, too. (But if you get a new one, change the strings ASAP... the factory ones are not good.)

Forty quid?! Result!

[quote name='Bassassin' timestamp='1392595898' post='2370556'] [u]It's said that any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic[/u], and having skimmed this thread I'm now quite content to accept that the incompetence that I put into my bass gets turned into music by the fairies. Jon. [/quote] First said by Arthur C. Clarke, and thus known as Clarke's Law.