Telebass

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[quote name='silddx' post='1277473' date='Jun 21 2011, 06:39 PM']Not really, punk died a quick death and Rush are still here [/quote] Classic! Bilbo is totally right on. As is everyone else who says all musicians are self-indulgent. Any performance artist must be, to some extent, otherwise they simply would not do what they do... My 0.02c...

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Had our first self-promoted gig on Friday, and although mistakes were made and lessons learnt (not performance related, more logistics etc), it was a big success! If we can get up to the next level of venues, we're away!

Like it says...mystery. Or I'm stupid (eminently possible...)

No, not tried that. However, the lowering has had quite as large an effect as anything else, including rewiring the pickup. I'll certainly now keep it in the 'usable' category, rather than 'plaything' or 'spare', so I guess I'm on the plus side of the equation for now. May even try (if the screws are long enough) lowering it [i]beneat[/i]h the pickguard a la Fender Marauder of 1966...

Leaving aside possibly bad strings, I just can't imagine breaking a bass string. Not once in 40+ years...

Lots of P love? Sure! Original is nearly always best.

I can never figure out why anyone finds any Precision neck too wide - it's the same, even at its widest, as a 6-string guitar...

The single thing that guarantees it as a fake is that Jazzes with the big TV logo like that don't have the Offset Contour Body decal out on the ball. It was dropped when that changed. Also, if headstock-end truss rod adjust, it should have the big bullet, and, of course, be a three-bolt neck. Wrong in oh so many ways. Castration should be looming large in his life...

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It's still the bass that makes people say, "Wow, that sounds [i]nice[/i]!"

Howdy! No idea why you can't access that thread...mod? Japcrap thread could do with reviving, methinks!

I've been trying to get my Squier to be a bit more generally usable, tone-wise, since I got it in May 2007. The zingiest strings, far-out amp settings, re-wire to parallel humbucker, you name it. All had some effect, but all were overpowered by the sheer power of the pickup. I returned it to stock wiring, and put it back to spare. However, yesterday, I tried something a little different. I lowered the pickup until completely flush with the pickguard. This has evened the tone out a great deal, although it's still pretty deep! And, for all that distance, still very loud! Has anyone else tried similar? If so what were the results?

I have no time for them at all as instruments, but they sure do look good!

6 digits is fine. Bought mine new, has 6.

Oh, that would be great, a 2nd edition! In my way, I'm just as obsessed, just don't have the cash to go after it. However, not because the vintage stuff is in any way superior - it's not - but because this was the start of it all, bass-wise. On that score, vintage, especially the slabs, is great!

Ibanez ATK - pretty similar, methinks...

If you want speakers and tweeters for Markbass, again it's Proel, as they are the ditributors for B&C speakers which is what Markbass use.

Wow Rick, if Detlef Schmidt had known about your collection, you'd probably have featured rather prominently in his book on 51-54 Precisions! Wow! Again, wow!

Howdy! I play slabs also. Reissues only, though! Still a great bass by any standards, and a tribute to the rightness of Leo's thinking!

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I did start on the guitar, but I'd no sooner set eyes on a bass than I was struck by that Will Smith moment - "I just gotta get me one o' these!"