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[quote name='bluesparky' post='406457' date='Feb 11 2009, 03:32 PM']nope, i think he meant:[/quote] Damn you, I thought of it quicker, you just jumped the que. Good news is we made this thread to page two. We'll beat that jazz thread before long

He might mean,

Oh please, not Blues. All that pissing about bending 1 single note for about half an hour, looking like your in total pain and ripping the note from deep within your heart. Not to mention some old goat singing over it about breaking up with his sisters aunties, cousins dog. Then there is the bass playing. Does anyone do anything different apart from root, 3rd and 5th. Oh yeah, root, 1st, 3rd and 5th. Woohoo, genius.

[quote name='josh3184' post='406435' date='Feb 11 2009, 03:23 PM']like a dagger to my face sir, you are a bounder and a cad. I shall write an epic telling tales of you. With lightning. And thunder. and blood. And DEATHWHALES YAR![/quote] Oh god, please no, just when we thought Meatloaf was gone forever, along comes a young pretender. Not more cheese please

[quote name='josh3184' post='406428' date='Feb 11 2009, 03:18 PM']Metal prevails! [/quote] Yeah its nearly as old, boring, cheesy, tacking and out-dated as Jazz

[quote name='josh3184' post='406420' date='Feb 11 2009, 03:14 PM']Leave! Go back to your 3 chord pop punk! [/quote] HAHAHAHA you actually had me laughing out loud in the office and everyone is looking at me wondering why I am laughing like a big kid

Metal is so cheesy with your your leather pants, long hair and white guitars with stupid pointed angled heads

Burn him, he is a witch.

[quote name='bilbo230763' post='406354' date='Feb 11 2009, 02:46 PM']I think they just call it rrrrrrrrrock grrrr[/quote] No no no, Bon Jovi is rrrrrrock, Whitesnake is rrrrock, Europe is rrrrock, Nickleback is sh*t rrrrock

Its still the best music. Catchy guitar riffs. Simple guitar solos, non of this metal or jazz frett w***ing rubbish. Vocals that you can understand and hear and does not sound like your screaming or strangling a cat like that metal rubbish. Driving powerful basslines and not a stupid 6 string jazz bass guitar solo in sight and proper drums, non of this metal 402 toms toms, 18 kick drums or I'm just going to play on the hi hat with some paint brushes in a silly jazz style. The best bit, you can jump around to it like a nutter. By the way, I love jazz and some metal. I'm just taking the piss before someone takes me seriously

Bands like Foo Fighters, Green Day, Paramore, Killers, Fall Out Boy, Blink 182, All American Rejects, Yellowcard, Evanescence, Linkin park, 30 Seconds To Mars, Kings of Leon to name a few. So much energy and drive and so much better than that Jazz and Metal rubbish

[quote name='obbm' post='388283' date='Jan 22 2009, 10:27 AM']Most drummers I play with have the Hi hat on their left. Are you a left-handed drummer or are you looking at this from the audience viewpoint? Anyway facing the audience I prefer to stand to the drummer left, next to the snare/hi hat so I can see the Kick pedal easily.[/quote] Yep me also, drummer's left (hi-hat side). Its the proper side a bassist should be on.

[quote name='Krysbass' post='405729' date='Feb 10 2009, 08:50 PM']I respect the judgment of the countless professional players, many of whom are more accomplished than myself and who swear by Fender basses. But I'm sorry; I just don't get it. I don't accept that a bass from the 1950's made from fairly ordinary materials without the resource of any of the technological breakthroughs made since can be as good as its devotees claim it is, here in 2009. Then there's the prices for the USA models. I just couldn't live with paying all that money, to own something that at least visually, is little different to the £99 copies you see in music shop windows.[/quote] I can see your point to a degree, and to some point, agree that the US prices are a little steep. However, you really can't compare a £99 pound bass to a 2009 US Vintage Fender bass. Cheap Chinese cars look like copies of a lot of European cars/Japanese cars but I know what I would have.

[quote name='skankdelvar' post='405524' date='Feb 10 2009, 05:14 PM']I really wouldn't recommend doing that simultaneously. You won't get a proper idea of the tone, playability, etc. Priorities, please.[/quote] HEHEHE I'll stick with just the bass for now. Like you say, priorities

Would be interested in hearing what you think of them and the difference in tone.

