Beedster

[quote name='3below' timestamp='1396981848' post='2419475'] ....shows a lack of quality control somewhere.... [/quote] Ha ha, Corona is my guess mate

[quote name='JazzBassfreak' timestamp='1396948978' post='2418934'] True. But he'd have to send it a long way. Plus it's something that could make the situation a whole lot worse by running the risk of the neck breaking in shipping, plus the humidity change will make the whole twist a lot worse and could potentially crack the finish. [/quote] True, but I'd take those risks over the alternative.

Despite some very good advice above, having looked at the photos, if that were my bass and I lived in an area without appropriately skilled luthiers, it would be on its way via a large cardboard box and a plane to someone who knows what they're doing. I've seen a couple of disasters resulting from people trying to 'tweak' their own Fender necks, and Fender necks/rods are far more user friendly than is the case with Rics. This isn't a minor problem, unlike a Fender with a f**ked neck, a Ric with a f**ked neck is a f**ked bass.

If your account is anything like mine, the majority of my own posts don't appear when I hit 'View New Content' and sometimes don't even appear in 'My Content'. It was all fine until the 'upgrade' a year or so back.....

[quote name='HowieBass' timestamp='1396781680' post='2417189'] I think at times the contestants have shown up the judges for singing ability... [/quote] Which continues the long and proud tradition of pop music talent shows, as pointed out by JK on X-Factor a while back

[quote name='MikanHannille' timestamp='1396450727' post='2413817'] I've got to admit, I still think they are but the tone they are producing is one of the best I've heard. [/quote] Took a while for the looks to grow on me also, but tone wise I doubt it can be beaten. The Precision PUP is beautifully smooth when rolled back a little, but can also be monstrously powerful and gritty wide open. The Jazz PUP is so powerful and solid as to put it in a different league to any Jazz I've ever played, it's really hard to believe it's not an active circuit. The combination of the two isn't far off Pre-EB 'rays. It's not only extremely versatile, but it probably does Precision, Jazz and Ray better than most Precisions, Jazzes and Rays do.

Precision and tubey Ampeg is a pretty reliable combination

[quote name='EKULP01' timestamp='1396436387' post='2413500'] I plan on placing an order soon for one of these beasts, thanks to Dannybuoy and Sean for giving me serious GAS! Thomann expect new stock mid April, much cheaper than ordering in the UK. [/quote] Give me a shout if you're serious, I'm really torn about it but at present I really do need a second EUB more than I need a 2024 no matter how lovely, and according to Mrs Beedster, money for bass gear doesn't grow on trees (unlike money for shoes which apparently does). Check out the listing in the FS forum Chris

[quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1396388533' post='2413133'] one is made in indnonesia and the other japan I think? Why would someone spend an extra £3500 on a Pino CS precision when a normal Squier precision is more or less the same? I've got a japanese BB, didn't actually mean to buy it... but the quality of it makes me realise that Beedster is really really daft to sell his BB2024mx [/quote] It's not going anywhere yet Luke! Seriously, I'm waiting to sound out two new gigs before I decide. I'm living between West Wales and Kent at present and for ease of rehearsing need an EUB in both and, if truth be told, an electric bass in neither. However, there's a few things on the horizon that might allow me to justify keeping the 2024. I sincerely hope I can for all the reasons above and elsewhere on this forum.

I have a 2024MX and it is the best Precision I've owned or played by some distance. Feel, playability, build quality and tone are all outstanding. It's very very good at what it does, and is both a quantitative and a qualitative step up from even the best Fender Custom Shop models.

Where are you based?

I would have thought you're more likely to sort a decent PX on Basschat than in a store. I don't recall seeing many Warwicks on my last trip to Denmark St, and shop price and PX offers can make the gap between buying and selling values quite painful.

That really is a design classic isn't it, referencing other basses (Wal, Musicmaster/Mustang), as well as early 70's HiFi and 50s Sci Fi. Great restoration (Bass Doc is, let's face it, The Man), and I bet a great player - the necks are outstanding on these, and anything that's a cross between a Ric and Precision gets my vote for sure. Enjoy it mate C

The two at the front are saddle height, the third behind them on one side only is string alignment. C

[quote name='Bassassin' timestamp='1395769670' post='2406072'] a Chinglish translation! [/quote] Surely a translation makes something easier to understand?

[quote name='Rabbie' timestamp='1395787852' post='2406442'] For what it's worth: I have played ply Strunals as borrowed basses on tour. Nothing wrong with them at all and you can have a very happy career playing one as ultimately it is your fingers that make the sound. However, there is no comparison to my Duke. Bearing in mind that my Duke was one of the very first Thomas had sold, and it has had time to settle to me and viceversa. The differences are enormous. Strunals, like Shens and other well made plys are produced like their solid and carved wood basses, only with cheap plywood as opposed to wood. The result is a constant awareness you are playing a student instrument. The Duke is the rolls Royce of plywoods in 2014. It is made specifically to highlight the characteristics of a plywood for roots music (yes including trad jazz, swing, bop). It is a professional instrument and unless you want to join a philharmonic, you will not fancy anything else if that's the kind of sound you love. Everyone who loves basses or works with basses, players, luthiers, sound engineers, have told me they have never heard a better sounding, louder and darker bass. My gigging bass is now a Chadwick Folding bass, which is excellent, but acoustically it bears no comparison to how good my Duke is. Recently I got rid of a lovely carved Wilfer bass, which was beautiful bowed, but for pizz and slap was not as good as the Duke for my purposes. It had a carved bass sound, fine for most, but if you want to swing and thump, you just cannot beat the direct oomph of a great ply. Taking a Fiat 500 to the best mechanic in the world, will not make it compete with a Porsche...So, Duke all the way for me. I think I'm actually gonna ask Thomas for commission! Most importantly of all, very very sorry indeed to hear about your loss mate. [/quote] Great post

I lost my father recently and, perhaps in a similar mindset to the OP, bought my Martin DB. It was the right decision, and because of that, playing it has an extra level of personal meaning and emotional salience. Don't let pragmatics guide you here, it's not about the qualities of the instrument per se, but about the association and meaning. Sorry for your loss C

Given your list above it's a Shergold. IMO the Japs of the time are good but a bit generic for a YOB instrument.