Paul S

I have one just the same, even down to the 3D bridge

Also worth considering TI Flats, which are proper flat but also have some high end. I prefer them to Cobalt Slinkies which, for me, were a compromise that failed to hit the mark on all counts. IMO, IME, YMMV etc.

Another deal with Mark - strings this time. Same thing - well packaged, quickly dispatched, great comms etc etc. Look forward to the next one.

I've used a rubber pick before now. Also leather, but the rubber one was closest to finger tone. Also using the fat end of a normal pick gives less attack, but not quite the same thing. I'm really trying to improve my fingerstyle but, man, it is taking sooo long.

Bit of a story here. I was after some info on the comparison between the Epiphone Thunderbird Classic Pro vs Vintage Pro and a search showed that Pete had both. So I PMd him out of the blue and asked him some stuff. During the course of this it came to light that one of his Classic Pros was a particularly lightweight one - most are far too heavy for me. At the time there was also one on eBay in excellent condition (Pete's had a slight issue) so I put forward the mad idea that I transfer the cash to Pete so he could buy the one on eBay then I would buy his lightweight one. Win/win so far as I could see. And Pete agreed! So that is what we did. Thank you, sir, for thinking outside the box and allowing this to happen

Solved! Too small.

Interested in the inside dimensions if you have. I have a longish bass (Thunderbird IV Classic Pro at 127cm) arriving soon that won't fit into a regular case - the outside dimensions of this look promising at 132cm. I emailed Jackson to ask but they haven't replied. Older T-Bird Epiphone hard cases vary for some reason, some are longer and will fit, others won't. The new Epiphone hard case will fit for sure but is both heavy and expensive, trying to save a few pounds of both Muchas gracias

That's scrubbed up beautifully!

Or maybe Gotoh Res-O-Lite, which might even possibly be a straight drop in.

Yes.

16th April, ye Olde Smack Here at a recent rehearsal, recorded on an iPad and actually came out clearly. Bass is my new-ish Retrovibe P30, a short scale 50s style P. Ignore the old pa on stands, it is the litttle thing poking up next to it, plus another one out of shot, sat on the sub. I'm off over the right somewhere. https://www.facebook.com/djangostrat/videos/6877946578947102

We bought it a couple of years ago and have been using it, as far as lockdowns have allowed, ever since and couldn't be happier with the sound. At the moment we use it for vocals, bass and occasionally drums. Probably drums more often in future as our drummer got a guy in to set it all up properly last week. Guitar doesn't go through because guitarist thinks it sounds better cranked through his Fender twin I am sure if we knew how to set it up properly it would come out of the pa exactly how it went in but there we are But it is totally liberating. No more constant GAS about this amp or that cab and setting up is uber fast. I don't use many effects, just plug into a TC Spectradrive for tone shaping, job done. You could come and check it out one time, Bas. Mostly we gig in Suffolk but we have a couple booked in Old Leigh, one in April, not too far east from you.

I remember that one, @Andyjr1515did the top.

Leaving aside playing ability, which to me is irrelevant, I see it then becomes an aspirational thing. Lucky me, I am comfortably placed financially and could buy myself any bass on the market. But do I want a Fodera? No I don't. If I won one in a competition I would sell it. I get pleasure from tinkering with cheaper basses rather than buying myself an expensive one. Same applies, for me, to clothes/cars/watches/cameras/jewellery/home elctronics etc etc. That is not to disparage anyone who wants or likes these things, just saying that they aren't for me and I don't aspire to owning such things. Horses for courses, YMMV etc

Yes! Fabulous thing. Lighter in weight and an extra fret! What more do you need It's possible that one might pop up in my current weight range, too.

I went through a phase where I couldn't get enough of them. Marvellous things, guitars and basses. I find them way too heavy now, which is a shame. Here a brief snapshot trio

I know nothing about Encore basses, whether they are all created equal or if there are stars amongst the brand, but I bought a really cheap double cutaway short scale one. £65. Headstock sported a mother-of-toilet seat decal so perhaps it was a posh model It was incredibly lightweight, 3kg on the nose if I recall, which was great. Pickup was a bit meh so I swapped it for an Entiwistle PBXN and, well, wow. I wanted to 'stealth' it so swapped the bridge and tuners for Wilkinson jobs, stained the fretboard with black leather dye. It was half decent, really. There was a slight twist to the neck, though, so in the end I used the body to marry with a nice maple neck from a Hondo II H1015 to make a bitsa that I still have and use. But I'd probably get another of these if it was cheap enough.

To a lot of us on here 1993 seems like last week, sadly

Solid black, none of your fancy 'bursts. [/thread]

Got a clutch of gigs coming up in March. Go West at the Cliffs Pavilion in Westcliff on 16th, Curtis Stigers somewhere in Eastbourne on 19th, Simple Minds at Wembley on 31st. Looking forward to all of those very much.