Paul S

Building your own is a good way forward. I had a 90s MIJ Fender Precision body fitted with a Mighty Mite Jazz neck and, eventually, a Fender original pickup. That was delicious and I regret not keeping it as it did all the things my subsequent basses have done. Fender Jazz Bass Special models have Jazz shaped necks but Precision bodies. P/J pups. Usually sell for around £400. Precision Lyte has an uber slim neck, very shallow. Sold mine now but there are a couple for sale within your budget. Squier Silver Series precision basses were the last of the MIJ Squiers from the early 90s, generally exceptionally good, and had a 40mm wide neck.

Sold an Artec preamp to Francis in a totally straightforward transaction. A pleasure to deal with!

Bought an SKB hard case in what must have been the quickest and easiest of transactions. An absolute pleasure - why can't everything in Life be this simple? Thanks Pete

if you are looking for new, Thomann have a decent selection: [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/short_scale_basses.html"]http://www.thomann.de/gb/short_scale_basses.html[/url] I would give Danelectro a mention, they do a couple of short scale models. I have a Longhorn bass and it is very quirky, very light and very eye catching. Sounds huge, too.

Another one whose current rig is the best so far. Trace Elliot AH300-12 SMX into either a single or a pair of Barefaced Supercompacts. Sounds better than when I had the old Trace Elliot cabs. And around 80kg lighter

hah! I swear that wasn't on there first thing... Thanks Jon.

Anyone know what this is? Any good? Looks Matsumoku to me. [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bass-guitar/262169609970?_trksid=p2045573.c100033.m2042&_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20131017132637%26meid%3D057ed8b948b7494d96e63207a3bbc432%26pid%3D100033%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D4%26sd%3D262169609970"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bass-guitar/262169609970?_trksid=p2045573.c100033.m2042&_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20131017132637%26meid%3D057ed8b948b7494d96e63207a3bbc432%26pid%3D100033%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D4%26sd%3D262169609970[/url]

[quote name='spongebob' timestamp='1448903341' post='2919055'] - always had Ian Paice of the most under-rated drummers around. [/quote] I'd say that during the early 70s he wasn't under-rated at all. Most of my circle preferred him to Bonham (who I would personally say was over-rated). I can't say if history left him behind a bit as I always have and always will think of him as being top pin. For me Paice/Glover was the perfect powerhouse rhythm section.

Inspirational!

Fender Japan made/make one, a 62 Reissue style model number JB-62SS. Whether you will find one for sale in Europe i don;t know but importing from Japan is painless and usually works out a little cheaper even with duty etc.

I'm in 3 bands, 2 are simple bass>amp. For the other band I use a chorus for maybe 5 tracks. Doesn't sound the same without.

I went through a period of swapping bridges on my Precisions and tried most of those available. I came to the conclusion that none made enough of a difference to the sound or sustain to warrant doing. Other more tangible benefits are extra adjustability, hand comfort if you rest on the bridge or just the looks. But as you are putting on a bridge cover you may as well keep the BBOT anyway - it works perfectly well.

No but I'd like to find out some more! BTW Mick, Corduoy are at the Brooklyn Bowl again 5th March.

I am a massive fan of their early stuff. MkII was the lineup I favoured although I didn't ever see them live then. For my money Gillan's voice was the best of the bunch in the early 70s and 'Made In Japan' (the gold one) remains one of my favourite albums to this day. I saw them live for the first time on the 'Burn' tour - Coverdale and Hughes weren't so bad either but I always thought there was something magical about the chemistry of mkII. Saw them again in the early Morse years by which time Gillan's voice was completely shot to pieces. They also, rather churlishly imo, left out all the stuff from the years when Gillan was absent. Having said that I think 'Ted The Mechanic' is a very strong song and Blackmore couldn't have touched that.

[quote name='ubit' timestamp='1448780399' post='2918029'] Don't know if anyone remembers the show " reborn in the USA " , but Peter Cox was the standout performer on that, what a voice, just a pity he forgot the words in his competition song ! [/quote] Indeed. You know he is 60 now - unbelievable! Still got a cracking set of pipes and still singing with his eyebrows

I bought Mark's Ashdown ABM amp. He actually drove from SW London to deliver it himself. Total gent from start to finish and an absolute pleasure doing business. I look forward to next time, Sir.

Go West/ Nick Kershaw/ Carol Decker at the Cliff's pavilion last night in a 'we've been doing it for 30 years' type tour. Carol Decker had a 30 min slot (fnarr etc) the others mixed and matched all night. Been a fan of Go West all that time and they were as good as they have ever been. Never seen Carol Decker - she still belts it out but probably 30mins was the limit of listenable-to material. Nick Kershaw was a revelation - a surprisingly small man, especially when he walked on stage with Peter Cox, but huge stage presence, charisma and musicianship. Another top evening's entertainment.