JapanAxe

That's one heck of a stock list - it just goes on and on!

[quote name='FinnDave' timestamp='1392466366' post='2369048'] My current main bass is a 2012 US Standard creamy-white P with a tort guard and rosewood board, definitely a classic combo. [/quote] Tried one today in my local music shop - it definitely has what it takes! [quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1392466591' post='2369052'] Check my avatar. [/quote] Elvis had one too?

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1392424428' post='2368757'] A lot of Oly white Fenders turned creamy over the years, like mine did. It's degradation of the poly coat. [/quote] Now I like that in its own way. Strangely it has a kind of faded 80s vibe. Btw no basses in last night's dream. This time I was out cycling, and visited a small independent book-shop in the Old Town area of Swindon. The proprietor pointed me to the philosophy section as requested, where I selected a pair of comfy sensible black shoes. I chose not to wear them straight away for fear the toe clips on my bike would scratch them. When I got home I found I had bought (and was wearing) a pair of pink and grey striped trousers, which were greeted with mirth and derision by friends and family alike. Oops - hijacked my own thread there! [quote name='adam87' timestamp='1392424010' post='2368755'] I've never been keen on P basses, hated them in fact. Always prefered jazz. But I do like the one Scott has! It sounds awesome too. Has changed my mind on them slightly! [/quote] Yep, rolling the tone right off is (imo) one of the acid tests for a good P - if it doesn't sound monstrous, walk away.

Cool! Just looking at your sig, what mods did you perform on the Epi VJ to suit it to bass? (I have one which I have heavily modded, but just for guitar).

The two hands are equally busy. Most notes require input from fingers on each hand. In a right-handed person, the left hand holds something on which the right hand performs an action; the left hand finger holds down a string, the right hand finger plucks (or slaps) it. That said, there are some notable left-handed players who play right-handed, e.g. Mark Knopfler.

[quote name='timmo' timestamp='1392411332' post='2368569'] Don`t a lot of the old cream Fenders turn a weird colour? I think i read somewhere it was called banana yellow or something similar [/quote] Dunno but that seems like a reason to go for the re-issue. That and the £5k+ price difference.

[quote name='adam87' timestamp='1392406353' post='2368463'] Something like scott devines? [media]http://youtu.be/eoVfamlcbYo[/media] [/quote] Aha! That'll be it then. [quote name='timmo' timestamp='1392406420' post='2368465'] Something like this ? [url="http://www.vintageandrare.com/product/Fender-Precision-Cream-37584"]http://www.vintagean...ion-Cream-37584[/url] [/quote] No, it had a rosewood board and was more white/cream than yellow.

In the early hours of this morning, in the confusion of a semi-feverish state brought on by a bout of man-flu (i.e. a cold), it seemed vitally important to me that I should acquire, without delay, a well-worn Precision in cream with torty pickguard. Now I'm not sure I've even seen this finish on an actual Fender P (although the likes of Sandberg will rustle one up to order), so do they exist, or was it all just a dream? And do/did they come in fretless, preferably lined? [Btw, when I woke up, the bed was dry, and Patrick Duffy did [i]not[/i] emerge from the shower.]

None. Main factors are GAS-induced stock rotation, and the fact that I have mainly played skinny-string for the last 5 years!

I had this issue with one of the Schaller strap-lock buttons on a Godin. I had to grind it down on an improvised lathe to get it to mate with the other part.

[quote name='gjones' timestamp='1392398168' post='2368268'] By the way £100 will only buy you a dog of an acoustic that will rip your hands to shreds. You'd have to spend another £100 to get it set up and make playable. [/quote] ... and an even worse electro. Up your budget and go pure acoustic. You can always add a Fishman Neo-D soundhole pickup (much nicer than piezo imo) later, and save that for your next (better) acoustic in due course.

This reminds me - must borrow a scale from work and weigh all my basses. I think the heaviest are my Yamaha and G&L, both P-derived instruments.

Out of the 2, No.1 - but there is the risk that he won't improve, so I'd go with ambient's suggestions ^^^

[quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1392162779' post='2365626'] I would suspect that it had more to do going from a mahoosive ashdown rig to the Genz Benz/TC with barefaced cabs than with the power supply! [/quote] I suspect it was mainly to do with the cabs actually.

Ooh I can see one of these in my future, particularly as it relates to my yet-to-be-restored Selmer.

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1392320817' post='2367429'] Geezer with one of his Martin Birch basses: [/quote] Look out! Geezer's trousers are on fire!

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1392319608' post='2367402'] When this kind of thing happens, I tend to use Google. For example, Googling: [i]site:basschat.co.uk "flying monkeys"[/i] ...will return every instance of Flying Monkeys. This method has the added bonus of ignoring all the nonsense in Off Topic, too. [/quote] Clearly flying monkeys are not nonsense then

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1392232421' post='2366302'] Are you putting your fingers somewhere else? [/quote] And have you got the pictures to prove it?

I use Lavas on my guitar pedalboard and saved a few £££ by buying some of the plugs used on eBay.

[quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1392059601' post='2364233'] Mine is 0mm x 0mm x 0mm [/quote] That would make it a singularity. Whatever you do, don't assign any mass to it - if you do, it will rapidly turn into a black hole and consume the entire planet

Regarding that much-vaunted OOMPH: I had an Ashdown rig with mahoosive toroidal mains transformer and traditional solid-state power section. Every note came with a free OOMPH, but it wasn't until I got my first Class D / Neodymium setup that I realised that OOMPH had been denying me the subtlety, growl, and sweetness that I should have been getting.

Probably mentioned this before but when my first TC Classic died, they had it picked up from my work and a new one at my house within 7 days.

Although I don't recall buying anything in Andertons myself, I have accompanied friends on their GAS-induced sorties, and the staff have always been very helpful, with no sales pressure or bull.