KiOgon

Yes Deb if it's a Highway One - just buy it - they're quality, this 2003 I got recently is superb! Hope this helps your GAS [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v48/kjon51/Fender%20USA%202003%20Highway%20One%20Precision%20Bass/110620121460.jpg[/IMG]

GAS is a state of mind, I don't mind doing hours of research, it just convinces me I must have, I don't mind doing my sums for hours, it just convinces me I should be spending my money on something else, (I nearly said more important then!) I don't mind putting a wanted ad up, just to see if anyone has one to sell, that usually convinces me that no-one else has one or if they do they're not selling it so it must be good. I don't mind searching the dealers in the hope that someone somewhere will have exactly what I want & I can go & try one. Then I don't mind trying to get the best price possible, sometimes coming home empty handed because I know I can get one for less on the net. I even don't mind taking the risk of buying from someone I've never heard of or met, possibly several thousand miles away on another continent, as long as they've got the right bass at the right price & having to wait days for it to arrive. 'Cos when you get the first sight of that new bass & play it for the first time, all that GAS has gone - it's like being in the calm, at the eye of the hurricane - just for a while, then the bloody GAS comes back again Don't give up GASSING, it would be boring without GAS, just keep taking the pills & paying the bills - & give in to GAS when you can Cheerz, john

You'd have to ask Fender Serial numbers, neck pocket & neck markings, pot codes, pick up numbers, part numbers/bar code labels, paint code stamps, notes/scribbles in the pick up cavity or controls routing, sometimes date etc. underside of pick guard, it all helps. The more info you can find the better, unfortunately not much can be seen without a complete strip down. Cheerz, John

That's loverly, well documented & completely original, I don't see it being anything other than "as advertised" Think I'll 'make an offer' Joe's Long - he must have been the original Red Hot Chilli Pepper

I had a Tanglewood Odyssey, budget bass, well made & finished, look great - played OK. Pay a bit more & get better if you can [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v48/kjon51/Other%20Bass%20Pics/02-10-09_1659.jpg[/IMG][IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v48/kjon51/Other%20Bass%20Pics/02-10-09_1700.jpg[/IMG]

[quote name='MB1' timestamp='1341250097' post='1715781'] MB1. Looks like the neckplate hasnt yet been fitted? is it not sat on top of the old one? or is it? ....just an illusion?(imagine) [/quote] Now that's a pissobility

For a guy who's so good at building custom basses you would think he could manage the right screws to hold the thing together - photo 4 ! [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FENDER-JAZZ-CUSTOM-BUILT-69-BASS-GUITAR-/261057889563?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item3cc843451b#ht_500wt_950"]http://www.ebay.co.u...1b#ht_500wt_950[/url] Anybody local that could go test it? A gentle tap on the back of the head should do the job (the bass not the builder) although

Are you sure it wasn't the holiday? or is it home brew beer?

I supplied a P-bass wiring kit to Paul, it was a pleasure to deal with him throughout, no problems, a great & easy transaction. Cheerz, John

Fender USA Highway One Precision Bass 2003. [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]I've been looking for a red P for a while, (I think it's the Duck in me) [/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif] couldn't believe my luck when this little beauty fell into my hands [/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif] It needed a clean up, new jack socket, strings & a set-up, now it's P-perfect, unbelievably good to play, wonderful neck, only 8&1/2lbs & just feels so comfortable, it's like getting into bed with your dream girl/boy in satin silk sheets [/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]100% original except for the new Switchcraft, Straploks & strings, I don't believe it had ever been apart & probably the factory fitted strings on [/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif] Talk about coincidence, lifted the pick guard & the date stamp on it is June 06 2003, exactly 9 years to the day I bought it![/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Anyway, took it out in the sun for some photo's today [/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif] It's still a bit shiny after me polishing it up, but it's that lovely Satin Nitro finish, Crimson Red Transparent #38.[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][/font][/color]

