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I tried the JB-75 with Roswell pickups today, can't say I noticed any real difference from the Wilkinson JB-75 I had.

Wouldn't hold back on my account, though I warn you I'm not the slightest bit interested in what you watch on the telly.

OK successful pop band but still only a pop band. Did they cure cancer,bring about world peace ? No they wrote some pop songs.

Rarely bother reading posts on a band I've little interest in. I mind some kids at primary school listening to them but that all stopped when punk started. Each generation thinks theirs was the important one,kind of conceited thinking.

Never heard anybody describe the Beatles as anything other than a pop band. If Paul hadn't sung you'd have stopped posting long ago. It's the singing bit that put him out front, not playing bass.

Daft claim " no-one heard of electric bass before the Beatles " Here's my old pal Hector MacLean in his heyday. The lads ticked themselves to the hilt for the Burns gear as soon as they saw the ad in the music papers. That photo was very early 60's,they stopped making the Burns Artist bass in 1963 so it's no later than that. So you've got 6 fellas from tiny mining villages scattered around Central Scotland all kitted out with the latest Burns gear including an instrument nobody had heard off.

Looks great Tom. Matching headstock was a must Did you buy the scroll saw ?

@fleabag Not sure there is anything wrong with it. My guess is folk buy it to get the feel of a Vigier. Play the Vigier for 6 month and know they're amazing Then they look at this and think " Bloody Hell, why did I buy the one with the plastic cups hiding holes of unknown purpose ?" So they sell it, buy a pristine Vigier and live happily ever after

That's the 2nd or 3rd time it's been on eBay in 2 year. Still can't think of a plausible reason for the extra holes on the front face.

And who cares what you think ?

Macca probably agrees with QJ

In the entertainment industry it's a job very well done.

I've long thought Bruno was recycling other folks tunes. "Locked out of Heaven" had a distinct Sting vibe going on. Not a thing I have a problem with,as an old punk I'm hardly his target audience The lad's selling records and folk are happy,that's a job well done in my book.

A friend of mine swears by his Harley Benton JB-40FL. It's a solid bit of kit and if pressed he'll admit he preferred his Overwater but it was sold years ago The newer models comply with CITES regs so no rosewood board and the Wilkinson pickups have been dropped for Roswell. £140 and no quibble return policy makes it worth thinking about. https://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_jb_40fl_sb.htm

Always great to see a PB-50 post That's a particularly fine job you've done Mark.The whole thing looks bang on. Still one of my favourite basses though I'd like to try the Squier effort,just so I can experience the pine "tonewood" Not a slur as I'don't subscribe to the tonewood idea. Regarding the weight of PB-50s none of the 3 I've owned weighed more than 9.5lb

Will do. Last night's attempt failed to show the true beauty of it :-)

The operator of new camera (me) is useless. The back of the neck has an almost metallic sheen to it that I can't get in focus . @ped Serial number is 1148 and according to a fella in Germany it was one of 5 builds on 27/11/96

Have a new camera to try when I get home tonight.

Became the proud owner of @pajhartley's Passion III yesterday. To say I'm over the moon is an understatement.

As a young fella reading Guitarist mag 2 basses stood out for me. 1 was a fretless Tune Bass Maniac and the other was a Vigier. It was the Arpege model but over time I preferred the look of the Passion. Took me 32 or 34 years to track down the Tune fretless and with the big "Five O" fast approaching thought I better start looking for a Passion. Since they rarely come up for sale in the UK I was looking at Europe. Exchange rates and insured shipping add a fair chunk to the cost. Cost was a factor as apart from the house and a works van I've never spent more than £800 on anything. Luckily for me our very own @ped was there to offer advice and links to ones for sale. Cheers Chris A breakdown in communication last week saw me miss out on one in Germany,even though I'd offered the seller 200 euro more than he got on eBay I was still gutted Wednesday saw one appear in the classified and it only took 2 Msgs to sort out the purchase. @pajhartley lives the other end of the country but suggested we meet halfway in Stoke on Trent. Saturday we both set off on our 500 odd mile round trips,. Glad he suggested Saturday as it's a year today since my last bass buying trip to England and that ended badly,car crash A1/write off/broken knee cap/4 month off work And here it is. Well worth the wait

Had the pleasure of meeting up with Pete today. The man's an absolute star. With me up in Scotland and him down in Brighton Pete suggested we met in Stoke,between us must have covered near 1000 miles today Great fella.

Don't think I'll ever tire of playing my Harley Benton PB-50. £70 odd when I bought it 4 year back,now £96. Still a stupidly small amount of money.

Gifts over £39 are liable for VAT, if the Gift is valued over £135 then you also have the Import duty to pay. HMRC get you every time.