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Don`t look at the Tony Butler Sig Precision, Liam, it`s a cricket-bat-chunker of a neck. Which is nice (imo).

Yeah I`ve heard bands do Slither by Velvet Revolver/By The Way by Chillies and try and do the low notes an octave higher and it destroys the songs - although I`m a committed 4-string player I do accept that if I ever get to the point where I need those low notes then a fiver will be on its way to Chez Lozz, no playing an octave higher for me.

Probably the most/best publicity TC have had in a long while, put them back on the radar I`d reckon. And @0175westwood29 fully agree, some of the lyrical content I`ve heard in rap when it`s on at work - the younglings seem to like it - would deserve better attention from those getting the hump about the name of an effects pedal.

They were a band me and my mates liked back in the 80s. Aside from Blister in The Sun I couldn`t name any of their other material but in that long hot summer - or so it seemed at the time - of 86, the VFs were always on one of our car stereos.

I can`t remember who it was but someone on here put that they started with Reds, went on to try Blacks and found that they preferred the Reds.

Do a search for Herrick Pickups, they`re very good and Martin is a member on here as well.

I`ve found in the past that swapping a regular Fender BBOT for either a Gotoh or Badass on my Precisions has somehow "tightened" the sound a tad, and lost some mids. Nothing that I`d ever hear at band volumes but at home practice levels it was noticeable. A bit like the strings suddenly sounded a bit newer is the easiest way to describe it.

I`ve swapped from Roto steel rounds to Warwick Red Label rounds and yes, I get about 2+ months out of them, rather than the up to a month on the Rotos. They sound very similar as well, and that`s the killer for me.

I`d look at the Ashdown RM range - the amps are great, def the best class D amps I`ve used. The cabs are nice too, light, sound very nice and the 1x12s are about the same sort of size as the NY121s. The 2x10 & 1x15 of the RM range are bigger but not that much. Plenty to choose from and the RM range packs a punch. And to top it all off very reasonably priced as well.

Yeah I`ve always been a tad suspicious of bands that seem to play really old hollow-body guitars etc in their vids, when the sound would suggest something rather more modern had been used on the recording.

I have the ABM 600 EVO IV and it`s the best amp I`ve ever had. Admittedly I get all my eq from my Para Driver but that`s due to me using many provided/shared rigs, but I can get the Para Driver sound from the ABM easily. It has power to spare, and with the compression, drive, and 9-band eq is probably the most flexible amp I`ve ever had. And as per @Mudpups post, when your on a big stage and have to turn it up it doesn`t get lost, the bulkiness and weight of the sound are still there.

I`m pretty sure that I read on Talkbass that the Tonehammer is pretty DB like, might be worth checking out? If extra warmth needed then add in a DHA VT would be an easy way to do it.

There are a few venues but for us it`s more of a case of the types of events - the ones where there are 10 bands on an all-day bill, but where there`s nowhere to store your gear, so in effect the audience is 9 other bands and their guitars/drums as no other punters can get in. Other than that there`s nowhere that we`ve categorically said we won`t play again.

Dan bought a cab from me. As I`m from darn sarf and he`s from oop north we met at a gig I was playing in the midlands for the handover. Had a good chat as you do. Comms throughout were good, swift payment, all that`s good in a transaction. Hope you like the cab Dan, it`s a cracker.

Well I`ve had a TC BH250, and use one pretty regularly as a provided amp. Connected to an efficient cab they are pretty decent little amps. I know there`s this thing with TC about over-rating their power but if it`s loud enough it`s loud enough. Certainly the one I used last night connected to a 610 of some sorts was plenty for on-stage, and the one I had I used to connect to a Barefaced Super 12 and it was enough on its own for a pub-sized venue.

Not sure, on my Precisions these frets are fine and I also use a bright tone so it may be something to do with set up - try raising the saddles at the bridge half a turn, having a slightly higher action can make a lot of difference to the notes.

I`ve not done it - yet. But for me I find my fingers falling over each other on a Jazz neck,I almost find them too easy to play, so prefer the chunkiness of a Precision. The real answer is to become a better player and be equally competent on both but as I prefer a Precision neck at some point I`ll get round to doing this.

I think it was worth your soul, @Creeper

That`s why I always connect the DI cable to my Sansamp - a straight bass sound would decimate the sound of our band, much the same way as getting the guitarist to play his Les Paul with no gain.

In all honesty I rarely use more than the E & A, the D being visited now & again and the G only in one song. So you may well be spot on, Baz

Yeah the 40th edition of Never Mind The Bollocks is on my radar but at nearly £40 I`m a bit reluctant. It is my fave album of all time tho, so maybe I should.

Tools for the job, most of the theatre acts and music shows I`ve seen the bassists have used fivers, whereas on the punk scene a five string bass is rare - if ever - to be seen.

I`ve just bought the re-mastered version of Appetite for Destruction and it`s great. Before the guitars were mainly Slash, whereas now you can really hear the distinction between him and Izzy and it`s a revelation, Izzy does so much and his lines are quite a lot different to what Slash plays. It really makes for good listening, hearing two separate guitar lines fitting so well together.

Un-modded is generally what I look for. I`ve been throught he changing pickups/bridges thing and have realised I prefer my Precisions stock.I`m not that fussed over a bit of wear & tear, as long as it looks like genuine wear and not an instrument that has either not been cared for, or made to look worn.

Sold an amp to Manuel. Swift payment and good comms throughout. Turned out to be cheaper to drive it there than courier it so had a trip to Southampton where the cruise ship he works on had docked, got a nice day out as well as a good transaction, bonus.