Piers_Williamson

A big shout out to Happy Jack and Sylvia for all the hard work organising this and humping gear in and out last night. It was great to meet a few BassChatters in the flesh (and prove that this site is not one big conspiracy to buy more bass gear) and some really friendly band members too. Piers

Here you go then: most recent fantastic work from John......fret plane on the top end of the Stingray and fret markers on the Wal. Both brilliant pieces of work

They have serviced all my basses and I have bought and sold basses through them over the years. If something ain't right Martin and John would be the first to want to fix it. Lock-down taught me not to take for granted really fantastic specialist shops.

don't panic! It's tomorrow

I popped my head in at the bar just now, and they are expecting you! You can even try out my leftie bass Silvia.

Still planning to get down there

There are a few things about the body that don't look right. This is what a 72 leftie should look like: https://www.hendrixguitars.com/Lh366.htm The thumb rest is on the wrong side of the strings. The neck joint looks like you could get your little finger down the side,and the back pickup looks like a replacement. Maybe a 72 neck on a newer body

It's pretty unusual for a bass to still be being discussed after it has been sold, albeit a few here sound they think it was a (£4.5k) bargain. Does anyone know what the most talked about (post-sale) bass has been (and, as a leftie, please don't talk about Macca's Yamaha!)?

A member of the band who has the PA App on their phone (and preferably understands what all the settings mean)

Of course it's much much easier on a fretless! (how old is your Wal?)

The Drayton is my local (former alumni include Ho Chi Minh). Have you got any details you could PM me?

Not a stage to play on if you've had one or two drinks

And so maybe what you end up in your line is a hybrid of the two played on (suitable for) a 4 string?

If this isn't a really dumb question, did George play the original bass line to this? It sort of looks/sounds like a guitarist's bass line rather than a Paul McCartney line

I think I understand what you mean by two a hand damping......but would you mind explaining all the same?

Thanks. My certificate says it's a Journeyman. I would say the finish is more uniformly matt than the examples in the vid. I also have a CS 62 Journeyman with the older Machines that look as they should. Maybe the machine head ager on the 66 got a bit enthusiastic with the acid bath!

So did Fender do that sort of stuff? That's the bit I haven't found any evidence of. All the other lollypop machine-heads I've seen have been bright and shiny. I've always assumed they were chrome finish.

Thanks. If it's not a CS, the certificate, back plate, tool kit, strap, user manual etc have been well forged. In any respect it plays the best of any of my basses. I suspect from what you say, combined with the pictures on the web that the machine heads have been 'forced-aged' to a degree not commonly seen. I might leave well alone and see what the look like after 10 years of my grubby fingers. Thanks for the feedback.

Errrrr they might be! How do you tell?

This has been annoying me for a bit. My favourite CS Bass.....a second hand 66 transition Jazz, came with very matt lollypop machineheads. Was this a thing, or is it just zealous ageing? Because all of my other machines have a chrome finish.