Steve Browning

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.

[quote name='Thunderbird' timestamp='1501490921' post='3344921'] Peel it off its only a sticker [/quote] Is it? It always looked as though it was engraved into it. Rats, you've just cost me some money!!

[quote name='jacko' timestamp='1501489806' post='3344909'] To me, the big problem with the BBOT is the lack of a sideways locking method for the saddles. I used to dig in quite hard and I'd find the saddles would move side to side a fair bit. Surely not a good thing. Grooves to 'trap' the grub screws would have been a simple addition and would solve the problem. [/quote] That's always been the issue for me and why I use the Gotoh 203. I would prefer the 201 because it has more mass but I can't stand the fact the name is on it.

Kent Armstrong Vintage P - wonderful pickups and not as expensive as those you mention.

I have a set up for practicing/pc sound which is old but perfectly fine. USB from pc into M-Audio Fast Track (I said it was old) Output of Fast Track into stereo channel of small mixer Bass into channel of small mixer Output to (old) Yamaha hi-fi amp Speakers are ancient Audio Electronic Studio 10 monitors Job done and very inexpensive. Does the job perfectly and the mixer has a headphone output so I can use those if preferred. Not sure how 'modern' you need the various interfaces to be. No need for a dedicated bass amp that I can see.

I guess there a few here who wouldn't have wanted to stand next to Peter Green and play Albatross.

Let's hope Ted Nugent spends the royalties wisely.

There's something almost disturbing about that.