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The End - The Doors

Summer Holiday - Harry Webb

Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun - Pink Floyd

Undercover of the Night - The Stones

Protection - Graham Parker

Funnily enough, I don't usually get on with them, I always seem to find the necks sticky, my Road Allen being an exception. I've played 2 of these and it wasn't an issue, so fingers crossed the new one will be the same. If not, I'll strip it and Danish Oil it, as I did with my old Roadworn P bass.

Stunning! Up until now I assumed that the body was a laminate sandwich, I had no idea it was paint job; that’s some precision painting, right there. This is going to look so awesome.

Hey Stoopid! - Alice

Does beer batter make fish sound different over just a water/milk mix? Do you have to use bass, or will cod do?

That’s a five string one, the four string is the SR1200 (lovely bass, those Nordstrand Big Singles are awesome).

I nearly went for a Vintera having played one and been most impressed by it. However, I was feeling down/extravagant and decided to go the whole hog, that SD pickup is very nice and not available for retrofit at the moment.

Liking that and Serek as a whole (although they’re eye wateringly expensive). That one has a Grabber meets Ric thing going on.

So, to conclude, plywood is fine. In fact, make solid bodies, or even semi acoustics out of whatever you like, just make it well and use decent pickups/hardware.

One White Duck / 010 = Nothing at All - Jethro Tull

Oops! Missed your post. My new, blues persona will have to be Blind Boy Ezbass. 😎

Take me to the River - Talking Heads, Al Green.

I’m on Fire - Bruce Springsteen

I’d have been all over a Wilcock Mullarkey if my budget could have stretched. The one I tried at The Gallery was great.

If you think that sounds stupid, how about hemidemisemiquaver?

King of Pain - The Police

@joseb84 The SR range would be your go to, I think. The SR370 falls under your budget and the SR500 just over. A secondhand SR from further up the range would be even better and secondhand prices are usually exceptional value for money.

Before pulling the trigger on a JMJ Mustang, I checked out many videos (I have played them in the flesh too). A couple I listened to recently had the demonstrators putting it through various effects. I couldn’t believe how well they tracked with analog, octave pedals, even right down at the nut end, no indecisive warble at all. Intrigued as to why this was possible, I did a bit more digging. It seems that SS basses produce more fundamental and less harmonic overtones than a long scale, which I assume is what octave fx and the like pick up when they don’t track correctly. Now I’m waiting patiently for my JMJ to arrive (no, that’s a lie, I’m chomping at the bit). Now thse aren’t the videos I was talking about, but I can’t stop listening to this guy.

Tone metals anyone? http://www.jamestrussart.com