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    Ah interesting. I'm quite a fan of Tokai guitars, but never tried a bass. Really great necks on the guitars ive played. I dont really get the mentality of scooping out the neck. The less 'moving' parts the better I'd have thought.
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    I was also 'under pressure' to go down the guitar route. Luckily the guitar shop guy was on my side. 'Play bass if you want to get in a band easily'. I owe that guy a pint.
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    Ah that's interesting. I'm wondering if its to do with a thinner coat of laquer or something. I was really impressed with how they both played otherwise. I had a modern player MIC Dimension once which I really loved, though they seem to be universally slated most places, and that had no stripe. Also the newest American models have no stripe. Makes me wonder why the more mid priced models have it.
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    Thanks. I am going to be lookimg for some new specs soon so will definately bear 'grippiness' in mind. I'm talking fairly energetic movement so I think that something extra will be required, but I get what you're saying. Any other type of gig, this would probably be enough. Cheers for the input.
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    Cheers, I did consider doing this for everyday use actually.
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    I agree. Most of the audience don't care how good you are at all. It's a bit like saying you have to be good at drawing to be a successful artist. 'Suiting the band' is more important to people I think. Two examples I can think of is people that love Sid Vicious in the Sex Pistols, and on the other side of it, Bob Rock playing with Metallica-which simply feels wrong, even though, I presume, he's a good bassist.
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    Also, It's far easier to change the bass than make me a glass half full person I'm afraid. Just ask my wife.
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    I couldn't deal with it myself and took the bass back. Shop were fine with the return, even though I felt like I was making a fuss over nothing. I'm fine with dings and marks anywhere except the neck it seems ha ha. At least I know what to look for I guess.
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    Yes, by the time you've paid for that work, you may as well have bought a US bass I'd have thought.
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    The tech in the shop tried to do a fix. Filled where it was uneven with glue, then sanded it. It made it slightly better but couldn't get rid of it totally. Apparently it's the two woods expanding and contracting at different rates, so presumably there will always be a gap if one develops. In the end, it was a psychological thing more than anything else. There's no getting away from it as it's exactly where your thumb travels up and down.
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    Yeah I can't imagine buying a bass without playing it first. I did play the first one, but didn't notice the problem until I'd played it for about an hour at home. In the shop, it didn't register. Its a shame its put me off, as the MIMs seem superb usually.
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    I forgot all about RAW. I think Raw was the wannabe Kerrang, and Kerrang was the wannabe Metal Hammer
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    Just lately I bought a MIM precision, that was amazing in every way, except for when I got it home and found that the skunk stripe had either raised, or sunk very sligthly on one edge causing a hairline bump or something along a big part of it. It was VERY subtle, but once felt, couldn't be unfelt. I went to look at another MIM P the other day, and this bass had exactly the same problem. I'm after a new bass soon and have always wanted a 'real' Fender P. Those skunk stripe issues have given me some sort of phobia about them all together, which seems to be limiting my choice with mid priced Fenders somewhat. I must confess that when I check out a Fender bass at the moment, if it has a skunk stripe, I instantly dismiss it. Is that crazy? I realise that Mexican finishing won't be to the same standard as American, but does this happen on US basses too? Do you think this worrying about skunk stripes irrational? How widespread is the issue? Did a search about it and it seems quite common. Cheers.
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    About to PM.
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    That'll be where I saw it I wager.
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    I remember being in talks with my folks about the possibility of getting some kind of instrument, and then seeing this ad in some magazine and thinking..wow. I just found it online and it's one of those things that makes you go right back in time. I was 13 or so, going back and forward deciding between guitars and bass as my final request, sure that one of these would be mine. We ended up going to a shop and I got an Encore P-Bass (which was actually great). Here's to joint Christmas and birthday presents.
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    I'm in an old school hardcore band funny enough. I went metal after Queen but have always loved them. I also like Floyd, and Roxy Music a lot. Brainy rich person music ftw.
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    Yeah, It's not like he's underrated or anything but he does fly under the radar until it's his time to shine. Queen were the first actual 'guitar band' I was into as a kid and I spent all my time watching a couple of Queen live VHS's. For some unknown reason, Deacon stood out to me and is 100% the reason I play bass and not guitar all these years later.
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    Ha ha ha. Sound like you need a few lessons in love.
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    Cool. yeah I can live with them being pulled tight for the length of a gig, so thats no problem. Funny that I never considered this sort of thing. They would have come in handy for loads of things.
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    I would argue that tone is hugely important when recording, and then when playing live, replicating that tone matters, if you play in a band where people know your stuff. It's one of those things that a real bad tone sticks out like a sore thumb, and an excellent or average tone are accepted with disinterest, equally by the majority of audience members. There's something to be said about, if you're being ignored, you're doing a good job to some extent maybe. John Deacon springs to mind. (Unless you play bass) he's relatively anonymous both visually and in terms of sound when playing live, until he gets a Killer Queen fill in, or Under Pressure starts, and at that point, everyone in the place appreciates bass tone, whether they know it or not. Also, if you're playing Level 42 covers, bass tone is more important than when playing Summer Of '69 (probably).
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    yeah ive pulled the trigger already. I'll have neckache by Sunday.
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    I was thinking more the creosote kind tbh I think that's what I ordered. I'll get it through and do some kind of review maybe. Cheers!
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    I hope you're talking 'theatrical', as apposed to 'Forsythe'.
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