Marc S

You will never cure the GAS - you will simply re-direct it Think of all the different P basses out there you can own.... I mean, have you got a maple board, and rosewood, is Pau Ferro an improvement on Rosewood? Have you got one in Oly White, and one in Sunburst? Hmm, could you do with one in black, and one in natural finish? How about Fiesta Red? GAS Cured? ha ha ha

My first ever bass - a Kay Rick copy. Really, really awful terrible bass - though I didn't really know it at the time, until I played other basses and realised that it wasn't just that I couldn't play All that said, it didn't put me off. I did once own an early 70's Precision that I didn't "hate" as such, but playing mates basses, I realised how heavy the P was, and that I didn't like its' overly chunky, wide, deep neck Every now & then, I see one of those awful Kay Ricks on eBay, and it's usually going for a stupid amount of money, but let me tell you now if you're thinking of buying one .... they are around 3 quids worth of firewood, and probably dangerous to burn anyway!

Aw, sorry to hear you're retiring from gigging But as bigsmoke says above - don't hang that bass up for good. Keep one beside the sofa, for an occasional noodle You know what, I stopped playing in my 20's, and didn't play again for nearly 25 years! And I'm so glad I started playing again - I couldn't live without bass now, I love it more than ever But whatever you decide.... all the best

Thanks for that info LeftyP. Re the tapewounds - what's the tension like? Are they lower tension than many flats? Similar tension to rounds?

FlatEric, that's an amazing looking bass, I must say Beautiful colour & wood grain. Nice design. I agree with alembic1989 re the brass nut & hardware too Just wondering though, why all the switches? What do they all do? Must admit, they do seem to "add" to the look of it though

I agree, this is a really lovely looking bass. Nice colour too, and re the chrome - it does look good on this bass I especially like the Italia badge too. I don't know why - perhaps because it just has that retro look? Re the pickups - does it sound like a Hoffner Violin bass? Just wondering.... Looks a really nice instrument for when you want to go as lightweight as possible (increasingly important for many of us) EDIT: I'm also surprised that your Chowney was as heavy as that - they always look as though they should be light, to me

So an ad popped up.... and you couldn't resist, eh? - You aren't the first! lol Let us know what you think. I did briefly try one, some time back - not plugged into an amp, mind you Can't recall what scale length these are, but they look pretty small I would have bought one for when I'm travelling very light, joining in at acoustic pub jams etc Or simply as a back-up bass, but I got myself a Tanglewood Elfin sometime back These Mikro's do look nice mind you, and anything Ibanez is generally pretty good quality, to excellent in my experience

Good morning, Bonjour, Bore Da from Wales Welcome to BassChat LeEb5. I hope you find more than effects here There's plenty to chat about.

I have just bought 4 sets I will sell them on to anyone interested, for a small mark-up of a mere £286.75p

Shwmae Craig, I'm just on the North edge of Cardiff - so we're probably not far away If you're at high risk of becoming a hoarder - better not hang around the marketplace too long.... there are lots of goodies on offer there Da Bo Marc

As T-Bay says - first, warm up with some noodling & stretching exercises Then for me, it depends on what I'm playing or which band I need to rehearse stuff for Sometimes I play along with my MP3 player, bass and MP3 plugged into my Vox Bass Amphones If I need to, or fancy playing along to songs on YouTube, I often use my little Roland Micro bass amp (not too loud and neighbour annoying) A day or two before a big gig, I usually run through a whole set, aside from songs I know really well If I made any mistakes on songs, I then usually go back over them, or any relatively tricky bits if the song

Croeso Judi, from someone just over the hill from you, a few miles away

Yes, it would be interesting to find out where these are being made. Those older CV's are just great quality construction. Indeed the bridges are a higher mass design than BBOT's - and the saddles are nicely machined brass too. In fact, even the pickups are really quite good, and the necks feel great on them. Overall construction is of a very high standard, and they sound great - punching way above what the original asking price might suggest.... The only thing I might change, if I had one again, would possibly be the tuners. They were OK and perfectly adequate for the bass, but higher quality tuners would be just about the only improvement I would suggest. When I first had my CV P bass, I also had a 2000's US P (which was also lovely BTW) and there really wasn't much in it at all! The US was slightly lighter in weight and the pickup was just a tad nicer. But having got both 2nd hand, the US wasn't almost 3 times as good - which was the difference in prices I paid for the two. As you say Jono, it may be that these new CV's are made in the Indonesian factory that makes the VM series. The VM's are also very good, in comparison with the Affinity series - but the older CV range are a cut above.... if not two cuts above If anyone gets wind of where these new CV's are made - I'd be very interested to know Must admit, I do like the look of the 4 string Jazz with maple board & black blocks..... stoppit! Must resist! ha ha

Cheers for the heads up Jono Bolton Not that I have GAS for any of them (must behave myself, as I'm trying to thin the herd!) but they do look good There are times when I miss my old CV Precision in Fiesta Red - that was one gorgeous bass! If these new ones are anything like that, they'll be amazing instruments Now there's a point - are they made in the same factory as the last CV's? - Can't see any info on that

Funnily enough, I usually think that a white pickguard looks "cheap" on a bass - especially on a black bass But white looks OK on a Rick, and it seems on most colours it looks OK, or good. White looks pretty good on a sunburst Rick, but the gold plate is definitely an improvement - so that's a yes from me

I couldn't possibly play that.... cos it's the left handed version

Yes, similar stories, though thankfully not for some time now. I found that as time went on, I got to meet more musicians at open mics and local gigs, who I got on with. Eventually, I started jamming with ones I "clicked" with. Oddly enough, it's mainly been the ones who have advertised for a bassist, that have been the most disastrous / ridiculous / puzzling, in my experience I once answered an ad, where the band posted some nice videos of pretty good songs (no clear images of band members though) The ad clearly said "age not important" "Ability, experience and own gear essential" And the first phonecall I was asked "how old are you?" I said the ad stated it wasn't important, and was told "It's not, as long as you're aged between 19 and 22!" "We don't want no kids, and we don't want no pensioners either" Remarkably, The ad had stated their influences were the Rolling Stones, Beatles, Kinks, Doors etc - so I said "So if Bill Wyman or Paul McCartney turned up.... you'd tell them to F*** off, would you?"