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The neck on my CV Squier P bass is fantastic. It's shallow, fret ends are smooth and polished and I can get lovely low action on it. Which is more than I can say for the neck on the Fender Elite Precision I bought last year, for silly money. I've also owned a MIJ Silver Squier Jazz bass. It was also a fine instrument.

Update: Regulations on importing/exporting instruments incorporating rosewood to be lifted in November. https://www.namm.org/issues-and-advocacy/regulatory-compliance/cites

Yes a bitsa. No serial number and a fake decal.

When you can get a Barefaced Compact for £275 (for sale on Basschat at this moment) and an Ashdown ABM 500 III for £134 (bought on Ebay by me a couple of months ago). You don't have to fork out much cash to get some top notch gear these days.

I have an early MiBass 550. Good sounding amp and still going strong.

I bought a UK built ABM 500 III head for £134, on Ebay, a few months ago. It had a flight case and everything. Sounds excellent. I think people have gone class D crazy ( D mented?).

I sweat everywhere else on my body while onstage but my hands are usually bone dry. Which means my strings usually last a long time. Even though I don't have a sweaty hand problem, I have become a big fan of Elixirs; as I bought a secondhand bass which had them fitted and really loved the sound, the low tension and the feel of them. They are expensive but should last me a long, long, long time.

I had some plonker walk up on stage while my band was in the middle of a song. he was mouthing something to me with great urgency (I assume a song request) but of course I couldn't hear a thing. Eventually I gestured for him to come closer and screamed F**CK OFF!! in his ear. It's not really in my character to be so aggressive but he was being a total knobhead. Anyway he got the message and effed off.

I have 10 basses. I always take my MIJ P bass if I'm playing in my Country band. I usually take a Jazz or Stingray to play with my rock/blues band. My old MIJ Jazz, with a John East pre amp, is my favourite bass and is more than capable of doing every type of gig I play, but I do feel I should rotate my basses, as there's no point in owning them if I never play them.

I used to hate Trace Elliot gear. So many rehearsal studios. I'd used in the past, had Ancient TE amps and cabs (usually 410s), which sounded unsubtle and middy sounding. But then, a couple of years ago, I had the chance to play through a TE GP7 combo, with a 15" speaker and the sound from my Precision was exactly what I'd been looking for all these years. So I don't know if my previous experience with TE gear was due to it being ancient and knackered , or whatever, but that GP7 combo sounded fantastic. And loud for it's wattage.

Excellent. I used to buy instruments from abroad but because of CITES I'd given up. I'll keep an eye on developments.

One of the current bands I'm in, had an awful drummer when I was asked to join. I said he had to go before I'd become a member of the band. He got the heave ho and they recruited a better drummer. I then joined the band. I'm a bad person. P.S. But in my defence........he was a shockingly bad drummer.

I messaged him on Facebook and told him it was phoney. I'm pretty sure he's well aware and is just chancing it.

I have a Japanese Fender Precision, a Classic Vibe Squier Precision and a USA Elite Precision. The Japanese Precision and the Squier have nicer necks (shallower and better finished) than the Elite. I prefer the passive sound of the cheaper basses too. The Moral of this story is, spending a lot of money on a bass, doesn't necessarily mean you're going to get a better bass.

I was once told to turn down because my bass was causing feedback through the vocal PA. My bass was at 2 on the master, so utter and total bollocks. The amateur sound engineer was the husband of the singer and had not the faintest idea how to operate his very, expensive PA. I'm the end, in a huff, I turned my amp off completely and mimed. He still complained the bass was too loud.

Boz Burrell used to live up in Edinburgh, back in the 90s. I'd occasionally bump into him, as he played in a band up here with a bandmate of mine. He told me he hated the recorded version of this song, because he played a fretless precision on it, and the bassline on the record was seriously out of tune. He was a great bass player and a really nice guy.

8 between April and December 2018. I'm hanging on to them though. For a while at least

You can always wrangle a bit more cash out of Stramash, if you think you can fill the place.

That's a good question that I've wondered about myself?

You'll find that in Edinburgh, different bands get paid different rates. My band play Whistlebinkies for £200 (4 piece), but we get a lot of gigs there - up to 4 per month. We get the same amount for stramash. My Brother in law's band get paid £240 for a Stramash gig. Some gigs for the G1 group, who have a lot of pubs in Edinburgh, pay £300 per night.

The stuff that gets airplay is manufactured pap (mostly). But it's always been that way; from the fifties until today. But young people are coming out with great music in the 21st century, you just have to dig a little deeper to find it. Two examples of bands from around my neck of the woods are Miracle Glass Company and Honeyblood. Both, in yer face guitar bands, that write songs with big catchy hooks.

I suppose the deal is, if you can actually pick up the Trace Elliot, you can take it away for free A bit like King Arthur and the sword in the stone. https://www.gumtree.com/p/guitar-instrument/fender-jazz-bass-with-trace-elliot-amp/1346721894

Over the years I've accumulated 11 basses and a DB. I don't need another bass. I also have 4 amps, 4 cabs and a 100 watt combo. I don't need any more amps/cabs. Although it's very unlikely I'll buy anything. I still stalk the Basschat marketplace like a hungry wolf.