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[quote name='colgraff' timestamp='1450813817' post='2936160'] Does anyone know how to get in touch with Mr. McK's people just to see the speed with which this evaporates? [/quote] [email protected] Easy!

I love the look of the neck. The bridge looks keck!

I disagree with him on 2 counts really. 1) GAS keeps my stoke up. It's part of the reason I keep playing bass. If I paid zero attention to the instrument and gear I use, I think I would get bored quickly. The same is true of many guitarists I know. 2) I'm lucky enough to have found a bass that just feels 'right' to me, like a comfy old pair of slippers. It took about 5 years chopping and changing to get to that point, but when it did, everything clicked. If it hadn't been for GAS i'd still be playing a 2006 MIM P bass that was ok, but I didn't love it. Did finding the right instrument make me a better player? Not immediately, but I certainly found playing easier and was encouraged to play more. If there was no GAS in the world, it would make finding that one instrument that people just click with very unlikely.

[quote name='karlfer' timestamp='1450503547' post='2933387'] Meh, ya, Grinch, it's free postage What are you, a Yorkshireman [/quote] 😊 Nope, a Cornishman, even worse! What is it with the 'vintage' Fender market these days? If it's more than 15 years old people think they can ask what they like! Silver series Jazz bass? Yeah, a grand sounds fair.

[quote name='Japhet' timestamp='1450454262' post='2933015'] Same goes for one of my all time favorite guitarists Robin Trower. His style and sound are, in my experience, completely unique and what some would perceive as 'sloppiness' is actually a very refined style which gives bags of character to his playing. [/quote] See, now you've mentioned Robin Trower I'm going to have to post this! http://youtu.be/owtMj0g8tys He absolutely rips. And when did you last see a drum solo on prime time British TV? (not including some little scroat showing off on Britain's got talent) Some of the best 'solo faces' you will ever see too.

Now, I know the prices on these have gone up in the past couple of years, but surely sir, you are taking the wotsit with this. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/191742538109

Wait.... You were allowed to open a present before Xmas day?

As others have said, it's about what suits you as a player. Some things I look for when choosing a Precision: Light weight- has to come in around 8.5lbs or less. Deep contours- vintage profile with deep cutouts for arm and belly. Neck- hard to quantify, but has to feel 'right'. I usually lean toward 7.25 radius as these seem more comfortable to me. Neck width- I've had fabulous 1.75" nut widths before but in the end the width does get to me. 1.625 with a slim profile seems to work best. Sound- A classic P thump. Nothing to hot and growly and scooped, but the classic low-mid thump you expect from a P. Action- has to be able to take a low action. If I can't get the strings low enough without them rattling like pebbles in a baked bean tin, it's a deal breaker. YMMV of course!

Would wet & dry not sort the issue? I would work through from 800,1000, & 1200 grit, then apply nitro lacquer, then follow same process & polish. Difficult to know how thick the finish is so like others have said take it easy! Lovely guitar though. Why would anyone cover up that beautiful white blonde with Matt black??

http://youtu.be/7xeasq05zxc

He's near me in Newquay. He seems to be buying the cheapest available fender clones and blandly relicing them. Perhaps my favourite thing is the way he reshapes headstocks to tele-style. Just genius!

