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  1. Paul S
    The Maxon neck pickup isn't a mudbucker but it is certainly fat - with a lovely hollow quality up the neck a bit. The bridge pickup is quite a powerful humbucker - much more presence than one I had in an Antoria EB-3 before, which was a weedy thing. On their own, neither is quite right but the combo of the two in the middle position is fabulous - greater than the sum of the parts. It keeps the hollow-fatness from the neck pup but with some bite and break up from the bridge pup when given a clean boost. Plus I just love the whole beaten up 47 years worth of mojo-ness yet solid where it matters. Yes, guitarist uses a strat mainly but for a few songs now uses a Flying V - we've started to do a couple of Lonnie Mack tunes and he likes to get the sound right for those - and I love it. Not as fat as a LP but the neck pup is still really creamy with the tone rolled off a bit. We dusted off 'Sunshine Of Your Love', which we haven't played for a couple of years, and it sounded spot on with the V paired with the bass.
  2. Paul S
    First rehearsal with the band today since then. I do believe this is going to be my new regular bass for gigging. Of my Gibson flavoured basses I prefer the tone of this to both my Gibson LP Jnr DC and my Epi T-Bird Classic Pro; it is certainly easier to play than the latter. Despite my love of all things Precision, this sits with the band mix in a different way and just sounds perfect for the stuff we play. Both pickups combine to give a tone that is rather special. One of the tuners is a bit stiff but I can live with that. The bridge is not very adjustable but good enough and certainly more comfy on my palm than the 3 pointer. Very happy chappy
  3. Paul S
    That white one is a stunnah!
  4. Paul S
    Me too. Best I've tried.
  5. Paul S
    I have an RCF ART-732A for home use or if I need some backline/monitoring. 18kgs.
  6. Paul S
    I'm shocked. A rehearsal space with a cleaner?
  7. Paul S
    If remotely possible the best way forward is to go through the desk and ditch the backline completely. It is most liberating.
  8. Paul S
    Maybe not that one, Mick. it's a bit tasty. There's also a Westone Spectrum for £100 BIN collection from Dartford if you are feeling adventurous.
  9. Paul S
    Be interesting to see what this fetches. Don't see many double split Ps. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/234930332004?hash=item36b2f06164%3Ag%3AeLQAAOSwEmlkDhgw&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAA4ALztnQYzW0kIxkq%2F5CLPhadPXA%2BFDDpqSAqna1y8z%2FJIDo%2FsKZEAL4270VlFscp51oOC%2FH3lmiO5COTvKjXnPw9c38fS49uNcn3q0pbFuk37q6L%2BtE1lQkn1qMdNO6fwgw3gAs1jDg1khLCGnX6PGeYGfktxIwPaG9s%2ByfrV0Jya5QoQC6TAP08jpus6LLivyd2EOMLv0SXg4a2euJWgoNW2zWVQwxJyU2E0HGx48vKooLfZS%2FyOHE2jijZTgXodYk4dNNNdJMOmq%2BExCwZAmDUQU9rnNyApo%2BHyI%2BPKy74|tkp%3ABk9SR4jIx_baYQ&LH_ItemCondition=3000
  10. Paul S
    And now we're back to Liz Hurley and vaseline....
  11. Paul S
    Kelly Band?
  12. Paul S
    My blues/rock trio are called Tore Down, after the Freddy King song of that name. We keep it in the set, of course I think it is fine, although I can think of a couple of names I prefer but it was a done deal when I joined and not up for negotiation.
  13. Paul S
    And who was it mentioned Liz Hurley and vaseline in the same sentence?
  14. Paul S
    Bit of a personal question, fella, and I hardly know you.
  15. Paul S
    My thoughts exactly. I have them on all mine.
  16. Paul S
    Some models of the Westone Concord were medium scale. Damned fine instruments, great aggressive tone from the pickups.
  17. Paul S
    I have one and really like it. Lightweight, no neck dive (lightweight tuners). Compared to the EB-0 is has more bite and brightness because the pickup isn't tucked straight on the neck. You don't get the mudbucker tone but there's plenty else going on to like.
  18. Paul S
    I wonder how you adjust the intonation? It looks a bit.... I'm almost embarrassed to say this... flat.
  19. Paul S
    They guy from Golden Earriing had a number of odd ones - a double neck, one with a Fender neck. https://www.voxhumana.nl/content/rinus-gerritsen-signature-basses
  20. Paul S
    I really fancy one of these. Supposedly fantastic build quality and DiMarzios? Time was they were reasonably priced secondhand but they seem to have soared in the last couple of years so I have probably lost the window. Plus it was mainly to irriitate the guitarist of a band I was in - to see the look of horror spread acxross his face when I strapped one of those on for a gig would have been a treat - but that fell apart years ago.
  21. Paul S
    I had a serious love affair with Westone basses for a while but sold them all when my back got too bad. I had a couple of Thunder 1As (one with the old split P pickup enclosure, one with the rectangular Magnaflex) 1A fretless (that was fab) couple of Thunderjets (these were lighter with an extra fret, great modding platform if you are into stealth basses) Concord 32" scale, also the rarer than rare Pantera X790 Deluxe. And a handful of 6 strings. Until the advent of Harley Benton I reckoned these were the best value basses on the market.
  22. Paul S
    I've had 2 of the Longhorn re-issues, don't recall where they were made but both had the wooden bridge, one of the '59 DC longscale and a '56 single cutaway. They were all fab but the Longhorn was the best. With both pups selected it did a passable Jazz bass burp, I always thought. There's a '59 DC shortscale model at the moment that looks lovely....
  23. Paul S
    Yep. You can prepare and exercise etc and get on OK day to day then something takes you unawares and you're on the bench for a month or 3.
  24. Paul S
    Here's a couple of mine. Only had the Eros a short while but I am a little bit in love with it. '76, the bridge humbucker adds a touch of magic in the blend. The HB PB Shorty had a new black pickguard shortly after I bought it and, just last week, a Tonerider pickup. The pickup as transformed it. I would say these two are going to be my gigging unit for the foreseeable.
  25. Paul S
    Black, defo
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