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  1. prowla
    Warwick have tried to shift the RockBass brand upmarket from time to time; maybe this was one of those attempts.
  2. prowla
    I keep seeing mention of "Vintage Modified" Fenders & Squiers - they don't say it on them, so what does it mean?
  3. prowla
    The older ones had the Fender-a-like headstocks, whereas at some point they became more blade-like.
  4. prowla
    I've got a Levinson Blade Strat and it is one of the best put together instruments I've seen; the neck pocket tolerance must be precise. And mine's a Japanese "Texas" - not even top of the range. I got it with the blade-style headstock, but I swapped the neck with the Fender-style one I'd picked up from a shop some time back.
  5. prowla
    Well - that is a thing...
  6. prowla
    Che Guevara adds to the subtlety.
  7. prowla
    The last one I had, I bought a bass to put on it… …then I decided to put a Fender Hi-Mass on it, so I’ve still got a spare Badass.
  8. prowla
    At https://line6.com/hx-stomp/ Line6 say: and So, you could be forgiven for taking exception to there being significant discrepancies in the sound...
  9. prowla
    More dum-dum than bullet!
  10. prowla
    Yep - another "cheeky decal" finds its way into the wild...
  11. prowla
    it was a 50s/60s thing. They both serve no purpose for me!
  12. prowla
    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/285134826066
  13. prowla
    Their Ric fakers are well-regarded, but Precisions don't command the same sort of money. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/175592500429
  14. prowla
    Red flags for me include: "if you're looking you'll know what this is", "pm me for a price", and "PayPal F&F".
  15. prowla
    They're tug-bars - so you can hold there whilst playing with your thumb.
  16. prowla
    It's great to see one with the headstock intact! Someone's been trying to sell one in the UK with a broken headstock for ages, asking £1900 - https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1593982981029030/ This is way better!!!
  17. prowla
    Not that great - at £16 it looks overpriced!
  18. prowla
    The way the drop-D eXtender works is it turns the tuning peg a fraction to detune it to the note you want, typically D. It does exactly the same as you would do if you grabbed the tuning key and turned it. The only difference is it has a lever to do it for you and allows you to set the turn precisely via a thumscrew to set the stop-point of the rotation. This pic shows two of them and you can see that the levers are pulled and the tuning key has dropped backwards maybe 1/16 of a turn as the whole tuner chassis has rotated. Looking behind, the way it works is that the whole original tuner is a floating assemble which pivots around the tuning peg and sits on top of a backplate which is fixed to the headstock. Pulling the lever allows it to rotate the requisite amount. It's great if you want to easily flip between the two, but if you're going to permanently play in drop-D then there's no point in having it.
  19. prowla
    He's a good drummer - I saw him with Jeff Beck on the There & Back tour, along with Mo Foster. Him & Mo were also the rhythm section on the first MSG album, around the same time.
  20. prowla
    I recently bought a Tokai Strat off someone who wanted the money to buy a model train.
  21. prowla
    That’s a fair price. I have two; they are really good basses. Quite heavy.
  22. prowla
    I'd like them, but IM/DM/PM says you can't receive messages...
  23. prowla
    Now I can see why it's called a Precision bass.
  24. prowla
    Hmmmm - I think the Finch may be one of those "rare because not many sold" things; maybe slightly up from a Kay?
  25. prowla
    Fender did some with it lacquered over.
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