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I have the CV butterscotch tele, one of the best guitars I've owned sound and playability wise especially when you factor in the price! Real well built and good quality instrument, can't recommend it enough! Only downsides are, my one is pretty heavy (however not uncomfortably so) and there is a lot of gloss on the back of the neck which I personally don't mind but I know is an issue for some people. Also the fretboard/neck/headstock all have a pretty heavy vintage tint; it can look almost orange in some lights!

Tame Impala- Elephant. No matter how many times I play it I always cock up the timing at least once

So I have a PJ bass (american deluxe precision for anyone who cares) which is an outstanding bass and I can't see myself ever selling it but my question is this: Does having a jazz bridge pickup make any difference to the sound of the precision pickup even when the pan knob is turned completely to the precision side? In other words, if I'm soloing the precision pickup; would it sound any different to a precision that didn't have a J bridge pickup. I'm only asking as I can count the times I have used just the jazz or both pickups together on one hand and if having a jazz pickup that I never use is in anyway changing the tone of the precision pickup that I solo 99.9% of the time then for me it would be worth unwiring the jazz pickup (if that can even be done?!) Thanks in advance.

John Deacon for me, especially on some of the earlier Queen stuff. Nothing radically different or innovative but he just gets such a fat sound man! Really complements the subtle but sweet lines he plays as well; his playing was one of the main things that made me pick up a bass in the first place. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15A0F5aOoPM[/media]

Thanks for the replies everyone, at least it doesn't look like I'm the only one who's experienced this sort of problem. And BILL POSTERS, it's a more of a vibration, that seems to build in strength the longer I allow myself to touch both the strings and the device.

Okay guys thanks, you're probably right about not using the equipment; the weird thing is though the same thing happens with all 3 of my amps... Cheers though guys

I don't know man... My physics and electronics knowledge is pretty ropey but it's almost as if the shock builds up? Like I can keep my hands on the strings and the iPad/laptop but only for about 5 seconds maximum as that's when it becomes too painful but it seems like as long as my hands are touching both the instrument and the device the electric charge going up my arm seems to get stronger and stronger and more painful. Really weird. Tried setting up the exact same scenario with my dad the other day and he didn't feel a thing which seems even more weird...

Anyone who can shed any light on this will be rewarded with a good bag of some description. Basically, whenever I play my bass at home when reading tabs off my macbook, desktop or iPad or am simply using one of the said devices to play music from to play along with I have this horrible issue. If one of my hands is touching the strings of my bass and then other hand touches any metal part of a laptop or iPad I get a relatively small, but large enough to be uncomfortable and make me jerk my hand away from the bass or laptop. I get the shock in whichever hand touches either the bass or electronic device last. In short; if I am touching the strings of my bass and any metal part of an electronic device at the same time I get a shock. I am absolutely mystified by this! I don't think it is specific to any of basses or amps as I am getting the same problem which either of my basses and through any of the 3 amps I own or any combination of amp/bass. What is even odder is that the laptop or iPad does not have to be plugged into any power, I was getting a shock off my iPad yesterday when it was just plugged into a pair of crappy desktop speakers and not plugged into charge or anything like that. Anyone who has any idea why this is happening please shout up because it is really killing the enjoyment of playing bass at home and learning new songs as I'm always having to check every single movement I make to not get a shock, basically it doesn't provide a very encouraging or relaxing practicing environment. Apologies for the long post.

Thought I would finally add to this thread after trawling through all the pictures on here making myself jealous. My 2013 American Deluxe Precision; sounds amazing and plays like a dream. Find myself using it way more in passive than active though which is the opposite to what I thought I would be using before I bought it. Thoroughly recommend these basses! [url="http://s1374.photobucket.com/user/Ben_Norden/media/IMG_1018_zps5c620074.jpg.html"][/url]

In the 4 piece I'm in I am very close friends with 2 of the band (sadly one of them is the lead guitarist) and the other I have also known for 5 years or so. I think being friends with bandmembers like many things has its up and downsides. It makes organising practices easier, choosing songs, and being more open with our own written material is also easier and it helps to gain exposure and get people involved and to come to gigs if all of the band are moving in more or less the same social circles and groups outside of the band. However when you're close friends with those in the band it does make it much harder to tell someone they're being dick, or not playing something quite right or even if it comes to it; kicking a close friend out of a band is a tricky situation as it can cock up social lives etc; whereas kicking someone out of a band who you're not mates with is far less likely to tear friendships or groups apart. (All IMO and IME of course, I could be very wrong)

Interesting question. My particular hate is modern electro/tech pop stuff that seems to have populated the charts over the last few years. A sort of crossover of a pretty face, an okay voice and lots of electro-inspired beats and drops. Hate it. It all seems so shallow but then I really don't understand electronic music. I agree it takes a degree of talent (my brother is a dubstep producer and is very very into dub/DnB/house etc) but I find it all a bit meaningless; they're not songs to me, more tunes or lots of different samples and sounds put together (admittedly in a very clever way) to make a piece of music. I also find any sort of "lyrics" in electronic music to be totally meaningless and irrelevant and add nothing to the piece overall. So in that respect yes; maybe I am a music snob! Although; I wouldn't put my music tastes as having more merit than anyone else's; people like what they like and laying into someone for the music they like is utterly pointless; no one who is into a particular sort of music is going to change their view just because I think it's a bit rubbish! For example I'm a massive country, rockabilly and rock n roll fan; all my friends hate it when I put my stuff on in the car or through the speakers but just because I take a bit of grief for it doesn't mean I would ever change my tastes. (You could argue that it's impossible to change one's tastes!) Sorry if I got a bit carried away here and none of that makes any sense btw.

QOTSA always go down well, we do "no one knows" which is a great song as well as some arctic monkeys stuff, dancing shoes, crying lightning etc

Absolutely love my one, surprisingly versatile fuzz for the price, I can get a lot of different tones out of it, the crossover feature is probably the best thing about this pedal. Can't say I've ver felt the need to use the noise gate but the DI out jack did save my bollocks the other day when an amp packed in and I was able to go into the sound desk using the big miff. Highly recommend!

One of my favourite ever bassists. I think he had the rare skill of knowing when play fast and melodic fills and when to drop back a bit, which is much harder than people give credit for IMO. I can't imagine him being one of those who when trying a bass in a shop spend half an hour relentlessly slapping! I guess he understood that in some situations less is more... Absolutely love his early Queen bass tone as well, so punchy and fat, wonder what he used for amplification...?

Absolutely hate them, I always insisted on buying them as a kid because that's what Brian May used... They're awful, heavy, more easily tangled and you always feel you're being pulled back towards your amp or pedal board which can only exert more pressure on the jack on the bass which can't do it any good.