Paul S

Sold a pickup to Ash in a totally smooth transaction. Great fellow to deal with!

Fender Precision Lyte has a very slim and shallow neck, along the lines of the Geddy Lee Jazz or Jaguar necks. Mine didn't quite sound exactly like a Precision, but near enough. Not the Duff signature, but the one I'd look for is that model that was based on - mid 80s MIJ Fender Jazz Bass Special. P body, J neck, PJ pickups. Or an active variant, the Power Jazz Bass Special. These change hands for silly low prices given the quality at £400 +/-

Something worth mentioning, maybe. I have in recent months bought a couple of basses from Japan. Both were sent via DHL, which was a little bit more expensive than other methods but not much. It took 2 days, door to door, from Tokyo - shipped on a Monday, paid the duty online on Tuesday, delivered Wednesday. The duty they calculated was less than the amount I had worked out and there was no handling fee. Not only was it delivered to my door, it was 're-delivered' as I was out when they tried first time - I got a phone call in the afternoon asking if I was in to receive it. Although I guess that was down to the individual driver. Compare and contrast with Parcelforce worldwide who handled an earlier purchase from Japan. Tokyo to Coventry took 3 days. Coventry hung onto it for 10 days before rubber-stamping the paperwork. I then had to drive 30 mins to my local depot to collect it where I had to pay, in cash as they had no facility for card payments, the 20% VAT, 3% import duty plus £13 handling fee. If I ever import a bass again I will make sure it is handled by DHL.

I have two BF Supercompacts. TBH I can't imagine many occasions when I would 'need' both although I do use both sometimes just, you know, because I can One is plenty loud enough. Currently use a Trace Elliot 300W head, which is louder than my TC Electronic RH750, and one of my bands is a very loud rock covers band with a particularly loud drummer. For using one cab I bought one of these to raise it up by 39cm. It is by far the easiest thing to use that I have tried - a folding step-stool. It kind of formalises the old beer crate idea. I think mine was £8.99 on eBay but you can get them all over the place.

Well, people are always confusing me (left) with Morten Harket...

[quote name='cameltoe' timestamp='1451744251' post='2943008'] also avoid check or patterns and go for solid colours. [/quote] Aha!

I also use repeat listening. Especially after I have learnt how to play it. Most mornings i go for a walk for around 2hrs so I stick earbuds in and just listen - visualising and miming the fingering as it is playing - that really helps to get it stuck into my muscle memory. Luckily the footpaths I walk along aren't that well patronised so I don't get too many curious looks.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1451687984' post='2942579'] Really..? Oh, right. I'd never do that, of course... it would be very wrong. And weird. [/quote] I don't know about re-licked but if I were Steve Dawson's bass I would certainly be distressed. Thanks for the link. Dimwit that I am, it had never occurred to me that there might be play-a-long bassless tracks on YouTube

Mark - what is the backing track on that rather tasty sound bite, please?

I meant when used as a verb, not when it is a noun. So 'reliced' or 'relicing'. Ugly words. Looks like someone took away the lice then put them back again.

That is astonishingly good. As a few have said, mostly I don't like reliced basses as they look fake. That is a time machine job, not a relicing. And why does the word relic look so wrong when used as a verb?

I know what you mean. I had originally decided not to - even though it was on my watch list, having moved to 32" scale it seemed silly to get another long scale again. But when it didn't sell I lost my self-control. The best bit (apart from the price) is that it only weighs 8lbs. As soon as I get the black plate on I'll do a post on it.

I couldn't resist. I got in touch with the guy and we came to an arrangement. I went to collect it this morning and have to say it is an absolute peach. Seller bought it new in 1983 - it is completely original and almost no wear as he is mainkly a drummer. A near perfect 57 re-issue in my favourite colour way - I'll stick a black plate on it, I think. Everything is right - neck stamp, cloth wires, green cap etc. Neck was bowed but straightened immediately with a tweak to the truss rod. Some nice figuring in the maple, too, which itself is a rich warm caramel.

Bought a wireless transmitter pouch is the smoothest of transactions. Thanks Jon!

A couple of times I have bought basses from Japan that were sent via DHL and it was a DHL van that delivered them. In one case I missed the delivery and the driver rang later in the day to see about re-delivering in the afternoon. Add to that 2 days door to door from Tokyo and I was very impressed.

I have recently acquired a Squier Musicmaster Vista Series and it has absolutely no shortage of growl. Aggressive little beast, all things considered, but tamed to something very interesting with the tone rolled off 3/4 or more.. I reckon these Vista models are absolute gems.

Always worth repeating, this one about creating your password: [url="http://weknowmemes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/creating-a-password-cabbage.jpg"]http://weknowmemes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/creating-a-password-cabbage.jpg[/url] Decided to link it, rather than post it, as it has rude words...

Reminds me of this http://youtu.be/50A9wjJ40Dk

There was a single bid on it for a day or so but that must have been retracted. I can just see that sitting in my bass rack... along with too many others, sadly.

Hearth Vader? I lost the plot around 2:35.