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Yes. 😁

As a teenager one of my favourite albums was a compilation titled 'We do em our way'. Punk bands covering classic pop songs and the Sex Pistols offerings were about the weakest in my opinion. I was trying to choose one to add here but I can't decide my favourite so I'll leave The Slits version of Heard It Through The Grapevine here and suggest you look up the album on the site if your choice. I lent the album to a work colleague sometime in the 90s and never saw it again, along with an Anti-Nowhere League album. Git!

This is not better but I like it equally as much because it's a different take on a great song. Sabbath and Cake with War Pigs.

There was a thread on this topic before and I think I posted this song there, but I'll post it again as I'd never heard of the band or the song until a few years ago and I love it. The original 'Thirteen Women' by Bill Haley and his Comets. Then the UK Renegades version which has quite a hard garage rock feel to it for the time it was released. Also tacked on the end is a bonus cover of Vince Taylors 'Brand New Cadillac' which isn't as good as the original or The Clash' version, which is actual better than the original so may as well get a look in here. Brand New Cadillac.

I love a bit of CCR but, like you, I think Hanoi Rocks has it on that one, I always loved it. Unlike the Tina Turner version of CCRs Proud Mary which appalls me every time I hear it.

One the one hand, you're welcome. On the other, don't bloody blame me. 😁 They do sound good don't they. As I mentioned earlier I've got mine set up as a piccolo bass, which I'm enjoying for some alternative noodling, but it's going to end up back as a normal bass sooner or later because it's such a gnarly little beast. Glad you're enjoying yours. 🙂

Nicky Wire in the early Manics days was a very cool figure. When I first saw them, him and Richey Edwards were definitely the cool pair in the band. Such a stylish mess of animal prints, spandex, make up and nicotine, oozing confidence, arrogance and attitude.

@Skybone, I've just seen that on the fakers thread, it looks fantastic. Walnut is my favourite 'colour' for the 4001/3 shaped bass. It looks great without the scratchplate too. How does it sound? 👍

I've got D'addario 50-105 half rounds on my Aria bolt on which are fairly high tension. No problems so far. 🙂

Oh no I've only just caught up with thread and that's not good news. But as Stub said, "Time and glue". 😉

That's a fantastic colour. I love a really dark fireglow.

It depends on your outlook. If you consider any bass with a bolt on neck inferior to an equivalent set neck bass, then yes. If not, no. If you want as close a copy as possible to a Rick then you'll want a set neck, but that doesn't bother me. If it's old and the action needs attention then a set neck can be worse. You want low action but the saddle has bottomed out, with a bolt on you can shim it, with a set neck it could be pop it in the bin time. It all depends what you want.

If you think they feel odd at first, kind of grippy and a bit rough, not like the silky smooth flats you'd heard about, don't worry. Just keep playing and they'll improve over time. Chromes can feel like this to start with. 🙂

I didn't have a tube down my throat, was that for feeding? As they laid all of my insides on the table for cleaning (surgeons words not mine 🙂) I wasn't allowed to leave until I'd eaten and it had completed the journey so to speak, to make sure nothing was twisted or blocked. The only thing on the menu I could even contemplate eating was soup. I was on a naval ward that did all the intestine issues, in the bed next to me was a fella who must've had problems with the final stages of the foods journey as his final contents were being slowly drained into a bag on frame beside his bed (I'm trying my best not to be disgusting here). Anyway with his clear bag on full view they brought me oxtail soup. 🤢

Not the best way to spend a birthday but happy birthday all the same. You have my total sympathy as I know the level of pain involved in peritonitis, did they do 'the rebound test'? I went from slight flu-ish symptoms in the morning to hallucinating and losing consciousness by late afternoon. I have never gone downhill from something so quickly. Blue lights to hospital but not operated on until the following afternoon as they weren't totally sure what was wrong. After lots of similar tests to yours they opened me up for an exploratory precedure. They didn't think it was appendicitis as the scans showed an organ that spread the entire stomach cavity from left to right, it turned out that organ was my appendix but had bloated to that size and eaten a hole into my bladder and leached all of its contents into it. Infected bladder, kidneys and related pipework, ruptured appendix, peritonitis and septicemia. Although I had no idea what was going on at the time, due to generally being off my face on either morphine or my own poison, I had a pretty close call, but I've got a cool scar. 😁 Take it easy and here's to a speedy recovery. 🙂 🍻

