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Had an American Vintage Reissue when they were £1400 and the only joy I experienced was the quick resale... Go for a G&L mate and thank me later - I'm on my 7th and they're workhorses for professionals (great quality and value too). Yamaha are also worthy of your hard earned cash.

Good on you - Used to have a Cirrus and I paid £650 for it, so I couldn't believe the quality when it arrived. I loved the tone and the looks, but I couldn't get on with the 35" scale and I do like to switch to passive for practice etc. Enjoy!

This type of thing doesn't bother me, but if I stomped up £1500 and I wasn't 100% happy, I'd be sending it back.

Sniff out a G&L Tribute (Indonesian Made if you can).

At home I like to play a Precision as it sounds like all the records I like, but a couple of Bartolini Soapbars do the trick live.

Owh I genuinely think that would be the bass for me - The perfect mix of hollowbody and electric

[quote name='walbassist' timestamp='1478608849' post='3170234'] Yes, the Contra is amazing, but so is the price tag! [/quote] How much is it? *Winces*

Has anyone seen the Marleaux Contra?!? Imagine a Fretless 4 String Version... [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtFAiCPPGqg"]https://www.youtube....h?v=jtFAiCPPGqg[/url] [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQIynx39Ll0"]https://www.youtube....h?v=iQIynx39Ll0[/url] I had a Consat a few years back and it's still the best Bass I've played, but as a Jack Bruce fan, the Contra ticks even more boxes for me.

[quote name='Kiwi' timestamp='1477024432' post='3159293'] True. I even prefer the sound of a split HB to that of a single coil. My love for single coils took a real beating after trying out some painstakingly constructed replica vintage 57 single coils for my Hitmaker replica. They were sh*t and were promptly replaced by some modern Fender noiseless singles. I have strong suspicions that Nile's Hitmaker is a bit of a dog in real life but my replica is still nice to practice Chic stuff on. [/quote] I'm in this camp. My experiences were very similar when I owned a Fender '57 AVRI Strat - I didn't have the pedals to make it work in a band setting.

I now have all (Single Coil, P90 and Humbucker). Some Single Coils just don't cut through, so a Blade can be more practical; however, if you split a Humbucker then I think you cover this ground. As mentioned above, the Seymour Duncan '59 and JB split very well, as does the Jazz. It's more important to have a Bolt-On and Set Neck Guitar in my opinion, as there's now nothing I can't do (my Yamaha SG does Jazz, but it's normally this Genre that you miss out).

Jack's associated with a Fender VI and a Danelectro Longhorn. I've never heard of the others in the photo, but it's nice to see the Seller's telling the truth.

Is that the guitar Ted Nugent played? I like those

Sawing the two plastic pickup covers and sticking them together is the easy part, it's finding the extra two pole pieces that takes time.

I got one in top nick for £650 - I just had to get Overwater to tell me what tool adjusted the truss rod. I'd rather put £472 towards a Rick in this case.

^ Agree, 9's are always best with Floyd Rose Bridges IMO. I've never tried the bridge on the MSG (nice guitar btw!), but I tend to avoid custom innovations in case I need parts (the ESP Sinclair/Synclair was a nightmare). Trevor Wilkinson nails the reason why the Open G on Vintage Trems never stays in tune - I'll try and find the video. I have a T-O-M and Locking Tuners, but it still doesn't do what the Floyd Rose does, as I can do 10 bendy solos on the Floyd and it'll still be in tune.