Steve Browning

I guess times move on. I, as a kid, used to find 'Til death us do part very funny. I didn't equate it with any form of racism (indeed, the writers have stated that the target was Alf Garnett's ignorance) but there's a reason it's not shown now.

I'm pretty laid back myself unless some complete tool spells an English word with its US spelling.

I would seriously consider investing in the Fender bass Haynes manual. I spent years shying away from doing even the most basic stuff on my basses but bought this and it enabled me to do stuff like check the fingerboard relief (another possible source of your problem) but also how to fix it. I can now maintain my basses far better and even set them up (bar any filing that might be required). Yours may not be a Fender but I should think much of the content is the same.

I'd get the set up done first. I suffered a similar issue and found it was a raised fret. Make sure your bass is properly set up before spending a lot of money on stuff you may not even need.

Maybe tell them that, in these post-Brexit days, that you think the Immigrant Song is inappropriate, I wonder what sort of hassle the guitarist gets for not knowing his parts?

I can certainly say there was no official P/J in 1974 - nothing like that in the Bells catalogue or Fender catalogues of the time. Good point about Tele basses. I believe the brilliant Charlie Tumahai (Be Bop Deluxe) had two Jazz pickups on his Tele bass.

I know what you mean and I guess that was the reason for the addition of the J pick-up initially. I tend to use the bridge (piezo) pick up on the A/E fretless I have.

I think people used to add a Jazz pickup to fretless Precisions quite regularly from quite early on. I suspect the trend started then and carried on.

I played through it before I had bought any Mesa gear (about 35 years ago but I remember vividly being hugely impressed). I have to say that nothing I've ever played through has been better than any of the Mesa cabs (for my leaden style of playing anyway).

Have to differ. I played through one and it was brilliant.

Orange parabolic 2x15 (two 15's mounted back to back firing up and down). Wonderful cab (though pretty damned rare).

If you told them you were unavailable then no gig should have been booked. Go to your gig. Not sure the band sounds like much of a proposition if you are thinking about recruiting another mouth to feed to supplement a passenger.

I can understand wanting to hide puny 10 or 12 inch speakers behind a nice sparkly grill cloth but proper, manly, 15s need to be seen!

[quote name='ead' timestamp='1502798644' post='3353593'] I think, for me at any rate, part of the fun is wondering who owned the bass before me and what was it used for. There are certain tunes, maybe some old blues standards, that I just get the feeling the bass knows this song. Over-sentimentalising of course [/quote] My #1 bass (which I rarely gig now) is just that. I know both its previous owners and I know it's played with BB King and many of the old Blues greats, even if I haven't.

I probably would but I am simply unable to do it - I've tried.

I have recently lost 3 of those and gained only two so I am down to 9.

The B profile is between a Jazz and the 'regular' Precision. I don't find them to be chunky (front to back) at all. The main reason I have these is to use them rather than the older basses (which are between 66 and 75). They are pretty much identical in terms of the neck size. I am surprised the maple board was wide. I have a Classic 50s which is a wide neck but that is what I would expect.

[attachment=251152:DSCN0188.JPG] The two reissues (with tort plates added) are the one on the far left and the 4th one along.

I don't think so. I have two (now) which are similar to B profile necks but I recently had an orange one that had a more 60s profile. My two are sunburst with a rosewood board. One (2006) is alder and the other (2010) is ash. Both are excellent basses.

I seem to remember seeing a video of Van Halen where Michael Anthony had a wall of Ampeg 8x10's which would have found favour with Donald Trump.

[quote name='smaz' timestamp='1502222856' post='3350123'] It's currently free, so it's in the calendar - can't promise nothing will come up before then, but if it doesn't I'll see you then! [/quote] Armed with that JV I trust?

The simple answer is buy the one you prefer (playing wise). If it's a toss up, get the 72 and enjoy spending the change. The pre-CBS era is the hallowed time, supposedly, but my 66 is far better (for me) than any of the earlier basses I have owned. The period 66 to 73/74 is, as far as I am concerned, the period to look at. Every bit as good as pre-CBS (body weight etc) but at far less cost.

[quote name='SICbass' timestamp='1501561802' post='3345492'] I've never understood the appeal of Rick's. I'd love to see this guy in a 15 round 'discussion' with John Hall. [/quote] Fixed.