Bridgehouse

Sorry - must have been autocorrect..

Mind yer own business Slab Mongrel - my cage and who rattles it is a private matter! As for non-tort guards, well… pffft

Has it got tort on it as well?

Ah, but so is "nope, cries friend"

Not with my fingers it doesn't!

Does that mean a fretless Precision is an oxymoron?

I joined a band who were having a real torrid time with their "lead" guitarist. Too loud, too centred on his "solos" and too concerned by how he sounded and really didn't care about anyone else or their enjoyment of the situation. One rehearsal the conversation was had. He was told in no uncertain terms that he was just too loud. Sadly he wouldn't have any of it, so we decided to take more drastic action. It went something along the lines of: [End of song being rehearsed. Guitarist still about 15395db too loud] Guitarist: Right, I'm off out for a tab [Door closes] Everyone else: Go! [Fuse extracted from amp plug and from pedalboard power supply amp and replaced with pre-determined duds] [Guitarist returns] Guitarist: Er... I have no power. What's going on? Lead Singer: Dunno mate, my amp is fine and the PA is on...? Me: Bass amp on over here mate.. [Guitarist swaps plug sockets, extension lead etc..] Guitarist: WTAF?? Keys Player: I reckon you've blown that amp mate - told you it was too loud.. Guitarist: Blown it? Really? Lead Singer: Yeah. I did hear a popping noise when you were out. Me: And a bit of a crackle... Guitarist: Oh poop. This is my dad's amp as well.. [Guitarist packs up in a hurry and leaves] We didn't see him again.....

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I remember one particular evening, down the Dog and Duck with my old mate Jimbo Jamerson. He had his usual pint of mild on the go with a pack of Players Navy Cut and he was harping on about the virtues of these new fangled "flat wound" strings he'd put on his beat up old Bass. Anyway, me and the lads had a good old laugh about it and told him to get real and get some proper Rotosounds on there and that they'd never catch on.

Hmmm. Missed this thread. Anyway, here's a few of the good old CS 62 Charcoal Frost Jazz-a-relic

I always found TI's to be pretty difficult to get along with too. I use Chromes mostly - more tension, better feel, brighter and more playable...

I don’t see why not….

I’ve always preferred them…

Give it a drag round the garden first for a bit of authentic relic work as well!

I heard it from the other room though!!

I don’t have anything that needs recroding tho…

I wasn’t even in the room at the time!

Pah. It’s a recroder, if it was a recorder I’d have snuck a cheeky £9m bid in.

It’ll be like that recent fretless fad.

Honestly if you don’t like them you’ll get a good chunk of that back second hand…

You may scoff, but I reckon the Embassy would look brilliant as a relic. What? What? Why is everyone walking off and not talking to me anymore? Hello?

Buy some. Stick them on your P-bass. Play them for a week or so, and you'll form an opinion. If you like them and prefer them, they will last a good 10 years. If you don't like them, take them off, and sell them on and you'll get a good chunk of your money back. Simples.

(And now I'm tempted to get an Embassy and relic it...) *dramatic music*

I'm also a fussy sod. I've gotten over it by developing a love of relics. At first, I found them abhorrent, but now I really do like a nicely worn bass. My therapy came in the form of building a Telecaster for a friend. They wanted a relic. I spend a good chunk of time painting it (proper nitro spray) so the finish was perfect (or as close as I could get) The relic process started ceremonially by dropping a screwdriver onto it from 6ft up. After that it was all huge fun. Weird thing was I preferred it after the relic process so I did a few basses of my own. Nowadays I actually really like relics, and love the process of creating them.