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And increased diameter tuning pegs, making it easier to use long scale strings. The pickups look different from the original Roswells too.

My Mod band will be in Dundee this coming weekend.

Cold Sweat - James Brown

Part of the Union - The Strawbs

Trampled Underfoot -LZ

It’s surprising how much a couple of millimetres make. However, reaching the E string with your pinky might have as much to do with the body’s ergonomics than the neck width/hand size. Most short scales flare out too, especially those with 19mm spacing at the bridge, Hofners being an exception to this IIRC, so you still might find it an issue. I don’t have overly large hands (but not small) and there are fingerings that I struggle with up at the dusty end (Pino’s outro to Tear Your Playhouse Down, for instance), what I tend to is find a different fingering that negates some of the high frets on the E string.

Ah, but it will niggle you and it could hinder your performance. I had a Basic VM, it played great and although it sounded fine, there was something characterless about it and I eventually moved it on. Thinking back, a change of electronics was probably the correct way forward (I forget what I did next, it certainly didn’t stick). I be tempted to go Nordstrand, Carey’s products seem to have bags of character and tone.

Here Comes The Flood - Peter Gabriel

When The Levee Breaks - LZ

American Idiot - Green Day

Behind My Camel - The Police

25 or 6 to 4 - Chicago

We’re Gonna Hang Out the Washing on the Siegfried Line - The Two Leslies

His demise, along with Stuart Adamson’s, makes me very sad.

I’m Board - Iggy

Certainly on a par, I think he has a large dollop of Chris Cornell in his voice, no bad thing IMO.

Love Reign O’er Me - The Who

I had a LaBella, tapewound, G string (stop it!) that rattled. I thought it was a high spot on my fretless, but I stuck it on a fretted and it still rattled. Contacted LaBella (it had been a good while since I purchased them from the retailer and knew I wouldn't get any help because of that) and they couldn't have been more helpful. I covered the postage and they sent me a new G string (oi! I've told you before ), rattle gone. The point of this tale is that it might be a faulty string, which appears to be a more common occurrence that you'd think.

I’m So Angry - Alice Cooper

Did you copy the moves though?

I didn’t start playing bass until my 20s, but those who made my ears prick up in my teens were: But it was this guy who made want to jump ship to the low end

Hadn’t played mine for a while, got it out and was impressed with the playability all over again. I’m really tempted to fit a set of EMG GZRs, with a new side jack.

Thick as a Brick - Jethro Tull

Sort of fits the pattern of today’s price differential, Gibsons more than Fenders (for standard US models).