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Marvellous, well done.

Just bought a set of the LT4As from Bass Direct who have stock it would seem. Looking forward to giving them a go on a P bass. TIs live on my fretless basses.

Pictures or it didn't happen. On second thoughts maybe not

I'm in the Alder camp, although I do enjoy the aesthetics of a nicely grained Ash body. In the context of playing live with a band not sure I can hear a difference though.

The other P bass in the cupboard has the Nordy NP4 p/up which is very trad sounding and none the poorer for it. I also hear very good things about the Jess Loureiro set: http://jlguitars.eu/shop/index.php?id_product=11&controller=product&id_lang=4

I use a P with the SPD-3. At first I didn't like the 'aggressive' tone for want of a better word. However I discovered that if I roll the tone off around 1/3 then it really works for me. I play in a classic rock covers band. Hope that helps.

It's an interesting topic. I very first bass was a rough(ish) Squier Affinity P. Nowadays I do like my ACGs with two p/ups and a filter preamp, probably about as far as you get from a P bass. Yet I have a black US Std P which I really enjoy playing and gets taken to gigs too. It seems like sometimes only a Precision will do. And/or a Jazz of course.

I guess we'll have to wait for the blue strings to come out.

Eve use Sapele on the neck and very nice to the touch it is too. No knowledge on Obeche I'm afraid, but I will endorse your view that tonewoods do have an impact on the tone, maybe not as much as the electronics and strings, but it's there.

For the speed dial knobs shouldn't a small stud or similar in the body be present as a reference point?

I didn't even know these existed.

Yeah, but that yellow tone knob ruins it for me.

I think some sets have different windings for bridge and neck but wouldn't like to have to defend that statement in court!

One of these

The Sadowsky aluminium items are pretty good imho. Two screws to secure plus sleeve for those slightly thinner pot shafts. They look and feel amazing and with the little white marker are dead easy to adjust. Definitely not a 'value' item though

Has Prowla reported you to the Fake Fender Police yet?

Thanks for the link!

Thanks Dave, good idea.

We have a largish vinyl item with brass eyes that is fixed to a curtain rail held by two old speaker stands. We use a few tie-wraps to secure it to the frame. I'd guess it's about 3m wide by 2m high, maybe slightly less. Sorry no pics to hand but it all folds down very nicely and goes up (and down) pretty quickly.

Thanks folks.

That is stunning. Is it one of the Mouradian (may have mispelt that) basses that Chris Squire used to use, albeit with a different pickup combo? I'd love to try one of these.

My vintage Fender lives in its case but gets hauled out regularly to be played. I genuinely think instruments suffer from lack of use, I know my violins do. Aside form recordimg the serial numbers I'd also take a comprehensive set pictures of each bass as well.

Those kind of images are bad for your mental and financial wellbeing. Please cease and desist.

My first fretless was a Yamaha RBX270F which I picked up for £80. I ended up keeping it for several years as it was a really good bass to learn on. Yamaha make pretty solid basses in most of the price categories and quality seems to be very consistent too. Definitely worth a look if you can find one.

Love that.