Roger2611

I think it is a late 70's / 80's case, I guess if you have a mint Precision with non original case it would be worth having, at £70.00 posted I would probably take it for my 79 Precision but at £140.00 it is too expensive. I brought a USA Strat last year just for the case, the guitar was offered cheap enough to buy it, take the case and sell the guitar on for slightly more than i paid for it so my 62 reissue now has a genuine Fender case

I retro fit the Gotoh 201 bridges to all my gigging Precision basses, I don't trust the standard bridges after having had a saddle screw unwind mid gig on a couple of occasions, I don't know whether is improves the sound in any way but it improves my peace of mind, the Gotoh is a direct swap, it can be easily be undone and if a high mass bridge is good enough for Nate Mendel's Precision it is good enough for mine. A cheaper fix is to put a drop of clear nail varnish where the screw meets the saddle, in theory it will hold the screws tight but will crack under adjustment thus holding the saddle in place until you need to adjust it, I have done it with my 79 Precision and the saddle screws have not moved since but as I have not needed to adjust them again so I have not tested the latter bit yet! I think they are a worthwhile investment

Don't insure, probably should but the lack of insurance does make be extremely careful of where gear is at any point whenever it is out of the house

I need to sell basses before I buy more, purely down to space restrictions, that tends to keep a bit of a lid on the GAS as most of the time I can't be bothered with the whole selling thing.....I have just agreed to buy a fretless Bass Collection off here which has prompted the sale of the Tokai Jazz Still on the list to own is a Ric but that will mean the sale of the Warwick to fund it, but the Warwick is that good, it is a limited edition....if I do sell it then don't like the Ric there is no way I would be able to buy another one, that's why that hasn't happened yet. I would still like to own a Wal but that would mean the sale of a couple of basses to fund that one and they would be instruments I really don't want or need to part with

[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1458959262' post='3012477'] The price something is listed for and the price it actually sells for are two very different things... ...a number of sellers are overly optimistic. [/quote] Definitely, I guess it is down to clever marketing, by producing limited edition basses that sell for high prices, sellers are always going to "big them up" no one is going to spend thousands of pounds on an instrument then try to sell it on a couple of years down the line with an advert that says "crap expensive Ltd edition Fender for sale, grossly overpriced when new, so grossly overpriced used!" Fender maintain a desirable image and the Ltd availability means owners try to keep strong values in their used instruments.

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1458845182' post='3011552'] Our fault again, eh..? ([i]Sigh[/i]... ) ... [/quote] If in doubt blame the drummer, if the drummer swears it wasn't him, it was probably the dog

you lot are encourageable

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1458779682' post='3010897'] Another approach thread. Let's say you get this gig and you have to learn 20 songs you don't know in a week. What would be your approach to learning the songs? Blue [/quote] Panic, sheer unadulterated panic followed by caffeine....lots of caffeine, lots of YouTube and some crib notes such as intro CADB x4 etc....but you know as soon as you get on stage and you have then on the floor in front of you...you won't be able to see them or the drummers industrial fan will send them wafting off into the distance......more panic!

Eva Cassidy, Randy Crawford Paul Young (in his heyday) Tony Hadley all beautiful voices Jake Burns (SLF) for sheer balls out power vocals

It's funny how we talk about versatile, does that actually mean "does not sound like a Precision" My active basses have a wide range of sounds but never sound like a Precision.....Our guitarist / singer moans if I use anything other a precision through the Mark Bass rig for every gig even if a house amp is available...he says the songs are written around that bass sound....I think he is lying and just wants to see me carrying gear in and out but I know where he is coming from. Basses for metal, most players of that genre seem to use active basses I wonder if it is the tight compressed sound of an active bass that is needed to fit into the mix?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FRIED-EGG-ABSTRACT-cool-scratch-plate-pick-guard-for-acoustic-guitar-/281967078356?hash=item41a68c2bd4:g:HfEAAOSwQPlV7smx My first thought was "no one in their right mind would buy that" then I notice someone has already placed a bid!

Bucks Fizz.....yes really!

[quote name='Norris' timestamp='1458747394' post='3010480'] Visualise yourself playing it as you listen along, maybe accompanied by a bit of fret hand twitching [/quote] A bit of air bass never hurt anyone

[quote name='keefbaker' timestamp='1458648676' post='3009366'] Ageism is still very real in music, whereas other artforms it isn't. At 60 you're not "past it" to be a painter or "past it" to be a writer. But you know... a lot of the time it's all going back to the idea that band members should make the contents of people's pants feel funny. It was a lot better when ugly people were allowed in bands. [/quote] Ugly people are allowed in bands I am a case in point! Our originals band are all rapidly approaching 50 yet we have more promoters wanting to put us on than any band I have ever played in before.....maybe an original "Inde" band in there late 40's is in demand because we turn up on time, have reliable gear don't, pee off the sound engineer and yet still make a good noise....I suppose the best way to describe it is we are not hard work

Our band had a policy of if a gig was booked and someone then decided they couldn't do it then it was their job to ring the venue, apologise, explain and book another date with the venue...I think that is a fair policy. Why should you do all the hard work only for a lazy guitarist to go and create a load more for you. I broke my arm the other year and I was still made to ring round and do the grovelling, despite a couple of months notice we still lost two venues who wouldn't tolerate bands cancelling gigs...as the above post says it is very easy to damage your reputation and very hard to recover it

£850 does seem rather steep for a Fender fretless neck which from the description may have had the fretboard swapped and a Jazz bass body of unknown origins

I think in a lot of cases before we start thinking about smiling we need to drag our fixed gaze away from the fretboard, acknowledge our surroundings and trust ourselves that we do know what we are playing and don't need to be looking at the fretboard in order to play the song right.....I still regularly remind myself of this when onstage

It turned out to be a frapping acoustic set...so no bass player...gutted....but I have to say, seldom have I been more impressed with an acoustic set.....the man has genuine talent. I understand the Bluetones are touring later this year, if they play anywhere locally I will be attending

Probably my White Gretsch Electromatic, it was my 40th birthday present to me, ok it isn't a White Falcon but as I am not playing guitar in a band at the moment a White Falcon would be an expensive luxury.....The Electromatic looks the part sounds the part and just makes me happy when i play it, the other one would be my modified Fender Custom Shop Princeton Reverb amp....it is every guitar amp I ever wanted

Does the OP like Shiny Happy People by REM or does that send him in to a wild seething rage where he has to be kept away from sharp objects

It looks like there is some kind of writing on whatever was used to "repair" the neck, I am worried whoever "repaired" the neck just put a sticker over the damage (possibly after filling the cracks with glue) and thought...."yeah that oughta fix it" I may give that one a miss!

[quote name='bassbiscuits' timestamp='1458169746' post='3005366'] Cool - whereabouts are you playing? I did a support slot in The Donkey in Leicester last Saturday for a headliner called Marc O'Reilly. Hadn't heard of him before but honestly it was stunning music. Turned into an amazing night out. [/quote] We are at the Musician, not played there before so not sure what it is going to be like

We have just been offered a support slot for Mark Morris (he of Bluetones fame) this Friday in Leicester, I am really excited as the song "If" by the Bluetones has to be one of my all time favourite basslines I'm all excited now

Cracking job, I wish I could do it but I used to be in the same woodworking class as Ambient..... Still on the upside it has saved me from many weekends of pointless DIY torture that would have resulted in blisters, untold amounts of cursing and that mocking look of disappointment from the father in law when he has to come round to make the house safe again