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Randomly messing around with my multi effects unit and chanced on the discovery that the way to get some real character out of the 424's neck pickup is to play it through.... *peers at tiny screen* ....a mid-60s Fender Twin Reverb. Huh. So if any bassists have one of those lying around....

I've just noticed that the necks of the CLF Research L-1000 and L-2000, the two models that have that non-pointy headstock, have a different neck profile as well: 1⅝" nut, as is standard for the L-2000, but a little bit more shallow (0.5mm thinner at 1st fret, 1mm thinner at 12th fret) So as far as I can see, it's the whole neck, not just the headstock, that is only available on the two CLF Research models. BTW, the standard neck for the Kiloton is 1½", but 1⅝" and 1¾" can be opted for on the USA built basses (for about £50, iirc)

When I was recently looking at the current MIJ Precisions (if you want to do the same, tell the Fender site that you're in Japan) I noticed that the "Traditional" range of Ps (a 50s, a 60s and a 70s) all have nut widths a couple of mm less than what was standard in the 50s 60s and 70s. Is that the case with your MIJ 50s – it the neck a bit slimmer than on, say, the MIM Vintera?

Some time after joining BC and TB, I went to listen all these revered bassists (Jaco, Geddy, Thingy, Wotsit) and immediately realised that a defining feature of a Highly Acclaimed Bassist is playing music which would I would find insufferable even without their eye-catching contributions. Then I put the Sister Sledge back on.

I would much rather be told three times than no times at all, so everything's peachy

If you've already got the wherewithal to make an old Mustang to hand, and by adding a label you can multiply the price.... This is why you get fake Casios: someone making dirt cheap digital watches changes the design of the outer layer and now has something worth a couple of dollars instead of a few pence. Like most theft, the crime is opportunistic, someone greeting temptation with open arms.

You have already told me this, that's why I used the word 'impersonation' – I know that no element is correct, but most are close enough, and the overall effect is vaguely convincing. It amuses me that I'm using a P to impersonate a Japanese P bass, and a Dimarzio to impersonate a Dimarzio-copy 🙃

I bought one of these .... to pop into my Matt Freeman .... so I could do an okay Ibanez Blazer impersonation ....

I've spent my whole life performing and listening to music and I've only recently come to terms with the fact that the music I perform and the music I listen to have as good as no overlap. I used to feel guilty about it, but it now seems to make sense.

Sorry, yes, classified ads on TalkBass. So individually they need taking with a pinch of salt, but I hoped the range would show that looking for a light one would be worth your while

I went through some old adverts for EBMM SS. The first five I came across which gave their weight were 6 lbs 7, 7 lbs 1, 7.5 lbs, 7 lbs 13 and - nonsensically - 7 lbs 14.

You didn't imagine it, but it's on the TalkBass effects forum. Here's the post: But quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

Just think how much better the history of music would have been if every outbreak of experimental curiosity had been more thoroughly stamped out

Would trying to use that in a live situation make feedback a huge problem? But could record great music for making an entrance onto a smoke-filled stage. From the comments:

Thanks for the bump, I guess?

I wasn't too sure if by light you meant light by modern standards or just light compared with Stringrays of yore

Sweetwater in the States give the weight of every instrument they have in stock. Which for EBMM isn't very many. For what it's worth, here they are, since there's a clear trend: Special 4H – 8 lbs 13 oz (Eclipse Sparkle) Special 4HH – 8 lbs 10 oz (Amethyst Sparkle) Special 4HH – 8 lbs 13 oz (Amethyst Sparkle) Special 5H – 8 lbs 6 oz (Speed Blue) Special 5H – 8 lbs 5 oz (Pacific Blue) Special 5H – 8 lbs 6 oz (Pacific Blue) Special 5H – 8 lbs 7 oz (Pacific Blue)

I've now had the dreaded promotion to Proficient – easy to reach, hard to pass, the plateau of mediocrity.

I have one (or do I mean two?) of these in my Squier P. The sound is firm and strong, but still clearly a P-shaped tone. I'm really happy. But also very inexperienced, so.....

Fancy my not realising that "default" at the bottom of the list meant "custom forum emojis" I'm still wanting the list of keyboard shortcuts, mind...

There's now a blue SBV500 on Bass Direct for £599

If I type : and ) next to one another, the forum software automatically turns it into an once I've pressed the return key Ditto ; and ) making : and / makes : and D makes but as I typed it, nothing happened - it didn't get converted until I posted this Anyway, is there a list of these? These forum smilies are better than the ones on my phone.

I saw them in Finsbury Park in 1993, their only performance that year. They had lost... *goes to Wikipedia to double-check which multitasking instrumentalist had left* ...Porl Thompson, so were just a 4 piece for the first time in ages. Having grown up listening to the great wash of sound on the Orange recording, it was really good to hear earlier stuff being played relatively stripped down again, eg One Hundred Years at 7'25". The rendition of A Forest at the end seemed to go on forever