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Thanks guys, I’d never heard of a Drexel, which is probably not a good start!

I presume professionally produced ones are laser cut but how do you cut your own?

It’s interesting as the Fender site only offers maple on the elite.

While we’re on the subject of terrific value, Revelation are a steal, but there are plenty of second hand Squiers around to be had at below your budget.

The pots are shot but a mate is fixing this. Will probably hold fire on changing the pups as this won’t be my regular gigging bass and i’ll See how the stock ones sound initially.

I seem to recall the master and individual volumes is standard on all Gretchen guitars and pretty certain I’ve seen it before on the bass you have. Any it’s a great looking axe which I suspect sounds awesome too and a bit different to the norm Js and Ps.

Thanks for the nail polish tip, i’ll Try that first as the damage area is around the strap button and doesn’t really show, but I’d like to stop it chipping more.

Cheers, sounds like a trip Halfords! My wife suggested nail polishes!

Having only 5 string basses I had a sudden wave of nostalgia for a 4 string Precision. Partly driven by a friend who wants me to teach him but also because I an easy project. So this Squier Standard Precision arrived covered in dirt and stickers and looking very neglected. I given it a quick clean over and polish to find the body work pretty good apart from a bad chip around the rear strap button. The J pickup is not working either. The scratch plate has toned down to a quite shade of greens white but the previous owner had put stickers on it and where these are now removed there are rectangles of the original white. Anyone any suggestions as to how to either whiten the plate or tone down the white patches? I think it’s Candy Apple Red (metallic finish), any where I can get paint to match so as to repair the chip?

The Big Three and the Peddlers . Latter may be difficult- no guitarist!

Whilst Thunderbirds are generally considered to be a bass of the Rock idiom, it wasn’t always so. Check out on YouTube the Four Seasons and guess what they’re playing, firebirds and thunderbirds! Not really rock. Also if you saw the recent documentary on the Everley Brothers, one of the clips shows their bassist playing, yes you’ve guessed it,a Thunderbird. Not very rock.

How do you decide which to play?

So Fame is Mayones, never knew that. Always avoided them thinking they were some duff afar Eastern brand. You’d think someone in marketing would think of a better name. It’s the same with Bacchus, good brand but to have a subsidiary brand called Brian! Whoever would buy a bass called Brian!

For a 6 year old? Maybe a bass ukulele.

Looking at the prices and knowing what I’ve paid for similar cruises without bass tuition, I reckon they are about $1500 extra. Plus the hassle of flying to Venice with a bass which is too large for an overhead locker in the cabin, so it will be in the hold. And many of us may remember what happened to Dave Carroll’s Taylor guitar flying on Delta and their reluctance to do anything about it! if you don’t know see United breaks guitars on YouTube.

I’ve sailed on Celebrity Cruises ships, the sister ones not Eqinox, and they are great! Food is fantastic as is the entertainment. Don’t know how the bass tutoring would work out but it looks really interesting.

Did you remortgage the house or sell a kidney?

Great pair. Has your Spectorcore got thevBarts or the EMG?

Anyone got a P9? Thinking of getting one but I’m concerned about weight but thinking the ash body one should be lighter as that wood is generally light. It’s Aerodyne type shape which in Fenders is a lighter bass. Advise from an owner appreciated.