Old Horse Murphy

My 1989 Trigger's Broom P Bass is the only bass I will never part with. It started life as a bog standard Fender USA P Bass that I bought from Don Mackrill's music shop in Edgware with some money I got from a summer job and a bit my parents gave me after my GCSE's. My Grandad took me to look at the shop but I was £50 short of the asking price. Fortunately for me, my Grandad made the difference up and I walked out with it Over the years it's had a change of pickup to a 62 Reissue, along with a 62 reissue pickguard (it was also fitted at one stage with a P Retro, hence the extra hole by the tone knob). It has also had a new high mass bridge fitted and a few years ago I had to replace the neck as the original was unplayable due to becoming more and more banana-like. I bought and fitted a new series Fender US neck around 2007/8 and it's a wonderful thing. At various stages with the waxing and waning of the fashion Moon it's had a Badass on it and also been fitted with pretty-much every colour pickguard imaginable! About 5 years ago, I asked Martin Sims to fitted side LED's after a run of gigs where I couldn't see a thing due to dark stages etc. They work a treat but are very expensive. As I said, it's a real Trigger's Broom and probably not worth a great deal to anyone but me. It's had a pretty interesting life so far and has shared stages with Ruby Turner, Beverley Knight and Alvin Stardust, along with the countless bands I've been in over the years. I know every ding and dent on it and love it all the more for it. Whenever I get a new bass, the P Bass takes a back seat until I come to my senses and realise it's still my number 1. I played it yesterday while trying to learn a few new songs and have fallen in love with it all over again

[quote name='TomWIC' timestamp='1388166572' post='2319068'] Ah, there's an input on the back - lovely stuff. My rack wireless is the first part of my chain out to my pedal tuner, so I'd to think I could go from the back of my wireless into the back of the Korg and then out the back of that to my board, keeping the front of the rack cable free? [/quote] Unfortunately you're asking totally the wrong person I don't use pedals etc and am generally a "lead straight in to the amp" kind of guy! It's a great bit of kit though

[quote name='TomWIC' timestamp='1388164209' post='2319038'] I love the looks of the PitchBlack Pro. How's it working out for you? Definitely want to add one to my rack, even if I am a little unsure about how to connect it up to my signal chain! [/quote] Still early days but it seems to be a great bit of kit and very easy to use. I've got it plugged in to the Tuner Out socket on the back of my amp in to the input socket on the back of the Tuner. It seems to work fine

I was fortunate enough to be given one of the new Korg rack tuners, so have racked it up with my GB Shuttlemax 12. Here they both are on top of my Bergantino CN212. It's a great setup, but the jury's out as to whether it's better (to my ears) than my old GB Shuttle 6.0 and a pair of Aguilar DB112's I had a few years ago.

The 2010 P Bass Deluxes with the Jazz pickup by the bridge did have shielding issues. Well, they had no shielding whatsoever! Fender had them returned back in swathes to resolve the issue. I had one for a short while and whilst the buzzing wasn't too bad, I coated the cavity with some shielding paint and then lined on top of the paint with copper tape (also on the back of the pickguard to completely seal the electrics). Although it took a bit of effort, it completely sorted any noise issues and made a super bass even more playable. I should hope that later models are leaving the factory with this issue resolved now, but if not, it's a simple fix so I wouldn't lose sleep over it

I just traded basses with Clarky (again) and must be close to beating the Clarky/Beedster record by now. As usual a completely hassle-free and super trade with one of Basschat's gentlemen. Highly recommended as ever. I'm trying to persuade him to offer Nectar points with every transaction. It would certainly make it easier to explain to my wife

[quote name='gareth' timestamp='1387118952' post='2308329'] there is something truly beautiful about an unlined board especially one in dark ebony [/quote] +1