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This. For example I bought some remastered CDs by John Martyn in the late’80s. Thanks to the remastered techniques they have aged far worse than the original works which still sound fresh. I also mentioned Prince earlier. Purple Rain has so many great tracks on it but IMO the awful 80’s production does it no favours.

Personally I would swap out the pickups and loom. Take some time to find some used pickups you love the sound of and if your not great at soldering go for a solderless loom. Keep the old pickups and loom at least for a while until you decide if your going to keep the bass. If you decide to upgrade it after the mods just swap the pickups and loom out and either transfer them to your new bass or sell them on. Ultimately it will cost you under £100 and you will get most of it back at a later date. Hi-Mass bridges can look great and are often more comfortable if you rest your arm/wrist on them but don’t add much if anything to the sound IMO. Edit: Squire VM’s and CV’s are generally good instruments. I have played several CV’s that I liked more than MIM and US made instruments once they were set up correctly.

My teenage kids are getting into Sabbath and loads of other stuff I was discovering at their age. Great music is like a fine wine. It just matures with age!

As you have mentioned music that leant too heavily on tech or techniques of the time age badly IMO. I love Prince but his stuff sounds old. The Stooges on the other hand don’t sound like they were around 50 odd years ago. Some artists just continue to attract new audiences even after they are long dead.

Lies - The black keys

Full times/The Moon - Band of Horses

Lady Madonna- yeah them again

There she go’s - The la’s

Love is a stranger - Eurythmics

Empty - Ray Lamontagne

Ezy Ryder - Hendrix

Goodbye Blue Sky - Pink Floyd

You could always borrow the moniker of ‘80’s nostalgia fest Stranger Things.

Cheers. Sadly all too chunky for me theses days and most likely will be on sale here at some point! I do Prefer a Jazz neck these days and use an Aerodyne Jazz pretty much all the time.

The Brixton Academy was always the end of the road for me. Watching bands play there was generally bitter/sweet as I was pleased the band had gained success and popularity but sad that most likely it would be the last time I saw them live as the next tour would be in venues that were too big, too expensive and too much hassle. Sadly the RHCP are a band that got too successful, too quickly for me to ever see live.

Wake up - Mad Season

Ibanez iceman?

Dickie Davies eyes - half man half biscuit

Faith - The Cure

Fender Vintera and a Bitsa (‘83 Elite body and ‘96 US neck)

Big decision - That Petrol Emotion

Love will tear us apart- Joy Division

Sadly not. The closest I have got was playing a mates Epiphone Vintage Pro. Nice bass but not the lightest I have played. I have heard nothing but good things about the Big Al though. Pretty sure one of the regular posters here has one.

Musicman Big Al, Gibson Thunderbird or Explorer?

How beautiful you are - The Cure