Jean-Luc Pickguard

Diamond Dogs - David Bowie

Davy's on The Road Again - Manfred Mann's Earth Band

The Lung Ones - Cliff Pilchard

In a previous band I had the responsibility for setting up the PA. Once everyone was set up we used to run through Steely Dan's 'Do it again' as I could play a simplified version of the bass line mostly one-handed allowing me to fiddle with the mixer at the same time. What does your band play at soundcheck? Do you play the whole song or just one verse/chorus to check the sound is okay?

Little Red Rooster - Howlin' Wolf

Laurel - Goldfrapp

Cigarettes and Coffee - Otis Redding

Gimme a Pigfoot - Bessie Smith

I think the tuners are original. I used to own a 1990 '62 RI MIJ which had the same tuners.

This is cool, and looks like it'll be a bargain for someone. I'd probably be tempted myself if it wasn't for the area of finish missing on the back. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/175789400817

I'm Bad Like Jesse James - John Lee Hooker

The Bottomless Hole - The Handsome Family

Early 70s Musicmasters have cute little tulip-shaped tuners, the pickguard is a different shape at the end of the neck and the logo decal is toally different. Also a '72 wouldn't be black with a black pickguard. The serial starts S8 which suggests it was made between 1978 - 1981

Someone has spent far too long whittling away at that poor Squier Affinity P Bass.

Never seen that - what brand & where did you order them from?

Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps Please - Splodgenessabounds

Lithium - Nirvana

96 Tears - ? & the mysterians or this version by The Modadelics

I can tell straight away that the pics are of a later bass as I own two 1972 musicmasters. The bass in the pics was made sometime after 1978.

Too Late - Baby Washington

Pure Tone are my favourite jack socket. Any bass or guitar I acquire that doesn't already have a switchcraft or other quality socket gets a pure tone. I don't wait for the stock one to fail - in my exerience the flimsy ones as fitted to squiers etc are likely to fail at some point - possibly at an inconvienient time.

Yup - that's the one. I always used to use switchcraft, but fit these now. I usually have at least one in my bits box.

Ii found myself in Epsom yesterday with the missus and she insisted on dragging me into GuitarGuitar. They had some tasty strats & teles hanging up, but no mustang basses, however there was a mint condition secondhand squier mini precision with a fender guitar gigbag for just under a hundred quid. I've been half thinking of getting one of these in black so I could put a mirror pickguard on it for a mini Lynott-alike, but this one is red. I had a play on it and it was surprisingly decent. It would have been rude not to have bought it at the price so I did. This morning I have raided my bits box and the bass now has a Fender hi-mass bridge and Status short scale stainless flats. I also rolled the fingerboard edges, applied some lemon oil, fitted a rosewood thumbrest, and given it a setup. I was originally thinking that I'd want to get an EMG Geezer pickup for it, but the stock ceramic one sounds very good with the flats, so I'll probably not bother and will just solder in the spare pure tone output socket I found in the bits box. The only thing I don't like about it is the single ply bright white pickguard so I'll probably order a replacement from Brian Pillans. Not sure on the colour I'd get though. Who else has a squier mini Precision and what upgrades have you done to it?

Can't Stand The Pain - The Pretty Things

My Sweet Lord - George Harrison