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Recently there has been a spate of us made precisions on fleabay - none has gone for a fortune compared to what they cost newAll had the ABS hard case, one had case candy as a bonus. Can anyone advise a fair price (ballpark) for a recent ish one and if there are any years to avoid ? If I'm spending serious money (for me, anyway) I don't want to buy from a known duff period. Or should I just stick to Japan fender and Indonesian squier ? Thanks

Ok - ready when you are, mr gs1000 ?

Yes please

i noticed it too, but t the back is pretty battered and the plate is A/M and it has no pups, no knobs or wiring, Its basically just a body and neck, albeit a nice neck probably and thats assuming it isnt twisted. I think £205 (its current price) is about right for the risk and additnans needed. Its certainly not a "real" JV any more, IMHO.

ive seen this listed a few times, I assume its him listing it each time after failure to shift, rather than it being resold

I did, - they just said they 'didnt like it'. Anyone care to advise me what it actully does ? I did google it but it wasnt very helpful to be honest.

can anyone advise me if the greasebucket circuit is any good ? Is it worth keeping ? I know some folks have junked theirs. What actually does it do ?

i'm at work so listening on iphone. Specifically to Rattle & Hum and also Killer's Sawdust

My Squier VM p didnt need anything at all changed, not even the string gauge, they are just cheapie Hartke 45-105s

Ok thanks - been offered one and so thinking about it. Any further wisdom, folks ?

Thinking of buying one, are they any good ? Don't seem to come up often in the marketplace here, can anyone advise a ballpark price for z used one ? Thanks

I'll take a turn - when is it available ? Thanks

[quote name='Greggo' timestamp='1349539689' post='1827524'] Yeah definitely I bet thats amazing. Me and missus have this ongoing joke about whether he'll play piano (she plays it) or guitar/bass. I hope he will embrace any musical venture as its been a passion of both of us playing music and be great for him to take up an instrument when hes older. I love spending time with my boy, hes growing up so fast and developing new skills daily (grabbing his feet is latest!) But there definitely isnt enough hours in the day to do it all as he comes first. Still, I did grumble to myself about postman! The parcel wasnt even for me [/quote] This is so spooky - my three year old loves instruments and we spent ages trying to work out what one she actually likes. I have a pic of her at 18 months plugging in my jazz bass. I think it will be drums . Partner keeps saying "it will get easier, you'll get more time to practice" but it does not seem to happen. However nursery tires them out more so you do get at least some earlier bedtimes Still waiting for a full nights sleep - was getting by in 3 broken hours a night at one point

I'm in central London at moment with my "gar" mad three year old. I might wander along to look tmrw

[quote name='Spike Vincent' timestamp='1349553688' post='1827765'] Hold on,you mean a girl actually spoke to a bassist after a gig? [/quote] Even knowing its a bass, not a guitar, would be good enough for me. My partner of 8 years still can't tell the difference

I have the squier VM precision (Cort factory, Indonesia 2006) and it is just [b]amazing[/b]. Crisp, taut and like no other P bass i've tried. Its totally displaced my CIJ 62 reissue jazz.

[quote name='Delberthot' timestamp='1312760306' post='1331584'] If you plan on buying without trying then don't get an SRX as they are the wide fingerboard models. The SRs are famous for their slim necks but the SRX is a bit of a beast in comparison [/quote] I didn't know that - if might explain why I struggled with an srX595 and its width. Still I sold it to a bass chatter who loves it so its gone to a good home

There's a sticky thread for this in the repairs nd technical issues forum - I had just this same problem and posted about it once solved

I have the yellow four string active. The only change I felt it needed was a copper foil lining for minor noise. Even the wood grain is quite nice. I assume its a good enough copy that a music man pickup would fit ?

Patrick pfeiffer explains this really well in bass guitar for dummies, available at your library

its on the lacquer - i had one. It is poly laquer so the colour is quite pale. Wirewooling the whole face of the headstock sorted it out, but the shadow was fairly tenacious

You could always get a Zoom B2.1 - it has a metronome in the builtin drum machne.