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I've always quite fancied playing the Jools Holland show but their bass mix is consistently shïte. (sorry didn't mean to quote, can't get rid.)

I don't know but you've just spurred me on go try some new picks. Going to order some red big stubbys after using the black nylon 1mm for years.

A KCC Precision that was my brother's originally and some no-name combo amp that came with it. Both were P.O.S linked together by some garbage cable that never worked properly. Ragging aside, they let me start my first punk bands with my friends and, several thousand pounds later, here we are. The KCC eventually got a viking funeral and the practice amp ended up in a skip after we decided to spray paint our band name (Hell Tramp) onto the front of it, thinking nothing of the speaker cone 😂 I still remember practising in my best friend's car-port trying to nail Misfits songs. Me and my brother with two tiny practice amps while he pounded the hell out of his drumkit. Good times. Edit: Bass and amp were off a website called Ebuyer (think it's still going and sells computer parts.) This would have been about 2004/5 when I was 12/13.

Few additions to the setup. Not wired up the power yet but its all running off a Walrus Audio Phoenix mounted underneath the board. The RTG and Echobrain at the top right are linked in a loop to the LS2 which I use for a creepy intro / outro to the bands set. The position of the Diamond compressor kinda annoys me but the large ends on the mogami cables force me to do it. Its always-on and I never fiddle with it so whatever. The STOP tin at the top contains my ear protection and reminds me to STOP playing too many notes...

Might be a bit of a late reply but Jack's Instrument Services did a cracking job on a custom black anodized pickguard for my precision. Cost me about £80 but hey, its a one-off.

I finally dialed in my sansamp exactly how I wanted this morning and then used it for 8 hours at band practice. I will take it to my grave.

Immediately had to Google this as I thought it had to be a joke!

Really hope they put a mint green guard on it.

Really wish I hadn't read that!

Definitely maple.

Brucie bonus.

If anything started peeling on mine I'd get a can of spray adhesive with the long straw-like attachment and go to work, leaving some sort of weight on it overnight to make sure it sticks flat.

I've owned a six10 from new for the past 2 and a bit years. I leave it in hot cars and stages and don't particularly baby it. No issues regarding the tolex or anything else for that matter.

I like to dig in and I like to play lightly, but I only like to use one bass. P Bass + daddario chromes with low action + sansamp has worked for me for years.

Seconding this. I've bought three mint green ones off there and they both looked more 'aged white' than green when mounted.

I've owned a Road Worn Precision from new and apart from the aged lacquer, there was no knocks or dings in the neck (plenty on it now though!) Anyway, is the lacquer cracked or is it a sort of V-shaped ding? If you're keeping it, I've had varying success drawing those knocks out with a wet rag and an iron and steaming the knock out. There's a bunch of instructional videos on YouTube but YMMV of course! Either that or learn to live with it, the roadworn series seems pick up knocks and dings like no other. Kinda let's you add your own stamp to it in a way!

In my opinion (!!!) the best stuff they've done in the last decade is their roadworn line, why can't they expand on that? Roadworn 60s Precision? Roadworn 51 Precision? Roadworn Telebass? Sure they pre-aged look is polarising but it's more original than this. 🤷‍♂️

They're great! So easy to adjust.

Looks like that 50s precision is just the classic series wearing a different shade of red.

$50,000!?

They went earlier this year some time. Consensus is that they were doing okay but the parent company folded and therefore so did they. Took a mate in there to try out some beginner acoustics and he ended up pranging the £150 Epiphone against a £3500 Taylor. Fortunately it was tuning peg against strings over the soundhole so no damage was done but I about had a heartattack. The shop assistants didn't seem too bothered, whether they noticed or not...

I'm in Leicester, our guitar shops (apart from one sparsely stocked one) have all shut down so it's somewhat rare that I get to try anything in a shop. I'm always pretty nervous when trying out gear in shops, it always feels like an audition and I can never really spend enough time with a piece of gear before the shop assistants' gaze gets the better of me. A lot of the time I just browse now without trying anything.