Steve Browning

I can't comment on how things line up, but I would caution you about the Gotoh supplied screws. They break very easily. If you need to create new holes, use a sticky tape to mark the drill bit to avoid drilling through the headstock. Generally it's dead easy to do. Even I can do it.

Love the scratchplate on that. Lovely looking bass.

Did our first live recording with the mixer night before last. Amazing results without much tweaking at all. 400 quid really well spent.

Might he be between tours? I did temp work when I was in the Pretty Things, and Dick (original Rolling Stone and guitarist) picked tomatoes when we were off the road.

It's on its way West!!

It says it's a serialiser on the case. Does that make it unsuitable? It may make two 8 ohm cabs = 16 ohms (or am I wrong)?

I have one of the old OBBM ones that I've had for years and not even used. You are wecome to it, if you wish. Free, gratis and for nothing, as my late father would have said.

It's in my genes and I couldn't imagine stopping.

There seems to be something along similar lines, offering 70th anniversary Strats for free. The pictures on one ad include a Jaguar, a Bass VI and an unopened Squier box!

I suspect the .ru is a bit of a giveaway.

Been using the XR18 for a few gigs now. What a difference it has made! Set up is so much easier and the other guys love the control they have over their monitor mix. Keyboard player has ditched his onstage mixer and runs his keys into the XR and gets a stereo mix using two of the aux outs. He adds in some lead vocal and uses his backline wedges as monitors. A game changing piece of kit.

Just received a Gotoh bridge from Ash. Simple and quick transaction with rapid dispatch and delivery. Highly recommended.

As used by John Deacon and John Entwistle, among others.

I once did the equivalent of that in reverse. Played a good sized venue on a tour and put my amp on standby after the soundcheck. Played the first couple of numbers and could hear the bass from foh but nothing onstage. Wondered what was wrong until I saw my amp was still on standby!

That is the best bass cabinet ever made, IMHO. Every bass player should have the opportunity to play through one of those.

I think the 5 refers to Precision bass rather than a day.

... or are they rubbish? High proportion of breakages and the top chews at the slightest amount of torque. That's with pilot holes, before anyone suggests!

Combining a rather fetching Warmoth body/neck combination from our own @Beedster (from his current sale of assorted bits), the bass sports a Lollar 5% overwound pickup and Gotoh Res-o-Lite tuners. The obligatory K10gon loom (0.1 cap) and barrel knobs. A nice weight and very resonant. This one's a keeper for sure.