police squad

it doesn't bother me at all, weird isn't it. I've got two Adam Clayton basses (for my U2 tribute) a Slash Les Paul, JMJ mustang and recently added a John Taylor Dingwall to the arsenal. But the Adam Clayton jazz bass looks lovely

what's the problem with the signature on the headstock?

I'd buy the Adam Clayton signature jazz, if I wanted a jazz I did have a Flea jazz and it sounded awesome

I used to think £1500 was expensive In my Police tribute I would take my Bravewood £1500 and maybe the Steinberger £2000. That's £3500 worth of basses in a pub. This was a few years ago I now use a Harley Benton! This year I bought a Harry White 4003 at £1500, which considering a genuine Ric is much more money I don't see it as expensive But I've just paid £2600 for a Dingwall JT4. Now I do consider this purchase expensive, yes it's tax deductable but it won't ever be my main bass, so in terms of income over expenditure it's expensive (but as a life long JT fan, worth every penny) I have guitars that were £2000 new in 2010 and they are worth north of £4000 now but I gigged them for 3-4 years when i bought them and didn't really think about their value. My main U2 tribute basses are 2nd hand, coming in at about £500 each with the relic P bass build coming in at about £250, that's a total of £1250. These basses earn good money. Like all things, expensive is subjective. My £450 1973 P bass that I've gigged since 1990 was cheap at the time (no one wanted a P bass in 1990), I was doing 100 gigs a year then at £30 a gig, £3000 for the year, not bad in 1990 for a pub band

and they made it left handed for him, which was unusual. He also started playing bass in Germany I think, when Stuart left

I've seen her using a Status and a JayDee in the past

As a life long John Taylor fan I simply had to get myself one of these Dingwalls. I don't really do more than one pickup and volume, tone knob. This was b stock from Thomann. It had been used in their photos and has a slight ding on the back An amazing set up, action as low as Ive ever played and the pre-amp is amazing too. If only I had some gigs booked that weren't tribute gigs. Fanned frets. My word, just don't look at them. It does sound quite P bass like on the neck pickup I'll bring the Ampeg into my music room over the christmas break and see how it really sounds

how does it sound thru an amp, neck pickup turned all the way up and bridge pickup turned all the way down?

I paid 600 quid for mine, when I auditioned for The Fizz. Sang live, they edited it and I was very happy It got me my audition I'm thinking about doing one for my Police tribute too but that would be more money as it's a band set up I've lost a bit of weight since that was filmed, crikey

I've recently had 2 violin basses, a contemporary union jack bass and a 1964 bass. both are marvellous instruments but the '64 is just amazing. recently sold the union jack bass but the '64 is going nowhere. It is so easy to play

I've recently rediscovered 'Trouser Flapping' with my V4B 'tis a wonderful thing even with IEMs A mate of mine gigs (in pubs) with an Ampeg SVT 300 and 8x10 It's not just trouser flapping, it's insane looks great and if was was younger I'd be doing it, like I did 35 years ago

those fret ends must be finished like that before installaion, otherwise how could it be done I think I'd be tempted to roll the fingerboard edges too

sad news indeed. hopefully someone will step in and save them

@BigRedX did a version of I believe in father christmass with his old band that is superb, hopefully he'll post a link to it