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My first bass was a Sunn Mustang! It was incredibly heavy, probably the heaviest bass I've ever owned. But it was cheap, and a good starter bass. I bought it for about £120 new, and traded it a few years later in part ex for about £200. The shop that took it told me it was one of the best 'budget' P basses you could buy, and that they were quite sought after. He didn't convince me to keep it one bit!

Road Worn Precision - great bass and MIM!

I've had 4 4003's before, and my latest (5th!!), a 2011, is by far the best yet and free of the trouble spots that I've suffered before. Congrats on an awesome bass...my first 4003 was a FG...excellent choice!

[url="http://www.nme.com/news/mc5/62118"]http://www.nme.com/news/mc5/62118[/url] Sad news is the death of MC5 bassist Michael Davis. May not be a household bass name, but I'm sure many of us (me included) are big fans of those classics he had a part in creating...'High Time' for me is a brilliant record. There's quite an MC5 reunion going on up there - we've lost Rob, Fred, and now Michael. Sad loss.

[quote name='Spike Vincent' timestamp='1329609972' post='1544939'] Nothing past the first 4 albums then? Interesting.. [/quote] In that case I'd stick in 'European Female', 'No Mercy' and 'Was It You'..... Oh, and much of 'La Folie'....really good bass sound on that album IMHO, quite underrated.

I have a friend who went to school with Boy George's brother....and near where I work (and down the road from a colleague) lives Rick Astley's brother. He visits a good few times a year, and is apparently a very nice guy!

Nice to hear a good customer experience! I had a very bad experience with Yodel - I always check with a shop to see who they use. DPD have always been excellent - I know Reidys and Guitar Guitar use them, so I've shopped there a couple of times on that basis.

It looks quite like the Montezuma brown from a few years back....still very nice though. I think it's limited to 25 worldwide according to Guitar Guitar. Ruby is coming in the Summer....2 new colours in 6 months....what's happening in the water at Ric HQ???

I think somebody posted the isolated bass track from 'Subdivisions' here quite recently....have to agree with many above - 'Signals' has some of his best Ric tones (that and 'Hemispheres'). I really like his Jazz tone on the recent 'Time Machine' live album. Agreed it has been a bright on some records, but it sounds good here. I've never been to big on the Wal sound, TBH....love the records (actually, love all the records!) but if I'm honest, Ged's best bass sound was the Ric, and one of the reasons I play one myself. I'd just love to hear how the Ric would have blended in on recent albums.....imagine it on 'Workin' Them Angels' and stuff....

I think it's more of a symptom of music in the last (....) years that so many journalists still go on about it. I am too young to remember it at source (I'm of '74 vintage), but I feel I've lived through it 10.000 times over with the references, books, articles, etc, that flood everywhere year after year. I've got quite a few records of the era - loads of classics (Stranglers, Buzzcocks, etc.) but were they even punk bands in the first place? As for being a good thing, I'm 50/50 - I often think that maybe it sent music back to a state to where it has never recovered - a status of 'cool' over a certain style, and burying a lot of progression into the 'uncool' bin. Bands still trying to live off it 35 years later! I do love a lot of records of the era, but would have probably been lynched at the time for my fondness of the Mahavishnu Orchestra and some Yes records!

Perhaps the OP should have just bought a Precision instead!

The viking ship on the back of 'The Raven' is still in Ramsgate where the picture was taken! I'd read about it, but wasn't sure where it was - played a gig there, and coming back in the early hours of the morning....there it was all lit up! Best JJ bits - just anything where he's audible for me! Up to '83....perfect. Lesser on record thereafter, but live last year he was a revelation. Best live bass tone I've ever heard. They opened with 'I Feel Like....' from the second album..it was like an earthquake! I recently bought the '77 Hope And Anchor release from EMI on download. Any JJ fans should check it out - great songs, great playing....timeless band.

Check out somebody's re-recording of 'Anthem' by Rush on the site- intro sounds like drum 'n' bass! [url="http://www.guitarbackingtrack.com/play/rush/anthem.htm"]http://www.guitarbackingtrack.com/play/rush/anthem.htm[/url]

+1 on Dunlop 1mm 'blues'. Been using them forever, nice thickness and feel.

Hopefully filled now!

I'm the bassist in an originals band.....and we need a new drummer. Material is rock-y, late 60's Who-ish kind of vibe. First album released last year, second being recorded now - and we need a new drummer to be a part of it. Rehearsals take place (normally) in Ashford, but we are quite flexible. We do a few covers for gigs (Jam/Stranglers, etc) but we are an originals band, and that's what we stick to! Got lots of plans for 2012, so commitment is the key word. Age and gender are not important. If you think this is you (or you're a BC'er who knows somebody who is) please PM me here (Iain) for more!

I've had my Markbass 121P amp and cab set-up for about 2 1/2 years now - great sound, and loads of power. Biggest plus is the weight - coming from a former Trace Elliot owner.....it was a complete revelation!

I'll never fail to be amazed at the first time I played a P in a band situation.....it just made all my previous basses sound weedy....I could actually be heard with minimal effort! I briefly had a VM-P, and that was a great sounding bass as well. Maybe not finished as well as the more ££££ models, but at about £255 new, there's certainly no drawbacks in my book. I only sold it on after acquiring another P, otherwise I'd probably still have it. Good bass!

I've just watched it on Youtube! Thanks for mentioning - I'd have missed it as I never really watched The One Show!

+1 to those who said the 201 made the action difficult....I fitted on to my (now sold) 70's Jazz - difference was slight in sound, but it looked fantastic. But the action was a bit of a nightmare - I love my action really low, and in what has already been mentioned above, could not achieve that with the 201. My E string looked to me like I should have been firing arrows from it.

I'm a Jetglow fan - had other colours, but on my 2nd JG now. I'd wait until the Summer and get a Ruby...!