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[quote name='Jimryan' timestamp='1438031495' post='2831116'] ... thinking as to whether any other bass vi owners have modded theirs ... [/quote] On my black Squier VI, I have modded: Fender locking tremolo Staytrem bridge Black pearl pickguard Black pickup covers Black tip for tremolo arm New headstock string guides Black and chrome Q-Parts knobs Schaller straplocks and of course La Bella flatwound strings. Also, the neck almost certainly will need a shim in order to get a reasonable break angle at the bridge.

[quote name='urbanx' timestamp='1438081514' post='2831417'] What's the most common tuning people use on these then? E-E? or something silly starting in B? [/quote] Bass VI common tuning is EADGBE one octave below normal guitar tuning.

Curtis Novak EB-Bridge ... [url="http://curtisnovak.com/pickups/EB-Bridge.shtml"]http://curtisnovak.com/pickups/EB-Bridge.shtml[/url]

[quote name='bornagainbass65' timestamp='1437249467' post='2824685'] Does this qualify for this thread? Sort of a snot-burst with a fire-glo pick guard... What were Fender thinking in 1969? [/quote] That looks like a three colour sunburst where the red has faded away - it's not as it left the factory.

[quote name='kodiakblair' timestamp='1437759924' post='2828900'] One of the local punk bands did Kelly Marie's " Feels like I'm in love",went down a storm. Mind you it was changed to " Feels like I'm on Drugs " [/quote] I saw Kelly Marie on the telly only last night and I did feel like I was on drugs.

Doing both of those in one of my bands, as well as Leroy Taylor and the Four Kays [i]song Takin' My Time[/i]: [media]http://youtu.be/1skJH4cQ8rs[/media]

Or Otis Clay's [i]Trying to Live My Life Without You[/i] by Brinsley Schwartz: [media]http://youtu.be/n0DQxDLd7oI[/media]

Seventies pub rock style bands often covered soul material. This song is B-side of Wilson Pickett's [i]Mustang Sally[/i]: [media]http://youtu.be/hXASG25df20[/media]

Very good.

[url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/259565-neck-dots"]basschat.co.uk/topic/259565-neck-dots[/url]

Thanks for that.

I couldn't remember this and thought some people might like it - including Brian Wilson on the tugbar: [media]http://youtu.be/bGp1a4O29oI[/media]

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1436701480' post='2820001'] But the Guild has a far more elegant headstock. [/quote] Ah yes, I forgot that.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1436700109' post='2819985'] There's plenty of room to move the bridge back and make it long scale. Then all they need to do is add another string and I'll take 2 please! [/quote] ... but you've already got that Warwick Star(not fire).

Watching it now: [url="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0074rbc/chuck-berry-in-concert"]http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0074rbc/chuck-berry-in-concert[/url]

[media]http://youtu.be/9SkXBH7bMtM[/media]

I think that pickup arrangement does reproduce the sixties two pickup positions.

'Don't give up your day job.'

[i]Hal Leonard R&B Bass Bible [/i]has a mix of Motown and Stax/Atlantic material in tab and notation.

[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1436200203' post='2815903'] Indeed. I did say 'may'. There's an interview on YouTube with Entwistle where he describes himself as a Bass Guitarist as opposed to a Bass Player. He was a French horn player. Musically he obviously saw his role completely different to that of a traditional bass player. . [/quote] I've never understood that bass guitarist versus bass player distinction - if I am playing a bass guitar then it seems to me that I am a bass guitarist, 'guitar' being the type of instrument and 'bass' being a reference to it's musical range - but Basschat has done the argument over that many times. What doesn't enthuse me about Entwistle is not so much his notes but more his tone. YMMV, (or YMDV).

[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1436182352' post='2815621'] Townsend did an interview where he said he was surprised at how much freedom he had without John playing and that it was good to have A bass player just holding down the bottom end. Daltrey also described the Kenny Jones as a 'Four to the Floor' solid rock band player which wasn't really what the Who were about and Zack had more groove. So the 'new' Who are what Roger and Pete want. It may not be what the old fans want. That's progress. [/quote] I am one of those old fans, and I prefer Pino.