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[quote name='gadgie' timestamp='1431783163' post='2774953'] I want...no, need a Fireglo. I have the Jetgo in the house, but always liked the colour of the Fireglo. Nice bass dude [/quote] See? GAS at work! You already have a glo in the house, but now it's the wrong bloody glo!!

[quote name='ezbass' timestamp='1431781659' post='2774938'] ...the pickup cover is chrome plated plastic, not metal. I thought that was a bit cheap. However, I don't use/need it... [/quote] Hmm... doesn't sit right, really... as you say, given the retail price of these you'd expect better. Send a letter of complaint to John Hall! He's in tune with his customer's needs, I'm sure you'll get a sympathetic response!

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1431780360' post='2774917'] I might finally go for that commission I've been thinking about for some time...or just get a Fender Am Deluxe J5 ..?? [/quote] My 2p - go for the Am Deluxe, it's more likely to hold its value.

Great pics. GAS is bubbling away...

[quote name='Bassassin' timestamp='1431778792' post='2774882'] Only last week I swapped a bass & head as part-payment for some building work. [/quote] Presumably he's into hardcore..?

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1431778031' post='2774861'] ...if there are any sounds that can't be achieved with the items I have, in all likelihood they are sounds I'm unlikely to want/need to make. [/quote] It's taken me four or five years and thousands of pounds to come to the same conclusion.

[quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1431777557' post='2774854'] Macnach back in the day... Macnach a year or so later... Macnach a bit later... Macnach later still [/quote] [quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1431777565' post='2774855'] Macnach the next year... Macnach the last year... Macnach yesterday [/quote] Brilliantly researched and hilarious.

[quote name='PaulWarning' timestamp='1431768753' post='2774727'] I don't think I could ever play in a function band, I'd have to play songs I wouldn't normally listen to... [/quote] I had fun in a function band and believe that no previous knowledge of the material is a definite advantage!

I'm TOTALLY happy with what I've got. I just need ONE more bass and ONE more amp, and I'll be there... Absolutely agree with you about the Precision Bass. It was my only bass for decades, and it looks like the wheel has come full circle...

[quote name='ezbass' timestamp='1431756579' post='2774600'] Ta, it was the sound that attracted me to it, just thunderous. [/quote] Any chance of an audio clip?

[quote name='Number6' timestamp='1431720757' post='2774437'] I am a happy Precision Appreciation Club member... [/quote] Outstanding! One day I'll tell you the story of my 76P and show you some pictures...

[quote name='Bassassin' timestamp='1431715405' post='2774341'] [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/234482-revisit-rr-sales-on-bc"]Been there, done that, ran out of giveaf*ck[/url]. My own bloodyminded arrogance kicks in @ post #45. I'm not proud. [/quote] Christ, that IS a can of worms. Think I'll just go and join a Ric forum.

[quote name='Highfox' timestamp='1431713977' post='2774319'] Nice bass. You really need to own one at some point to be able to get over Ric GAS [/quote] I agree. I keep looking at Andy Baxter's Rickenbacker collection, but it's more money, money, money!

[quote name='paul h' timestamp='1431713099' post='2774306'] I've recently realised that the number of songs I hate and hate to play, massively outnumber the songs I like and am allowed to play. So now I just don't bother [/quote] Well that's it, isn't it? Do you want to play for the benefit of drunken people who go to cover-band venues... or not? In my case it has to at least be a function/event band, as I find pub covers bands just don't get paid enough for me to put on my black covers-band outfit, grit my teeth and play a couple of hours-worth of songs I don't like. It's work, basically. At least this time of year is good for tipsy, scantily-clad women dancing and jiggling about so that makes it more bearable. So to speak.

[quote name='Bassassin' timestamp='1431713083' post='2774305'] Tasty worms! In a can! Jon. [/quote] Ha! I was really hoping someone else would start the campaign! Perhaps you, Jon..? I'll be right behind you!

Most cover band sets have too many songs in them I don't like, which is why I'm not currently in a covers band. And I really can't be bothered with all the pain involved in starting up my own covers band so I can put together a set I like playing. But I suppose if you're joining an already-established covers band you pretty much have to suck it up and play what they want you to play, no matter how crappy. My particular bugbears are 500 Miles, All Right Now and Sex On Fire. Particularly All Right Now, as I played it in a covers band in the mid-seventies and it was tedious stale buns then, so I'm sure as hell not going to be playing it forty years later! Jesus, there [i]are [/i]limits!! And as for The Proclaimers - well, obviously they must be lashed. Over and over again. Until they drop.

[quote name='Beedster' timestamp='1431710723' post='2774264'] Rics are very hot right now, and the new S-series models will define whether that remains the case [/quote] Ooh yeah. Perhaps it's time to review this forum's somewhat baffling ban on Rickenbacker products?

Dan bought my Sire MM V7 Jazz. I was only six hours late for our planned meeting at The Shard, but Dan was very tolerant and took this in his stride. I hate bad timekeeping, me! Thanks very much Dan, I'm sure you'll enjoy the Sire - it's a great bass. Recommend this BassChatter! A+ A+ A+

Nice. I seem to be getting R*ck*nb*ck*er GAS, which may be a bit of a problem on this bloody forum.

[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1431690862' post='2774000'] He seems to have vanished off the face of the earth... [/quote] That's a shame, I was developing quite serious GAS for one of his P basses.

[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1430922527' post='2765975'] Anyone had any contact with Peter recently? [/quote] I sent him messages on facebook and through his website about a week ago, but no answer yet.

More creamy than buttery, but I'm liking the TV chef angle. http://youtu.be/RtS2Ikk7A9I

Ohh... Now I've got GAS. Again. http://andybaxterbass.com/details.php?id=865