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They can eg The Aerodyne range. I guess it’s the traditional way of making them and the scratch plate and control plate covers the route anyway. There are pros and cons. I find rear cavities and covers a little ugly as well and have never been decided on the Jaco look of just a control plate either. It looks a bit “unfinished”.

My basses are in the £750/800 second hand bracket. I’ve had cheaper ones that weren’t as pleasing to play and Bitsas that were excellent. Best bang for the buck was a Ray34. Most disappointing was a US Fender. The Mexican Vintera I had was much better.

Walk on the wild side - Lou Reed

I take it the bass is passive in which case it’s to be expected.

The next episode - Dre

Wow. A lot of comments. Who knows the motivation without speaking with him. I have a couple of mates that have hobbies where they hang around exclusively with other blokes so they can talk about stuff that drives their wives/girlfriends mad or bores them rigid.

They cost around £1700 plus new so not far off what the 2 basses were being sold for. I’m a bit gutted as keep hankering after a Thunderbird and was trying to decide whether to sell my MIJ Geddy Lee with Status Graphite neck to fund it but was too slow …. That’s a nice looking Jazz though.

Corruption - Rancid

Born Slippy - Underworld

Who’s been talking? Howlin’ Wolf

Who’s been talking? Howlin’ Wolf

Some candy talking- JAMC

The wind cries mary - Hendrix

Love me do - ditto

Redemption song - Bob Marley

Soul kitchen - The Doors

Ball and chain - Martin Harley

When I’m working or cooking streaming is a convenient solution. I sometimes skip tracks if they are a bit hectic for the task at hand. When I have free time though there is nothing like putting a record on the turntable and enjoying a drink and the album in its entirety as it was meant to be heard. A think a decent hi-if would be an excellent retirement present.

Telephone call from Istanbul - Tom Waits

Blue lines - Massive Attack

Fool’s Gold- Stone Roses

I would think drilling it out would be your best bet. StewMac sell a screw removal kit for this type of job. It’s expensive though. It’s easy enough to get a dremel, drill small holes in a circle as close to the broken screw as you can and then slowly go round the circle of holes with the dremel until you can remove the broken screw. Plug with dowel and a dab of wood glue , colour match and replace bridge hiding fix. Stainless steel replacement screws are a good shout. I had to do the above fix on a sheared machine head screw. I was missing one machine head screw after replacing the machine heads on a bass. All the’70s screws went in fine. The modern replacement screw sheared off. As someone said made of butter.

The needle and the damage done - Neil Young

Nite Klub - The Specials

Broken - Abdominal and the Obliques