Steve Browning

I want two of my old basses back and one new one. 1. My 1953 Precision. Uncomfortable to play but what a huge sound it had. 2. My 1966 slab. Ok, I could buy it from Andy Baxter but not a penny over the £475 I paid for it. Again, uncomfortable to play but simply an awesome bass for recording. 3. An old 2 eq Stingray Fretless - sunburst and rosewood.

Mr Big (the UK band).

A mate of mine had a 2 x 12 one of these. Just a volume and a tone control. Coupled with his Grimshaw Les Paul, without doubt the best guitar sound I have ever heard.

Funnily enough it had a British Airways sticker on it (it was apparently built for Cass Lewis) that stated that it weighed 107 kilos.

The cab on the left is a Mesa Boogie 2x18 Road Ready cab. Got it on eBay for £62.

I would go with this. https://www.gear4music.com/Guitar-and-Bass/SKB-ATA-Roto-Electric-Bass-Case-w-TSA-lock/4VC?origin=product-ads&gclid=CjwKCAjwk6P2BRAIEiwAfVJ0rBAVYgu0RijkOnUlaR9bbWVKaA6J0m2_EqNJU2i1CoDl67uuiQEb_BoCKpUQAvD_BwE

You can do as you wish. It's yours. Can I make a suggestion though? IMHO the Tony Franklin idea , of a switch, means you miss out on some nice 'in between' tones. Have a think about using the jack socket hole to go VVT (a la Jazz) and putting the socket on the bottom (a la original P/Tele). There are some great tones to be had by blending the pickups rather than just having them on or off.

Yeah, let's see the little pipsqueak do it without lines. 🙂

Didn't DG say that Live8 was akin to sleeping with your ex wife?

Always take one. Tuning backstage once when a machine head broke, the spare was used. Could have tuned using a pair of pliers but not so easy if you need to do it on-stage. My spare has always had the exact same set up so there's no difference in sound etc.

Loving that old P-bass though.

That one's especially for John Hall!!!

Now we know we're cool

Magua

The great Scott Walker, of course.

I bought the book on the strength of the excerpts and couldn't put it down. An excellent story teller. Well worth the price. Just a shame the Kindle version doesn't have the pictures.

Ok. Three things (I have been thinking) 1. When did fretless necks first appear? The first showing by Fender was in the 1969 catalogue. 2. If it was a fretless, why do the side markers coincide with the dots and not the frets (as they do on other Fender fretless basses). 3. A '72 without any kind of overhang. No accusation of deliberately misleading here (despite this post) but I think these are relevant questions given the explanation for the neck work.

Thanks for the response John. I asked for a quote for a case for 3 Precisions and, as a benchmark, the quote was £675 + delivery and VAT (if applicable). I would assume that means the delivery charge plus VAT rather than whether or not VAT is charged overall!

Not had any problems with bridges myself. Tort scratchplate are something of a lottery in my opinion. A lot of them look very badly printed. Some of the worst culprits are Fenders own versions. Choose the supplier carefully.

Superb Hot Rod overwound Thumper pick up as well. I'll stop looking and posting now!!

Good set of Schaller 'Fender' tuners as well, I see.

Keep a watchful eye on the classifieds here. There's a Gotoh 201B bridge that I'd go for now. Superb bits of kit. If you are in no rush then drop in to the Other Musical Items regularly and you'll soon be kitted with top notch parts.

I bought one on Kindle and was delighted by the words but didn't realise there are no graphics in an eBook. Hugely disappointed but the words more than make up for it.