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CH was quick to pay and good at comms. Happy to deal again.

Welcome, Mr CH

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[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1410422566' post='2549205'] How much difference does a signature make? do more people actually buy them? I guess they must or fender wouldn't bother... For me thats a lovely bass ruined by a signature... [/quote] I do agree that theyre probably not worth the extra unless they contain some [b]truly[/b] out of the ordinary associated feature, such as say, Yngwie Malmsteen's scalloped board that would allow the buyer and fan to play his music, in his style, more easily. A direct connection, if you will. I dont think a matching headstock or unbound blocks are so exceptional,or that a simple black, white, maple P are so exceptional. They are purely cosmetic.

[quote name='Bassman Steve' timestamp='1410361781' post='2548568'] Sort of thought an Adam Clayton would be based on his original Precision with Jazz neck bass with the chunk of scratchplate missing. [/quote] Agree, with relicus maximus

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Surely not a coincidence that this happens when edge and bonio join fenders board but he has had a fender sig before - a master built sparkly gold precision That one reminds me of the Sherwood green jazz he played on the NYD video and also the vertigo tour-read that he swaps rosewood necks for maple as it's easier to see the dots on maple apparently

[quote name='Raslee' timestamp='1410206972' post='2547187'] I bought B/cer Cayston's Montreux Celluloid tortoise shell pickguard on here, great bit of tort -I'm finally happy with the looks now [/quote] Wonder where he got it

Matte_black from this forum makes very fine split cool noiseless pickups to order. Try him perhaps Make sure you quote the sizes to him if you do order

Where did you get the nice tort ?

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I have played both - i liked the rolled FB edges on the STD. You also get a nice case. I'd pay the little extra for a [b]used[/b] (ie fettled) US P over the Special. The Special feels fine, and if youre on a tight budget it will do nicely.

Sounds ok then - must be a fault on the stock pickups as mine was perfectly behaved with stock pups. Could be your house wiring making if worse

Did you use copper foil with electrically conductive glue ? Use a multimeter to check - mine had only 0.008 ohm resistance between jack socket and furthest point away You probably have a break somewhere Thought : you did join the shielding to earth right ? You can curl some up under the bell plate

I've had one from that year and it was silent once copper shielded

I regret starting this thread now

I used fret-tester for the iPhone Not saying I can sight read but I don't need tab as much as I thought

Stanley knife blade at an angle - carefully Then lemon oil

Was in Florida earlier this year with time to kill in evenings so started learning bass clef, haven't touched it since or practiced. Surprised myself by being able to read the dots for Xmas wrapping by the waitresses in A without too much trouble - including rhythms It's not that hard folks, if I can do it.

[quote name='Snarf' timestamp='1409929958' post='2544718'] Thanks y'all! I've also heard that about lemon oil and have avoided it for a while too, agreed - this is the problem that I've also come across before (not a lot of facts). I'm going to give the stuff I've got a go for a while as I found some of the cleaners I used before gave me itchy fingers and left some crap on my fretboard too, but good call on the brasso! Off topic - TheSiberian, what's the music scene like in Luxembourg? Are there many good venues there to check out? [/quote] Use a fret mask or masking tape to protect the board tho