Jean-Luc Pickguard

Interstellar Overdrive - Pink Floyd

Are You Sure Hank Done it This Way? - Waylon Jennings

Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens - Louis Jordan

Diamond Dogs - David Bowie

Davy's on The Road Again - Manfred Mann's Earth Band

The Lung Ones - Cliff Pilchard

In a previous band I had the responsibility for setting up the PA. Once everyone was set up we used to run through Steely Dan's 'Do it again' as I could play a simplified version of the bass line mostly one-handed allowing me to fiddle with the mixer at the same time. What does your band play at soundcheck? Do you play the whole song or just one verse/chorus to check the sound is okay?

Little Red Rooster - Howlin' Wolf

Laurel - Goldfrapp

Cigarettes and Coffee - Otis Redding

Gimme a Pigfoot - Bessie Smith

I think the tuners are original. I used to own a 1990 '62 RI MIJ which had the same tuners.

This is cool, and looks like it'll be a bargain for someone. I'd probably be tempted myself if it wasn't for the area of finish missing on the back. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/175789400817

I'm Bad Like Jesse James - John Lee Hooker

The Bottomless Hole - The Handsome Family

Early 70s Musicmasters have cute little tulip-shaped tuners, the pickguard is a different shape at the end of the neck and the logo decal is toally different. Also a '72 wouldn't be black with a black pickguard. The serial starts S8 which suggests it was made between 1978 - 1981

Someone has spent far too long whittling away at that poor Squier Affinity P Bass.

Never seen that - what brand & where did you order them from?

Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps Please - Splodgenessabounds

Lithium - Nirvana

96 Tears - ? & the mysterians or this version by The Modadelics

I can tell straight away that the pics are of a later bass as I own two 1972 musicmasters. The bass in the pics was made sometime after 1978.

Too Late - Baby Washington

Pure Tone are my favourite jack socket. Any bass or guitar I acquire that doesn't already have a switchcraft or other quality socket gets a pure tone. I don't wait for the stock one to fail - in my exerience the flimsy ones as fitted to squiers etc are likely to fail at some point - possibly at an inconvienient time.

Yup - that's the one. I always used to use switchcraft, but fit these now. I usually have at least one in my bits box.