Rayman

Of the few Precisions I've had, my top 3 goes like this: 1: 1990 MIJ Squier Precision - The best sounding and best playing P bass I've ever had. All original - £100 from ebay. 2: MIM Precision - Almost as good as the above. Lovely neck, comfortable and fast. Pimped with a SDQP - £350 used. 3: 1978 Fender Precision - Mojo a plenty, lots of thump, bit heavy. All original - £800 used. I've had a couple of US Standards, and I can't remember what they were like. That says quite a bit to me. Back on topic.....the Mexican one was a beauty. Good build quality and easy to play, OK, I put a QP in there, but only for the sake of it really, the original pup was fine as it was. To me, like with [i]ANY[/i] make of bass, if you look around and try a few, you can find a really good example, and with the price difference between MIM and MIA, I'd go for a [i]nice[/i] MIM every time. MIJ of course is in the mix too, but my experience with (older) MIJ Fenders hasn't been good. I had an MIJ Jazz, admitedly an oldish one, but it was rubbish in most respects, maybe I was unlucky.

I've tried a few 6ers. The Yamaha TRB6 is really nice, but for me, my Shuker is head and shoulders above everything else I've tried. It's all down to personal taste of course, but if you have a custom made bass, made by someone like Jon Shuker, or Alan at ACG, you get to input all your own ideas and work with the builder to get a bass that fits you perfectly, rather than an off the shelf mass made one. That said, there's nothing at all wrong with Ibanez or Yamaha etc, far from it, I'm a big fan of both, and the Ibanez SRs are pretty light too, whereas my Shuker weighs about the same as a small car.

I got them to sign my denim jacket at a record shop in Nottingham, before the Rock City gig in 1986. I also managed to grab a plectrum Johnny lobbed into the crowd after using it to play Warthog, and a signed photo from the Manchester gig the night before. I waited in vain for Dee Dee to hand over his Precision, but alas that never happened.

There are horror stories for every courier you care to mention. My experience with Parcel Force is that I've sent maybe.....20 guitars with them, over the counter at the post office, everything from cheap guitars to relatively expensive ones, and never had a problem, not once. However if the mis-sale of insurance is true then that's really not very good at all, I'll have a look into that. My horror stories all relate to TNT, I've used them via work on and off for many years, and the they have been utterly useless on most occasions. Unfortunately I have to use them as work tell me to. Business post were generally ok, but were often late, especially with 24 hour deliveries. ALL of my damaged items were handled by TNT. I would NEVER send an instrument with them under any circumstances.

[quote name='Linus27' post='1282578' date='Jun 25 2011, 11:24 PM']Fretted is good, just to get an idea on looks.[/quote] Here's mine..........

Ha.....didn't read the fretless bit...... I can do a fretted version.

I've got a few grand lying about in a carrier bag here somewhere.............think I'll have that Kingbass.

Been to see Jon today. There's an almost finished JJB there. Beautifully made bass, light (well, a small car would be lighter than my Shuker 6 string) and very classy looking. I've earmarked one for myself when I can afford it.

Just the one mate......and it's [b]gone[/b].

Oh shame, ah well, unless you fancy a trip over ? Yeah well, it's paid for, and we have a gig, so I'd rather it went to a Myung fan on BC than anywhere else.

Friday 22nd July. I have a gig, so I can't go. [b]GONE[/b]

I was gutted that she wasn't on the Prince dates at the O2 a couple of years back.

What a racket.....I lasted about 20 seconds on that first clip.

RayFW had a blizzard pearl USA Precision, here in Manchester. I think it was sold some time ago though.

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Fralins or Aeros. In my experience they were the dogs danglies. I've had both in a couple of Laklands and loved the crunchy bark and growl from them. Clean and clear highs and thumpy lows, and they cut through a treat. Marvellous. Also a heads up for Villex. I had a set of those in a H1 Jazz and they were fabulous too, but I think Villex have disappeared.

Cetera is your man when he's about. In my case, I had a Euro LX4, and it was absolutely stonking. The EMGs were fantastic combined with the Tonepump. Some people don't like the Tonepump, but I very much did. A mate of mine also had a Euro LX5 which was equally amazing in every respect. Power, tone, clarity, punch, everything I personally could ever want. However I moved onto 5ers and moved away from Spector purely because I couldn't find a 5er I like at the time. Possibly my favourite bass [i]ever[/i] was the NS that belonged to Peter (Greeneking). I've played hundreds of basses over the years, and that one is still the sexiest piece of timber I've ever had my hands on, period. I'm yet to play a bad one, from the budget models all the way up to the top end models, they're superb basses.