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[quote name='LewisK1975' timestamp='1487753814' post='3242363'] But, you see, IMHO relic'ing does affect the playability when the neck finish is artificially worn. If you mean the [b]setup [/b]is not affected, then yes I agree, but to me the feel of the neck is part of the playability. YMMV! [/quote] Yes indeed. Lewis has a very similar collection of basses to me - we both have the Fender RW Jazz & P basses, and the Flea sig Jazz. The necks on all of these Fender basses are absolutely amazing! I know I keep banging on about them, but they really do feel "played in" or "worn in" - I don't know quite how they've achieved this on these instruments, but achieve it they have. Absolutely amazing - and as I've said before, I've owned several US Fenders, new and old, and I think the RW necks are the best yet..... Fender have supposedly used select woods for the bodies of the RW basses and guitars too. My RW P is the lightest P bass I've ever come across, and the Flea sig Jazz is incredibly lightweight too. Never used to understand why people asked this question before - but weight starts to become an issue for your shoulder, as your age and human relicing advance

[quote name='Rumple' timestamp='1487865478' post='3243728'] After my recent conversion to medium scale basses I thought I'd start a 32" scale (only) bass thread as I'd love to see what people have. Here are my two, a MIJ Squier Precision Bass and a MIJ Fender JB62M Jazz Bass. [attachment=238899:P1010845 lr.jpg] [/quote] Really really like the look of both of those Rumple Hmmm, shall I sell all my long scalers, and buy some like that? I've got one 32" scale bass, and I have to say, it seems a nice comfortable scale length to me

Sorry to hear that artisan Maybe just take a bit of a break from DB playing? You never know, you might regret giving up & selling a nice Duke DB I couldn't play my DB for ages - and I really missed it! I'm glad I play both, even though the band I played DB in folded a while back... I'm now in another band, playing DB and loving it more than ever. Remember, there are many styles, and ways to play a DB Good luck with your decision anyhow, and glad to hear you've settled in a new band

J Tone also do this one http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rockabilly-Duo-double-bass-pick-up-/200675950522?hash=item2eb937ffba I've thought about getting one of these to try myself.... Anyone else on here got this version? What are they like? Let us know who you get on Andy Bass

[quote name='pmjos' timestamp='1487600523' post='3241060'] Hate them, utterly pointless. What is there to discuss...... [/quote] Yet you discuss.....

Hi ped, Sorry, nothing to loan you for the big day (and I'm too far away anyway! lol) But I just wanted to say, if you really do need to rely on that in-house PA, I would go to the venue and check it out beforehand, and then check it's still working / in place a day or two before the wedding. I recommend this, as myself and mates have experienced problems with gear that came as part of a deal. e.g. No mics to be found, missing Speakon cables etc etc Moreover though - best of luck for your big day. There's nothing like a bit of live music at a wedding too. My wife & I had live music all day & night, and it was rather fab. I managed to play in two of the bands too - which made the day even better IMO Coloured lights and a glitter-ball or two will be a great addition to live music and / or a disco. Cheers and best of luck finding equipment

Everyone I know with a classic car would want to re-spray it if it got a ding or scratch. And I don't know anyone who would deliberately rust a car (So sorry Muzz, I don't know) - and I do know quite a lot of people with classic cars & vans. If you replaced the bonnet, doors wings & sills on your Lotus Cortina, it would still be a Lotus Cortina. But if you replace the body and neck on your pre CBS Fender, it's not really a Pre CBS Fender anymore - unless you have replaced with genuine Pre CBS parts, surely! My Uncle had a Lotus Cortina back in the 70's. He paid about £100 for it, and replaced pretty much everything..... and sold it for about £150 If you needed to replace a tenth of the parts on your classic pre CBS, that you would on an old Ford - you'd have had 3 replacement bodies, four replacement necks and complete electrical overhaul at least twice! Re my Uncle's old Lotus Cortina, I'm sure he now wishes he could've kept it, to sell in current times - but it was a rustbucket (as were both my Dad's Ford Cortinas) and something of a "dog" of a car. I'm sure if he'd replaced and re-sprayed everything, done a whole load of welding and then put it in a garage for 40 years, he'd now be quids in. But would you re-finish that Pre CBS, then put it in an airtight glass cabinet, and then make sure no daylight (and especially no UV) got to it? What would be the point of owning it? As I said earlier, please supply pics of your precious, unscratched bass being cleaned in the car wash, or parked on your driveway in the snow lol PS. I was sure your comment wasn't direct at me Jus Lukin - but it does seem that some people get on their high horses about reliced instruments. And it is one-way traffic, as I've never seen a relic / roadworn fan start a thread saying "Immaculate instruments: why not scratch them all now, so you can quit worrying about that first ding?" - Mind you, I could be tempted PPS. I have still not received a notice as to whether my Fender Jazz needs a new MOT .... I'll get my coat....

[quote name='LewisK1975' timestamp='1487586203' post='3240853'] I think the cars analogy is way off guys..... [/quote] Indeed, the only analogy that really bears up re cars and guitars is choice of colour / finish To those who think otherwise, I await your photos of cleaning your bass or guitar in the carwash..... or reports of how often you take your guitar or bass out in the rain / hail / snow..... I had resisted replying to this thread before, but have decided to chip in. I wasn't previously a fan of reliced / roadworn instruments (but I didn't particularly dislike them either) until I bought my Fender Roadworn Jazz. Having owned several Fenders (and Jazzes) over the years - this was the one that made me fall in love with Fenders again - to all critics of them, I'd say give one a try! They are superb. So good I got myself a Roadworn P and a Flea sig too. They are all brilliant instruments. But you cannot overstate the relaxed feeling you get from playing a reliced instrument - I've gigged mint and great condition instruments and hated getting its' first "ding" or scratch. Even the fear of damage to a mint instrument makes me paranoid. However, Gigging with something that doesn't matter whether you get a scratch or dent is so liberating. As I said, finish is up to the instrument owner / buyer - if you don't like reliced fair enough, that's simply your choice. Moreover, I'd suggest the title of the thread should be "Is anybody getting bored of people telling everyone why they don't like roadworn instruments?" or perhaps "Is anybody getting bored of people telling them they don't like other peoples choices, and why it's wrong for you to like something I don't?"

