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Got one on thomann. was tempted for a minute but ended up dropping a deposit on a US FSR P for sale on here (the Wine red one) - looks similair!

Deposit placed one one from here... FSR. That is one massive release of GAS on my part.. thanks for the advice and opinions all.

I dropped a Gotoh 201 onto my MIM P. The Schaller bridges are 3 hole from memory and are high mass with rollers. I love the look of badass's but didnt fancy chancing the effect it can have on action height (like mine quite low)

[quote name='mbellishment' timestamp='1356737331' post='1913181'] I think that was Stuart Copeland from The Police. I don't get why simple = poor? I like to riff and get busy, but I'm currently in a band that doesn't allow that, and to be honest it's quite tricky just staying in the pocket without putting runs in at every available opportunity. Cliff Williams is class! I think a poor bass player is a player who has no perspective for the song he/she's playing. One example, for anyone who likes a bit metal, is Opeth. They have a great bass player now, but on their first 2 albums they had this other guy who obviously had a lot of say in what went on. A lot of the quieter, more atmospheric moments of those albums are ruined by badly played slap bass and noodling which is also production wise, way up in the mix. Being busy and solid is great... being an egotistical fret w*nker is not... and that's what constitutes a poor player to me. [/quote] That in a nutshell is what I wanted to say. Well put.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1356684104' post='1912303'] The reason most AC/DC covers bands are sh*te is because they dont have a Cliff Williams! People think because they can slap and pop they are better (even people on here who have never left the shed) so many of those players cant play a 4 minute pop song and keep time, Its like the story of the drum clinic where the guy just played a straight solid beat for 15 minutes or something and told everyone to learn how to do that and they will be able to have a career in the business [/quote] +1. When you listen to his lines they do whats needed, and do it well.

Soo. I get a small golden Handshake from work. Leaves me enough to get by for a few months, and a budget of around £700 to buy a Precision. Been looking at the Roger waters Signature, American Special FSR in Honeyburst and the Mex Classic Series 50s. Which would you go for and why?

Yes there are some bottom feeders round here... but then I'm a Coventrarian so there you go. I also play in a "Pub" band, and have truly no interest in the corporate scene, I'd find it soul destroying. To be fair to the less "sympathetic" replies, the OP did come across just a smidge arrogant. As Ozzy once said - "You meet a lot of people on the way up - dont f+++ with them as you meet them on the way down too" There is a funny atmosphere on here since the big upheaval of the summer - hope it improves

Read his feedback. And notice how the same names crop up again and again.

I have a Maya. Rather good quality, nice 60's profile neck. Price is a bit high though on that one

Squier with a 70's style logo transfer I'd say.

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' timestamp='1352343567' post='1862018'] If the name on the headstock was the only difference, then the thing you are paying too much for is the name on the headstock, doesn't mater who put it there. Buy a bass to play it, pay for its own qualities, rather than association. [/quote] THIS Also Fender USA basses have a different Truss Rod adjustment to Squier, which would make it glaringly obvious that it was a Squier not a Fender. So you are saying he removed the Fingerboard, bought in bulk US truss-rods of the correct type (including re-routing the neck to accomodate the Heel-end truss rod adjustment, whilst expertly inserting a plug of the correct wood, shaped to fit the headstock at the nut-end )? To the degree it fooled a fender dealer? Sorry not buying it.

I saw this earlier...thats one stick Id shove on the bonfire - you couldnt even salvage the neck

[quote name='Dandelion' timestamp='1351251220' post='1849226'] My little trouser flapper.. [/quote] I used to have the 7215 250w. They look great and are well built but I could never get a sound I wanted out of it.

I've never had a bass go down at a gig. I've ripped off a fingernail, and had my amp blow up (an old Carlsbro 150w Head - fortunately there was a bass player in the audience who ran home and lent me his amp for the remainder of the gig) and nearly been electrocuted at an outdoor gig.

Gotoh direct replacement (203 I think, not the high mass one) and I'd go for Maple with three ply black meself if the body was staying cream, Rosewood and tort if its going to be natural

Couldn't see this anywhere else so thought I'd start a topic. Would be usefull to help identify all of those unamed japanese copies. Will start with my Maya "Electric Bass" Next to my 96 MIM Precision for comparison. Has a solid body (NOT ply) and a lovely neck. Really nice sound too.

[quote name='lazzer' timestamp='1330374455' post='1556489'] [attachment=101208:photo.JPG][attachment=101209:photo.JPG] My 2010 HW P-bass in black with rosewood & mirror pickguard fitted....yes I'm a Phil Lynott fan! Also my 2009 USA P in sunburst. The HW is just as good in my opinion & is ageing nicely (helped along slightly by me) [/quote] Oddly enough myself and a pal were discussing moorelizzy, talking about good lizzy covers bands. How do you find the action with the Badass fitted (is it recessed?). Torn between a Gotoh 201 and a Badass myself but I like the action quite low.

Ill have another go.. my two new toys - '96 MIM and '70's Maya

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Mmmmmm... that resonant plywood, low quality hardware... he should add "t*rd polisher" to his many self appointed titles. [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Les-Paul-1970-s-Cherry-Sunburst-Satellite-copy-guitar-project-/230846794468"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Les-Paul-1970-s-Cherry-Sunburst-Satellite-copy-guitar-project-/230846794468[/url] he got it for £75.... [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/10-guitar-strap-pin-felts-washer-buttons-black-white-/370493030252"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/10-guitar-strap-pin-felts-washer-buttons-black-white-/370493030252[/url] I never realised Holland was in Leicestershire..