Shaggy

Quick Q - did early '60's Fenders have a primer/base coat under the top coat on painted basses, and if so what colour? (Top being sonic blue, if it makes a difference) Looking to make a bitsa Precision for gigging to look more or less like a '62, with just a bit of subtle relic-ing, so want to get the look right!

Bought a P pickup off Bryan; quick easy deal, great comms, ultra-fast despatch. Was a total gent when it mysteriously failed to turn up for a few days courtesy of Post Office - straight away offered full refund. I would have shared the financial pain, but thankfully the beastie turned up Cheers fella!

Buying new, have to say the Peaveys seem very hard to beat If you can stretch to a bit more, I'd def be going for this one: http://basschat.co.uk/topic/222978-fs-1979-ibanez-musician-mc924-940-fretless/page__p__2368004__hl__ibanez%20musician__fromsearch__1#entry2368004

[quote name='Jazzneck' timestamp='1393060667' post='2375665'] There's one song I've always wanted to play live on stage but it hasn't happened yet. River Deep, Mountain High. Perhaps I will, one day........ What's yours? [/quote] Lol - I've been stuck playing that one for as long as I can remember! Good song though, that you can improvise on a fair bit "White Wedding" (Billy Idol) for me - no idea why I've never been able to sell this to rest of band Edit : Oh, and "Do what you wanna do". (T Connection) - for even longer.......

I think Howard gets his p/guard sheet from WD Music, and that's certainly where I've had the most authentic "vintage" pick guards from for my Rics and Fenders As far as I know the nice old ones are nitrocellulose but the modern ones are acrylic (expect I'll be corrected!) only drawback with the nitro ones is they tend to gradually shrink and get brittle with age

Bought my Mesa Walkabout head used on US eBay for around £200 less than equivalent in UK, even with the VAT & customs handling charge - though lugging a mains transformer around rather defeats the point of having such a portable head! Been hassle free though

Mwahaha.....OP bass now mine, after a very pleasant meet up yesterday in sunny (honestly!) Aberaeron with Chris, Mrs Beedster, and the two mini-Beedsters. It's much prettier in the flesh than pics suggest, but rest assured; this bass will live and breathe again in the form God and Wal intended for it..... including re-fret of original board.

Really liking that, good score GustOo! Quite a departure for Gibson - looks like a decent bridge/tailpiece for one thing!

£1300 for a '79 (still usually called "bicentennial model" even though technically that was '76) is good if neck repair is decent, as it looks to be - they're much nicer than subsequent models. Chrome 3-point bridge is right, separate bridge / tailpiece is only on '60's models Good luck!

[quote name='Bob Goo' timestamp='1384451717' post='2276922'] Cheers for the replies guys. I don't think that's my old one. The finish looks too vibrant. I'm sure mine was a little more faded. The only stand out thing I remember about mine was that there was quite a bit of wear near the bottom of the body where it had been stood against a wall and not on a stand by the previous owner. I really don't mind scuffs and scrapes but would never have mistreated it like that. During the time I owned it I couldn't find any presence of the GS Galaxy bass anywhere on the internet. No pics, nothing so I don't think thre are many of them. [/quote] No wear on my ex (above) at all - dated to '85 I think but it was pristine. The GS Galaxy guitars are fairly well known and respected (and still made I think), but I've never seen another bass version......wish I still had her!

Bought mine on ebay about 5 years back, only thing about deal I remember was it was "collection only" but I managed to persuade seller to post Lovely bass - simple, but fabulously crafted and finished. Since traded with lozbass on this forum who I'm fairly sure has moved it on, but may be a trail worth following! Good luck, and let us know if you find your old squeeze......

Excellent upgrade currently FS here - [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/221289-jason-lollar-precision-pickup/"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/221289-jason-lollar-precision-pickup/[/url] I've had a few "boutique" P p/ups, favourite is the Fender '62 RI currently in my '65 P.

Blimey, this is hell of a deal for someone!!! Driver is a near new Eminence (Kappa I think), cab is UK made; proper ply construction - rats fur covering a tad scruffy (or was!) but I spent a long afternoon once hammerite-ing the grille. Very lightweight for size. Anyone wants the original Scorpion driver they can have it for postage, but it'll need a re-cone Really fancying that Bassman rig of your Chris if you still have it.....

[quote name='Gust0o' timestamp='1382305125' post='2250535'] In much the same boat, with my BC Rich Eagle. [/quote] Is that "Wonky" or have you acquired another? Fab bass.... Already got my faves too, although wouldn't say no to a nice '60's Ric 4005 and a Gibson RD Artist CMT

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1382002333' post='2246487'] Current Gibson Thunderbird pickups are completely different to those which appeared on the original T-Birds in the 60s. It's not just the colour of the covers that have changed, whereas the current crop of replacement pickups from Thunderbucker, Lull and Lollar are based on the original classic designs. Which you like best of course is entirely subjective. BTW Gibson/Epiphone in the past have been very reluctant to sell replacement parts without a genuine instrument to receive them, and TBH if the Epiphone T-Bird pickup sounds good to you, it would probably to simpler and maybe even cheaper to buy a second hand one and butcher it for the parts. [/quote] +1 to all that. Thunderbuckers [b]are[/b] pricey, but they're astonishing pickups; as punchy and growly as a really good "P" p/up but with more depth and clarity. Each one is hand-wound to order, and Steve at the Thunderbucker Ranch is as helpful as can be. It seemed an expensive gamble at the time fitting to my gigging Fenderbird ( [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/180496-the-welsh-fenderbird-mk-2-a-quest-for-perfection/page__p__1736514__hl__welsh__fromsearch__1#entry1736514"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/180496-the-welsh-fenderbird-mk-2-a-quest-for-perfection/page__p__1736514__hl__welsh__fromsearch__1#entry1736514[/url] ), but never looked back. Sounds like a good project this, but if you prefer the Fender-type body then personally I'd make a non-reverse Fenderbird with jut one p/up (I use just the neck p/up 90% of the time) - in a nice aged white or Pelham blue would look and sound the absolute mutts

It's a common theme on here - that certainly applies to me, although there seem to be some iron-willed guys above - of gigging happily for years and even decades with one bass and one amp, until joining BC......... ........and then you're doomed

Passive = Ovation Magnum 1, although the '70's Fender Tele bass would run a close second Active would be the one with the maddest preamp (which from personal experience was a '79 MM Sabre)