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21 minutes ago, kingforaday said:

I mean here’s the rest of my collection… so yeah… totally obsessed with these! 

Have you got a cage for all that Peavey gear? Because that lot is a gang of beasts!!! 🤩

19 minutes ago, Britsie said:

It looks stunning. Excuse my ignorance but what is so special about it? (apart from being mentioned in a book)

And afcourse, being a T-40 with this beautiful wood: what does it weigh?

It's the same one featured in the book, look at the wood grain.

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A bit of trivia, the song Hero's is about Visconti and a backing singer he was seeing at the time.

1 minute ago, Chrisbassboy5 said:

When played double bass we wiped down with old aftershave as it dries quick, what would you suggest?

Baby wipes work perfectly well. 👍

Folks who like super bright round wounds are the ones who change strings most regularly, flatwounds if wiped down now and again, or never if you thats your thing can just let it be. Flatwounds get better with age!

The great James Jamerson played only one set of flatwounds, never changed them. He did alright!?!? 🤣

Maybe a Kramer?

22 minutes ago, Lozz196 said:

didn’t notice much difference between the Squier & the Fender.

Really? The Fender is more punchy and warm I thought. The Sire looks cool, although not sure why they put black dot inlays on a dark roasted neck, can barely see them.

The Squier really lacked presence, definitely the worst, HB more than holds its own.

Nice comparison of a Fender, Sire, Squier and Harley Benton's take on the '54 P...

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With rattles it could be a slightly loose tuner head which vibrates at certain frequences, try holding the each tuner head (in turn) still and pluck a string or two. If it is a tuner head, there is a simple super glue trick to help.

Could also be a badly seated string, try loosening a string if the rattling happens on that one strings, turn the brass ball at the end of the string and re-tune.

Generally, if its a truss rod which is damaged it'll rattle, try tapping the back of the neck with the heel of your hand, if it rattles, then you may have a damaged or broken truss rod, if it doesn't it may be one of the two things above. Also, the nut could be cut too wide, so the string rattles in the nut.

Take a look at the sold prices on here and eBay, you'll get the best idea. Just use the search function. 😃

To muddy the waters, there were others brands from Italy making very similar telecaster basses around the same time, like Shaftesbury.

Fender sell the JMJ Mustang with fender flats as standard. Think that tells you all. 

Fender flats are high tension on full scale, however on short scale they're more like medium tension, and sound fantastic. Pop on a set of fender flats, they're reasonably priced compared to other flatwound brands too.

This may help...

http://flatericbassandguitar.blogspot.com/2010/11/columbus-telecaster-bass.html?m=1

Looks like an Antoria Tele bass, short scale. They're usually off white, but looks stripped and (poorly) varnished.

59 minutes ago, MoonBassAlpha said:

Nothing wrong with the Dano, just scoping out alternatives. The look may even be appropriate for the slightly psychedelic stuff we play. I assume they're pretty light too?

If you've never played a Dano, you'll find them to have some of the best necks to play, uber fun and super fast. Yes, they are light 6-7lbs range.

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Hi Ross. If you've already used YouTube, I'd suggest keep using YouTube, search for your favourite bands/songs and include the words "bass tab" in the search box, you may find people have uploaded videos with tabs, which you can play along with, which will be the quickest, easiest and fun way to learn and develop. You may find you learn scales, pentatonics etc without actually knowing it. Thats the best way to learn imho.

For less salubrious gigs I use a TE GP12 SMX combo (1x15) mainly as a monitor, which I picked up a few years ago for next to nothing, and an inexpensive bass.

Definitely a lot less than my markbass combo and Fender '62 reissue.

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Wow, just wow 😍

Do you still have the original pickups?