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http://youtu.be/SEuOoMprDqg Rush - Xanadu. The Exit Stage Left version in particular, but I can't finds a vid of it. This'll do though!

There's a good blues jam night at Clwb Y Bont in Pontypridd tomorrow night. Every last Wednesday of the month. Near the train station. I won't be there but I will be at Febs jam. Some really good players there and a welcoming bunch too.

1976 Rickenbacker 4001. Sold it for 500 quid in '99. 😱

Love at first sight may only ever happen once. Regret will eventually cost you more.

Are you doing anything new in your life outside of music? I wonder if some new activity is affecting you somehow and is indirectly making your bass playing painful as a result. Seek medical advice of course..

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1484837258' post='3218944'] I would imagine that they don't care in the slightest. [/quote] That's the point I was making. Not very well probably. ✌

I can't help wondering what all the artists mentioned in this thread would make of the music made by the (mostly) hobbyist basschatters? 😜 I do include myself here btw.

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1484646160' post='3217053'] oh god... I'm in love. THAT is just perfect. If it sounds and feels maybe 10% of how it looks, it would be a superb instrument... wow. [/quote] I second that emotion 😘

I once launched Tal Wilkenfeld's debut album out of the window of a truck I was driving. It was technically amazing but said absolutely nothing. Heard it all before. It's hopefully still there, embedded in an embankment on the M4.

Radiohead - Okey dokey Karaoke or whatever it's called.

Modern Squier headstocks are shorter than a Fender's. They look a little 'snub nosed' to me. A Fender decal won't change that. I like my headstocks blank personally. My mate's got custom decals on his basses with his kids names on. Nice personal touch for himself.

I've never heard any of the albums he's played on but I have seen some solos on YouTube. Always meant to check him out further, thanks for reminding me! Good timing actually as I'm working hard trying to get my pick playing chops together. Any suggestions which albums to hear first? It's disappointing that Squier discontinued his sig P bass. Really fancied one in the cream..

All of the above, but my fave is this live sesh in Bremen, Germany 1974. Paul Jackson in particular is killin it here.. http://youtu.be/GAlejqkd-gg

[quote name='timhiggins' timestamp='1484036762' post='3212040'] I think this is one of the funkiest things ever cut only trouble is its the Headhunters without Herbie ! http://youtu.be/mzifRDyPtd0 [/quote] He did produce it though!

Well done! Nice you got to a/b it to be sure too. 👍

[quote name='prowla' timestamp='1484388355' post='3215075'] I think you're right - Capri orange. https://youtu.be/XG9z0APkJWw?t=62 (That's one Ford I would like!) [/quote] Quite! There was an actual Capri Orange used by Fender but as Fender used car colours maybe they are one in the same? This is a 1981 example :

[quote name='prowla' timestamp='1484385324' post='3215056'] Yes, the thought had occurred. And leave the gap as-is? [/quote] Yes. The orange looks excellent btw. Like 70s Capri orange. If you do decide it's a keeper bass as it is then you could always get a new pickguard cut later on to hide the gap, but until you're sure what you want to do just colour the gap in and enjoy the bass.

I'd just colour the exposed area in with a black permanent marker so it doesn't catch the eye.

Got some gear to shift?

The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead I can play it all in my head, including the couple of jumps my old record did!

[quote name='therealting' timestamp='1484262321' post='3214255'] I have a fantastic, lightweight Japanese Fender FSR Classic 60s Precision up for sale at the minute that is within your budget. It's in the For Sale section. http://basschat.co.uk/topic/295819-2015-fender-fsr-classic-60s-lacquer-precision-olympic-white/page__pid__3211938#entry3211938 [/quote] Wish I had 700 quid right now, that P is a bloody doozie!! 👌

http://youtu.be/hfTvC_j8-9k Scott Devine loves his Fender Nate.

Fender Nate Mendel. They are MIM but oh so (consistently) good. Lightweight too.

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1484229939' post='3213754'] Noooo! The cream coloured pickup just looks... tacky! Just look at my fretless (seriously now: I do wish I had gone for the black one instead... ) [/quote] No no no.. The cream pup matches the maple fingerboard perfectly. Spray the body vintage cream for the win!

Thanks everyone for chipping in there! Well I've decided to withdraw the trade offer and keep it due to the thumbs up from the majority here. Good call from everyone who said that a happy wife is a happy life, although I do suspect she may have said she likes it to stop me from fannying around with it any more! 😂 Cheers all! 👍