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EssentialTension

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  1. Good lord, how expensive are Mim Fenders now!! Nearly £700 for an Mim p bass!! I remember when you could get one for £300ish new

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      EssentialTension

      I remember when you could buy a USA Fender for substantially less than £200 (but that was three months wages).

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  2. Flats sound wicked on a jazz bass. You’re welcome. 😊

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      EssentialTension

      Jazz bass, flats, and a plectrum, neck pickup 100%, bridge pickup 70% ... it's a thing.

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  3. Who says flats cant go on a jazz!?!  They go on EVERYTHING for me!

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      EssentialTension

      From the inception of the Jazz Bass in 1960 until the mid 1970s, Fender fitted flatwound strings as standard.

      Jazz Bass with flatwounds and a plectrum, was a very common sound throughout the 1960s and 70s.

      If someone doesn't like it then that's their business, but to say it can't be done is stupid.

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  4. Possibly stupid question. Does arrange own courier mean that the seller is always willing to pack the instrument. I'm not missing or assuming something am I? Theres no packing courier service I've been unaware off. 

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      EssentialTension

      'Arrange your own courier' is a deal-breaker for me. I'll pay for the courier if needs be but the seller needs to pack the item appropriately and the seller remains responsible until the item arrives safely, or not.

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  5. When did bass chat start charging to advertise equipment for sale I have seen any advance warnings for this ?

  6. 41yrs today since Elvis died. I recall the 4yr old me being told the significance by my dear old Mum.

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      EssentialTension

      If I recall correctly, Elvis died on the Tuesday and at our gig on the Wednesday at the Barrel Organ in Birmingham we played 'Money Honey' from the Elvis Presley album and the 1954 single release 'Milk Cow Blues Boogie'.

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  7. Just had my 1st unrequested slap bass demo in at least 20yrs, when asking to try a bass in Dawsons. For the record, I've not missed those!

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      EssentialTension

      Quote

      When you want to buy underpants, does the assistant put them on and juggle the balls for five minutes?

       

      Corrected it for you.

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  8. Do old schol thumpy type flats (i.e not Fender/D'Addario bright types) without a completely dead E string exist????

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