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[quote name='Marcus' post='436083' date='Mar 16 2009, 01:53 PM']that generation of jazz bass has a way better bridge that the bent tin jobbies, so maybe the difference was less noticable. . . . ATB Mark[/quote] A string-through-body bass doesn't require a high mass bridge - it has the whole body to lean on. S-T-B tries to clamp the bridge to the body, whereas a top-loader is always trying to tear it off. Most of the 'masss' on a BAII is the large front portion, which is mainly there to utilise the 'trying-to-tear-it-off' leverage to put metal up against wood, and handily give more saddle travel. It always amazed me that people wanted to take the bridges off Telecaster basses and put on BAIIs. OK, so you get four saddles, but it can't compete against STB. It's not better or worse, just different. And there are ways to get even a two-saddler to intonate pretty well... And the 'bent bit of tin' is, in any case, perfectly adequate for the job. Otherwise, even Fender would have replaced it by now. The new 'HiMass' bridges are not that different to the originals, although they are certainly prettier!

V&R cater to a particular clientele, to whom the premium prices are of little or no concern. That's their business model, and as they are still around in these hard times, they are doing something right. I personally think it's all a bit overblown, but then I'm well known on here for generally pooh-poohing the vintage thing anyway. Good luck to them! As a (former) guitar shop salesman, I am as aware as Ben that you simply cannot please everyone, no matter what you do.

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Or just get a Squier VM P TB, and use it stock, or put a J pickup in it somewhere.

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Leo always had pens/pencils/small tools about him somewhere. Always.

Good luck with that, nice freebie! Do tell how it all evolves.

Can't adjust the one in my combo

I use a GS 415B and it is excellent, although the folding head is secured by an allen grub screw that does tend to slacken off a bit. Doesn't make it unsafe, just loose-fitting.

Rotosound Rotobass: nickel rounds, no silk, high quality, low price. Who needs more than that?

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IMHO, valve bass amps = more weight, more bad backs, more reliability issues. No matter how well designed and built. You HAVE to know how to look after them properly to achieve the best reliability, and have the ear of a good tech to service them regularly. All this is great if you're happy doing that, but they're not cheap to get serviced, no matter how you slice and dice it. And I'm saying all this as an electronics tech who was trained on valves, and is rather fond of them. I just would not be so crazy as to take out something weighing any more than the 6.5lbs of the LMII. There's simply no point...And if what you want is clear, clean power, SS is easily the only way to go. I do want a valve amp. I want a silverface 50W Fender Bassman and 2x15, as I used to use in the Penguin Night Club in Swaziland, in 70/71. That would now be my home practice rig!

On my Precisions, it never made the slightest difference that I could hear...and they disallow bridge covers.

BAd luck, Al. But it seems you're back on A right track! I've been trying to get a blues thing together on and off for ages now. At least I have the Precisions! Good luck!

[quote name='OldGit' post='433974' date='Mar 13 2009, 05:56 PM']Yeah you could ask Jimijimi - he Custom Shop Fender bass turned up on ebay being sold by a shop after he lent it to someone :0 I don't think this will happen here (unless it's stolen from the gig of course) but it's just not a good idea[/quote] That's...I'm lost for words...

[quote name='Voodoosnake' post='433923' date='Mar 13 2009, 05:20 PM']I dont even allow support acts to use my rig..........should it blow, then my gig is knackered. It seems hard to tell people but Ive never turned up for a gig without gear and never would expect to use other rigs, I know my tone and carry my gear accordingly. Col[/quote] Precisely. "If you can't be bothered to bring your kit, you're not playing" is what I'd say to anyone asking. If something blows out, too bad. If mine blows out on me, too bad. When I can afford a 2nd LMII, I will carry backup, just as I do for my basses.

Short answer: I never lend gear.

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As it says over there <<<<<... Chris Squire's sound is not a 'Rickenbacker' sound, it's a 'Chris Squire' sound...

Even Fender have done a P-P ( oo-er!) in the early -80s Elite IIs...

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Also, it's patently not pre-CBS as claimed, even out of his own words - CBS took over in January 1965. There's this myth that all L-series instruments are pre-CBS, and it isn't even nearly true.