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Absolutely! I enjoy playing other instruments but bass is always where my soul will be, and given that soul is required to play bass I don't think twice about being a natural born bass player

Absolute pleasure to deal with Warren again, and boy does he have some lovely basses and good taste.... Top man

As far as I'm aware, the pickup is the big difference as it is ceramic on a Sterling and alnico on a Stingray. That makes a huge difference to the tone, the Sterling's sound a bit harder to my ear. A preamp bypass could be nice, I like MM basses in passive mode EDIT: I see Pete has arrived as I was writing my post - there lies your answers!

[quote name='alstocko' timestamp='1408579222' post='2531592'] Good to know. If anyone stumbles across a 63 in white (refin probably) that's reasonably priced, let me know. Thanks for all your help, Alec [/quote] Hi Alec, Mark at Limelight has a stripped 1963 Precision for sale at £2495 - nice price. Factor in a white refin and I reckon that's reasonably priced! http://www.classicandcoolguitars.co.uk/basses/1963fenderprecision.htm

Hi folks, Has anyone used an Aguilar Tone Hammer pedal with an Aguilar OBP preamp? Did it work ok? I'm asking as I tried an Aguilar compressor with a OBP-2 preamp and it resulted in unavoidable slight overdrive. (ended up with MXR comp). It'd be used in a headphone set up, not with a gig rig Cheers!

Cool basses, but in my opinion the prices are crazy now. You could get a second hand Custom Shop for that money

I've had a search and I'm surprised there isn't a Modulus thread here. I was hoping to check out some other lovely Moduli My 2008 FB4 [URL=http://s1381.photobucket.com/user/chiliwailer/media/Flea/1%2017_zpsw2updny2.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1381.photobucket.com/albums/ah227/chiliwailer/Flea/1%2017_zpsw2updny2.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

[quote name='Annoying Twit' timestamp='1408035410' post='2526513'] What strings would people use to set the relief on a six string bass? 1&2 and 5&6, or just 1 & 6? Or, would people look at the inner strings as well? [/quote] I always like to check them all in the end as some necks can have slight kinks. But I start with the outer ones personally.

Sounds like a fair trade, those 3 for a MTD. Also, the two basses your cool Dad got you still go towards it which is nice. Best thing I ever did was streamline my basses. That doesn't stop me from buying new ones due to GAS or experiments, but I also operate a policy whereby each have to 100% justify why they are being kept - there can be no doubts!!! p.s. Congrats on the birth!

For sure, I remember the days when checking out Loot was as good as it got regarding private sales. Internet has a lot to answer for, though the GAS can be a proper wind up at times (really want that Cutlass for sale here at the moment) I'm thankful that via the net I've been able to sort out my new collection pretty easily, after the losing the previous one to a home purchase. I even found my long term girlfriend on the Internet.... thank heavens I didn't have to chose her 'specifications', as with basses there are just way too many lovely variations to chose from so at least some things remain sacred.

[quote name='miles'tone' timestamp='1407665085' post='2522653'] Et voila! [/quote] Nice one! And you just made a tough decision TOUGHER! Both looking really good!

[quote name='karlfer' timestamp='1407617820' post='2522433'] Thanks Daniel. I was a bit disingenuous about that Fender Custom Shop jazz to be honest. On the same day, in the same shop, I had a long try of the Fender Custom Shop Dusty Hill and it was very probably one of the best basses I have ever played. After a couple of weeks of soul searching (get a grip lad, it's a plank with strings ) , I just could not justify the (REDUCED ) price of £2400 for a beat up, simple, but exquisite bass. Just really ecstatic with this Limelight. Now, lightly reliced, Fiesta Red, Brown tortie plate, (quiet discreet ) Precision body, p/j pups, rosewood board, 70's nut width. I wonder [/quote] Ooh, I think I might know where you played that Jazz after playing a similarly dodgy one myself, I'll keep quiet though as they also sell some nice gear too and I could be wrong. I'd love to try a Dusty Hill, I have a similar P Bass and for my taste and style it has blown away nearly every vintage P Bass I've ever owned - and being a long term vintage fan that actually hurts me to say, though it equally pleases my bank balance so luckily I'm pretty relaxed still That Fiesta Red P Bass dream machine of yours sounds like a bout of GAS that won't be going anywhere but in your hands, that'll be a great looking player. Too many choices, brain overloads....

Cheers Karl, right back at you mate. The relicing on this one is very sympathetic to an original, so if it has to be reliced, taste wise this is what I'd go for too. I agree with you that a lot of 'high end' basses can often be hit and miss despite the price tag, even 1960's era Fender threw out a fair few dogs. I like the fact that Limelight deliver at a decent price, I'd love a similar to yours P Bass version to replace the early 60's Precision's I've loved and lost, definitely would be fun to ask Mark to deliver a personal spec bass if I ever get the spare funds for another bass I can't justify, certainly don't need but will surely love...

Wonderful, really liking this one!