Ignition is just the 'level' of some of Hofners range of basses. As you've referenced the Beatles I'm assuming you mean the Violin bass, or the 500/1 to give it its rightful name. I have a Club bass (500/2) in black as I wanted the Hofner hollow body sound but didn't want that Beatles association. I have flats on it so it has that classic hollow thumpy sound but it's still pretty versatile, put some rounds back on and even more so. As with any bass, it's great for some stuff, no so great for other stuff, but you can play anything you want on it.

I've just put the original knobs back on as they're shallower, it doesn't bother me to the degree I'll make a new scratchplate and possibly have to re-route the cavity.

Yes they just pull off, I usually use a metal dessert spoon as a lever. Find a sturdy spot on the scratchplate, ie where it's not hollow underneath, and use that spot to slide the bowl end of the spoon under the knob, then gently lever the knob upwards a little bit at a time while rotating the control between each little lever to ensure it lifts evenly. The Talman ones were tight. They were off as I had put chrome ones on because I prefer the look but the chrome type are taller than the originals so, like yourself, I found them in the way a bit. I just hadn't got the originals back on yet.

In all honesty I don't know as I've never tried. The blooming is on the surface but I think would still be visable if lacquered over as it's more of a whitening of the surface rather than a matting, which would become glossy if lacquered over. It's irrelevant though as if you let the paint with the bloom dry and then wanted to lacquer over it, you'd need to key the surface for lacquer so would just sand with something like 1500 wet until the bloom has gone, you shouldn't rub through as it'll only be on the surface layer.

Only just seen this and was going to instantly say blooming but others have already enlightened you. I was also going say if the pain's not totally cured then try putting in the sun and it sometimes rectifies itself, which you've also found out. It occurs from moisture in the air condensing on your fresh paint. Warming the object you're painting can help, as can warming the paint but ultimately you need a dry drying area. I've sprayed outside when it's too cold and brought it back indoors between coats, and to dry, but you could see bloom developing when indoors in the warm and dissappear once back out in the cold. As @Andyjr1515 points to, it's all about moisture content of the air and it condensing with changes in temperature. Warming the object to be painted and warming the paint is a good idea, it will still bloom if the moisture content of the air is too high but it will help, it also aids the application of the paint, giving a more even spray pattern from an aerosol and helping it flow better so you don't get the 'orange peel' effect in your finish. 🙂

@Osiris I've got a Precision and a Jazz with the respective P or JBXN's in and they are great pickups, the Jazz has a series switch and the neos in series are monstrous. I can imagine your Talman sounds great. I'll also add that sometimes the excitement of a new bass can cloud your judgement on how good it actually is. A couple of weeks in to let the waters clear and really is a great bass, not just great for the money, just great. I've got my picollo strings on and with the tiniest smidge of overdrive and chorus added it's a fun new instrument. I know different folks like different tones but if you like that knarly P bass with rounds and a plectrum tone then this review is great. Jump to 1:55 for P.

The actual controls themselves are absolutely fine, I'm just not a fan of that style of plastic knob that's all. I put a set of chrome precision style knobs on but they are taller than the plastic jazz style that it comes with and the one closest to the pickups is easy to knock if you get carried away when playing so I've gone back to the originals.

This is a sensible course of action. @stewblack I assume you'll be looking at a repair which could be visible (but feel smooth) as opposed to a neck refinish to make as close to perfect as possible?

I just thought it was a well priced, very capable bass for maybe a beginner to learn some songs on. Perhaps something like that Fats Domino tune 'Bluebell Hill', or the Stone Roses classic, 'Maid(of)Stone'.

Well well well.......... or shortened to, ahem, Wells