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I glued the scratch plate, replaced the pickup and controls with a Mexican Player loom that I had and added copper shielding to the control cavity. I’m very pleased with the result. Plays very well, after a quick truss rod tweak and has a great Precision thump with the ancient but pretty much unplayed Elites that have been on it since it was stored in a cupboard for years. Best bargain bass that I’ve owned!

Me too!

I tried one of these; really nice, however I just couldn't get on with the compound neck

It is that very one Maude, yes it is a nice bass. Thanks for the heads up re the scratch plate I did momentarily toy with changing it but definitely won't now.

That's a good point. There is a slight gap in the crack too and it runs just under the jack socket washer. I'll have a play with it and post the result.

Thank you, that sounds like a plan.

I dug this out of the back of a cupboard. It plays very well, was almost still in tune and sounds pretty good, so I thought I might resurrect and upgrade it. I have Tonerider pickup and some Mex P electrics somewhere in a drawer which I might fit, as I don’t really want to spend much on it. I originally got it from my brother as swap for a leather jacket back in the ‘80s. Anyway I like the way the scratch plate has faded slightly so any suggestions what I can use to repair the crack with ? I don’t mind if it isn’t perfect cosmetically.

I'm not sure I'd want to haul that up and down through the lift hatch too often either!

He sure was. He also did a clever left hand thing, which I'll not even attempt, certainly with all those 16ths ! I saw a vid explaining how he fretted a note with one finger and muted with another on the same hand while playing those fast runs.

Soul with a Capital S Tower of Power. In fact any of the three numbers with Rocco Prestia bass parts that we do.

“It’s not you it’s us; we don’t like you.” Still waiting for an opportunity to use that line to fire a band member. However, in this situation I think an honest, quiet conversation, probably not by text, is the best option. Might be a quick one, but better to be upfront with her.

This

Used to do Call Me Al and Diamonds on the Soles of her shoes in a previous band, despite not having a fretless. The bridge pickup on a Jazz worked.

Most of my prejudices are based on aesthetic features: Single cut basses Coffee table finishes, often goes with the above. Relic’d basses Headless basses. The look of Alembics, apart from John Entwistle explorer one, although I’m sure they’re superb basses, if a bit extortionate. Ditto Wal and Warwick shapes. I play four and five string basses but have never felt the need for a six.

We used to cover this on a previous band. Great song. Wish i’d had this !

It's a '62 Precision for me. Or a '64 or a '63 would do; I'm happy to lie about my age if need be

David Bowie acknowledged that Anthony Newley was an influence.

does he keep his hat on?… Ill get my coat

Lovely gig on Friday in Debenham, Suffolk, at the Community centre. After a horrible 11/2 hour journey cross country we were really well looked after with BLTs and tea by the team there. Nice stage and excellent sound, courtesy of pro sound engineer Peter and his wife running the house rig plus some of his monitors. It’s a big room with a high ceiling but Peter really did a top notch job. A decent sized crowd, packed dance floor and overall a very friendly place to play. It’s only the third music gig that they’ve put on and they deserve to do very well. Lots of nice comments afterwards from the audience and on social media. https://www.facebook.com/thegrayprojectband.

That's what I tried

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