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The 90s Japanese Precisions are pretty good. I have one. Does it have to be U.S.?

[quote name='silddx' timestamp='1328454572' post='1527240'] I got mine from the American Colonies [url="http://www.ccinlays.com/"]http://www.ccinlays.com/[/url] [/quote] Just bought some Geddy Lee blocks for a fiver!

[quote name='silddx' timestamp='1328451860' post='1527167'] Well I've had a few sets of these, and they are VERY convincing. I have asked a few basschat members who have seen them in the flesh, asked them what they thought the inlays were made of, and no-one thought they were vinyl, they were guessing MoP, abalone, etc. They are much better than you think they are. [/quote] That's interesting. I fitted my old Geddy Lee's neck to my sunburst jazz body and it looked great. The Geddy is now sold and bringing joy to another Basschatter but I bought a 99 quid Mighty Mite neck a while ago which would look great with black blocks. If you say they're actually decent quality I may give them a try. After all they're cheap as chips.

[quote name='hairyhaw' timestamp='1328451404' post='1527149'] Are the blocks on Squier VM Jazzes not stickers? Look pretty pretty convincing if they are. [/quote] I don't know.The blocks on my Geddy Lee were painted on. Looked pretty good to me.

[quote name='silddx' timestamp='1328449820' post='1527099'] Have you tried them? [/quote] No, I've always fancied an inlaid neck but the cost from allparts or warmoth was too much. For about a second or two I thought of getting a set of these but I think they're a bit naff. A bit like sticking go faster stripes on your nissan micra.

[quote name='roger' timestamp='1328443751' post='1526911'] Good point, always thought of mighty mite necks as inferior! [/quote] So did I, until I bought one. £99 off ebay and the guy selling them tints them as well. Excellent quality. Makes me think I was a bit of an idiot buying a neck from a Mex Classic 60s Jazz Bass for £300 (including p&p and taxes) when I could have bought one of these instead. This is the one I bought but he sells ones with rosewood fretboards too [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fender-Lic-Aged-Tinted-Maple-JAZZ-Bass-Neck-M2909-/330679133139?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item4cfe0323d3#ht_500wt_949"]http://www.ebay.co.u...d3#ht_500wt_949[/url]

You can always get those nasty little sticky things from Ebay that look like you've got blocks (from about 20 feet away.........in a dim room).

I've got a friend who is a sound engineer and she's doing the sound for an Eric Clapton tribute band next weekend. She's offered to get me in for free. Having just googled the band in question, they're so mediocre, I don't think I'll bother. The same engineer got me in to see a Dutch Eagles tribute band for free a couple of years ago. They were competent enough but not good enough that I would have paid to see them. It does depend on how good the band is. If they are all sh*t hot players and give a professional show then they're worth a decent ticket price. Personally, I think £100 for the night seems a bit much though.

Totally love this track too. Have to buy the album. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j52wKIxpJwo&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j52wKIxpJwo&feature=related[/url]

I can work out the part easily enough. I just can't play it at that awsome speed. Who is that masked man?

[quote name='StraightSix' timestamp='1328089505' post='1521483'] Do you mean the Rotosound Jazz Bass 77 monel flatwounds...? [/quote] no, they're called tru bass. [url="http://www.rotosound.com/tru_88.php"]http://www.rotosound.com/tru_88.php[/url]

[quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1328218961' post='1524082'] English law doesn't have the same strength of verbal contract as scots law does. Culturally it makes a difference? [/quote] 'A verbal contract ain't worth the paper it's written on' - err, don't know whose quote that was but was probably Allen Klein.

Oooooooh Acid Jazzzzzzzzzzz! Luv it!

Sunglasses on!

Oh my! I had one of these in the early 90s. My bass got stolen and I needed a bass fast. I went down to see a friend playing in his band and the bassist was playing one of these, which he had on loan from a local musicshop and it sounded fantastic. I marched down to the shop the next day and bought it for £150 secondhand. The pointy headstock didn't fit my 'image' and when I found my old bass in a pawnshop a year later the Charvel (by Jackson) got sold. Best sounding passive bass I've ever heard.

Mugs are the new way forward. I want a BC mug. I don't like polo shirts.

