Roger2611

The bass is definitely fine and beautifully set up so I don't think the problem is with the bass, it is more likely my hearing as I find anything other than a Precision difficult to hear on stage but as the Yam has that Precision pickup I assumed it would do that Precision sound really well, through the 15" speaker it is there in spades just not there with the 10" speakers, clearly the answer is a pair of Mesa Boggie 1x15 Subway cabs!

After reading many positive reviews I bit the bullet and brought a Yamaha BB 1024X mainly based around reviews as to how good it sounds, I have had it for over a month now and have used it briefly at a number of rehearsals, I say briefly as everytime I have played it as soon as the rest of the band joins in I can't hear it in the mix anymore, I quickly switch back to a Precision and the bass is back in the mix....so it got me thinking, how can there be so many positive reviews of huge sounds for this bass when, to me, it sounds weak and too easily lost in the mix....I was doing a bit of practice last night and thought I would give it one last shot before getting shot of it.....my practice rig is a Ampeg SVT 7 Pro through a 1x15 Markbass cab...the bass sounded great, full of power and everything the reviews said it should be......now for gigging I tend to use a Markbass LM3 through a 2x10 traveller cab (as it's light and easy to transport) so my thinking is, to get the best out of the Yamaha it wants at least one 15" speaker in the set up as it and 10" speakers don't work well together at normal band levels. Do we think that they are bass / cab combinations that are just right whilst there are other combinations that just don't work well?

I have to disagree with the point "people don't flock to see bands anymore" I am like a pig in poo at the moment, most of my favourite bands tour regularly and extensively in fact at the moment Mrs2611 and I are trying to work out just how many gigs we can get to this year, we have already booked for a couple of Stiff Little Fingers gigs, Billy Idol, Toyah, Gary Numan, UK Subs, Balaam and the Angel, The Skids plus more if The Chameleons or The Mission play, we will travel the country to see these bands....to me more people than ever are coming out to gigs, we saw a new (to us) band last year support The Skids, Dirt Box Disco who are absolutely brilliant, we will see them again this year, I brought 3 of their CD's at the gig so even for new original bands the outlet is there if you are good / lucky enough, as you always need a little bit of luck

I brought this beauty last year, it is a 2016 CS 62 Precision, it is, for me, the perfect Precision bass, I couldn't really afford to shell out for a genuine 62 Precision and even if I did I would be reluctant to take it out and gig it so this whilst still pricey is the best of both worlds for me, that said I also own a sunburst Road worn Precision and whilst the colours are less vibrant on the Road worn playability, weight and sound wise there is definitely not a couple of thousand pounds difference between the two

Really good thread, I had decided to go back to Mesa Boogie after having a 1516 cab many years back, which, to this day, is still the best sounding cab I ever owned (and the heaviest!) I brought a D800 off Ebay in December which sadly has never turned up so I can't comment on the sound, I will still buy a Mesa rig this year, probably two 1x15 Subway cabs and a head of some form or another assuming the one I brought is not going to turn up now Looking at the prices of the Subway cabs, they are difficult to justify but hopefully they will be worthwhile One quick question 2x10 and 1x15 or two 1x15 cabs? I currently gig with a Mark Bass LM3 and 102 Traveller cab but find it a bit bass light on many occasions, I have a 1x15 cab which fills it out nicely for bigger venues so I am thinking two 1x15's should give me more bottom end...thoughts?

As a few others have said, Warwick basses, Rickenbacker basses, 5 string basses, heavy amps / cabs / basses, jazz basses, basically if it ain't a Precision I don't want it!

Great avatar Frank! I think a lot of the vintage thing is snake oil nowadays, sure some of the early instruments were great instruments but as any dealer worth his salt will tell you whilst some are fantastic others can be total rubbish, take the fabled 59 Les Paul as an example, most are apparently fantastic examples and are rightly hugely desireable and sadly spend their lives locked in bank vaults, others were bland ordinary instruments that players owned, realised they didn't like them and sold them on, my bet would be that any 59 /60 Les Paul you see come up for sale on the open market will be one of the latter unspecial instruments! We all acknowledge that both Gibson and Fender went through some serious build quality instruments back in the late 70's, I guess at that time it was easier for a buyer to guarentee a better instrument if they brought an older 60's instrument, not that all 70's Fenders were bad, that no doubt drove a lot of the move towards the vintage market. I have a cracking 79 Precision that is a rarity because it weighs in at just under 9lbs and plays and sounds great, I had an exactly the same bass a couple of years ago that weighed in at 10.5 lbs and that sounded ok and played ok, two very different basses from the same year. Now that Fender and Gibson have far better quality control (and they have to to compete with all the other manufacturers out there) the vintage desireabillity, at least on playing grounds, is somewhat diminished, I have a custom shop 62 Precision that is perfect for me, it is beautifully built, with nice light woods, it has a nitro finish (which on Fender's I prefer) but is built with over 50 years of experience behind it and to me offers the best of both worlds, the next argument comes because it is a "heavy relic" which sparks the whole "why make a relic" debate but for me it is the best that Fender are currently offering so I brought it!

