Paul S

I would add that it is possibly worth looking at the JV Squiers. I have two - one is a very early Fender logo, one a bit later - they are both stonkingly good, better than any Fenders that I've had my mitts on. The later one perhaps sounds a tad better, if anything, although the fit and finish of the F logo one is tighter. Maybe I have been lucky, but worth a look.

That looks so much better! The cream and white is particularly sexy

I always played 4 string basses and fitted a detuner for the rare occasions I needed a low D. Then around 18 months ago (+/-) one of my bands decided to morph into a Bon Jovi tribute and a lot of their material is played with lots of low notes - Hugh Macdonald uses every bit of his 5 string basses! So I found myself having to get used to using one - I decided the best way was to use the 5er for everything and not just the songs I needed to, which I carried over into my other band. So I now find myself using 5 string basses exclusively and, actually, I quite like it. Not just for the extra low notes at my disposal but for the ease of getting around the neck and extra choices for playing certain notes - do i want the E to be open or fretted, do I want the bassier timbre of playing some notes on the B string - whatever. Makes me wonder what I would do if I came to a point when I no longer needed to use a 5er - would I keep to them anyway? And what of those wonderful 4 string basses I haven't touched for over a year?

silly idea - it'll never get off the ground.

There are one or two of the sellers on eBay that have a printable template you can download and cut out. At least, they did have for a Precision bass. I don't recall who off the top of my head - possibly Dangleberry Music or Black Dog. You need to follow the instructions for scaling it correctly, too, as printers often seem to have a mind of their own and churn out stuff to a different scale to what goes in. Although that may be more down to my not actually knowing what I am doing with machines of any sort.

Looks to me like you could unscrew the two height adjustment/mounting screws, swap the pick guards, screw the pups back in. Should become clear once you have unscrewed and taken the pick guards off. I'd take pics of how high they are fitted first to prevent a lot of trial and error.

They should hold a big festivals in southeast Essex near the coast - doesn't rain much here. +/- 20" on average. I think there was once one at Weeley, near Clacton, back in the early 70s?

Kind of related - I frequent discussion groups about plants that are populated mainly by folks from the USA. A chap from Arizona was wondering what type of tree he could plant for a given location and I suggested an olive tree as it fitted all his criteria. Someone piped up that it is illegal to plant olive trees in Arizona because of the health risks associated with them and all olive trees have been removed over the last decade or so. I observed that you can drive all the way around the Mediterranean region, where olive trees are planted by the countless billion and have been for thousands of years, and not see a single dead person as a result. And that perhaps, if the authorities were serious about saving lives, they should legislate against guns not olive trees. His only remark was that they needed guns to shoot down the olive trees, but I think that may have been flippant.

20 weeks on.... mine was due for delivery today - but it has been cancelled because of the snow!! I would have thought only non-essential deliveries would have been cancelled!

Because Trace Elliot watts are calculated exponentially. All is explained in this video.

I use 5 string basses. For one band we detune half a step for everything and the bass that copes with this the best is, perhaps surprisingly, my Yamaha BB425. 130 gauge string is still pretty taut, more so than my MM Sterling 5 - which is a better bass overall but the B string does go slightly flabby when tuned down half a step (although not enough to be an issue). I did have a BB5000 for a while and even that wasn't as taut as the BB425. I wonder if that little extension piece on the bridge is what makes a difference?

My pleasure - your one word reply of 'cost' on page one. In parenthesis, to make a point, which I have now made so that is me done.

Doesn't seem it to me. i would be curious to see what percentage of your total posts would be Barefaced bashing. You seem to be on a crusade to 'debunk the barefaced myth'

It is more about going off on one when it isn't germane to the question. One or two people, like stevie, seem to appear out of nowhere as soon as there is a whiff of a Barefaced post in the air just to have a little jab whether it is relevant to the OP or not.

Well, the original question was whether there was much of a difference between old and new BF models. Some people were in a position to advise, having owned both. OP wasn't asking whether he should get a BF cab or not. It is like someone asking whether he should get a Fender Jazz or Precision and getting the reply 'Fender are stinky poo, buy an Ibanez'. I never have understood the negativity towards the brand.

Not since the first page of the thread, anyway...

You want high performance, low weight, cheap cabs - trouble is you can't have all 3! Either compromise or start saving.

Just thought of another one - coincidentally my little band play this, too... first of the two in this clip...

That is an unnecessarily snarky remark. Some people prefer no lines, some people like to have them. I don't see why having the opposite view to the one you hold needs to provoke such a small minded response.

I am assuming there will be the usual concessions for the over 60s?

That is absolutely gorgeous!

Indeed - by the time it arrives it would have been heading towards 20 weeks. Still, not long to wait now before it is in my grubby mitts

I've owned both and find I'm equally bad at both. I rarely look at the front of the fretboard when playing so it doesn't make much difference to me. Currently own an unlined, mainly because it is a fine instrument and looks really nice with an unlined board.

And I've just had the sofa pic of mine!!!

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