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Neck stretching time ....

[quote name='Number6' timestamp='1398982134' post='2439783'] You're not being thick i find myself in the same boat with online type learning. That's why i'm ebbing on the side of getting a real live person to teach me. [/quote] I got a lot better quickly with a real teacher. My confidence grew quite a lot too

I'm a Suffolk local too

Love of learning will take you a long way

Thanks dude - girl 4lb 5 born in Orlando. Flying out tmrw to be there as unavoidably here in uk for the moment

Tony Levin said "I'm a bass player, I enjoy doing the same thing over and over again" It's what we do, sometimes at least. Shrug. It makes people dance. Look at it this way - it could be worse, you could be a guitard I have small children (including one born yesterday); I would kill for regular jam sessions

Get the mim. 97 mex basses are underrated IMHO

Awesome

[quote name='HowieBass' timestamp='1398552202' post='2435285'] I'm also particularly impressed with the quality of the Squier VM made (by Cort) in Indonesia. [/quote] Moi aussi See above

Nice - what sort of price are we talking ? Just curious

Precisions are just amazing - I tried an Indonesian squier VM p and it totally turned my head such that the bass doc built me an awesome 70s p replica in sunburst / maple / black. I keep trying to find a jazz that's as good and keep failing

[quote name='gjones' timestamp='1398520663' post='2434931'] Handy to whack a sponge under the bridge ashtray, to damp the strings, like James Jamerson used to do. But originally, I think they were put there for purely aesthetic reasons. [/quote] No, it was originally part of EMF shielding . 51 precisions had an earth wire that connected to the ashtray

I used to buy and enjoy it immensely, particularly the technical articles and the "new player" features. It's just too damned expensive / if it was £2.50 I could justify it.

[quote name='kennyrodg' timestamp='1398346256' post='2433215'] Love mine to bits. I specc'd a heavy relic, I call it my "rat bass" It's everything I hoped it would be and couldn't be happier with it. Yes they divide opinion but who gives a monkeys, it's mine that counts Plays a treat and sounds ace. As Peety says, Mark is a top bloke as well. Limelight No24 [/quote] Sob Very nice

<begin-controversy> I'd buy a fairly battered 70s p in sunburst and maple (tort or black, not fussy) as they just look impossibly cool. <end-controversy>

I have the est96a stingray copy and it's a very solid bass

[quote name='leroydiamond' timestamp='1398077081' post='2430091'] Rudy's shop is well worth a visit. A few years back I had all but purchased a boutique bass there, but when I turned up to collect it and pay it became apparent that the agreed selling price did not include sales tax, inflating the price considerably. Not sure if this is standard sales practice in NY, so be sure if you are making a purchase that the price being quoted is the full sales price, avoiding any nasty surprises. [/quote] Yes it's normal here in the US I'm in Orlando ATM