Silvia Bluejay Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 (edited) My favourite colour is mint* green. While I have no basses in that colour for one reason or another, @Happy Jack has no fewer than two. The supercool curly lead is his Christmas present to me - but I'm so going to lend it to him at the next Damo And The Dynamites gig, when he'll be playing the Lull for a few numbers. 😎 *a.k.a. SURF green. 😉 Edited December 28, 2019 by Silvia Bluejay 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvia Bluejay Posted December 25, 2019 Author Share Posted December 25, 2019 The look is more understated with two of my own basses. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 I wanna red one!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jezzaboy Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 Looks like a Bullet lead? I have one that I bought a few years ago and used it on a gig when an old guitarists came up to me and said the curly leads from the 70`s were rubbish, thinking that it was one of those. I explained that it was brand new with a 44 magnum bullet casing at each end. Impressed him no end. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Silvia Bluejay Posted December 25, 2019 Author Share Posted December 25, 2019 PS looks like it does come in Fiesta Red! Load the photo above and zoom in on the bottom right hand corner. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul S Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 I have a black one of these and it looks cool as anything. But, boy, is it heavy! And it needs securing in some fashion otherwise it'll drag any lightweight head off the cab in no time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvia Bluejay Posted December 25, 2019 Author Share Posted December 25, 2019 Yup, very true. We were talking about that with HJ. And it happens to be the only Fender item I have in my whole rig, so that's another first for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 19 minutes ago, Silvia Bluejay said: Yup, very true. We were talking about that with HJ. And it happens to be the only Fender item I have in my whole rig, so that's another first for me. Progress, Silvia..... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 1 hour ago, Silvia Bluejay said: That fretless Chowny is way cool. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 I have one of those Fender curly cables in daphne blue - it looks great with my JMJ mustang & matching levy’s suede strap 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvia Bluejay Posted December 25, 2019 Author Share Posted December 25, 2019 Incidentally, I've found the perfect rig for our new purchase... 😉😛 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjones Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 I owned two fender curly leads. The first one just didn't work when I used it for the first time and the second one, I got as a replacement, sucked all the top end out of my sound. I gave it away. I now use a Fender custom shop lead (a straight one), so I don't have a thing against Fender, but make sure @happy jack has replacement with him, when he gigs with his curly lead. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvia Bluejay Posted December 25, 2019 Author Share Posted December 25, 2019 We've just tested it - sounds absolutely fine. But yes, we always have plenty of spare 'everything' in our cases at gigs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 3 hours ago, jezzaboy said: Looks like a Bullet lead? I have one that I bought a few years ago and used it on a gig when an old guitarists came up to me and said the curly leads from the 70`s were rubbish, thinking that it was one of those. I explained that it was brand new with a 44 magnum bullet casing at each end. Impressed him no end. I have two of those ... bought them years ago. They're good, but they're unbelievably heavy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 (edited) They look great, although the fact they are fender leads would put me off. I love the look of the newer fender leads (the black and white stitched ones) but I haven't and don't know anyone I have played with who hasn't had them fail when playing. Lucky they have a replace when fail policy, the guitarist is on their third. I am on my second but won't gig it any more. Edited December 25, 2019 by Woodinblack 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 1 hour ago, Silvia Bluejay said: Incidentally, I've found the perfect rig for our new purchase... 😉😛 That looks great in that colour! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuzzie Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 alternate cab https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F254447193461 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krispn Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 The MXR cables have been good. I’ve had fender ones fail twice but like you say had them replaced for free. my Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 Nice curly cable. . . . . . . . matches my nail polish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 I’ve been using Fender leads for a few years now and never had any problems. I’ve got the regular black cable, the black & white stitched cable and the tweed cable, all have been fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 2 hours ago, Silvia Bluejay said: Incidentally, I've found the perfect rig for our new purchase... 😉😛 Isn't that a right handed rig??? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvia Bluejay Posted December 26, 2019 Author Share Posted December 26, 2019 Yes it is. And so are Happy Jack's basses. The curly lead is, however, ambidextrous. Next question? 😛 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 So on that subject, why did the world stop using curly leads? In the 70s everything was curly leads and then they all disappeared. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor J Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 The weight and additional tension of the coil as it expands places unnecessary stress on the part of the cable which meets the jack, so you get constant flexing between the immovable and swinging parts of the cable which creates a break point dramatically shortening the life of the cable. If you hook it behind the strap (as one should) and through an cab handle you just move those stresses flex nodes somewhere else with the same end result. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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