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1341077477' post='1713626'] How odd. [url="http://fenderjapan.co.jp/jb_ho.html"]More info here[/url] (in Japanese, obv.) [/quote] Google translate helps a lot "[color=#333333][font=メ]Body material was subjected to an impressive F Hall employs a mahogany top with a characteristic warm tone of the bass.[/font][/color][color=#333333][font=メ]Ready a solid acoustic sound and sound, mid-range of unique air feeling hollow body, mahogany fused with the JB sound, and then release the colorful tone in response to tone delicate operation, operation volume. [/font][/color][color=#333333][font=メ]Body back edge of the 10R and dropped the corner, you may have a fit them to the person looks while playing square was subjected to binding to the body top. [/font][/color][color=#333333][font=メ]The color is 3 tone sunburst Faye dead vintage mahogany and utilizing the grain of the mahogany (VMH), redness was fading (F3S), black line-up (BLK) fearless. [/font][/color][color=#333333][font=メ]Rosewood fingerboard 250R, equipped with a wide oval fret neck, 38mm nut width."[/font][/color][color=#333333] [/color][color=#333333] [/color]

Jono had one of my wiring kits, a complete pleasure dealing with him, great comms, instant payment, all round great guy to recommend for all. Cheerz, John

[url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Pink-Daisy-Rock-3-4-size-Bass-guitar-Sweet-/120941283981?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item1c28a98a8d#ht_2512wt_815"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Pink-Daisy-Rock-3-4-size-Bass-guitar-Sweet-/120941283981?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item1c28a98a8d#ht_2512wt_815[/url]

Bit of a bargain!

[quote name='4 Strings' timestamp='1340963667' post='1712031'] Ha! Best post for a long while! [/quote] I thank yew, glad it wasn't wasted

Actually listening to the guy 'tapping' Stairway to Heaven aggravates me because I hear a lot of missing bass line, what's the point of trying to be clever - on a bass - & not playing the bass part 'properly' (as I expect to hear it). I have to say Fret w***er extraordinaire

[quote name='4 Strings' timestamp='1340961536' post='1711990'] Is this in a similar vein? [media]http://youtu.be/BFaT69CyyKU[/media] [/quote] You could say that Muff on bass

I can't see any mention above of DiMarzio's I reckon a DP127 might just give you exactly what sound you're searching for, I replaced the Fender original in my '57AV, which had the raised A poles, fitted the DP127W & wouldn't go back. They have a range & clarity I've not found with anything else. It compliments the maple neck brightness, I'm sure it would be slightly more mellow with a rosewood board. I thought of replacing the '62AV original with a black one, but the '62 tone is actually 'just right' for me. I'm using GHS precision flats on both P's BTW & LB30 rig, the Bass Shift switch gives a quick change from deep down old school Jamerson to more 80's hard rock . I play fingers mostly, with a very low action, experiment with picks at times though [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/dimarzio_dp127_wh.htm"]http://www.thomann.de/gb/dimarzio_dp127_wh.htm[/url] Not expensive for what you get IMO & so much sweeter than the SD 1/4lb. Cheerz, John

Tina any day thanks she grooves

[quote name='surfinbernard' timestamp='1340902116' post='1711348'] KiOgon thanks, nice suggestion. Love your avatar pic, my hero! [/quote] I first tried a AV2H whatever in my local shop & was well impressed, even at £400 +, I couldn't get a Fender thinline at the time. Then I searched around & found them for less than 1/2 shop price, bit of a bargain if you can find one cheap like The Humbuckers & the roll off to single coil makes them very versatile & IMO knock spots off a Squier. Edit: There's one [url="http://www.dv247.com/b-stock/vintage-advance-av2h-honey-burst-flame-b-stock--94579"]http://www.dv247.com...-b-stock--94579[/url] Another one: [url="http://www.gear4music.com/Guitar-and-Bass/DISC-Vintage-Advance-AV2H-Electric-Guitar-NFM/7ED"]http://www.gear4music.com/Guitar-and-Bass/DISC-Vintage-Advance-AV2H-Electric-Guitar-NFM/7ED[/url] Lot more money but it's got some spec & a foto

I've got a Vintage AV2 'thinline tele' & it's excellent, not that I'm an expert but IMO it's a lovely thing for notalot of squids [url="http://www.jhs.co.uk/Catalogue/Guitars/vintageadv_2010_web.pdf"]http://www.jhs.co.uk/Catalogue/Guitars/vintageadv_2010_web.pdf[/url]

[quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1340887542' post='1711052'] If it is the same place [and it does sound like it] Yes in 1992. Garry [/quote] Small world I was a Regional Engineer, BWI, with Cable & Wireless. Cayman was fabulous, I used to spend as long there as I could get away with diving/swimming/fishing/messing about on boats every day