I had a Jedson Telecaster many years ago (the actual guitar from the opening scenes of The Great Rock and Roll Swindle, but that's another story) the action was so high it was unplayable, the trouble was that the pickup was mounted on top of the body which meant you couldn't drop it down at all without some serious carpentry work, I sold it to a mate for £10.00 and I never saw it again. I still have my first Kay Strat hanging on the wall upstairs, at some point in time that gained a Jedson badge on the headstock, probably when it got repainted in Silver

I have decided I want to go back to a Mesa Boogie amp set up, given the prices it will be a year long plan which unfortunately has not started well, I brought a Subway D800 just before Christmas which the postal services have now lost, I am struggling to decide whether to go 2x10 and 1x15 or 2 1x15 subway cabs

I loved some of the early singles, 10.15 Saturday Night, Jumping Someone Elses Train, Forest, Boys Don't Cry etc but much as others have said on here, for me they were a great singles band, on the whole their albums don't excite me, I have seen a couple of live shows on TV over the years and they have convinced me that I wouldn't enjoy seeing them live....much as with the Damned I find them very self indulgent live which just doesn't do it for me

Wow, that's one beautiful Fender Jazz

Still confused, my Strat was built by me from parts, a genuine Fender 1962 reissue Jap neck, a Fender Japan body, a set of Fender custom shop 69 pickups, Fender bridge, Fender tuners, Fat Boy plastics, Callum block, is it a Fender, well all the parts suggest it is, would I sell it as a Fender, no I wouldn't, I would describe it as a collection of parts, would I be deceiving anyone with it....hopefully not, should it be banned from sale because all the parts (even though most are genuine Fender) never met one and other until they came together on this guitar.....I struggle to accept that a Callum block or Fat Boy plastics should tip any balance as Fender have on many occasions fitted none Fender parts to their guitars (The Khaller? Trems of the 80's guitars, Kluson tuners etc)

I am sorry to say I have recently fallen for such shinannigans, I brought a Fender Custom shop 1963 Precision bass secondhand, with all the certificates and case goodies, it now turns out the bass was actually built in 2016 and contains no genuine 1963 parts at all, I can't believe I fell for such a con, should I burn the darned thing now so no future potential owner can be deceived in the same way I clearly have been? I seem to have made this mistake before, I brought a Fender 50's classic Precision bass that also turned out not to be made in the 50's I didn't like the bridge, the pick up or the sticky reverse wind tuners, I replaced them all with better quality parts (Gotoh and Lindy Fralin) do I still own a Fender Precision or is that also an unsaleable copy, please help, confused of Northampton?

Looking at the headstock I would say it isn't a Squier infinity bass, there is an inlay to the truss rod access similar to the classic Fender basses of old which suggests truss rod adjustment at the heel rather than at the neck end, I think it is an aftermarket neck bolted to an unknown body but either way not a Fender and someone if going to get scammed for xmas!

Andy McCluskey

A first year Strat in museum condition is a rare beast these days, I think the price is strong for it but I have seen them sell for that kind of money in the past, the fact that it is out for sale on the open market would suggest it is not a great example of a 54 Strat as the really great playing guitars will be snapped up by wealthy collectors long before they get offered on the likes of Ebay!

Gary Numan's "I Assassin" is a great starting place to look for Pino Paladino's work, not my favourite Numan album, not even my favourite Pino work but a key starting point for, in my opinion, one of the great bassists of our time

Hi Charic, not wanting to appear daft here but how do you whitelist an email, do I have to wait for an email from Basschat in order to be able to whitelist it?

It looks a lovely bass, I guess it's difficult to price these things, it probably won't sell for £7500 the seller may end up dropping the price or may just hold on to it

Only seventeen as well, pehaps they couldn't think of twenty bass players! Too many big names missing to be taken seriously!

Agree with the above as well, be wary of the Status, the series 3000 I had weighed in at over 10lbs, it came with a proper Status hard case which with the two together weighed in at nearly 20lbs My Precision Lyte weighs in at just over 7lbs and sounds immense I would not swap it for any Status, I think it's that good! My Bass Collection fretless weighs in at a similar 7lbs mark, it sounds great but is no match for the Precision Lyte, if you are local to Northamptonshire you are welcome to come around and have a play with both basses

The bridge is also wrong, Fender don't use screws at the front of the bridge, it's local to me maybe I could snap up a right bargain, maybe not though!

I am not sure about the finish on the bass, I either love it or I hate it, I am not sure yet! It certainly looks beautifully built so congratulations to the builder

Probably an early Clash gig or maybe the Chameleons in their original line up