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In the 90's I bought a Peavey 215 BW with full flight case. The guy I bought it off helped me put it in the car. When I got home I found I couldn't get it out on my own! I had to ask the neighbour for help and while we got it into the house, we damaged the back of the car in the process! That was the last time I used the flight case. It sat in the shed deteriorating for 20 years and finally went to the dump.

Innovative, yes. Cheap, no. There was very little that was cheap about Fender in the early days. In 1969 my Fender Precision, the only version they made, cost me £1600 in today's money, and a Jazz was about £1800. Cheap guitars had very little to recommend them until the advent of CNC machines. That was the point when cheap didn't have to mean cr@p. Edit PS I've just had a look at a Fender catalogue and all the prices were in guineas. . . that makes the Precision about £1700 and the Jazz just under £1900.

Now that's what I call a good slap sound. None of yer Mark King plink-ity-plink nonsense.

IMO it's fingerstyle and not overdubbed. I think this is the same guy I saw playing on their UK tour on the early 70's, when they were touring Yes, We Can Can, he's a little white guy with great chops playing a Precision bass. 5 mins on Youtube and I think I've found him. I think this is the guy I saw. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFYMtwqAfnA&ab_channel=GeneSantiniJr.Drummer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzZkjjENj_w&ab_channel=Soultube

Playing a musical instrument is an art. Making one is science (with some art thrown in).

One stage I play on has bare brick walls and a concrete floor and ceiling. There is a bad boom in the corner. I fixed that by placing the cab a couple of meters away from the corner. It's still a terrible sound but there's no boom.

Nice one Ben. Great choice. Flats or rounds?

I haven't bought a bass since 2017. I bought the other one in 2011.

Did you know the Allparts strap locks are rebadged Dunlops at a much lower cost. . . . although I've just found some Dunlops on Amazon which are slightly cheaper than All parts. I guess it's best to Shop around.

My strap is one of these. It's about 1/8" or about 4mm thick. https://www.harvest-guitar.com/en/Buffalo-Silverado.html Unless your strap is extra thick, you should be fine.

Who told you that? Mine fitted my thick leather straps, no problem. Dunlop should be able to tell you the maximum thickness it will take.

The political system is responsible. The two party, first past the post system is to blame. If your choices are limited to toffs from Eton or Hampstead lefties, you have no sensible choice at all.

Muting problems can affect any number of strings. It's not the fault of the bass or the string layout if someone is not muting correctly.

I play at least one note on my B string in every song. Sometimes I play the low notes, but many times I just play notes above E on the B string for convenience and economy of hand movement. I prefer to use the same bass on everything because it's the best sounding bass I've owned so far, but mostly because I prefer to keep the same geography under my finger tips.

Hold on, I'm just dusting off the crystal ball.

You'd think they could have been more inspired when they came to design the headstock and tuners!!

Over the years I've had a lot of interest in my 5 string basses, and compliments on the sound. It might have been a small overall percentage, but I'll chat about gear, after the gig, until they chuck us out. I guess less than half the bands have noticed what I'm playing. Most of the guys I'm playing with at the moment haven't mentioned gear, mine or theirs, at all.

They can also list 2 separate weights for a bass!

There are no downsides or limitations going from 4 to 5. Not so the other way.

Would a preamp pedal, like a Sadowsky, Sansamp or Aguilar turn your Yamaha into the Precision bass you want? Have you tried flatwound strings?

Jon Banks, bassist for the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain, (many years ago we both depped for a local rock band) played an electric bass when they started, then moved to an acoustic bass. Sometimes the look is as important as the sound.

I put my current NYXL's on before the first Lockdown. My Jazz wasn't played much in 2020, but I've gigged it a lot in the last year or so and the strings still have a lot of life left in them.