TCsBass

Similar to Muppet's post, I've got the American Elite which is a storming bass, but never got around to playing the MIM model. I know Andertons have a few left in white.

Judging by the wear and age of your instrument, I’d estimate around £550-£600 as a fair price. You might get a little more with the original Status pickups re installed. You’ll need to contact Status to get a replacement blend control knob too.

[quote name='Rich' timestamp='1497108377' post='3315919'] My only problem with the preamp is the sheer amount of cut/boost (specifically boost) on the bass control. The tiniest little movement plays havoc with your tone, there's far too much available. I'm half tempted to disconnect the pot and just solder a fixed resistor of the right value in its place. Apart from that, I love everything about it. [/quote] And what's so bad about giving the odd audience member temporary heart failure..?

I'm sure they all sound like basses at the end of the day. What counts is the setup and the player.

I did a couple of long tours in the States with a 63 Precision. It was getting to be quite a delicate thing and had a trip to a luthier in Nashville mid way through to have various new cracks sealed up before it disintegrated completely. I ended up doing most of the tour on a loaner AVRI 62 which never sounded as good. Eventually ended up selling on and more recently revisited the Precision with a new American Professional this year. Much more reliable.

I haven't read the whole thread, but I'm sure someone else will have mentioned that the 2013-2014 model was a lot nicer. It sounded really dry and crisp and was great to play. I don't think many of those sold either. But this new Tobias/Thunderbird hybrid style doesn't work for me at all. As someone on the first page stated, it's very *Meh*!

How are you finding the Aguilar 60's split coil? I keep thinking about getting one of those Squier Classic Vibe 70's Precisions and chucking the Aguilar in there, amongst other mods, but I've been distracted with how good my American Professional sounds with the new Fender V-Mod pickup.

Humour... an Earth concept. It... is... not logical, Jim!

[quote name='SpondonBassed' timestamp='1503645617' post='3359854'] Rubbish! You limit yourself. It isn't the tab's fault. You can get badly written score and all you know. I look at many sources of tab, not just one. I never rely on just one interpretation of a song. It would be daft to do so. Another point. All you folk who are poo-pooing tab because it has no meter are living in the past. Tab can be written with tails on the numbers just the same as you can with dots. Cuh! Sorry for unloading on you TCsBass but I see a lot of pretentious crap being said by die-hard score users so it is important to redress the balance. There is a choice of ways to read and write music and they both work. That is all. [/quote] I'll give you an example... I recently flew to Seattle for a recording session and I could read fluently, whereas the guitarist was writing patterns of tab out ad infinitum. My tracks were done in a day and a half. I had three lovely days free to explore Washington State while the guitarist was still p*****g around. The simple difference was that I could sight read the parts and understand what the artist wanted there and then and didn't need to memorise anything. So I'm not pooh-pooing tablature at all, merely stating a practical fact. People can do things whichever way and however they want to. I'm just lucky that I'm a classically trained musician, which gives me a massive advantage.

Congratulations! Looks really nice, vintage and quite individual.

Tablature isn't necessarily evil, but it does limit you as a player to one person's idea of fingerings and only one way of doing things. Learning to read music isn't hard if you apply yourself and opens up so many more possibilities. And in the pro arena you do need it as a skill. As with many things, there's a right way to do things and several thousand wrong ways. Depends how invested you really want to be in your development as a musician.

American Professional Precision/Elite Dimension straight into TC Electronic Combo 750 (2x10) and RS112 cab. No messing. One lead, no pedals. Works for all pro jobs and recordings. Who needs all that messing about?

Yes, I've got the 4-string American Professional Precision. As people have probably mentioned, the changes are quite small compared to the previous American Standard models, but quite succinct. I compared the rosewood with the maple and the rosewood is not only warmer sounding, but notes have more definition. The maple sounds almost too shimmery if that makes sense? The V-Mod pickup is very good and a great improvement over the overly dark sounding CS62 used previously and they generally seem lighter than before, so win win. Only complaint people seem to have (apart from the cost!) is a lack of definition on the E string, but that's easily sorted with a good setup. My only complaint is that the narrow/tall frets make sure you play on your fingertips, as notes require more finger pressure. But that's just my excuse for sloppy LH technique

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