Rayman

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='648963' date='Nov 8 2009, 06:16 PM']It could be a Standard, Classic Vibe, Vintage Modified, Affinity or many other ranges, can you find out what type of Squier it is?[/quote] ...and that makes a big difference to whether you're getting a reasonable or a great bass.

Take your time....don't rush into buying anything.....and go to shop and try everything around your price range. An experienced bass player can take the chance on buying online etc because he/she knows what they're looking for, but for someone who's unsure what they want, buying before trying is more dangerous, you might end up with a bass you don't like. If there's a shop near you that you can get to to try stuff, do that before you do anything else. There's a lot of players here who can give you good advice on models and makes to look out for, but at the end of the day it's your choice, so take your time.

Congratulations mate, beautiful bass, and a beautiful missus too. Those P5s are absolutely outstanding. I had a go on Homer's P5 and was knocked out, loved it.

My most surreal moment was one night when I was walking home from a gig, suddenly, the sky turned bright green, and these giant ladybirds dressed as pantomime dames came running out of a side street, shouting "bananas, bananas" in Greek, while playing football with watermelons, and waving red and white striped chocolate flags with a picture of my face on them. That was pretty surreal.

The rule is..... it doesn't matter who made it or where it was made, if it feels, sounds and looks cool for you, it's your bass. Nothing wrong with Cort or Yamaha, nice basses. For rock and metal I would argue that Ibanez basses are really good, but you can't go wrong with a nice Jazz or Precision. If I was in your position, I'd be looking seriously at the Fernandes in a link above.

Heck no...you can play [i]any[/i] music on [i]any[/i] model of bass period.

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[quote name='dave_bass5' post='648591' date='Nov 8 2009, 10:22 AM']He's the drummer ;-)[/quote] Ha ha....OK.....I'm not a fan obviously.

Wasn't Tico Torres the bass player originally? Or have I got that wrong?

[quote][/quote] That sir, is possibly the best looking bass I've ever seen.....[i]wow[/i]!

I have heard of a couple of instances where the headstock had either cracked or broken off while in transit due to string tension. Whether or not that would happen with no tension on the neck is debateable, but it was a well known luthier who advised me to slacken the strings while posting it.

Yes, always. It takes the strain off the neck while being thrown from pillar to post by the couriers.

Thee was a lot of, [i]what I'd call[/i], top end stuff there. A few Fenders at the back of the stage, some nice ones too, including Paul's '73 and Alan's P5, but the ACGs, Seis, Sadowskys etc were stealing the show.

Brilliant day all round. Great people and some great gear too, by a mile the best bash I've been to in the years I've been on here (and Bassworld). Highlights for me....Eude on the ACG fretless, Dave Perry's monster tones, Toasted's Sadowsky, Greeneking's wonderful Spectors, the cheesburger in the caff, Homer's rig, and all rounded off with a set from Peter's (greeneking) band in a pub near Penrith, with Peter leading from the front on his lovely sounding Status. Thouroughly fantastic weekend, in a great town, with some great people, can't wait for the next one.

Ha ha....she was out Steve, no wife, no kids just peace and quiet. Cheers for that Al, it was great to see you mate, pity we were crap in the first set, second set as usual was [i]much[/i] better. I kept standing on the lead into my floor tuner and pulling it out. I just couldn't work out why my sound kept going off , ah well, sussed it out in the end. Yeah the Fernandes didn't get a fair go last night, when the sound went off I quickly took it off and put the Kinal on before realizing it wasn't a bass problem, but a lead problem instead. Totally threw me, and it took a handful of songs for the panic to wear off and for me to settle down again. I played the Fernandes with the EQ flat, so it was a little uninspiring tone wise at first. but as soon as I played with the EQ at half time it sounded mega second half. Superb basses both of 'em, and I'd be a numpty to sell either. Luckily no-one wanted the Kinal when it was up for sale, as you say Peter, I really should hang on to it, it's beyond compare to anything else I've owned.

Gig's @ The Lowes Arms in Stockport tonight mate. Yes Ped, Robert Trujillo uses a Fernandes, different model to mine though and probably a custon job. Fernandes are best know for the budget stuff they make, but these APB-5s (APB-100 not sure which) are at the higher end of the scale I believe.

I've got the hots for that sunburst '51 RI on the wall.....stunning.

Nice set up sir, an extensive collection there, and a bit of a rocker I presume? I loved my White Epi TB, cracking basses, and I was fond of my 78 P bass too, should've kept that one. How do the Dirnt and Hoppus compare? I've had my eye on both in the past.