Steve Browning

I remember getting £210 pay one month, in 1977. It was my usual amount plus a tax rebate. It enabled me to go to Andertons and spend the £209 that enabled me to buy my first Precision. Sunburst and rosewood and no case. It meant I had to walk about 8 miles to and from work for a month, but it was worth it!

I've posted these before. They'd cost a smidge more now.

But think of the exposure.

Tony bought a Fender bridge from me. Paid as soon as he made contact and let me know it had arrived ok. Great comms and super fast deal done. Highly recommended.

My very first amp was a Carlsboro Top 50. I remember it as a perfectly good amp. They reissued them a while back. The wonderful Bill Nelson was a Carlsboro man, too.

My '66 Precision. Bought in the early 80's, from Tiger Music in Brighton (for £260). Pictures are almost 40 years apart.

Thanks Martin. Will do. Steve

Bought a set of Gotoh Resolite tuners from Martin. Brilliant comms and they were posted at the first opportunity and arrived very well packaged and exactly as described. Highly recommended. Cheers, Martin

Indeed, but this appears not to be.

Best bargain is an easy one for me. I managed to win a Mesa Road Ready 2x18 on Ebay for 62 quid. The auction finished at something daft like 6:30 on a Sunday morning. I sometimes paired it with my Diesel 2x15 using a Bass 400 and a 400+. It sounded immense.

John Deacon territory!!

And you'll need to use the true value for your Customs documents.

Responded to Ian's request for a Subway DI. Deal done very quickly and payment made immediately. Perfect transaction and highly recommended.

It's a band called Fullhouse plays Frankie Miller. It's effectively Frankie's old backing band but with a new singer (Frankie is unable to perform any more). Remarkably similar voice.

The rather magnificent St Luke's in Glasgow. Brilliant crew, and sound, too.

Gavin drove across Scotland with a bass for me to try. Lovely instrument and exactly as described. Deal done and the World put to rights over a coffee. Really interesting chat and a lovely guy. Would very happily deal with him again.

I can't say I read it like that. It may be a trope but that doesn't preclude it from being correct in some cases.

In my band we use a personal bank account in my name. The business account charges were prohibitive and the turnover didn't warrant it. I maintain full accounts and keep the guys fully up to date. I send them the file with a bank reconciliation done. I do the same with CD sales and reconcile sales to the number of them left.

The JH-S solo on Kid is worthy of mention too.

I would get the Ampeg Micro CL in the classifieds. I have one and it is plenty for the home and is quite a nice visual joke, being a scaled down SVT.

Single cut basses just look so wrong to me.

Agreed. I'd have a pair of Classic Vibe Precisions in walnut if they had dots.