Woodinblack

oh I am not sure that is true with their latest album!

I am very surprised that you had so few problems before now! I find they are very good if absolutely nothing goes wrong, but if it does, then they are beyond terrible.

Unfortunately with SB1s there wasn't really an 'era' as such, just occasionaly they decided to put a 7.5" neck on it. Which is kind of how G&L do it, which makes it hard to get them! I belive the original Sires had 7.5 but now seemed to have evolved into 9.5. So fender classic series neck on something else? Not too helpful I know, seems an uncommon requirement judging by sizes around.

If it produces no stress, then probably it is not worth doing it. I have done over 150 gigs with my current band but there is still a weird stressy feeling before i head to the gig - it goes when I start to setup, I think it is anticipation / have i forgotten anything etc. Meeting up for a jam is fine if that is what you have signed up for, with my current band if we had no gig there would be no point to meet up, although the guitarist often tried to force a practice because he viewed it as him practicing, which is not what it is about. Learn the song, get good at it, then practice it with the band.

What have you got against female squirrels?

Yep, thats how those double posts happen, you press it, it doesn't work, you press it again, it doesn't work, you then refresh the page and it has posted twice.

Cheap old stuff was terrible then compared to now. Indeed. I am always of the opinion that old instruments were very variable, but it seems they were better because the ones that weren't got smashed up or didn't survive, but the ones that were really good were hung onto. I have to say that one of the worst jazz basses I ever played was a 64 - basically firewood but I also played a 65 I would have bought had it not been silly money.

Don't think it is an either / or. I have tried them (and tapewounds) many times on several basses, notably fretless but never got on with flats at all. But I got some for my mustang and there they are wonderful. Don't like them anywhere else though.

On the other point, it depends what you mean by a few bars. if you mean like, one or two, that is bad, but if you mean 4/8/12 because the guitar is going on a bit, sometimes that happens, and you can tell that there is no way the guitarist is going to resolve the solo in the bar, so they are going to have to be given a bit more space. But that much should be obvious and normally best avoided

Waterlooville? Perish the thought - I am from Portsmouth, why would I want to slum it over the hill??

We have all been there!

Like a little string condom!

Have one of your ABY switches as it was cheaper than just getting the componants and doing it myself!

😮 I can cope ok with a lack of musical ability, but I really have problems coping with people who can't control their emotions. I know people have issues, but that is not what I am in a band for.

If you are the one that gets the gig, I would say, do this gig as it is reasonably soon, then if it doesn't go well, or you have more tantrums, get on bandmix or join my band or something, wade through the hassle there and get a band together. There is no point if you want to gig being in a band with people who don't want to gig, there will always be a reason. My current band I joined 6 years ago, and we had our first gig a week after I joined. It was a hectic week. The guitarist left at the last gig on saturday and we have new guitarists getting ready. My other band we started 3 years ago, in that time it changed lineup so I was the only pre-existing member in it, we had done two gigs, and had a load of drama. Some bands you have to know are not going to be doing anything, if I had the sense I would realise that that band was never going to work. There are worse bands to be in than no band, as at least in no band you have a hope of joining one!

Did you press submit twice because the first time it didn't seem to work? that is how it is has happened for me.

No problem, ignore it and then panic the day before, that always works!

Its genuinely hard enough when you are a cover band with a large reportoir playing for 2 or 3 hours to get everything perfect, but if someone is deliberately going to mess things up then it probably isn't going to work. Also bear in mind if he can't cope with musical input from you, what is he going to do with the musical input of a crowd? They will happily tell him to turn it down / up / play ac/dc etc.

this any good? https://www.songsterr.com/a/wsa/suzanne-vega-blood-makes-noise-bass-tab-s21899

So problem solved, you can move on

I am guessing by the question that the Squier Classic Vibe Late 50s Precision bass isn't right for some reason? I see that the nut is 1mm narrower than you want, oh yes, the radius is also wider. https://www.peachguitars.com/squier-fsr-classic-vibe-late-50s-p-bass-2-tone-sunburst.htm Other than that, fender classic series, but probably out of your budget and harder to find. Older G&L SB1s have it, Older sires have a 7.5" radius too.

Well, it says 'all original hardware', so I guessing the summer of love had an impact within the fender factory!