Paul S

No, good balance. They have ultralite tuners which I guess must help.

Currently the LP Jnr DC, an Antoria EB-3 shorty, a Harley Benton PB Shorty and Retrovibe P30 shorty. I have had several others though - mainly Fender flavoured - but I did have an Epiphone EB-0 for a while. The LP Jnr DC is the pick of the Gibson-y ones and at £500 I'd say very much worth the extra £150 over an Epiphone. Possibly the biggest minus if you can't live with it is the 3 point bridge. I put a Hipshot Supertone in mine. Here's mine in action Sounds great through the big pa there. Incidentally a Gator Deluxe Les Paul guitar hard case fits one of these like a glove.

Plenty Gibson-y enough for me, I love mine. Not the classic SG/EB0/3 mudbucker tone with the pickup further back but all the better for it IMO - more bite, more middy. Totally devalued now, of course, come the time I might want to move it on

And a leed. I had no idea leeds were so expensive.

😂 Nope, sorry, I don't have a clue what you mean.

Indeed, he started on drums, not tuber.

I'm not sure anyone is being hostile here. My observation would be that the way you write is incomprehensible to a lot of us. There are many on here for whom english is not a first language, maybe even not a second, yet folks always try to make themselves understood. But this weird street patois you have adopted really is next to impossible to unravel. I am sure you have some interesting points to make but I actually have no idea because I can't make head nor tail of what you are writing. And clearly I am not the only one.

My view is a combination of these two, really. I used to tinker, learnt a huge amount, spent a huge amount. Now I generally don't bother unless I can see a tinker that is worthwhile. But I wouldn't be in that posiiton had I not tinkered in the first place. So I would say go for it and enjoy the ride.

I'm not entirely sure but weren't these essentially the same as the earlier MIJ Precision 'Lyte', which can be picked up for half that price?

Thank you. I've read it all through a couple of times but was unable to draw any conclusions. Was this via Google translate?

I composed a vegan rap earlier this year, after seeing a vegan wrap for sale in a cafe. It is only very short and needs lots of people to join in the italicised bits. Imagine the drums to 'rock me Amadeus' You can't eat meat and you can't eat dairy You can't eat nothin if it used to be hairy You can only eat something it is plant-based You can't eat nothin if it ever had a face 😀

There is nothing I need or want so I foresee a gear-free 2022... but I know only too well how GAS comes at you unexpectedly from out of the sun. Probably my weakest moment would be if a decent sub-4kg Rickenbacker or faker came along.

Quite a lean year for me, 2 basses in, 5 out, nothing else apart from the odd set of strings. In Retrovibe P30 Antoria Precision Out Guild B301 Maruszczyk Jake 5 'Sprackenbacker' 70s MIJ faker Gibson Thunderbird Riverhead Unicorn

Been years since I had a black and white TV.

Twas I but I don't know if it was along the whole neck or not. Nice bass, moved it on of course.

Simply as a design I like the look of it - has a nod to a Gibson LP Jnr DC. On the BM website it gives the neck width as 45mm which seems rather wide.

Not as bad as I thought!

Easy choice for me as the BB would be heavier. if it managed to be somehow around 8lbs then the BB would win by some margin.

I've not got my tape measure out but reckon the Gator XL guitar case would fit. Or, indeed, any semi-hollow guitar case with a bit of side padding.

Sounds like a job for TI Flats! Give them a try. I know, I sound like a stuck record.

That's rather shellfish of you, if you don't mind my saying.

Here we are

Pretty much, yes. I'll take a pic of this next to a regulr sized P. Hold on...

Absolutely. I have room in my life for a 70s Fender Mustang in black with a maple board. Moslty I have read this combination work out to be extremely heavy at nearly 10 lbs but I saw one on reverb for sale in the USA that was under 7lbs. Weird.

I bought this when David posted pictures on the forum - a seriously bad bout of GAS that I simply couldn't resist! I decided to go for no scratchplate, which I prefer, rather than have the scratchplate and take it off with the resultant screw holes. There were a couple of teething problems. First off and straight out of the box the input jack was shorting out. Went straight back, issue resolved by return of post. The first time I used it for any length of time the sound became intermittant. Guitarist in my band is an electrician and he tested it - the problem was the pickup itself. I relayed this to David and he sent off a replacement pickup immediately. And that has sorted that out. Also the background hum, which I assumed wrongly was because it was a single coil - nope, the new pickup is quiet. So here it is. A scaled down, slab-bodied 50s style Precision. Binding on edges. 30" scale, 38mm nut, telecaster headstock. A trifling 7lbs. Single coil pickup. Now strung with my favoured TI Flats. Fit and finish are great, hardware is solid. It is an absolute joy I've not had a single coil Precision before and I immediately love the tone. Full on it is bright and it doesn't take much pushing on the TC Spectradrive clean boost to get a nicely saturated gritty sound that is perfect for my blues rock band. Perhaps rolled off a touch for the sweetspot. The neck is sublime in terms of how it feels plus the vintage tint isn't that ghastly shade of turmeric like some. I can see this being the one I grab first when it comes to gigging as it is just so easy to play. And of course a huge thank you to David @Bassbadgerwhose customer service has been second to none.