Tweedledum

I'd say go for the '66. I'm a vintage Fender nut so I'm biased of course.

I wish it was a clever comment, but it wasn't. I do need info as it seems. Thank you! I meant the one on the left. Actually that's the only one I could identify. And the Hofner President.

Sweet indeed. If I got to pick one (hehe) it'd be the Kay.

- Pitchblack Custom - EHX Bass Soul Food - Lehle Dual Band Compressor - Echolette BS40 - S.A.D. 2 x 112 (EVM 12L inside)

Same here. "Dragon Attack" did it for me.

I do know what you mean. Dusty was the idea ...

You can get a complete HB bass for less than what you'd pay for a Warmoth neck. Only problem is what to do with the spare HB body...

I swapped necks on different HB basses: put a fretless Jazz neck onto the PB50 body, the fretted PB50's neck onto the Jazz body, then I got a lefty Jazz neck for the PB50, as mentioned above. I found the neck heels and pockets do fit, but the neck bolts are not aligned. You need to fill the holes in the neck heel drill new ones.

I did. I put a lefty HB Jazz neck on my PB50 body. Sounds good!

A cool bass for sure, but I don't like the split coil pup. A mid 50s Fender has to have a singlecoil pup. But that's just me, the vintage nut.

The Fender 50's Precison.

Sorry, I'm no native speaker (or writer). Here's the missing --> W <-- for you to put in...

No they're not. Actually they're the the cheapest strings because you need to buy them only once in your hole career...

Did someone say "headstock porn"?

I like that. A lot! LPB is my favourite colour.

How long until they re-issue the '55 P - single coil pickup, contourd ash body, 2TS finish? That's the perfect design. As far as I'm concerned, there was no need to re-invent the Precision Bass in 1957.

Now that's a universe I definitely DON'T want to be part of.

Had all my amps and cabs in the house this week and used the opportunity to take a family shot: The basses and amps are quite self-explanatory. A few word about the cabs: - The Tweed cab to the left is a DIY 1x15" sporting a Jensen 50 Watt C15N. - The cab behind the Dingwall is a Sieben Audio Design 15/8 with Fostex speakers. - The Music Man cab is the version with EVM12L speakers - this cab sounds fantastic with the low wattage tube amps and Fender basses. Only downside is the weight to which the monstrous magnets of the EVM12L's contribute about 80% I guess...

Ooooh, extremely sexy!

Wow, that's gorgeous! You even got all the case candy. Fantastic.

Classy!

I got one and I like it. It gets the job done. I cannot see why one should pay 3 or 4 times the amount to get a Kala.

Personally, I find the Peavey Classic 20 quite interesting (I really like tweed):

The BS40 sounds AT LEAST as good as a Bassman 50. If you need/want a valve amp just for practice at home, honestly I think any small (i.e. 5 to 20 watts) guitar amp will do. There's plenty of them on the market.

I have a BS40, too. And I love it! What a great little amp. I put it in a custom tweed case to match my tweed 1x12" cabs.