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Most of the music I like (and a lot of the stuff I don't like) seems to have been recorded on either a Fender Precision or a Fender Jazz. From JJ Burnel to Alphonso Johnson and Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich to Delbert McClinton.

Seems to be the essence of the term Swiss Army Knife.

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[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1439138398' post='2840331']
Most of the music I like (and a lot of the stuff I don't like) seems to have been recorded on either a Fender Precision or a Fender Jazz. From JJ Burnel to Alphonso Johnson and Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich to Delbert McClinton.

Seems to be the essence of the term Swiss Army Knife.
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Especially since you can use them to knock in the tent pegs for the marquee.

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I've played hundreds of gigs with the wedding band, always use my only bass, the '78 P. We play a wide-range of stuff and i've never felt caught out by my sound. Nobody has ever approached me about its indesputible lack of versatility - Joe public or fellow bass players alike :)

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Yesterday I actually went shopping for a 2nd bass (having just sold fretless number 2, I was in the market for something with frets for the first time in a while). Key factor for me was versatility between a real retro sound and a real modern sound - partly because I've been spoilt by my G&L M2000 (which I [i]did [/i]manage to get for £1k all-in by importing it), and partly because I play a wide range of styles.

I tried 4s & 5s from: Lull, Sandberg, Elrick, Dingwall, Mayones, Roscoe... and G&L Tribute, just to see how those compare to the "real" USA ones. I've got to say, I was very impressed by the Tribute range, much better than I expected.
Obviously the rest in that list are well over a grand, and most of them played nicely, but for me the Roscoes (P/J) were the only ones that hit the G&L mark in terms of versatility.

I then found a USA ASAT bass in the rack, S/H for under a grand; same electronics as the L2000. And suddenly I had "saved" £1500 compared with the Roscoe 5-string I was about to shell out on. I think I'll be looking out for one second-hand in a year or so though...

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