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TBH I always thought expensive was better until recently. The bass doc built me a P out of fairly random Jap parts and spent a lot of time on the set up using my preferred gauge of strings. The result was a world away from even a USA P that I thought was pretty good up to that point. It practically plays itself. I think the moral is that component quality/build quality can have a nixing factor where its bad but provided its even barely reasonable (ie not a bent neck, fairly even frets) it should be possible to transform any bass into a nice and comfortable experience.

As with discreet I only really play my bass doc built 74 precision replica. Lots of people mistake it for the real thing with the nitro paint and tinted varnish. I only wish I had had it reliced as I don't get the time to play the wear into it

I have an American special jazz and it's as good as any American standard I've played. I would placey bass-doc built p bass ( from jap parts) on a level above both

Could we have the "follow/unfollow topic" buttons shown on the mobile version please ?

I bought an issue recently. (October so probably sept issue) on way to Disneyland Paris and it was good, if somewhat expensive read.

Sounds like it could still be worth a try - thanks for the detailed responses

Ah yes - string thru - Hadn't spotted that although I'm not convinced it makes much difference Yes it does help, thanks both

Hi can some kind soul tell me if the Special is worth the extra ? 2013 model. Cant see a lot of difference in the specs. I thought graphite rods were nornal in American standards these days along with custom shop pickups ? thanks

He was a very fair dealer with me. I seem to recall him saying that the red/white/rosewood precision bass shown used to belong to Musical Youth

[quote name='ubassman' timestamp='1384903896' post='2282277'] Plus you get all the fun of dealing with the unknown, unwashed public on ebay ( the good, the bad, and the downright dishonest and ugly!). [/quote] Ebay-wise : I'm on my third timewasting, non-shipping, non-refunding, communciation-challenged seller in a row. Set a decent reserve/sensible start price you muppets, then you wont be disappointed at the final hammer price. Never been stiffed on here.

£7 per listing / £20 per annum is not massively expensive. The owners do have to buy server space, bandwidth etc. I'm pretty sure they're not driving a new Ferrari every day on the back of Basschat profits.

Could we see the "content I follow" button ported over to the mobile version please ?