[quote name='TheRev' timestamp='1487185217' post='3237908'] Im sure I've read somewhere that you should have the shortest possible length of cable between your pickup and preamp - something to do with the resistance of a long cable affecting impedance?? ..... [/quote] I'm sure I have read the same thing somewhere (might even have been on here) One of my pre-amp / pickup arrangements is a K&K system (which is great btw). I bought it used from someone on this forum. The said lead is indeed, short. The buyer said he thought that K&K only supplied short leads - maybe this is the reason? Aside that, as others have said, work with the arrangement you prefer Personally, I sometimes prefer to have at least a level control as close to hand as possible I often find I'm just out of arms reach of my amp

Though I've never dealt directly with either before, I do like the look of those Chowny basses, and have heard good reports about them from owners. Scott Whitely seems like he must be a decent sort - I've watched several of his bass lessons, and he always comes across well in those. He breaks down some complex basslines, and demonstrates them very well. Top fella for putting all those high quality video lessons online for free too Really was tempted by a Short Scale SWB a while back too! It's great that Mr Chowny actually phoned you himself too. I guess that smaller and relatively new companies have the ability to do that - Fender have so many customers, it might take a while for them to phone each one directly

I'm not mad on flats, and bear in mind that I play Double bass too - which are pretty much all strung with flats, or something similar I find the tension on them is normally too high. I tried Steve Harris sigs on my fretless, but ended up replacing them with Thomastik Inflelt (TI) Flats, which are incredibly low tension - I mean "incredibly". I do like these strings, but their tension is much lower than any rounds I've ever played, and they do take a bit of getting used to, especially as I don't play my fretless much.... I had some black nylon tapewound strings on my first DB / EUB (which was a Stagg) they were a huge improvement over the original strings, and I really liked the "dark" nature of their sound - so I'm with you on that. Not tried those LaBella's - so I really must! PS. Why was the Precision "unloved"? Did you not like it with rounds? PPS. I once had an acoustic bass (Ibanez) - lovely it was too - but I really liked the sound, when strung with Phosphor Bronze strings - sounded immense! Lovely tone too. A mate had an identical bass, and strung it with steel, then N/S rounds, and it didn't sound half as good.....

[quote name='cheddatom' timestamp='1487149092' post='3237436'] My very first bass was a white musicmaster. I wouldn't know what year but I guess late 70s. I had no idea what I had. I loved that bass....... [/quote] After my first awful Kay bass - I quickly sold that, and bought a Musicmaster, which must have been early 70's. I recently saw the guy who now owns that bass, and I actually regret not approaching him to see if he'd sell..... I hadn't seen him, or the Musicmaster for well over 30 years! I didn't particularly regret selling that bass at the time, or since - but I would be half tempted to buy it back, as it was my 1st "proper" bass

There have been two basses I regretted selling. The first was in my first era of bass-playing. It was an early 70's Matsumoko built Shaftesbury Rick 4001 copy. It was wonderful to play, sounded great and looked + felt every inch like the "real thing" - Only thing was, it needed a re-fret, and I couldn't afford it at the time, so I sold it. Instant regret!!! When I took up playing (after a 20+ year break!) I decided to search for one again. But they're hard to come by, as you can't buy the copies on here and they usually get pulled from ebay. However, I manged to get one after around 8 years of searching, and so glad I did. I've had the "real thing" and those 1970's Japan Shaftesbury's are utterly brilliant The other bass I regretted selling was a Squier Classic Vibe Precision, in Fiesta Red. I had one and loved it, but I didn't really need it - as I already had plenty of basses (too many really), including my superb Fender Roadworn P. I sold the Squier CV, regretted it, but I sorely missed it - more so knowing they had been discontinued.... So I bought another, and though I have way too many basses... I can't bring myself to sell either the Shaftesbury or the CV EDIT: I guess I'm lucky, in that the 2 basses I really regret selling, I have managed to replace.... Double EDIT: I note there are many misguided "Rick haters" on this forum - but I just thought it spoke volumes that a high percentage of the replies on this thread, are from someone who has regretted selling their Rick

[quote name='Meddle' timestamp='1486920065' post='3235524'] I wouldn't mind a Kay 20B, but I would be looking to pay about £50 for one and no more. [/quote] My first bass was a Kay - rick-ish shaped, rather than Rick copy I'd say.... I think I paid about £25 for it back in the 80's..... and sold it for about the same It was truly, utterly dreadful. I'd say they aren't worth £50 even of Monopoly money Trust me, don't buy one - They'd be firewood but the paint is probably full of nasty toxins

I'd definitely still consider coming over if it was a bit further Like the idea of Steven Chowny coming along! I've wanted to try one of his basses, but haven't managed to as yet....

Sorry I've only just seen your question Harleqin74 I use the MXR pedal. It also has a distortion function, with an extra footswitch. I don't use it often, but it's there & it's handy You can set the distortion to a low setting, and pump up the gain..... Not tried one myself, but there's a lot of love for the Sansamp on here. I actually started with a second-hand Behringer. It was under a tenner! And though it's a bit noisy if you set the treble up high - it's not bad at all. It was cheap, so I just keep it as spare, and use it for the odd gig here & there.... Think they're about £25 new - so might be worth it, just to try one out?