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Beedster

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  1. … but either way, if I played that bass I would never get that tone, he could play an Encore and would probably get close 👍
  2. Well JE said he was sure it was the circuit, I’m going with him 👍
  3. We agree then, fingers (you need them in the left hand as well) and amplification/volume. I think that’s what I said? But the tone was not in a slab body
  4. JE's sound was 99% size and strength of fingers, plus training in instruments other than bass that gave him a less 'root-fifth mentality' plus having to compete with Mood and Townsend, plus being a naturally curious innovator. The other 1% was the bass. There's a lovely interview somewhere in which JE says he had to be THAT loud to be hear above Townsend, who says he had to be THAT loud to be heard above JE. There is something really magical about the Live at Leeds tone, both bass and guitars, it's utterly visceral at times, a great listen even today 👍
  5. JE believed there was mojo in the circuit from the slab bass. Truth will never be known, but it does demonstrate the (potential) virtue of swapping things around until you find a combination that speaks to you. I've spent most of the last 10-yars doing it 👍
  6. Exactly, can't help thinking this is all just a bit of attention seeking really, or someone trying to prove he can win where everyone else has failed. Either way, I've lost interest so am going to purposefully ignore this thread from now on
  7. You're enjoying this aren't you?
  8. I'm following in the forlorn hope that @EddieG will suddenly wake up and gets this shit sorted via a legal coup de grace rather than toying with Letts like a cat with a half dead mouse. Given the outcome is inevitable, and given how it's progressing, I can help feeling a bit sorry for the mouse
  9. JK plays a lot if the bass parts on synth, part of the reason he and SZ fell out apparently. SZ a genius bass player, JK a close to genius multi instrumentalist and composer
  10. As far as I’m concerned, without photos this is a non-thread 🤔
  11. As ever you’re a gentleman Tony 🙏
  12. I disagree with both of those Tony You won't get a VVT in there without either VERY small pots, extending the cavity, or drilling a side hole for the jack socket Also a standard Precision pickguard will not need to be modified for 2 x stacked, assuming it fits correctly in the first place (@JR1000 don't make the mistake of assuming that all PBass pickguards will fit all PBass bodies)
  13. Put some photos in this thread and within a few days you’ll have a decent idea of value and likely sale price
  14. A trick I first learned with an Ampeg SVT-300 power amp through which my Precision sounded very woody and natural by comparison with going through a preamp first. Not sure it works with all power amps, in fact I’m sure it doesn’t, but I always check just in case 👍
  15. It’ll potentially sound less fabulous with a different - especially Jazz - neck
  16. ….and a whole lot cheaper than commercial sites like eBay and Reverb, and way cheaper than commission sales 👍
  17. Or sell on this forum, about as safe as it gets 👍
  18. I do likewise, one with guts and high action, one with steels and low. The former is way better under the bow, which surprised me initially 👍
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