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Andy bought my Babicz bridge. Paid promptly and then was patient to wait over Christmas for delivery. Nice guy to deal with. Rob

So, given mine does the same, maybe to a lesser extent, I don't know. My first thought was to investigate whether the socket is wired directly to the board or if it is chassis mounted then wired to the board by flying leads. Looking at some pics available on the internet, it's the latter, in which case the lateral movement should have no effect on the connections inside. https://www.talkbass.com/threads/internal-photos-of-trace-elliot-elf.1306639/ Rob

I just got mine out, confident that mine didn't do that, but in fact it does. It does move side to side a bit. I've never noticed it before. Rob

I think the decision whether or not to take a spare depends quite a bit on the basses that you have/use. Mine are vintage 70’s for the most part, and very recently I had a pickup spontaneously expire. If I had been on a gig, with no backup, it could have been awkward. It was a Jazz bass however, so I could have got away with just using the other pickup for the rest of the gig. In the case of a Precision pickup failure, it’s game over. Since the pickup failure happened, I have bought a double gig bag, and always carry two basses. The chap who rewound my Jazz pickup (Ash from Oil City Pickups) told me that pickup failures in 70’s Fenders are becoming much more common as they hit that 50 year milestone. Rob

Alegree pickups do some good ones, I’ve got them in a couple of basses. https://www.alegree.co.uk/products/precision-bass-height-foam Rob

I've not tried their bass pickups, but I have a set of his Cirrostratus Tele pickups in a partscaster Tele and they look, feel and sound decent quality.

Why didn't you just say that before ! It all makes sense now !

I was also made in 1965, so I'm fairly sure I'm right.

Full disclosure. My name is Rob and I used to be a guitarist. I also used to buy and sell amps, and have probably owned 100’s of them. I now have just one, a 1965 Fender Deluxe Reverb which a got in trade from a dealer in Texas in 1992. It was only a 27 year old amp then, and it’s now 58 years old and I’ve owned it most of its life. I have done hundreds of gigs with it, and many friends and acquaintances have tried to buy it off me. I have owned maybe a dozen of this model, and almost every other vintage Fender combo ever made, but none came close to sounding as good as this one. I will never sell it, despite me not having used it in anger since 2015. Rob.

I'm glad I read this thread. I had thought it was just me being stupid. I'm still befuddled though.

Yep. Even switching between Thomastik and LaBella Low tension flats needs a tweak on my basses.

So sorry for your loss. I live in Morecambe and know and play with a lot of musicians in Lancaster. I saw a tribute to your Dad on Facebook yesterday from a guitar player I know called Tim. He put up a video of a few people playing, including your Dad on bass, at a party in Lancaster a few years ago. He certainly touched a great many people’s lives. Rob

I had it in my dairy for Sunday May 12th ? Anyway, Saturday 18th is ok too. Rob

Done? DONE? What is this "done" of which you speak?

I’m going to make every effort to attend. It’s not far for me (Morecambe). I’ll bring all my basses and a couple of nice amps and cabs. Good work Rob.

Walshy just shared a gorgeous ‘71 Jazz on Facebook. https://www.vintagebassroom.co.uk/basses-1/p/1972-fender-jazz-sunburst

Ooooh this is nice! Mike Long at ATB Guitars has just posted this on Facebook. '64 Jazz, Olympic White with matching headstock. My dream Jazz right there. For anyone interested (I'm not, it's waaaaay out of my price range) Mike is great to deal with. I bought my '73 P Bass from him. Drool..... https://www.atbguitars.com/1964-fender-jazz-bass-olympic-white-near-mint-ohsc

An unusual gig for me on Saturday night. The Sufjan Stevens Songs For Christmas concert at Lancaster Priory. Around 45 people in the orchestra, electric band and choir combined. Only 5 rehearsals which included one the night before and one the morning of the concert. It was sold out, packed with people. Lots of the other musicians had done it before, but it was my first time. Incredible experience, really moving and emotional at times. I used the Elf and the BF One10 which was also DI’d into the PA. I do hope I’m asked to do it again when it comes back to Lancaster. A pic during setup.