Rayman

Best budget passive basses for me are the Yamaha BB414 & the Fender Vintage Modified Jazz. You really don't have to spend big bucks to get a great sound.

[i]Gasp[/i]........my dream bass.

Bah... I saw the ash just after he'd left, replaced by Trevor Boulder, many years ago on the Number the Brave tour. They were brilliant, but not as good as the original line up. Thanks for posting that.

Erm........ what on earth went on 'ere then? Lovely bass, and a top bloke selling it, what happened??

Oh yes, I think I'll have to have that one too .

Thanks everyone for that.

Well I realize the covers aren't for everybody, but I like the vintage vibe, so for now they're staying on.

Yes Dave, I do like to charge about a bit, and at one time it'd be below waist level being swung in all directions, but I've melowed in my old age, and it's at stomach height and I'm a bit more subdued. After rehearsing with it a couple of nights ago, I can tell you it's without doubt the best Precision I've had my hands on, no question, and that surprised me. I'd expected a nice old bass, but not a tone monster too, and that's what it is. Steve Harris & JJ Burnel rolled into one, just what I was after.

I daren't even hint at whether or not it's a keeper, I'm a totally hopeless case when GAS hits me, and I was really gutted to let the Overwater go to buy this, but I'm skint, so I had to. Am I glad? F*** yes.

Thanks to Paul for selling it to me, and I'm afraid mate it won't be coming back to you anytime soon. This bass is exactly what I was after. It's a total stonker.

Outstanding sir, very nice to see it brought back to life, good job.

Hmmm don't know, close, but I'm not sure. The logo in the centre of the headstock isn't identical.

Don't think it is Hagstrom actually, unless it's a new logo.

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Look under Mark rehearsals June 08.

Hagstrom??

Very very nice indeed, black/maple Precision, hard to beat.

Eh thenk yoo..........

Rehearsal with it tonight, and we rehearse at gig volume, so I'll get a good idea of how it will sound. Looking forward to tonight a lot.

Superb, how did you get the 'jack colour scheme on blighty?

Just goes to show, the bass in your hands is only a tool. The tone is in your fingers to a large degree, and a competent musician can produce many tones from his instrument. The Bongo, as mad as it looks can do almost anything you want it to, and in the hands of someone who can really [i]play[/i] it's a top quality bass.

Yes, I'm sure it'd sound great on an upright, but that's kind of not the point.

It's got some weight to it yeah, but not bad really, after the Overwater which was a bit of a beast this is quite nice in comparison.

Did someone mention Tony Pulis' barmy army?? The [i]MIGHTY[/i] potters.

I haven't forgoten mate.

Like I said, with my track record for turning stuff over, I could never hand on heart say anything is for ever, but I do like this bass an awful lot, so I live in hope.

How are you getting on with the Shuker/ACG basses you went to check out?

Sandbergs are the mutts nutts, simple as that. I [i]nearly[/i] got me mitts on Tomboys blackburst one a few months back, but he sensibley hung on to it. I've played them straight off the wall in PMT and they were to die for, tone and playability by the bucket load, and having played Alans (shown above) round a Peters last night, that just reinforced my GAS for one. Outstanding basses.

Oh mother...........I [i]love[/i] that.

Very nice to get me mits on those last night Peter, the ACG and the Overwater are, of course, outstanding, but that G&L was the big surprise to me, superb bass that.

Of course, I was [i]very[/i] taken with Alans' Sandberg too, but that [i]Sadowsky[/i] ? Strewth, that's special.

Top bloke Dave, and a top player.

Where is the bass stored between playing?

I sweat like a glass blowers arse during gigs, and my strings last me months rather than weeks, and I don't clean them. I just wondered if the bass was stored in a high humidity area, or somewhere cold/damp?

Here's a few pics of my latest acquisition, a 1978 Fender Precision care of Paul. All original we [i]think[/i], apart from the chrome pickup cover which was just added by me.






Very happy with it indeed, but a couple of gigs should give me a better indication of sound. It seems punchy actually, admittedly it has a new set of Super Slinkys on it, but it certainly has some nice attack to it. Definitely keeping the pickup covers on it, and apart from the Dunlop straplocks (I've kept the original buttons of course) it'll absolutely stay exactly as is.

Shame my lovely Overwater had to go to pay for it, but, needs must.

Don't ask me if it's a keeper, many of you know me by now, and know that I can't answer that, but I'm very happy with it.

Drop...dead....gorgeous.

I guess if it was me I'd be looking for vintage Fenders, a good example that plays and sounds nice, but will hold it's value too. However, I suppose I'd be looking at Fodera and Overwater too.