Steve Browning

I know he used it to record the last Who album. The strings were changed for the recordings (through a Fender Deluxe!!) and I got given them. Not my thing so I passed them on.

I will let Melvyn (Lockyer- the bass player) know of your review. It will be appreciated.

Where's the humility emoji when you need it? 🙂

My very first amp was a Carlsboro-made 50 Top. They reissued them a good few years ago but they are long gone now. Nice amp (all valve 50 watter). They also made a 100 Top. Bill Nelson (Be Bop Deluxe) was a Carlsboro man.

This was actually posted a little earlier (in the general information forum).

Personally, as originally, I believe the jacket is fastened and it does not cover the headstock.

Very much the same here. Over the years I've been fortunate to own some of the 'holy grail' instruments. In the end all the pre-CBS basses have gone because I have better basses from later periods or other makers. It is playability that matters. Yes I have some 60s and 70s basses, but I have owned them for a long time.

I'm sticking with it being some form of modification. Hardly a matter of life and death of course.

The thick plottens!!

Interesting picture from 1963. Appears to show a bass with a Precision body but with an early Precision style neck - but dark fingerboard (guy standing next to Ringo).

I have tried numerous things and eventually bit the bullet and got one of these. https://www.thomann.co.uk/flyht_pro_wp_safe_box_7_ip65.htm It's bigger, but on wheels. A bit of an outlay but has proved worth it.

15's are the future! 🙂 When Barefaced first appeared, it was 15's all the way. The website went to great lengths to extol their virtues. I agree with Alex that the TE cab sounds best (to me). Of course I'm biased, having been a 15's fanboi since starting playing about 50 years ago. The only non 15 unit I have is the passive radiator in the bottom of the Walkabout cabinet.

Just taken delivery of a mic from Marc. Excellent communication, quick delivery and superb packaging. Highly recommended BC'er.

There is the option of sucking it up, but there lies the path to frustration. Realistically, is there any chance it'll change? Is the PA a joint enterprise, or owned by one individual? What do the other band members think?

Quorn Loaf

King (there being no Queen). I know that name was used before.

A pair of 15's. It's the future, I tell you.

Yes. they induce the same thing, in me, as a Stingray - but in reverse. A Stingray has less travel when you pluck a string with your thumb anchored on the pickup, the 53 had too much! I must be a creature of habit!!