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  1. Grahambythesea
    Don’t know why Fender dropped these, good shape, what’s the weight like? I haven’t heard of mint red before 😆😁😃😂
  2. Grahambythesea
    I had the strap fitment come undone mid gig and my Jazz bass hit the ground knocking over the aviom unit in the process . Not cool.
  3. Grahambythesea
    Looks like you may become the test case!
  4. Grahambythesea
    Why’s the neck on back to front on the Limelight? Must make tuning awkward. There was a reason why Leo designed 4 on one side.
  5. Grahambythesea
    I thin k it should be a Rickenfaker, 4003 shape but with a hollow body. Nice big slash ‘f’ hole like the 360. Try a piezo pickup bridge like the Fishman to give it an alternative sound to what e er magnetic pickup grabs your fancy!
  6. Grahambythesea
    Used to have an Olympic white US Precision Fretless with a white guard - the one I shouldn’t have let go! Sadly I can’t find an pics of it 😢
  7. Grahambythesea
    Bling ‘snot my thing, but definitely cool, you should have had Elvis’ gold suit too!
  8. Grahambythesea
    Almost my YOB Bass.
  9. Grahambythesea
    Tort on Black - handsome. Much better than white or black.
  10. Grahambythesea
    I don’ t think we ever got a picture of the Guild so here it is. Has really nice maple back and for under £500 is reasonably priced.
  11. Grahambythesea
    I suppose the thin line was Fender’s attempt at a Gibson sound. For years Gibson have tried the opposite without success.
  12. Grahambythesea
    Me too! Having struggled with the close spacing of a mandolin, it’s a big jump down from basses, I bought an Octave Mandola which tunes the same but is a lot more comfortable spacing. I’m on my second a hand made maple backed one by Robin Greenwood who has a workshop near Poole in Dorset. Lovely instrument.
  13. Grahambythesea
    Would I be right in thinking this version is short scale?
  14. Grahambythesea
    So are the fakes as heavy as the originals - 9lbs+?
  15. Grahambythesea
    Not at £2450!
  16. Grahambythesea
    Love the look of them, but like FinnDave, don’t think I could handle 30” scale, and I think they have incredibly skinny necks, perhaps not quite as thin as the Framus Bill Wyman used to play but pretty close!
  17. Grahambythesea
    Will that produce the Ricky clank?
  18. Grahambythesea

    YOB

    Grahambythesea replied to tom1946's topic in Bass Guitars

    Forget about a bass, just by a classic guitar like this one, sorry it’s one year out,a ‘47 L5 for a little under £6grand on Reverb
  19. Grahambythesea
    Look like Yamaha TRB to me.
  20. Grahambythesea
    I wonder the author of the “History” hasn’t published an updated version. They has been quite a bit of innovation in the last 17 years - Jaguar bass, Dimension, Rascal to mention just a few. Time someone wrote a new one.
  21. Grahambythesea
    Here’s another that may be questionable, what do bcers think. Claims to be ‘78 with an added active J pickup. Obviously the P pup is different too.
  22. Grahambythesea
    If you really want to go fretted why not just get a luthier to fret your Sire?
  23. Grahambythesea
    I wasn’t excited, I thought the price was unbelievably cheap and probably a load of nasty Chinese junk, but interesting to show others what’s out there!
  24. Grahambythesea
    I can recommend the Spector Spectorcore fretless. My 4th fretless and by far the best. My previous were Ibanez Roadster, Fender Precision (US) and Washburn AB35, the last one definitely to be avoided unless you like playing tree trunks. The Spectorcore has the advantage of both magnetis and piezo pickups.
  25. Grahambythesea
    And a very nice pair too! Is the thin line much lighter than its partner, never played either but often thought about it.
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