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OK, that's enough poorly targeted passive aggressiveness, point (to BC at large) made, so here it is: The phone camera does not understand how deeply cherry red it's turned out - it's not as bright red and it's definitely more translucent than these pics suggest. Will update when I can get a proper camera pointed at it. All hail Rich/Ou7shined - the finish is absolutely stunning and the fretboard rescue miraculous considering the butchered/dehydrated state it arrived in. I helped! I played it at a gig on Saturday and I enjoyed rock solid tuning all set, felt great in the hands and according to my spies in the audience it was sounding great too. There are a couple of wee minor things still to sort. I think I got the wrong taper for the tone/mid pots as all the effect is concentrated in the last 20% or so of the pot rotation so I might replace them (I believe I have linear ones, according to the spares sheet for the Ripper I saw should be log/audio). I have no numbered switch plate for the rotary switch - a minor cosmetic detail but they're pretty rare and when they do pop up people ask stupid money for them (one just now wants £150 for one along with a chicken head knob - preposterous!). I'm using regular scale length strings and the A string can't quite handle being strung through the body so it's top loaded for now. But apart from that, it's pretty damn sweet. I feel even better about this one than when we finished the Victory, mostly because of where we started from this time. To save you looking back, this was how it started:

It's finished. I'd love to share a photograph with BC but I can't because I'm pretty sure if I fire a camera at it, the headstock'll fall off. Y'know, because it's a Gibson and they're well known for neck dive and spontaneous headstock detachment syndrome.

I have several of the same strap (Neotech) because I like 'em and they're the only strap I've found that makes some of my boat anchors/black hole centres tolerable. One of my basses has straplocks (done by previous owner) so it has its own strap.

Would do my nut in. I would also be worried. Then annoyed when my predictions came true. Then I'd probably leave.

Gibson Midtowns are 34" scale. Not strictly speaking semi-hollow either in the traditional sense of the word, they are chambered out of a solid piece of wood with a maple cap glued on the top rather than separate top, back and sides with or without central block.

You're not upsetting me, I'm quite partial to a bit of sterile, soulless EMG action

First bass line I ever played on a bass (when I was trying out my first one) was The Stranglers - Peaches. Cars by Gary Numan is also a fun one, two little riffs and the other bigger bit and that's about it

Shell Pink and Surf Green are two of the best colours - I would love to have one of either some day. Also echo the reservations about the tort pickguard - doesn't sit right with the colour for me.

I don't see a problem with it. I don't change strings every time I want to tinker with a bass - would make it an even more expensive hobby, and throwing out perfectly good strings is just a waste.

Gibson Les Paul DC/Money.

If it works for you, great. To help you imagine someone wanting it a different way - I don't care for blends, I'd rather have a switch. I use a blend pot like a switch anyway (all one way or the other or the middle detent). I have no need for the minute differences which may or may not result from having certain percentages of each pickup and I've got even less desire to fiddle with it.

All the time you spend rectifying the colour which isn't to your taste could be spent playing/practising (as the bass will be out of commission all that time and there's always the possibility it won't go well). Sounds harsh, but I wasted years of potential development when I started being far more interested in how basses work and tinkering with them, building bitsas, changing pickups and hardware etc. and while I'm grateful for the technical knowledge that imparted, I think I spent far too long on it. I'm sorry if I sound all preachy. Get inspired by the sounds you're making, not the colour of your bass? Get good enough and you won't even be looking at the bass when you play anyway

Ahh well, what can you do? You can't MAKE them cater for your whimsical tastes. Local music shops just aren't for me, as a bassist with my tastes in bass. C'est la vie. I occasionally drop in due to some naive hope that things might change one day, but it's usually a short visit.

Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1390926837899958/

The following weekend from our first gig in Perth, we will be back home in Aberdeen playing at the Moorings on the Friday night. Also playing that night - Strange Skies. Music starts with us at 9pm. See you there! Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/353278278194704/

OP - you don't have to justify yourself to a bunch of people sticking their oar in. This thread represents BC at its nitpicky worst. Embarrassing.

[quote name='Cameronj279' timestamp='1431608515' post='2773131'] Thank ya! If you get a gig in Glasgow I'll try and pop in [/quote] Perth at the end of the month. Getting closer to Glasgow

Sounding good min!

[quote name='MoJo' timestamp='1431595559' post='2772875'] Has anyone else experienced this on/off love for the Precision? [/quote] If even someone of my tastes has dabbled (Squier P, Fender Cabronita P), then there is no hope, sorry

In the kind of gigs we tend to play "Being a headliner" simply equates to "playing last" as far as I'm concerned.

This thread is awful. Just bloody awful. IMHO and all that, seeing as everyone's so touchy now.

[quote name='stuckinthepod' timestamp='1431530359' post='2772288'] Ok - now a big outcome plot followers. I just had a call from the Regional Ops Director at ParcelForce to tell me that the behaviour was unacceptable/contrary to what they stand for as a company and they have terminated the delivery guy's contract. [/quote] I thought they said they couldn't discuss it