Steve Browning

Ok. Three things (I have been thinking) 1. When did fretless necks first appear? The first showing by Fender was in the 1969 catalogue. 2. If it was a fretless, why do the side markers coincide with the dots and not the frets (as they do on other Fender fretless basses). 3. A '72 without any kind of overhang. No accusation of deliberately misleading here (despite this post) but I think these are relevant questions given the explanation for the neck work.

Thanks for the response John. I asked for a quote for a case for 3 Precisions and, as a benchmark, the quote was £675 + delivery and VAT (if applicable). I would assume that means the delivery charge plus VAT rather than whether or not VAT is charged overall!

Not had any problems with bridges myself. Tort scratchplate are something of a lottery in my opinion. A lot of them look very badly printed. Some of the worst culprits are Fenders own versions. Choose the supplier carefully.

Superb Hot Rod overwound Thumper pick up as well. I'll stop looking and posting now!!

Good set of Schaller 'Fender' tuners as well, I see.

Keep a watchful eye on the classifieds here. There's a Gotoh 201B bridge that I'd go for now. Superb bits of kit. If you are in no rush then drop in to the Other Musical Items regularly and you'll soon be kitted with top notch parts.

I bought one on Kindle and was delighted by the words but didn't realise there are no graphics in an eBook. Hugely disappointed but the words more than make up for it.

Actually, I think all blokes over school age look ridiculous in shorts.

I can't do it.

The neck/fingerboard worries me. The overhang of the fingerboard must mean it's longer but there are no additional frets. I am wondering what effect this has on the intonation as I reckon the frets higher up must be in the wrong place.

Very interesting but there are no details of what the 'chargeable extras' actually are. That would be helpful (as I am interested). Do you carry it or are there any wheels (can't see any)? Talking about the 3 bass case.

I think we have a member who owns one of these. He'll be along presently I expect.

Pino Palladino recorded the recent Who tracks with just such a beast.

Mic the cab.

Mind you. I am in almost bound to be in a minority of one when I say that the Rolling Stones are my choice for that accolade.

How dare you. I may have to offer violence over that. 🙂

It's simple for those of us more 'gifted' (and then I woke up!).

This. The quality of Japanese stuff is exceptional. I have owned a good number of them over the years and the build quality has been very high without exception. I've not encountered a bad one. Bought them all 'blind' as well.

I am assuming you are talking about the physio's advice! There are a couple of ways of reading that.. 🙂

Blimey. Howzat!! I did see one of these in use at a World Cup game last year. Pointless. Utterly pointless.

I did the colour coding too. All the PA cables (ours is active) are lilac - bought very reasonably from Studiospares own brand.

Perfect logic. I am similar, to the extent that when I agreed to have a bass made for me, I explained I had to order two (and don't regret it at all).

Someone has already mentioned Russ Ballard. I remember an early Precision (1956 I believe) being advertised on eBay that looked perfect but the description mentioned it had been heavily drilled underneath the scratchplate to lighten it.