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Made in Yamaha's Indonesia factory laminated neck an exact copy of their BB424 neck: 40mm nut, 22mm / 25mm thick at 1st / 12th frets body an alder P bass copy but with Yamaha diagonal-through-body stringing copy of the G&L split MFD pickup 3 versions: shell pink / maple / white 3-ply lake placid blue / rosewood / tort metallic candy apple red / ebony / no pg sell for about £500ish

Every part of my fingers and wrists is capable of getting annoyed with me, and they're most likely to get riled if I get stuck in one tensed up position. So I make sure my bass is hanging where both hands can wiggle around a little. They then tend to look after themselves - if they fancy a slightly different angle to avoid getting weary, they'll do it of their own accord. The worst spot was the left thumb getting bent back all the time overgripping the neck. It's very tempting to really press hard on the back of the neck when learning new stuff, rather than lightly resting.

On DrumChat, some time later in the decade, a thread will start, Who takes a spare kick pedal? and one post will start, "I never used to, until I did a gig in Bridgenorth...."

Grunt, a presenceful focus higher than rumble and lower than poke.

The GHS Boomers on my BB are 4 months old and the Fenders on my Squier P are 3 months old. Both are nickel-plated steel hexcores. With both sets, the richness has dropped out of the sound, and the brilliance has turned into a kind of perfunctory jangle. A usable noise I'm sure, but I miss the intensity and vibrancy.

Would they be supplying any kind of sheet music, eg melody with guitar chords? Or would they expect you simply to know the tunes and busk along?

Did the previous blue sparkle version have the same neck profile? I think that unlike the maple-bodied WHUFC it's alder, and quite a bit lighter. But perhaps without the WHUFC paint job you wouldn't be interested amyway?

I fitted standard RS66s to my BB424 which is string through, and the fit was perfect.

@Bassassin ahem

All of a sudden my Squier has become the Morgan Freeman Precision 😄

500 posts on this TB J neck P bass thread

The vibrato in a voice is a naturally occurring feature, not one created by the singer consciously altering the pitch. The information going from the brain to the voice is in tune; how it comes out depends on faults in vocal technique. The vibrato is totally separate, and can also have faults of its own. A singer deliberately adding a fault to the vibrato to try to mask intonation problems is nothing but someone in a terrible pickle.

There are some songs that, when I call them to mind, the rubbish being spouted by the DJ over the intro on my Taped From The Radio recording is part of the memory

ngl, def still v pleased with it

When John Entwistle commisioned a bass, did he have one bass delivered? No, he had four made and decided which one was the one. I think this is the level to which we should aspire. Order 4 identical Custom Shop basses, pick the one your hands and ears like best and make a wincingly painful loss on the other three

I had never heard of the bassist that my signature P honours 😬

The vast majority of the G&L options are available on the standard built-to-order "Option Order" instruments, so they're no more expensive than the ready-built ones they supply to retailers. You just have to wait a while: waiting time is creeping up towards six months. Their "Custom Shop" costs quite a bit more, adds a few more exotic options, and allows for proper customisation, eg fitting L-2000 humbuckers onto a Jazz.

I came to conclusion that their customer service communications were all automated computer-generated BS. I tried shopping with them twice, received nothing twice, and got a PayPal refund twice. Heaven knows what trying to return anything would be like.

No, I'm just enjoying learning

Someone else added this: "I played it a lot last week. Yea, something is definitely up with the pickguard, and the tone pot does not work. It also has a poorly repaired ding on the lower bout visible from the back. It's definitely had some knocks, but I will tell you that bass plays brilliantly. Every note on the neck rings true and clear, the action is perfect, no weird resonances, and despite the defunct tone pot, it sounds great! I own a new BBP34 and I think this bass plays just as good, if not better."

I've been using that exact thing to calculate whether or not to mark the first anniversary of my joining BC by purchasing a superfluous Supporting Membership.

Absolutely this