Got a reply from Fender regarding the pickups. They can supply them but there may be an 8 week wait. However the prices are great. 0055230000 PICKUP ASSY 75 JAZZ BASS NECK RRP £42.99 0055231000 PICKUP ASSY 75 JAZZ BASS BRG RRP £42.99 0019740000 PICKUP/SHIELD ASSY 57 P BASS RRP £53.99 Might go and get me some

[quote name='ogri' post='405473' date='Feb 10 2009, 04:25 PM']buddy, i hadta look up GAS in the acronyms before i understood what the hell you was on about. i thought it was some sort of drugs related term that had yet to filter its way down to us fen weasels i have the answer to your problems. but you wont like it.. dont buy either ..for now, hang on to your hard earned, roll the volume off the back pick up on your jazz when you want a precisiony sound. and wait. either 1) summat nice, exactly what you want and possibly vintage will come up on here at the right price eventually or 2) your gas will pass. of course you will completely ignore this advice, the same as i would have at your age but you know it makes sense rodders.... [/quote] HAHAHA sorry about the lingo. Unfortunately, the GAS is strong in me and I do not think I will be able to hold back. Also, Fender have just got back to me with regards to the pirices of the US 57 Vintage pickups and the US 75 vintage pickups for my Jazz and the prices are excellent.

[quote name='Old Horse Murphy' post='405446' date='Feb 10 2009, 03:30 PM']Shame you're not looking for a US P. I may be moving mine on due to my old hearing problems coming back [/quote] What colour is your US P??? Please don't say sunburst

[quote name='skankdelvar' post='405438' date='Feb 10 2009, 03:25 PM']Sorry - now I understand. Good excuse to get out there and have some trial runs. Enjoy [/quote] What making babies or trying basses

[quote name='WHUFC BASS' post='405421' date='Feb 10 2009, 03:11 PM']I'd buy whichever one feels the most playable. There's some really good replacement P-bass pickups out there - not least the Kent-Armstrong Hot Vintage pickup which sounds absolutely amazing.[/quote] Yes, I need to basically go and try them. At the moment I am leaning towards the 50's Classic Precision but then in the flesh, I might hate the Honey Blonde. I have emailed Fender asking if they sell the 57 vintage pickups from the American 57 re-issue but so far neither the US or UK have got back to me.

[quote name='skankdelvar' post='405399' date='Feb 10 2009, 02:52 PM']The question you should be asking is - which one do I buy first? And how long do I leave it before I buy the other one?[/quote] HAHAHA well, there is a problem with that idea. You see, I have a Jazz, I have a fretless, I have a Musicman and I have a double bass. What I don't have is a Precision. Now my wife is adorable and very supportive, so much so that she bought me the fretless for Xmas as a nice surprise. However, just having a new born baby, she has said that we need to be careful with money this year. I kind of said to her that the only bass left I want for my collection is a precision. I don't want any more after that. So she has agread that its ok to get the precision as long as it is the last one. I mean, I am running out of room as it is anyway Of course, she said I can have as many basses as I like but for each extra one would result in another baby per bass. Now some would say, thats perfect a new bass and sex but to be honest, the baby bit is putting me off. I have two kids as it is.

[quote name='BigRedX' post='405257' date='Feb 10 2009, 12:27 PM']I'm 48, I play in an originals band, and although I did own a Squier VMJ for about a year I never have and never will own a Fender... ;-) Having said that I have an audition for a covers band tomorrow night (I do like the audience appreciation!), but will balance that by hopefully releasing an album or two of original stuff later in the year. PS I do wear slippers, but only because I find the idea of wearing outdoor shoes in the house unhygienic.[/quote] Whats wrong with just wearing socks???

Thats a concern of mine, the sound of the 51. I think I would prefer the warmer sound of the 50 precision. Thanks for your input.

[quote name='Huggy and the Bears' post='405228' date='Feb 10 2009, 11:52 AM']Well this has given me some positive (I think?) reassurance! I'm 38, play covers and gig with a Stingray, sometimes with my Sunbust P bass (1988 62RI) and last night took delivery of a new Marcus Miller Jazz! A good tip however is that slippers are really comfy for playing in at home. Not gigged yet with slippers on but I was wondering, if you were to gig wearing your slippers, what style would you go for...??? Is this the start of a new thread or am I losing the plot??? And ... would you have Jazz slippers, P Bass slippers and Stingray slippers??? Am I losing it???[/quote] I think you questions are very valid and should be explored. I think whatever you feel most comfortable in. However Precision slippers have to be in patterned brown with the stretchy elastic on each side. Its classic, its retro and is the only way to go. Jazz slippers, well, they only came a few years after the Precision slippers and so should be made of either black or dark brown leather and don't require the stretchy bits on each side. They also don't have the heel lip. This makes the Jazz slipper thiner and much lighter. As for Stingray slippers, these can be any modern design from the late seventies up to modern day. Just beware of cheap copies or novelty ones with things like Homer Simpson or Dr Who designs. There are also another type you can buy. They are slab bodied and made of wood. Not as comfy but very solid. I believe they are known as cloggs.