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Just not sure about those older bridges man. These look great though, apart from that.

[quote name='LemonCello' timestamp='1330026990' post='1551758'] I had a Squier Vintage Modified P with an out of alignment pup. Poor QC? Didn't appear to make a lot of difference to the sound, just a little irritating. I've been looking at the MP Jazz in trans black. Worth the £400? [/quote] Ooo I've been checking those out too, looks right up my alley. These tele's look the part though, waiting for pics!

These seem curvier than they were before. Was so impressed with the older model, will have tlook these out, very tempting.

What about Fender's Modern Player basses? I've been looking at the Jazz, seems pretty decent, Fender name with nice choice of finishes, double the pickups, and all for £400. Not much more than a Classic Vibe!

Shambo most smokers honestly have no idea how bad the smell is to non-smokers. My family run a pub, I lived there for a while before the smoking ban, now this is obviously an extreme example, but I still have stuff now that still smells of that smoke from 8-ish years ago, and I was only there about three months. Smoke just seems to 'get into stuff' and the smell can be pretty gnarly to non-smokers, stale and kinda dirty. Like I said earlier in the thread, personally I've only ever played one smoke-damaged bass, and I could barely stand to be near the thing, let alone have it on my lap with my hands running all over it, it just felt spoiled and soiled. No idea how much smoke it took to get into that state, and for how long, but even so, I can easily see how instruments coming from a 'smoke-free home' could be important to people.

That is one pretty convincing video. My little big muff just doesn't feel right...

Man, that Jack Bruce is something else... I love my little Rock Bass, feels like butter in my hands, keep meaning to get with one of it's bigger sisters at some point, but these prices, Hell's Bells. I'm with jackers; I'd go to the Fender Custom Shop and put the rest towards a new rig!

I played a 5 string Ric once, second hand. Real interesting thing to play, but God damn, it totally reeked of ancient stinky stale smoke ingrained right through the entire thing. Could never own a bass like that, felt nasty to hold.

Thought Dave Swift's bass looked and sounded fantastic last night, interesting variation on a classic design, would love to try one!

[quote name='bartelby' timestamp='1320747179' post='1430705'] No contest. Steve Harris P [/quote] +1 Want one so bad.

Looks stunning dude, totally love the colour, would happily own one like that.

Love the look of that tele, seriously, need to test drive one of those. Bet it looks gorgeous with the PG removed!

[quote name='tauzero' post='1366657' date='Sep 8 2011, 04:55 PM']TC were foolish - they could have called the thing the RH450 and given its RMS power rating elsewhere. I think there has been a hysterical overreaction on TB by some members, saying that they will now sell their RH450s and 750s even though they love them because TC used misleading figures.[/quote] I think TC have been a touch underhand but I'll shamelessly take advantage of anyone who wants shot pronto - I still think the amps look (and more imprtant sound) amazing with a sweet feature set to boot.

Interesting thread, I have a passive Rockbass Corvette. Love playing the thing, but yeah, tone control seems to do very little - how do you tell if it has a preamp? I assumed that passive basses had no preamp, correct? Or no? Confused...

Now that is stunning, still partial to the CAR too!