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[quote name='Rich' timestamp='1460619844' post='3027234'] For me, a Precision 'Elite' will always mean this: [/quote] Same here. Weird they never repeated the double split coil, did the bridge pickup sound that bad?

Nice! I now have Gas for a limelight 58 P.

Chances are, after a year if they haven't bothered they've probably lost the desire. Someone else might grab it though.

White edges it.

[quote name='JellyKnees' timestamp='1460544089' post='3026607'] Well at least it made me laugh as well as cringe, which is more than the original did... [/quote] You're not wrong.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1460541015' post='3026563'] £500 for a Musicmaster Bass? That's a lot of money for something that will be out-performed by pretty much any modern sub-£100 instrument. [/quote] It has "fender" on it, therefore there are legions of people who will swear it's great even if it isn't.

That's the entire cheese counter at Tesco's that is.

Wow. The shirtlessness just tops it off.

Bastard dream bass bastard 8 grand bastard. http://andybaxterbass.com/details.php?id=1014

[quote name='GrammeFriday' timestamp='1460537539' post='3026505'] Many thanks, WoT. Yup, I'm pretty stoked about the way it looks to have turned out, too, and can't wait till delivery day - paid the balance last night. How long does it usually take from final payment to delivery, btw? Or perhaps there is no usually? [/quote] For me it took about a week. Depends when the UPS shipment is.

Incidentally I'm totally in love with my stealth tank now and pretty much refuse to pick up any other fretted bass.

Disco as f***! Awesome!

Are those ceramic pickups? I have problems playing toilet seats that don't have the Armitage Shanks logo on the headstock.

I made the decision to focus on electronica in about 2002 and put my stringed instruments into storage for a couple of years. I still then let my skills atropy for about the next 10 until I decided I wanted to get better. I can totally get "had enough" though. Sometimes. It's a sh*t business.

It's not like Led Zep don't have previous. I mean.. the whole "dazed and confused" debacle.

Politics to fun ratio. When it stops being more fun than politics, kick it to the kerb.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1460374605' post='3025053'] Actually, it's getting back down again with a bruised scrotum. [/quote] Fair point well made.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1460374256' post='3025045'] Yes, I like having sex with goats. [/quote] Climbing up the mountain is the trickiest part.

Kicking my arse into getting better. Basically aim at eventually getting grade 8 done. Just personal achievement really, not really FOR anything except myself.

So yeah, It's a lovely, fantastic, luscious piece of kit and built to an amazing standard, all my complaints are my own stupid fault.

Just thought I'd post to retract my grumpiness here. I'd spent the last 3-4 months playing nothing but upright ready for a gig and all my other basses have flats on. All the buzzing came from the ridiculous amount of power I put into my fingers, so I've raised everything and tried to calm my right hand down as I could probably currently flick a pea to the moon.

So I'm going to finally get my lazy arse into gear and get a rockschool grade. On the advice of my teacher I'm going for Grade 6, listened to the tunes and they sound like they'll take some learning but be manageable. So if anyone has any hints or, "for christ sake don't learn x track, it's EVIL", etc. then please... share.

There was nothing essentially wrong with my Stealth Tank Maruszczyk. It still has its shim but basically it turns out that 3months of playing nothing but upright means my playstyle is currently ridiculously hardcore, so everything had to be raised and I needed really heavy strings. I hadn't realised because my other fret less and fretted have flats which are much less inclined to buzz. Feel free to say it... I'm an idiot. I've just played it for the last 3 hours and I am totally loving it, complete beast.

Phwooooooar

I'm all cool with you loving jazz basses, but if you start soloing using the bridge pickup and your fingers next to the bridge to get the "quacky duck" sound then get out and take your flat cap with you. J/K Well, half j/k.