Maude

"Italian made Precision bass copy". Or Japanese made Telecaster bass copy. You decide. 😁 It's nice though.

Welcome to my Nightmare - Alice Cooper

Back at the Funny Farm - Motorhead

I'm assuming it's much more recent rather than when they were relevant, probably signed at one of their anniversary/reunion cash ins. "Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?" Yes John, as does the owner of this bass probably. 😄

Drops of Jupiter - Train

Fairy Cakes Wear Boots - Sabbath

Toast - Streetband

I didn't know about that version, thanks. It works well as a crooner tune. Parklife - Blur

Black Hole Sun - Soundgarden

They just need to come up with a marketing angle and they're onto a winner. 'The all new Stingray. Now contains Toneworms.'

I can't afford genuine, vintage undercrackers so I buy the cheap ones from Lidl's 'Middle Isle Of Mystery', a twenty-four can slab of brown ale and a couple of microwave curries and get to work relicing my own. A top tip is to unpick a bit of stitching on the elastic to give a vintage vibe sag to the gusset.

Flash, Bang, Wallop! - Tommy Steele

Be My Baby - The Ronettes

You have now hit on the correct answer. I have a mirrored one on my mint green Longhorn and really like it. If you really must go with one of your three original choices then the plain white works best, but it would look better as an off white cream/parchment one. 😉

I've made a replacement control plate for my Hofner Club with no labelling on. It makes more sense than the original. 😄

If a mini humbucker gives a more focused sound due to 'seeing' a shorter length of string compared to a standard humbucker, then a pickup which could 'see' 100% of the speaking length of string should just be a sludgey, booming mush shouldn't it? But who knows? As Andy says, with all three of the Simms pickups on in MM mode you'll have a lot of the normal pickup area covered all a the same time.

I must be a weirdo. In every thread about straps, one of the key features seems to be a grippy inner. It's the one thing that puts me off a strap. I'm fairly animated and like to be able to move my bass around and even when I don't, a grippy strap just results in whatever top I'm wearing ending up all bunched up on my shoulder. I honestly don't get the love of a grippy strap, but hey, we'll all different right? I use the Mono Betty as it gives decent support without being grippy. 🙂 I've just re read that and a 'grippy inner' sounds like a rectal issue. 😖

Shot By Both Sides - Magazine

Yep, I've been pulled for that one too. 😄

Thats good to hear, thank's. 😉

The Chase Is Better Than The Catch - Motorhead

You're probably right. It's just that in the OP's picture the part of the E string before it starts to taper is through the tuner slot, which made me think they're a long, or medium, scale set of strings. But yes, I'd go for a proper short scale set to get the tapered part in the tuner.

Short scale yes, but the tuners, while looking rather small, seem to be taking the full width of a standard E. @Silj, there's some good info here about short scale strings from Scott Whitley, although obviously only one man's opinion.

Place Your Hands - Reef

This is the only 'social media' I use, apart from my one post per year on facebook. I've learnt loads, been guided through projects by folks willing to share their knowledge and skills, had items donated and even produced for free. I've tried to do likewise and help others out with any parts or knowledge I can share. For every tiny disagreement there is a mountain of courteous positivity. Without getting too soppy, Basschat has made me a better person. Thanks to everyone. 🙂👍