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  1. Paul S
    I have the TGI Extreme and am very pleased with them - 2 x bags for regular basses and one for an acoustic bass. The best vfm I have tried. I also discovered that a Fender Mustang fits exactly into some scoped rifle bags (or at least the particular one I got), which offer good protection, have pockets (for ammo) and are cheap in comparison to guitar bags.
  2. Paul S
    Wow! Who knew - something worth going to Wickford for!
  3. Paul S
    My Maruszczyk Jake 5 has plenty good low B string, as does my Sterling 5 - both are passive with Delano P pup.
  4. Paul S
    That's quite a bad B stock - there's dents and chips in the paint and everything!
  5. Paul S
    I like the look of these and the improvements seem perfect. But all my bass straps are configured differently so that each bass sits the same therefore I'd need one set per bass/strap as all the basses/straps are different lengths. If you swap between fretless/fretted or 5 string versions of the same then this is ideal.
  6. Paul S
    Just looked in the mirror, huh? I found it easier just to give in. I started the year enthusiastically enough by joining in the 'gear abstinence challenge' but, having failed on a technicality (an equal value trade) I dived headfirst into my GAS and ended up buying 6 basses, 3 amps, a new cab etc etc.... Never say never.
  7. Paul S

    Mustangs!

    Paul S replied to nick's topic in Gear Gallery

    I have a Squier VM Mustang that I like a lot. It's my second! A previous owner had swapped out the pickup for a Nordtstrand MN4, which I like, and also applied a cheeky Fender decal, which I can live with. I think you'd be hard pressed to tell this apart from the real thing now - except the weight. The few Fender Mustangs in black with maple necks I've seen online have all been exceedingly heavy whereas this is around 7.5lbs. Edit - lousy picture. My shaky hands!
  8. Paul S
    Love that little Rickenburger! So out of curiosity how little can a lightweight 4003 weigh?
  9. Paul S
    Bit of a bargain, I'd say - through neck, double split humbuckers with coil taps galore. clicky
  10. Paul S
    Well, if you get stuck I am a 62 yr old, ugly, fair-to-middling male player.
  11. Paul S
    Enough @rsing around - @stewblack - yes or no?
  12. Paul S
    Do you know, I hadn't noticed....
  13. Paul S
    Don't think Hofners do a 5er, do they?
  14. Paul S
    I've played there! Did the last gig before they closed. No relationship between these two events....
  15. Paul S
    Perhaps Mr De Curtains thought the 'fanned bridge' might catch on in the way fanned frets have?
  16. Paul S
    It is, isn't it.
  17. Paul S
    Even better, if it is a lightweight skinny necked 80s MIJ Rick copy. Buy it then, when you don't like it, sell it to me at a huge loss
  18. Paul S
    Go to check out....
  19. Paul S
    'Need' is always such a silly word. 'Want' is good.
  20. Paul S
    Here is the body from an early 80s Hondo II professional H-1015 that became a neck donor for a Frankenstein bass. No idea of the wood but it is wood, not MDF, and HEAVY at 3.2kg. Gloss black finish in pretty good nick - a few scuffs and scratches but no major dings. Standard size Precision pickup routing, wiring loom and knobs still in situ, as are strap buttons. Neck pocket is 70mm deep, 57mm wide and 28mm thick. Three mounting points for a Gibson-style 3-point bridge are embedded into the body in place for a MEDIUM SCALE 32" neck. There is plenty of room in the body to move a new bridge backwards for a 34" scale neck to be fitted, if that floats your boat (for which this could be used as an anchor as it is heavy). This would be absolutely perfect for modding as it would give you a Precision bass sound but, with the double cutaway, a completely different look to a Fender. I imagine a long scale neck is unlikely to make it neck dive because the body is, erm, heavy. Asking just £25 including postage. A decent chunk of which would go on posting as it is heavy. Collect from Benfleet in Essex for £15 and I'll help you into the car with it. Oh, and it is heavy.
  21. Paul S
    I see (said the blind man) - you don't use both for stereo...
  22. Paul S
    Daft question - with the dual output, I get that you can do different things with the two outputs if you want but are they the same or is the output split in some way?
  23. Paul S
    I buy rubber washers on eBay that are made as strap locks, which have a bigger hole in that the beer bottle washers. I find the beer bottle washers a bit tight and inevitably make my fingers and thumbs really sore trying to stretch them over the button head. Like this.
  24. Paul S
    Wide straps, balance etc all help but - for me - weight is the ultimate issue as it is for a lot of folks with various back issues. Again - for me - 9lbs is the absolute limit but I still pay for it next day. 8lbs is my aim, less is even better. It is one reason for loving my new Gibson Les Paul Jnr DC, it is only around 7.5lbs. My new Frankenstein 'Honcore' is under 7lbs. Despite the extra wood in the neck and hardware it is perfectly possible to get light weight 5ers. The choice is rather narrow, though. I have a Maruszczyk Jake 5 that weighs 8lbs. I have a modded Sterling 5 that is less, maybe 7.5, but that is down to one pup with passive electrics so a lot of metal has gone. Worth a look at headless/bodiless basses, too - I had a Hohner BV that was also lightweight, as was a Yamaha BX-5.
  25. Paul S
    Bought a strap from Paddy in the easiest of transactions, great price, quickly dispatched, great comms, arrived better than I hoped. Can't ask for more!
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