Bassfinger

I've a daughter and a boisterous labrador - the basses go up on the wall.

How does softer wood absorb vibration more than a harder one? The opposite is true in most other forms of mechanical damping. Not being difficult, just genuinely interested in the physics behind that claim.

Lennon and McCartney is tricky. From Revolver onwards they didn't really write together as such like they did before, but one would right the song and the other might later just add a few notes, or a minor suggestion to the wording of the lyrics. Indeed, they might contribute nothing at all but due to their previous gentleman's agreement on the matter it would still be badged as Lennon-McCartney. Yesterday and Nowhere Man are excellent examples of this. Therefore, I'm with Rolling Stone on that part, but having Dylan at number 1 is ridiculous. It should clearly be Ian Anderson in the top spot

Indeed. I'm also inclined to ignore resonance as irrelevant in an electric instrument. The pickups detect the strings vibrating above them, and nothing else. How well and how long they vibrate is a function of the rigidity of the structure upon which they are mounted. How well the rest of the structure may resonate doesn't matter, because the pickups have no means of detecting that. On an acoustic instrument, however, it's a big deal. I quite like Paulownia. Light, easy to work, looks great. It can be soft and mark easily, but that's an irrelevance with a suitably hard painted or varnished finish. My Jazz is Paulownia and did pick up dents easily, but once I'd had it pro refinished in a 2 pack satin enamel it's as robust as anything else.

I bought by daughter a JB Mini 3/4 sized Jazz from DV247. Solid alder body, flawless nitro finish, superbly dressed and finished neck, and it sounds genuinely fabulous, all for £99. I'm presuming the full sized version is as nicely finished and set up, which would make it an absolute smasher for under 140 sheets. They do a fretless too that I'm trying to think of a reason to justify buying for myself...

Must be a bloody big car if your band can practice out there.

I don't even like them on guitars if I'm honest.

45-105 D'Addario flats on my precision. They feel slightly chunkier than 105s from other brands, but as my fingers aren't micrometers that's probably just me.

When you mean "his" Hofner, that suggests he only had one. McCartney had several Hofners. He used Stuart Sutcliffes briefly at one point, then bought his own, then when the Beatles started to hit the big time he bought a second and relegated the first to back up status. Then he was presented with another by the Hofner importer themselves in October 1963, who were doubtless feeling very grateful for the hike in sales for which he was responsible. So that was 3 within the space of 3 years, and at the time of the White Album he still owned all 3. Then the first one he had bought himself was stolen from Abbey Road in the 1969, and he since has played various Hofners that visibly differ in detail and pickup placement throughout the rest of his career, but is still known to play the second one he bought regularly. In an interview with Hofner for their in house newsheet in 2011 he claimed to own 3 Hofner violin basses of various models.

"I am an antichrist" - No you're not. Everyone knows that's Ozzy Osbourne. "I am an anarchist" - Really? In your anarchic big country house and your anarchic tweeds?

Email the importer and ask them?

MIM basses are somehow inferior to otherwise utterly identical USA basses.

Derek Smalls is not a real person.

You can take photos, finger prints, DNA or a stool sample when he comes to collect it, and none of it will matter - Odds are that in the event of a dispute PayPal will still side with the buyer regardless of any logic or evidence. No cash, no sale. If the guy cant afford it without PayPal then find a buyer who can. You know there's huge potential for grief, and the odds of PayPal coming down in your favour are about as high as seeing Rebecca Long Bailey at a Barmitzvah, so why are you even asking? Luckily circumstances and BACS came to the rescue, but we're concerned for your wellbeing that you even considered PayPal!

One with which I agree! To that I'd add the following myths... Pick players are somehow inferior or deficient. Jaco is a god. Beginners should start with a cheap bass. Bass is easier than the guitar. Tab is easier than music. I wouldn't benefit from proper lessons.

And Pomeroy's playing on it is an absolute powerhouse.

You say that, but The Red Planet really is something else, so if he really did go astray he's properly back on course.

Book a load of guitar lessons to the value of a GP-10 then don't turn up.

5th fret for me, usually when doing Jet Harris basslines, many of which he actually payed on a detuned guitar.

Me. Never played on any records, and I'd love to hear a lot more of me on the radio as would my wallet.

I hear hes going to use if in his The Who tribute band. Smashing.

It does sound dire. Hopefully it's a recording/reproduction issue. Bruce's voice has deepened with age, but hes still got it.

When I relic'd mine I used a satin neck. I used T cut to shine up the back of the neck in strategic places where where thumb would rub. I then left it in the sun in the conservatory for a few weeks, which quickly yellowed it. 0000 wire wool on the front of the headstock and tuners to dull them without making it obviously fake. The fretboard is only mediocre quality so I've left it alone on the basis that it's going to wear pretty quickly anyway. Some cracking DIY jobs on here. I'm not a fan of the Limelight basses, particularly their light relic jobs, which look too much like someone has simply wet and dried them at strategic points.

Immaculate necks on relic'd bodies just looks weird.

I've enjoyed the break from running my personal life to a clock. No meeting for practice, gigs etc. But I'm past that now and looking forward to gigging again, although I'm sure it'll be probably a year or so before the tempo of gigging picks up to where it was before.