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Bought a Tech 21 VT Bass pedal from Pete for a good price in great condition. He drove to meet me and is a really nice guy, a pleasure to do business and geek-talk about gear with. And the pedal sounds awesome! Thanks Pete!

Bought a VM Jazz bass off Will this morning. He drove over to my part of town to deliver it and I'm really happy with the purchase! He seems like a lovely chap. Chris

In my experience playing in and watching bands are such subjective and complex experiences that there are few hard and fast rules that one can attach to them. Whereas I can certainly see where some other people in the thread are coming from when they say a bad drummer or singer inevitably ruins a band, I don't agree; in fact I'm more likely to take a dislike to bands that are overly muso than to ones that are made up of less than able musicians. This does of course depend to an extent on the type of music that's being played (or attempted). The rules do change when it comes to covers bands though! Unless you're setting out to be some kind of comedy act (and I doubt this is the case) you need to be competent and able to do the original material justice. And even though Bono is by no means a great singer, the last time I checked (about 1994?) he could carry a tune. If you're enjoying it and you all get along then why not stick with it and see where it goes? If by the time you get to thinking about playing out he still sucks then you can sack it off. Anyway, if he comes across this thread the decision will prolly be made for you!

Thanks for all the welcomeses. Zoe, yeah I am on the look out for a better bass but I guess it'll take time to find the right one at the right price. So in the meantime I'm probably going to change the pup in my Squier and start saving! For the record, one of my friends has a gorgeous sounding/looking MIJ Fender Jazz (natural finish, rosewood fingerboard wi block inlays) that he got for £200! He plays it very well though so I don't begrudge him it ha ha!

[quote name='lovetheblues' post='1035850' date='Nov 25 2010, 06:27 AM']Thanks Dave! I appreciate your input and the threads :-)[/quote] +1 I'm in the same situation as the OP in that I have a Squier P bass that I intend to tinker with. I paid naff all for it so I figure I'll do some relatively low cost upgrades while I seek out a worthy replacement for it. I was originally thinking new pup, a wiring kit, maybe even a new bridge (Gotoh seem to be held in fairly high regard and are relatively cheap). However, I don't want to spend to much money polishing a turd. So rather than getting carried away and spending a chunk of cash that could go a fair way towards buying a better bass I think I might just go for a pup upgrade and a new capacitor for the tone pot. I've heard good things about the Kent Armstrong hot vintage for an improved, but still recognizably 'precision' tone. And last but not least is the fact that apart from a couple of speaker replacements I haven't done much soldering since I was at school (looong time ago) so I'm going to have to read up plenty on that subject! Does anyone have any recommendations for a decent soldering iron? I noticed 40w was recommended in one of the threads Dave posted links to.

I'm Chris and I live in Leeds. Currently deciding whether to upgrade my bog standard Squier P bass (thinking Kent Armstrong hot vintage pup and new wiring kit) or buy something a bit better (prolly MIJ Squier, VM Squier). Seeing as I own a Sunn 300T I should probably buy something a whole lot better but American Fenders cost £££! I play bass in a fast hardcore band called Bonestorm and an indie band called Honour Before Glory.