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I eat through gold hardware very quickly (fortunately, I’m not keen on it aesthetically) and don’t have the best reaction to poorly cured nitro (yes, I’m looking at you Gibson and PRS). It seems I have the ‘right’ sweat for Cobalts - score!

Down Under - Men At Work

I’ve been using them since they were released, I’ve never experienced this. My very last set had the spotting issue on one of the strings but, as they were free, I didn’t complain.

Wow! They’re not normally so weighty.

Downside Up - Peter Gabriel

Fear of the Dark - Maiden

Why Does It Hurt When I Pee - Frank Zappa

A Crash Course In Brain Surgery - Budgie

Fly Me To The Moon - Insert name of crooner here

Billy Don’t Be A Hero - Paper Lace

Waterloo Sunset - The Kinks

First CUT Is The Deepest - Rod the Mod and others. London road reference.

Behind Blue Eyes - The Who (again).

This was how I ended up with my '63 P. I had gone up town to buy a '50s reissue. Found one in Denmark St, London and thought it was nice enough. However, as I'd made the effort to go uptown, I thought I'd pop over to The Bass Centre that was in E1 at the time. They didn't have a '50s RI, but there was a tatty looking old P hanging up and I asked if I could give it a go. It was amazing, despite its extremely road worn appearance. Sounded like every top class P bass recording I'd ever heard and was lovely to play. Other basses of the same vintage may be dogs. That said, my new JMJ Mustang nails that same tone and feel at a fraction of the cost.

I Can See For Miles - The Who

Dancing on the Ceiling - Lionel Richie

Two Tribes - FGTH

Sergeant Rock - XTC

Been Caught Stealing - Jane’s Addiction

We Are The Champions - Queen

Nightclubbing - Grace Jones

I always fancied one of these myself, as they’re perfect for my cod, jazz noodlings. Nice score, congrats.

Posh (Port Out Starboard Home) - Lionel Jeffries

Take The Money & Run - Steve Miller

I've finally got around to looking at this. Lining up the Performer P/J config Mustang with a Vintera, one pickup one, reveals that the bridge p/up would need to go hard up against the bigger bridge plate of the normal Mustang. This is also born out if you resize a 34" P/J Precision to 30' scale and line it up at the nut, 12th fret and bridge (although the Mustang's pickup does sit a little north of the Precision position). Using a '50s reissue as a source image for the pickup gives us this... Because of the string spacing, there is a wee gap in the mockup, but you get the idea. I've added an extra knob rather than get into cloning a 3 way toggle on. I don't think it looks too bad from an aesthetic standpoint.