[quote name='noelk27' timestamp='1327888543' post='1518423'] Personally, I'm a bit perplexed. He's self-employed, and has lived his life in a field where self-employment is the norm. It was for him to make relevant provision for his old age and/or ill health. If anything, it's a salutary lesson to all those who will not have sufficient pension to fall back on in retirement and also the necessity to maintain appropriate insurance and assurance. His appeal, though emotional, is little more than begging, and should not be promoted here. [/quote] [quote name='noelk27' timestamp='1327930681' post='1518914'] He is a US citizen, and has spent his adult life living and working there. He, as any other US citizen, knows how the healthcare system in his own country works, and the insurances he would need to carry being self-emplyed. There is no perhaps about the situation. But, as you rightly say, he had a choice, and his choice was to make no, or inadequate, provision for the situation which he has encountered. As a consequence, he must now live with the outcome, an outcome made from his own choices. As for this thread, highlighting his appeal, it should be in off topic, even applying the most charitable of definitions of subject-matter. [/quote] [quote name='noelk27' timestamp='1328014635' post='1520248'] Your attention seems to be solely focused on the cost of healthcare in the US, but not also on the earning potential and taxation system there. Over his professional life, Mr Rainey has been taxed at a lower level than self-employed people in the UK, and has been entitled to a higher level of deductibles. Without getting into the numbers in detail, for every dollar Mr Rainey has earned he has had between 10 and 15 per cent more in his pocket than those of us in the UK. Here, those of us who operate self-employed contribute in terms of class 2 and class 4 national insurance, as well as through the sums gathered in general taxation. It's also the case, without the backup of an employer, have to make provision for those scenarios which may/will arise, such as absence from work due to illness of other events. For someone self-employed in the UK, it is sensible to carry both private health cover (to expedite the time in which healthcare services can be accessed) and various insurances (to cover for loss of income), to reduce the impact that any absence from working can have, and that in addition to the cost of building up a fund for retirement. My experience tends to be that there are those people who live their lives thinking "it'll never happen to me" and those who live their lives thinking "what if?". If Mr Rainey, living and working in the wealthiest nation in the world, with the level of opportunity available to him, and the greater level of wealth left in his pocket after his federal government has taken its share in taxation, has either made no or inadequate provision for the "what if" then his predicament is his own cross to bear. He's had a lifetime of opportunity to make provision for this moment, and should be in a position to support himself without resort to internet begging. By contributing to Mr Rainey, all that you are doing is sending out a message to others, that it is all fine and well not to make provision for the future, that someone will come along and hand you the finance you need, when you need it, encouraging more and more people to labour under the misapprehension that, not matter what, no matter what they do, no matter how they live their life, no matter how little provision they make for their future, someone else will come along and pay for everything they want and/or need. [/quote] Well, your 'self rightous', 'serves him right' attitude has persuaded me Pal. I've just made a donation to the Chuck Rainey medical fund. Congratulations, your reverse psychology worked.

I'm looking forward to getting my set. I also recommend the tape wound strings. They have a huge fat motown sound. Especially if you play them with a mute.

Yeah I think I bid on it a few months ago. The guy who outbid me must have dropped out.

What would a visit to Abbey Road be without at least a fleeting glimpse of Paul McCartney?

Dimmer switches and other sources of Electromagnetic interference can cause nasty buzzing with jazzes with single coil pickups. Making sure the pickups are earthed as mentioned above and shielding with copper tape or screening paint helps.

[quote name='JAUQO III-X' timestamp='1327770018' post='1516549'] [b]My Ashdown MiBass 550 Experience[/b] Does Ashdown deliver in the micro amp department? I would give a huge yes. If you want that Ashdown thump in a well balanced tonally compact amp, Ashdown definitely delivers through the MiBass series. And I'm basing my MiBass 550 experience after having been an Ashdown user and endorser since 1998. [/quote] Good review. There doesn't seem to be much out there as far as reviews are concerned so this is very helpful especially since you use Ashdown and Know what an Ashdown 'should' sound like.

Ah the days of the groovy basslines. I remember reading musicians magazines around that time and the session drummers and guitarists were always moaning about how boring the recording sessions were. No complaints from the bass players though.