OK! So, the neck holes were re-plugged and re-drilled after my uncle lashed them up. I got it 90% right the second time, and just had to open the holes up to 6mm (from 5mm) to allow a bit of wiggle room. The neck now fits very well. Bridge has been fitted, and got this right second time also. It was very, very close the first time, but just appeared a touch wonky to my eye. Precision measuring showed it was just shy of 1mm off it's centre line, so the top of the bridge was a touch closer to the bridge pickup. Anyway, with that all done, I fitted the scratch plate and control plate, then disassembled the whole lot ready for spraying! The contours have been properly finished and are now super-deep vintage curves…. I took inspiration from my JV and Roadworn P for this. The body was finally sanded with 400 grit ready for the primer. Right now the body is hung up having had a tack coat and 2 wet coats of white primer applied. This is how she looked earlier today, ready for the first coat. [url="https://flic.kr/p/Bsm54A"][/url][url="https://flic.kr/p/Bsm54A"]image[/url] by [url="https://www.flickr.com/photos/124725063@N07/"]William Chesterfield[/url], on Flickr And with all 3 coats of primer applied! [url="https://flic.kr/p/BMrFnt"][/url][url="https://flic.kr/p/BMrFnt"]image[/url] by [url="https://www.flickr.com/photos/124725063@N07/"]William Chesterfield[/url], on Flickr This photo shows just how curvy she is now. I copied the belly curve by eye from my JV P, which has a very deep belly curve, and the arm contour from my Roadworn P, which has a much deeper arm contour than the JV, but a wider belly curve. [url="https://flic.kr/p/Bm73FD"][/url][url="https://flic.kr/p/Bm73FD"]image[/url] by [url="https://www.flickr.com/photos/124725063@N07/"]William Chesterfield[/url], on Flickr Should be super-comfy! I've also had a Fender 'f' bridge cover arrive, which I will slightly relic to give the whole bass an old vibe. I will leave it 24 hours to harden off, then there are just a couple of small runs I need to sand out, that were mostly a result of the can nozzle splattering paint than any overspraying. After that, the sonic blue will go on! Watch this space!

Flickr! Can't get my head around it....

Progress. Pics soon!

Unknown Road- Pennywise. That piano tune that acts as a theme through a few of their albums, that descends into furious palm muted power chords. Bravery, Repitition and Noise- BJM. A delicate start to the song Just for Today which always raises the hairs on the back of my neck, especially when the strings come in. Incesticide- Nirvana. Having exhausted Nevermind, at 14 years old I was pleased to have something else to thrash out, in the form of this rushed-released B-sides album. That opening bassline to Dive and the feedback intro to the guitar chords pumps me up every time.

[quote name='TrevorR' timestamp='1449271744' post='2922230'] I should preface this post by noting that I have a 5 year old little boy... That's my excuse. I was sitting on the train this morning with my iPod on shuffle listening to some tunes when a tune came on that wouldn't have been a personal choice. It's one I'd heard dozens of times but never in ideal listening conditions - usually in the car or on the telly. However, as it started I thought, "Mmmm, that bass has a really nice tone to it. Never noticed that before." And then as I listened further I realised it had the most brilliant bass line. Sure I'd clocked the basic line but never heard the subtleties in ther playing. The funky little ghost notes that were thrown in here and there. The contrast between the bouncy, cheerful verse line and the driving straight eights chorus. I certainly hadn't clocked the really nice slap lines on the second prechorus section. I ended up listening through to it three or four times the really get behind the bass line and verify that it really was as cool as it seemed to be. Frankly I was a bit shocked and stunned. So what was this tune? "Love is an open door" from the soundtrack of Disney's Frozen! Yup, one of the last few year's top parent tormenting songs is actually a pretty cool bit of playing. See what you think... http://youtu.be/j6nnoWgbdvg In fact the playing felt strangely familiar. Some Googling provided the answer. Bassist on the Frozen soundtrack? The mighty Abe Laboriel. One of my all time fave bassists. No wonder the bassline sounded both familiar and cool. Now for a reappraisal of Let It Go? Don't know if I dare. And for those who don't have preschool/primary aged kids and may not be aware of Frozen... Here's the song in context... http://youtu.be/TtCXUFImZYE [/quote] I've had to listen to this for over a year and yep, it's a really great line! Lots of bouncy 5ths and octaves. I learnt it a while back, took a few attempts to get it half smooth, and I'm not the most proficient slapper so the second verse slap section was a bit hard to get off, in terms of timing the rhythmic parts of the slap. Great playing though and you kind of get the sense from how relaxed the line sounds that he just banged it out first time.

[quote name='owen' timestamp='1449088222' post='2920736'] I have three older Mackie SRM350 cabs. 10" speaker and PLENTY of welly [/quote] +1 on these. If you wanted something a bit cheaper the Mackie TH12a's are a good choice for floor monitoring. Versatile EQ so you can set the frequencies and they can be used FOH if your tops go kaput mid-gig.