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Hmmm - I think I recall you turning your nose up at my Warwicks at the last bass bash! 🙂

I find the Squier/Fender thing is more a case of reverse snobbery "My Squire JV beats any Fendre US" ever made and so-on. Me, I like my Rickenbackers and Warwick bolt-ons and I've no desire to go up-market from them.

Mint Condition- Fender Squire Affinity Precision Bass, 4 String needs repair https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/175313516735 "neck bowed truss nut working electrics working good finish used dings ect "

I might have one as a number 2 guitar...

Well, I am now in possession of an Ampeg SVP and a SansAmp RBI; they'll be going in a rack case along with a power amp. It'll be interesting seeing how they compare when I get the setup going. I've also got a MarkBass EVO amp which does emulations, including Ampeg; I'll see how that does as well.

Not of Rickenbacker basses! (Remember that car which was designed by the Japanese and built by Alfa?)

I knew who it was at the first picture.

Yes - I contacted one of those, as I need a shed, and I got a reply saying to go to their site for their special offers. I've seen them for Herman Miller chairs, electronic drum kits, and other things too; I generally just zone them out now. The price usually seems to be £73 or some unusual number.

Playing higher dates the music; there's something special about playing down low. (Not saying that playing high is a bad thing, though.) I never really much noticed John Deacon, though he is of course very good. As for Geezer - I saw him with Heaven & Hell and he had a really good bass sound; way better than the "get out of the way of all the other instruments" muffled middley sound of the earlier Sabbath recordings.

The wing-nut is a nice feature too.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/275339210163 £750

That looks nicely run in.

Did you just shoot Paul Kersey?

I got the impression that’s a warning post.

I'm going for one of the ones @Happy Jackrecommended; the 4-channel version (https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/334387167184?var=543385789351) (there was also a code for an extra 5% off). A word of warning - I looked at some options and some brands are (deliberately) vague as to what their Watts are; for example this one just says "2x 500W", without saying peak or RMS; after a bit of poking around I found a seller saying "max", so I guess that's peak then. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/184524818501

Must've been modeled after this.

Yep - it's probably an exercise in futility, since I have MIDI bass pedals, synths, synth fx pedals and whatever else anyway! I guess that playing the fills & stuff on the bass means playing the bass on the pedals... Who knows when (or if) I'll put it into action anyway.

I did that with the bass one and managed to get one working one out of it. I also dismantled and put back together the guitar one. But I don’t trust either tbh.

Thanks, Andre - I appreciate the reply. They look nice and the price seems about right, however, I think I need a drop-in replacement, so maybe this one isn't what I'm looking for on this occasion.

Thanks - they look rather nice. I guess the two questions are: Is there a drop-in replacement for a Steinberger? How much do they cost (I'm in the UK)? (I definitely want to steer clear of the Chinese toot!)

Yep - I'm thinking it's for effects & swell, rather than staccato on the beat stuff.

I've got a Roland GM-70 MIDI interface which I'll give a go; I hear there may be some latency though. TBH, I don't really have an intended use as such; it's just one of those "because I can" type things.

I've got this doubleneck; it's rather nice to play, but is badly let down by the cheapo bridges (both bass and guitar). The bridges are the dreaded "Overlord Of Music" ones; they appear to be cheap for a reason! The claws are made of soft metal and the stock M.6(?) tuning bolts will mash them at any opportunity; also, there's a step in the bridge plate at precisely where the tuner buttons make contact, so they'll graunch and grind there too. The guitar one is similar, but it's also got the trem unit, whose spring sub-assembly isn't up to the job, so I've locked it in place (fortunately it does have a locking latch!). I bought a replacement bass bridge from China, but it was faulty (the recess wasn't tall enough for the claws to retract into); however, I managed to make one working one from the two. The situation now is that I don't have any confidence in those bridges and I'd really like to just replace them. Regarding replacing, these are my thoughts: They appear to be Steinberger copies, but I'm not 100% sure they're drop-in replacements. Actual Steinberger ones are hard to come by and aren't cheap. I don't think I've ever seen a Spirit or Hohner one. 3rd party ones are 3-4x the value of the instrument (each). Any thoughts on options? I don't want to spend a lot on it, as I got it cheap (because the original owner gave up on it due to the bridge issues). Incidentally, you may see from the close-up picture that the original pickups were labelled "EMG" - I don't believe that for a minute! Being a Ricaholic, I replaced them with Retrovibe Ric-style pickups, which were a direct drop-in replacement, even the screw holes. I also did a bit of re-wiring and one of the pots incorporates a push-pull cut-out switch for the guitar pickups.