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People always want the original though. I've got some heavily modified and improved (in my opinion) instruments but it's worth considering what works for the original owner might not work for the new owner. You've done well keeping the original parts though. I tend to sell pickups on through EBay but this can be false economy if selling the instrument on at a later date. Looks good btw

Great footage.

It looks good to me and especially at that price. If it plays as well as it looks it's worth going for

I wondered if you had a thing for 1978 as your kit already lists a 1978 bass? I have both a 78 bass and a 78 Bassman head and like that year as I started school in the January of that year. Personally I don't care for that mod but it seems very popular on that era. If the price was right I certainly would not be put off, I just wouldn't use that pickup! I like the look of that bass though.

Some really good advice here. I would just add tie the theory into the songs that they like to make it more interesting. Why is a player doing what he is doing? It needs to be sufficiently different from a school music lesson but you can still sneak in what they need to know and plant those seeds. Make them feel like they are running before they can walk but with a stronger foundation.

A man after my own heart there Beedster!

That link lists 643 listings! I assume you mean [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vintage-Fender-Squire-MIJ-Precision-P-Bass_W0QQitemZ270502021802QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item3efb2d4aaa"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vintage-Fender-Squir...=item3efb2d4aaa[/url] which looks genuine to me. There is a thread running on it already. A higher end starting price but these are good. Unless you mean another bass?

[quote name='hillbilly deluxe' post='687067' date='Dec 17 2009, 09:57 AM']Go into ANY working men's clubs,look at the posters,and DO'NT do anything like that.[/quote] Also for live shots just bear in mind the background. I've got some great shots with the Gents or a fire extinguisher in the background. Fine if they can be easily photoshopped out but otherwise you look amateur.

resprays are tricky jobs & therefore not cheap. I reckon you are looking at a minimum of £200. It's not worth skimping on a respray. A link I got from Basschat which came highly recommended [url="http://www.simscustom.com/html/links.htm"]http://www.simscustom.com/html/links.htm[/url]

Must be one hell of a pedal!

Not sure if it's just me but this page took a couple of minutes to display those pictures! I think it'll be an improvement though with that Jazz bass

For me it has to be a live shot. There is nothing worse than a musician walking through a field with an electric instrument. Bass is what you do (we do!) and a well taken live shot says it all. It can be posed and yet look natural. I agree with Rayman too. I think being funny can be a bit dangerous as it relies on your audience to all have the same sense of humour as you... and that may not be the case.

[quote name='Jamesemt' post='676716' date='Dec 7 2009, 01:53 PM']Also does a tribute have to look like the band in question? It's always struck me as being a bit sad, trying to ACTUALLY look like a famous artist... Any thoughts? My current covers band is heading in a direction I don't particularly like.[/quote] I think a tribute act should look similar to the act they are a tribute to, a covers band is different. I don't suppose it really matters but if I knew a tribute act was playing I would expect more than just the songs. If it was a covers band down the local pub then it doesn't matter. If you were to do songs in that style and incorporate other similar acts then it wouldn't matter. That's just how I read things at least.

I see your pairs and raise you 2 pair! One strung with flats, one strung with nylons, one strung with roundwounds and another one shamefully strung again with roundwounds (thus blowing any pathetic theory that I need to have 4!)

[quote name='Jean-Luc Pickguard' post='686533' date='Dec 16 2009, 05:06 PM']Ashdown probably think that their target market would be impressed by that kind of thing [/quote] I think you are probably right

I don't find the name offensive but it is a little unnecessary. It's like they are trying to be really rock n roll because they swear. I'd just be a bit embarassed to play one. Not that I feel really strongly about it but just my two cents

Bassassin is the one who'll know & I reckon he'll tell you everything next time he logs in, probably later on today

It will probably be good though. I think he has set the price at about the top rate though so it won't be a massive bidding war. I've owned a couple of Squiers from the 88-89 which have been great.

Or they could just want a quick sale?

I think he's generally well rated and highly regarded. I saw him with OCS many years ago in Oxford and he was good. I don't really listen to them but I was suitably impressed with that show

I think there are genuine examples of unwanted gifts and certainly examples of GAS - I am amazed at the sheer volume of gear that is sold on (here even) which is a few weeks or months old and has seen little more than home use. However I think when dealing with anything other than a face to face meeting it is always best to proceed with a bit of caution

Yes. [url="http://www.soundslive.co.uk/product.asp?id=9818"]http://www.soundslive.co.uk/product.asp?id=9818[/url] I wasn't that impressed when I tried one but I have friends who rated them. Perhaps the one I tried was a duff one?

[quote name='spacecowboy' post='684623' date='Dec 14 2009, 10:38 PM']Windows has never been anything but "rubbish" in my experience, they have always been unpleasent, especially the guy who looks like Neil from the young ones who stands the wrong way round at the counter facing the wall eating seeds....[/quote] I used to go there as a kid in the mid to late 80s and I don't remember him. I used to flick through the vinyl downstairs and then go through to the instruments section. The shops in Swindon always seemed to have more of an attitude.

I got excited today when I saw the classic James Jamerson cover but the excitement quickly disappeared as I realised I could almost feel my fingerprints through the entire magazine. It was almost too flimsy to flick through and at £4.25 a pop that just isn't cricket. With NancyJohnson's observation of ads to editorial this really is outrageous. I know Bassist used to cover people like Guigsy from Oasis but I thought it always had a great balance of artists and reviews.

Please don't tell me Windows is rubbish now - I bought my first Squier there in the 80s and used to love going there.