Soledad

Can't comment on the basses as I have no hands-on experience, but I hear good things. There's a fair choice around the price range though. But concerning flats, I spent years using rounds (D'Addario) without giving it much thought, but then tried some flats looking for more weight at the lower end. What I really wanted was that elusive 'punch' we all speak of. My absolute favourite (after spending hundreds on various brands of flats, which is quite easy when they cost around £30 - £50 a set) - Ernie Ball Cobalt flats. Beware as they do cobalt rounds too ( very good!) and it's easy to order the wrong ones. They come in various tensions/gauges and I settled on 45-105. They deliver the elusive punch of flats BUT with the option of dialled-in high mids/top end crunch or snap. Also the mids are more controllable, I mean you can add a bit of higher mids say - it's like the whole frequency range is there, just use your bass and head EQ to profile the sound. NOTE they are not rounds and will not deliver the full brightness, but the grunt in the critical lower frequencies is absolutely worth it. What they do (I think all flats do generally) is deliver real power with focus. There are as many opinions about flats as there are choices, so just my own experience. As for the E on the Elites wrapping round the post - considering most Bass Centre basses are Ps and Js, this is surely stupid.

On ebay at the moment, Oxford collect only. Currently £93 !! (OK, it'll rise but how far). Also on ebay at the mo, another '84 Westone Thunder fretless, 1200. One of these 2 is worth a look. here's the fretted 100 quid one

Is that an Original 60s P @Ander87 ? In LPB... and selling the 60s Jazz. And getting a WHAT??😂

Joel bought my spare Gator case - sorted courier collection, all very smooth. Top Basschatty trader 🎛️‼️

Good to know what they were called. Got mine from Bass Direct and they listed it as a Precision Special but that clearly wasn't right as no such thing of the period exists. Been through a few Precisions over the many years but this one is an absolute keeper! (Selling the '64 was maybe a mistake...)

Sure looks like it!! I've had mine about 4 years and never seen onother, particularly for sale. Don't need 2 but someone needs to grab this, fabulous basses IMO and I rate the mid-late '90s Corona builds very highly.

Far as I know this was the first time the Corona factory made production P/Js. There was a limited 500 run of USA Standard P/Js in 2016, and various MIM and Squier iterations later. Got a bit interested when I needed a replacement tone pot- original is a CTS mini 250k and I couldn't find one with the 1/4 post anywhere so contacted Fender in the States. Their email back told me they had no detailed records of build as 'very few were made'. There's no doubt it's a straight Corona '98 and it came to me many years later in virtually unplayed condition. It's a real cracker and a certain keeper, but anyone else own one or know more about them?

Just got the Hall of Fame pedal from Steve - very fast, arrived next day. Brilliant service, a great Basschatter. Thanks, Steve.

Thanks Paul. Never thought to look on Ebay. Funny it's Northwest listing the Alpha one. Just ordered one 👍

OK, on my Precision I will keep the original knobs and want a straight replace new with old. So I need a mini 250k with 1/4" solid shaft. Seems Northwest list said item, may have just sent the wrong one (split shaft). Also theirs is like £2.50 which makes me suspicious of quality. Do you have any mini solid 1/4"?

I tried using those before (on KiOgon's Jazz harness a while back), wasn't happy as the knob becomes eccentric and it made my head hurt!! (OCD-ish). I'll ask KiOgon. Thanks for tips.

Having a run around with this. I have a '98 US built Precision Special (a P/J as it's known). The original tone pot is duff, signal drops, earth buzz etc. Ordered what I thought was right from Northwest, but it was just a standard size version which won't fit cavity (tone pot occupies space originally made for the jack on a std Precision so needs to be smaller size than standard). So I'm looking for a source of a decent quality mini pot (250k I believe) with the solid 1/4" shaft (to take std Precision knob). I sent wrong one back to Northwest but they have now shipped a split shaft pot... utterly useless. Anyone know where I can get a decent quality replacement for the tone pot - can't be so hard as Mexico make P/Js these days I believe, not like it's that rare. Help appreciated.

Mick (Formerly Marleaux 62 with feedback) bought my PJB 6B. Quick decision, no messing and payment ahead on trust. Excellent Basschatter - trade with confidence. Thanks Mick, & enjoy the cab!

Lifelong bass player but guitars have been a close second. Always fancied a Tele - particularly fond of the bridge p/u with a bit of scoopy eq and maybe a hint of delay, even a touch of chorus. Very happy with this one, a MIM vintage reissue in faded Fiesta red. The original very white scratchplate has been replaced with a parchment one. Waiting on Strings Direct to get my 10-46s to me (overpriced and slow, one star review for them). The other thing is a mountain (or appalachian) dulcimer, which I built. Back & sides flamed sycamore, top spruce, board ebony. It has a nice sound - they are a bit odd. I added 2 frets where the purists don't have them (min 3rd and maj 7th). The trad mountain ducimer is basically fretted for a mixolydian scale if you played all frests up to the octave. It's normally 4 strings in 3 courses, so a double top string. Tuned (most often) DAD so the lower A & D act mostly as drones, with quite a few chords available. Can be heard on Joni Mitchell - a Case of You and one or two others. Also on the Plant Krauss album - the track 'Long Journey'. Fun to build, fun to play for a short while. Like when I got a tenor Uke during lockdown. Got bored fairly quickly. The Tele however, well that is mighty fine and packed full of challenges. (just mention I bust one of top strings on dulcimer, easily done. So it's currently a 3 stringer, which some serious US players use anyway.)