jezzaboy

As long as you buy a decent pa speaker you will be fine. I used a RCF 715 in a rock band and it was never short of bass or volume.

As Lozz says you can`t buy the 59 pickup in the older Mexican MD but I have always had great sound from Tonerider pickups, not a lot of cash and sound great to me.

I know a rock band who play theatres across the UK who have the keyboards on a backing track and the rest of the band have it in their in ears. They have a keyboard "player" on stage who pretends to play though

I just bought one of these (£40 in Toolstation) and when its folded it takes up very little space and is light as a feather. I used it on Saturday night and will be using it from now on.

I recently ordered a stand from them that I couldn`t get anywhere else, they said that it would be in stock in 11 days. A good while later no sign of it, they ignored my e mails asking when it would be in stock and in the end I opened a case with paypal and got my money back. Never again.

Last weekend I was looking at Richtone music site and came across this US P bass for £899. https://richtonemusic.co.uk/fender-precision-bass-black-with-usa-neck-gig-bag-2nd-hand/ It`s a black P bass but without the string thru body so it isn`t a US body. Did a quick search and it came out as a 3 tone sunburst. I sent them a mail saying it was prob a Mexican body on a US neck. So they checked it out and it was what I thought it was a Mexican body. They said it was part of a collection they got and have edited the description and dropped the price £100. Still no mention of the Mex body and the description still says US P bass. Next one up is this US P for £899. https://richtonemusic.co.uk/fender-american-precision-bass-emg-pickups-3-tone-sunburst-bag-2nd-hand/ If you search the Fender data base it comes up to a US neck not a complete bass. It takes seconds to check this stuff out so this one is a bitsa more than likely from the same collection. The bridge looks like the pre 2008 models? I have nothing against Richtone and have bought stuff from them in the past but at least be honest like Bass Bross and Bass Direct usually are and say it`s a bitsa. Someone could buy this thinking it`s a genuine factory US P bass and be rather miffed down the line when some smarty pants tells them it`s not. We are, quite rightly, quick to call out items that are on sale from the likes of E bay that aren`t what they say they are but when a shop does this when they should know better, it`s rather annoying.

Forgot to leave Stu some feedback. Sold him a pedal a few weeks back and it was painless. A credit to Basschat! Enjoy the pedal.

The granite city? Just round the corner from me! I did play Krakatoa in 2018, handy for boat spotters.

It`s weird but when I`m out gigging or watching a band I can`t recall ever seeing a player using a BB bass. I have one but haven`t gigged it yet as the look doesn`t really suit the band but I might take it along to the next one so that some smart ar*e acdc fan can say to me that Cliff Williams never played a Yamaha.

Bought a pedal from Andrew, pedal is like new and very fast delivery. Thanks! Gerry