Paul S

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1471548212' post='3113932'] I think you mean; "It literally takes me 3 minutes to replace it" Blue [/quote] Indeed! Takes me quite a bit longer. It would take me longet than 3 mins to find the spare string! Compare and contrast- to unplug the non-functioning bass, take it off, put it down, put on the spare sat on the stage next to me, plug it in - takes around 1 minute. But then I am the sort of chap who has the 'platinum' household insurance policy, I get to airports 3 hrs before my flight is due to take off, I always allow extra driving time whenever I go anywhere etc etc.

I broke a string at a rehearsal once and, ever since, have taken a back up to a gig - tuned and ready to go. Usually my Hohner B2B - takes up very little space on stage or in the car.

I can only speak from personal experience. I have 2 x JV Squier Precisions - one with a Fender logo, one a bit later with Squier logo - and an A serial number 32" scale Squier Precision. The reason I still own them, and not lots of Fenders, is that they are the three best Precisions I have played - and that is quite a few. If the Fenders I had tried had been better, I would have kept those and sold on the Squiers. It may be just the roll of the dice, of course - maybe I have been very unlucky in the Fenders I have tried or maybe I am lucky that these MIJ Squiers have been so good, but that is an unknown factor.

It is my pleasure to start a feedback thread for Joe, who bought my Musicmaster Vista Series Musicmaster. The simplest of transactions, great comms throughout, friendly chap, instant payment. Deal with confidence - it has been a pleasure!

hah! Sounded plausible to me!!

'Kawai Teisco Satellite',60s, through neck. Looks interesting, though not for me. [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BASS-GUITAR-/232047205716?hash=item3607175d54:g:bRYAAOSwMtxXrsj8"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BASS-GUITAR-/232047205716?hash=item3607175d54:g:bRYAAOSwMtxXrsj8[/url]

Hobbyist. This year I will probably end up doing around 20 paid gigs but that only breaks even with the cost of rehearsals and petrol money. However I can't think of many hobbies where you enjoy yourself so much and break even at the end of the year so consider myself very lucky!

Well, that's no good - you don't look anything like Bill Wyman.

[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1470847417' post='3108937'] Useless piece of trivia - Herbie Flowers wrote "Grandad" by Clive Dunn which made No1 (courtesy of "Pointless) [/quote] This has dredged up a memory from when this came out. In my class at school, at least, it was obligatory to sing this as: Grandad, grandad, you're a w@nker (then with the appropriate hand gesture) That's what we all think of you. In my defense I'd say I was only 14. However, it still makes me grin

Richard just bought my Westone Thunder Jet - he popped round, we put the world to rights etc. Lovely fella to do business with!

I would recommend trying a Musicman 5 string of some sort - Stingray or Sterling - before writing off 5 strings. I am new to the world of 5 strings. I had tried before but, like you, found the flabby B string not much use plus I never got beyond the extra string doing my head in. But that was a while back - never say never - I recently bought a Hohner B2V and discovered that I could get on with one as long as it was light and had narrow string spacing. However I wasn't happy enough with the Hohner for the band I intend it for - the B was still weak - so after considering various options and getting some great advice on here, I snapped up a lighter-than-average Musicman Sterling 5 that was for sale in the classifieds. And I am so glad I did - it wasn't exactly a bargain price but it was worth every single penny. A world of difference in the whole bass but most especially the B string, which is tight and growly just like the rest of the bass. I once had a SBMM SB14, so the 4 string Sterling in the series down from the 'proper' MM range and similar to your Ray34, and it was very good - but not a patch on this.