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I'll give that a go. When I was a kid I didn't rate John at all, probably because he was the least flash/openly virtuoso member of the band. These days of course, 25 years in to my bass playing journey, I recognise him for the quiet, restrained genius he is.

Cancel the BassChat expedition to Milwaukee, he's back.

I resemble that remark.

Ah. The place wouldn't be the same without him.

The Nanyo factory built Bass Collections are famously light and come up for sale on here fairly regularly. Edit. Bassbisscuits beat me to it.

The rail gun error is a badge of hounour.

Blue hasn't posted since just before the site went down for the upgrade. I fear we may have to send out a search party. Or maybe he's been busy with that gunfight.

That's useful cheers.

Funnily enough I was looking at east preamps the other day for a project I might do next year, nothing fancy, just turning a standard, passive mex jazz into an active 'super jazz'. Did you mess about with the internal pots much, specifically the bass and treble voicing controls, or were you happy with the 'factory' presets? I'm not sure I can be trusted with too many variables to play with.

And then there's Michael Jackson, involved in some of the greatest music of the 70s and 80s. Never convicted of anything, but the accusations were so serious that they slightly tarnished his music for me. But not enough to stop 'I want you back' being one of mynall time favourite songs and play along basslines

Read and hopefully replied. A post it thingy appears at the top of the page.

Oh yes.

Eff me, Finally I can embed pictures. Fantastic job.

I think it means that you're going to fall down the stairs.

Eff me, So that's what cold turkey feels like. The site looks great , I appreciate the hard work you guys put in.

He gets paid per click for the 'free' videos he puts out on YouTube, hence the clickbait. Once you get past whatever gimmick is the title of the clip, there's usually (although not always) something useful in there.

[quote name='Andyjr1515' timestamp='1510263944' post='3405227'] So it does [/quote] Dilemma: If you point out the Spaniel image to the friend who commissioned the build, he'll never be able to unsee it. It will always be the 'Spaniel Guitar'. Personally I'm not sure I'd be able to resist.

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1510262382' post='3405206'] I know, that's what I thought too. Weren't The Beatles already internationally famous at this time? Blue [/quote] My mum saw them a couple of times at the height of Beatlemania,from what she's told me , at that point in their career, I think they usually played for less than half an hour at the top of a four or five band line up. They also sometimes did two gigs a day in the same city,a matinée and an evening performance.

I think it's an old Dimension. I seem to recall that the Dimension name and shape originated in the early 2000s, the new models have the same shape and name, but completely different pickups and electronics.

[quote name='bubinga5' timestamp='1510076936' post='3403814'] Didn't Prince play one of these.? [/quote] He had the guitar version which he apparently played at least once. He had a bass on order, but he died before it was completed. http://youtu.be/e2wjMnMpaR4

[quote name='FinnDave' timestamp='1510163475' post='3404415'] I have a Babicz bridge on an Epiphone Thunderbird (the through neck, Gibson pick up one) and it's excellent. The EB4 I bought recently comes fitted with a Babicz as standard, and again, it is an excellent piece of kit. I'm happy with the stock bridges on my Fenders, though, not sure it is worth the time and money involved in changing them for the difference it might make. [/quote] As I said before, I can't tell any tonal differences between high mass, babiczs or BBOTs. Having said that I do like my bridges to be rock solid, with no saddle movement, so I'd probably change out a BBOT on any bass I bought.

Not quite as cheap, but you can can get Fender's Hi Mass bridge for £30, which is a quality item that they fit as standard to several of their £1000+ basses

I've got a Babicz on my Squier VM70s. It's a brilliant bit of engineering, easy and fast to set the intonation and the action and is absolutely solid as a rock. It has no sharp edges so palm muting is a very comfortable experience. In terms of tone or sustain I honestly couldn't tell the difference between the Babicz and the BBOT it replaced. One thing to bear in mind, the Kickass is an old school high mass bridge,whereas the Babicz is built from light weight aluminium and weighs pretty much the same as a BBOT, so if you want the classic high mass mod, the Kich Ass is probably the way to go. Edit. One more thing, I bought my Babicz, mail order, from Bass Direct and initially they sent the bridge without the screws. No big deal, they sent the screws immediately after I informed them, and I'm not sure if the mistake was BD's or a packaging problem with the manufacturer. Either way I'd check your new bridge has all the bits with it before leaving the shop.

Thomann were selling official Fender 'ashtray' pickup and bridge covers the last time i checked.

Christmas Wrapping is quite a cheesey song in my opinion, saved by having one of the all time greatest ever basslines, in any genre.