Paul S

These are the best.

Brendon bought my Stagg EUB in the most straightforward of deals. He swerved round on a business trip to collect as it was nearly on his way. Brief chat before he resumed, lovely fella Enjoy the bass, sir.

I can only think he painted it at night with the light off. He seems so pleased with it as well. Jeez.

Soooo many. First time Joe Bonamassa came over to the UK (2009?), saw him at the Albert Hall. Massively disappointing, 2 hrs of soul-less showboating. Eric Clapton was wheeled out to a 2 minute standing ovation, he dusted off 'standard guitar solo #2', got another standing ovation. yawn. Paul Jones came out for a harmonica spot but Joe showboated over the top. Kenny Wayne Shepherd. Like a lot of his album stuff, live the band were awful. Ol' Kenny Wayne stood at the edge of the stage, playing faster and faster then holding a note for too long, all the time pulling 'spontaneous' faces and movements that he'd clearly been practicing. The rest of the band looked like they would rather have ben somewhere else. Michael McDonald 2018. He'd lost that effortless smoky falsetto and screeched out all the high notes. We left at half time before he massacred the remaining favourite tunes of ours. Hall and Oates. Saw them in the 90s and they were as good as a band can be. Saw them 2017 - no T-Bone (obvs, he had died by then) or the mad genius of G.E Smith - and they were just awful Arrogant, loose, played 2x40 ins, no encore. Stereophonics Wembley Arena 10 years ago maybe. Sounded like a pub band on a big stage. No spark whatsoever. Martin Turner Ex Wishbone Ash. Couple of months back. Awful. Left at half time. Maceo Parker. Brooklyn Bowl at the O2. They only played about 6 tunes. Interminable introductions to each geriatric band member. I don't care if the old lady hobbling up to the mic was one of James Brown's backing singers, just get on with it. Government Mule, also Brooklyn Bowl. Love their songs but live the solos went on and on and on and on..... same old licks in different songs. Snarky Puppy. Should never have gone, not my thing. Vintage Trouble. Singer kept flinging himself about out of time with the music, like some sort of 2hr floor gymnastics session, after which he was so out of breath he couldn't sing. OK, I admire his stamina but, really? Jamie Cullum 2022? London Paladium. Cocky little tw@t playing jazz with a backing rock band. That all sounds very negative, maybe we should have a 'best gigs' thread. Couldn't agree more about Simple Minds @Mudpup whatever the venue - saw them on the same tour at both the Cliff's Pavlion and the O2 and each time they emptied the tank. Several times since.

OK, so I am not a luthier or anything but assumed it was customary to take a bass to bits when painting it? Instead of slopping over the jack socket, pickgard, pickups, bridge cover (gold ffs?) neck etc etc. Then not painting the bits your 3" brush couldn't get into. Jeez.

I had one of those. Bloomin lovely it was. did much the same as the Hofner single cut I had but better all round.

If it were me I'd get a SUB. but only because I want one and they are too heavy.

I'm in. Got some P bass fettling in the pipline but all the bits and on my desk, waiting. This could be 'The Year' I make it, I have a good feeling about.

Guitarist in my band has just discovered Lonnie Mack and we are learning a couple of his songs. Stop. And Wham, but SRV's cover. Not that it is much different apart from being a bit of a workout on the bass

Just to lower the tone, here is my old West9one Thunderjet

it's a punk band, so what are you going to learn toorrow? Good score.

Andertons are wrong. Your contract is with them, not Fender, and they should sort you out. This is a legal requirement, not a gesture. If Fender send a new neck, all the better for Andertons, but it is Andertons who should refund or replace your purchase. Probably too late now as you have kind of accepted the situation but worth knowing for the future. http://tradingstandardsblog.co.uk/who-is-liable-for-faulty-goods-the-retailer-or-manufacturer

That looks fabulous. I love these BBs but they are too heavy for me across the board I've stopped asking the weight now

This band, no. We live a fair distance from each other - a sort of triangle that is 55miles, 35 miles, 35 miles - and all have different lives outside of the band. Its a funny old mix, really - we are such different people, different ages - I'm 65, guitarist is 50, drummer is 40. But the music is amazing, such a great buzz about it when we play.

Bought some strings. Arrived promptly, beautifully packed. Great price, too. Good comms etc etc, great transaction all round

Yes, they did.

If the tuners bother you I can heartily recommend Gotoh Resolite reverse gearing. A straight drop-in and go some way to reduce the weight as they really are very light. Speaking of weight, my tobaccoburst was 9lbs on the nose, my black one is 8lbs, so maybe they kept the better grain, but heavier, timber for the seethrough finishes?

I wouldn't dream of saying I was an expert but I have owned 2, still have one, the one I sold was the twin of this except with the Fender logo. The neck sounds absolutely spot on - both mine were shallow C profile approx 19mm deep at the third fret, 42mm across the nut. I can't comment on anything else - both mine had the raised A pole pieces. Are the tuners from an old JV or new?

Pointless reminiscence: That was the first year that the current Mrs S and I were together, we'd just moved in to a small flat and Life was a huge adventure. The night before we'd had a dodgy takeaway and we'd both been extremely ill all night - not eaten vegetable pakoras (the dish we shared) ever since. Felt like crap all the next day so just collapsed in front of the tiny portable TV we had and watched the lot.

Beat me to it!

From memory all the Westone basses I owned were 40mm at the nut. Also Squier Silver Series Precision and Jazz both were 40mm. Of those I have currently, a 70s Antoria Precision has 40mm nut, ditto Hondo II H1015, ditto Allparts telebass neck on my 50s P bitsa - the latter is also 'very' chunky.

Must have been some sort of voodoo. Some nice bits for my '51 P bitsa from Retrovibe.