Roger2611

A steal at that price, looks to be in decent condition as well

I saw this earlier and was dubious, as far as I am aware Bakerlite was only used on the earliest basses and would not have been used on the later shape Precision, the fact it is 13 hole says it is a later pickguard, it could be a genuine custom shop order from someone wanting something a bit different but personally I wouldn't be buying it unless the seller can produce the floor traveler build sheet that would confirm it was a custom shop part

I guess he was aiming for £4999.99 which is ballpark correct for a refin but otherwise original Fender bass of that age

I think that depends on where you look, I haven't knowingly brought or downloaded a "chart" song for many years but I have brought many songs from newer bands via hearing them on BBC radio 6 music, especially Ratcliffe and Marconi and Steve Lamaq in the afternoons, I am really encouraged that at 52 years of age new music can still really excite me some 30 years after I should have been a "set in my ways" old school punk!

You don't have to tell me what it is I invented the damn thing!

My Precision Lyte is TSB with matching headstock, I hate the colour with a passion but the bass is just so good, it will probably the last Precision I part with, I do keep looking out for a pearl white of metallic red but they are starting to fetch silly money nowadays and those that do come up for sale are not in as good condition as mine

Of all things I have a Windows Vista laptop to run any backing tracks, the laptop was affectionately known as "Old Bluey" when it was a serviceable laptop as all it ever did was blue screen, since I have removed all none vital programs including the modem so it can't ever connect to the net it has been as good as gold, I also believe there is a setting within the sound programs of Vista that allow you to use multiple sound outputs that was removed in XP and later Windows versions but don't quote me on that one

I reckon about £13500 in bass gear at the moment and god only knows how much more in guitars, keyboards and studio gear! I guess having no kids and virtually having paid off the mortgage has it's perks, it really is an obscene amount of money tied up in gear, but it is my passion and is the only thing I have stuck at for over 30 years!

Reply from seller this afternoon: hello mate , the back is not bad I dont have photos , the black color is hard to see painting little things Amazing Bass USA Fender , massive sound So do they actually have the bass?

I have asked for some images of the back of the body, let's see if he actually has the bass!

I bet there are a whole bunch of "look what I built home "luthiers"" out there that are now saying "see mine wasn't that ugly after all"......hideous monstrosity, even my browser didn't want to load the page properly, i had to have two or three goes before I got to see it! I wish I hadn't bothered now

My serious bass playing life started with a Westone Thunder III fretless and from then on to a Bass Collection SB602 fretless, it was many years before I added a fretted bass to the armoury but even then it was a largely unused back up, sadly that changed after I stopped touring and, stupidly, sold the Bass Collection bass, I was offered a fretted early 70's Precision which I snapped up and that was the changing point....I played that as my only bass for a few years but it signified the complete change.....I am lucky enough to have found another Thunder III fretless and another Bass Collection SB512 fretless but sadly they don't get played very often as I no longer feel half as confident with an unlined fretless as I do with a fretted Precision, I am a little saddened by that!

I have decided to dispose of both of my 5 string basses, I find the string spacing on the 5's could become addictive, having a few few really nice 4's I don't want to get used to that 5 string spacing at the expense of the 4 strings so out the 5 strings go, I have to admit that other than a short period doing Pogues and Waterboy's covers where the low B was handy I haven't found a need for the extra string....I hope that makes sense!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ESP-The-Horizon-P-Bass-1984-MIJ-Guitar/162924737032?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649 Anyone know anything about these? I like to look of it but can find nothing online to enable me to check prices, it is a decent price? Cheers Rog

I always wondered about this with in ear monitors, could someone tune into the same frequency and share "The Birdy Song" with them midway through a song!

My first impression was how cool it looks as well

The SVT 7 Pro is a decent head, it does have some of that classic SVT tone to it but I wouldn't say it emulates the classic all valve heads, I have been pleased with mine, it's been reliable and has always received good comments about the way it sounds and it is pretty lightweight unlike the classic vale heads that weigh more than a small planet......if you are local to Northampton you are welcome to give mine a try

I imagine much like both Fender and Gretsch the name will survive and remain a premium brand, sometimes a company needs to reinvent itself, if Gibson has been badly run and managed for a good few years now then a grassroots reinvention maybe the best thnig that can happen to it. They still have the Thunderbird in the latest range along with the RD Artist and the EB.....none of which have any appeal to me as Fender do basses and electric guitars.....Gibson do electric guitars and acoustic guitars

We supported Midge Ure a few years back, he really does use out of the box Vintage Midge Ure Signature guitars he played through a Marshall Bluesbreaker pedal into a stock Vox VT120 amp......a set up that would be sneered at by many pub band players, it just shows how talented he is as a guitarist

Would you consider something like a Westone Thunder 1A, you will find a number of used ones on Ebay for £150 or so, they really were / still are bloody good guitars

That just begs so many questions......who, why, were they drunk, stupid, both!

Totally agree, I love Precision's basically it is all I play now, I brought a Yamaha 1024X last year and just cannot bond with it, it plays brilliantly but just doesn't sound like a Precision, I love Precision's and I realise I am wasting my money trying to find something that to my ears betters it, interestingly my next favourite bass is a Precision Lyte which is active but just seems to be able to deliver that Precision passive sound and some!

There is an early JV Jazz on the bay at the moment at a very very optimistic price of £2750.00!