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I can’t say that I’m impressed with Ged’s choice of title. There are better titles to be had surely?

And primarily plays 5 string Stingrays. As I said, whatever gets the job done for the person playing at the time is enough, Tony was thrown in for poops and giggles.

As opposed to your pee having a very deep colour. Stay hydrated, you know it makes sense.

I recorded with my old Ric and the rough mix off the board was really nice and gnarly. Imagine my disappointment when we received the mastered tracks and all you can hear is generic bass, all that character had been EQed out . Fabulous sound and the reason I bought it. Sadly, it proved too heavy for me (should’ve bought the lighter walnut one 🤦🏻) and it had to go. Fabulous looking and sounding basses, enjoy.

Fat Man in the Bathtub - Little Feat

First up, are 4 strings enough? Every time I see the thread title, it makes my teeth itch. Sorry for the pedantry. Now… Anthony says no, they’re not, But, then again, he says they are, Whatever suits you to get the job done and Tony says, “Who needs 4.”

Nice! Necks are definitely tinted.

You might well find that there’s already a shim under the saddle, so you can just remove it/them before you have to resort to sanding the base of the saddle.

Putting some tape over the poles would be the quickest and easiest solution. Some clear nail varnish would also achieve the same outcome.

Woodman, Spare That Tree - Phil Harris

I used to play both in an 80s covers band, then I just used the fretless, no problems.

Ooh, interesting.

For those you who haven’t seen my NBD thread (if not, why not? ), I’ve added a tort PG to my 40th anniversary P. For your consideration…

I used this method with my recently acquired Squier P. It was most timely in posting and effective finding the offending fret (it turned out to be 2 in my case). A quick polish with 800, 1000, 1500 grit and a micromesh cloth put things right.

Thanks. To be honest, as much as I'm a big old tort fan, I quite like this gold PG and it might see a return at some time. Aluminium tape. I did all of the back of the PG and, as I had the PG off, the control cavity (which caused the wee bit of bother mentioned).

New pickguard arrived today from https://www.guitarselectric.co.uk , whom I now recommend (quick delivery, great price, superb communications) and Ive fitted it. I added a whole load of aluminium tape for shielding and it's as quiet as with the original PG (I kind of overdid the cavity as it's quite tight and I managed to cause a short ). Pics as promised:

Sleepy Time Time - Cream

You look away for a little while and a guitar appears from some old bits of timber that were lying around. What a talented chap you are and with very lucky grandchildren.

These Boots Were Made For Walking - Nancy Sinatra

Loser - Thunder

Tight as a gnat’s chuff! Good work there, Stubbs & Co. Shame the person behind the phone didn’t use it landscape.

OK, 2 days in and time for a review of my feelings so far. The neck is a joy to play, just the the right amount of width and chunk. My custom J type is really easy to play, but at the lower registers can be a little wearing if a lot of time is spent there. Not so with the Squier's neck, it is deep enough to alleviate any build of tension in this area and has a profile not dissimilar to my JMJ Mustang, albeit longer. The feel of this neck is way beyond that of the MiM Fender Players I tried out recently. This shouldn't come as a surprise really, as the neck on my Squier CV Telecaster is a complete joy and pretty much all that is original on that skinny stringed beast. Sound wise I am also very pleased. When I embarked on this latest round of P GAS, I went to a local(ish) shop and tried out some Fender Player Series Ps, both maple and rosewood, and I took my JMJ along to make sure I wasn't duplicating the tone. What I found then was that JMJ out P'ed them, if that makes sense, they weren't as articulate as the Mustang. This Squier, however, really barks and growls, with plenty of top end bite, a more aggressive, rude version of the Mustang, whilst adding that piano type quality that you get with the longer scale. Some of this may be down to the new strings (my favoured EB Cobalt Flats), but not all of it. At the money I paid for the Squier, I thought that I'd probably replace the pickup with something more up market but, at the moment, I can't see why I would do this, it's a fine sounding pickup, that adds something to my arsenal that I don't currently have. The tone control has at least 4 separate areas for modifying that inherent sound too, a welcome and surprising addition. It is wonderfully quiet, which must be down to the anodised pickguard to some extent. Talking of which, I don't like the feel of the normal anodised pg, with its fine, sandpaper quality. This one is different, however, as it is glossy and despite already ordering a tort pg (sorry [not sorry] tort haters, I like them), the original might stay; watch this space. There are a couple of tiny, tiny dings around the neck pocket, which I guess happen during the fitting (probably some haste involved), that indicates that the finish may not be particularly ding resistant, but I'm OK with that, given that I rather like some mojo, especially on something that looks like this. As mentioned above, I've already changed out the tuners for Hipshot lightweights. There was nothing wrong the original, pre aged tuners (as is all the hardware and very well done it is too), but the weight saving was significant enough to warrant the swap out (approx 37grams per tuner). The bridge is exactly what you'd expect, a BBOT, although I would have liked to have seen threaded saddles for that vintage vibe. In conclusion, everything seems absolutely fine and dandy, with me looking forward to using it anger with my band, where I think it add something in addition to the Mustang, with it's in your face tone and its less understated looks from a visual perspective (not a reason for buying it, but these things matter from the audience's POV and in photos, etc).

My P was 3.8kg out of the box. There are few quoted weights throughout this thread, IIRC, ranging from just under 3.5kg, to just over 4kg.

This what I did earlier in the year with a mod band. Not necessarily my normal thing, but good to be out playing again. Getting matching dates has always been an issue with any band I’ve been in, it is the proverbial trying to nail a jelly to a wall.