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Has anyone else noticed that Ed Friedland manages to make whatever he plays sound pretty good?

Ed Friedland reviews the Zenith:

If the singer can't sing - and let's face it, some of them can't - then you can forget it.

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='1113011' date='Feb 2 2011, 09:13 PM'] So obvious now you see, I mean a soloed bridge pick up, do they think we are fools?[/quote] I can see one string against the fretboard - A string. Maybe D string too.

[quote name='GazWills' post='1113150' date='Feb 2 2011, 10:36 PM']... i don't think fender sell custom shop P-pickups, which is a damn shame. they sounded incredible!![/quote] They do the Jazz Custom Shop pickup - [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fender-Custom-60-Pickup-set-Jazz-Bass-/230575921040?pt=UK_Guitar_Accessories&hash=item35af655790"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fender-Custom-60-Pic...=item35af655790[/url]. I couldn't find a P bass version called Custom Shop but there is Original Vintage .

[quote name='clauster' post='1113161' date='Feb 2 2011, 10:42 PM']Forgot to add - enjoyed your original tracks a lot. was just in a rush to send an enquiry to Metway [/quote] Thanks for saying so. We've got quite a few more originals but we like to think the non-originals are our own arrangements and as the recordings were in part for getting gigs, where we expect to do some songs people recognise, we put the covers in as well. I'd definitely recommend Toby if he's available if you're booking Metway. He was always supportive but always ready to say if he thought we were going wrong - constructively of course. We felt he worked as part of the team with us. Top man.

1 - bass keeps playing when Taylor's not playing 2 - no strings on guitar 3 - Le Bon and drummer sometimes look like they are synching 4 - bass sounded in tune anyway 5 - the adverts were annoying 6 - the chatty man was annoying 7 - spoiled my evening

Same height standing as sitting up straight with bass on thigh, or close as possible to that.

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='1112943' date='Feb 2 2011, 08:19 PM']That, my friend, is one of the reasons why we should cherish the licence fee.[/quote] Hallelujah to that.

Bump.

OUT: Fender American Deluxe Precision IN: Fender American Vintage 62 Precision Phil Jones Bass Briefcase

[quote name='mcnach' post='1112127' date='Feb 2 2011, 10:53 AM']... Rotosound black nylons ... I see the standard is 65-115, which sounds quite heavy...[/quote] Rotosound black nylons only come in one size/guage. They are relatively low tension. Other black nylons are: La Bella - my favourites Pyramids GHS Fender

... or this: [url="http://curtisnovak.com/pickups/DualJazz.shtml"]http://curtisnovak.com/pickups/DualJazz.shtml[/url]

Do you mean like this? [url="http://www.riograndepickups.com/scart/ProductPage.asp?ImageLink=VPBBB&ProductName=For+Bass"]http://www.riograndepickups.com/scart/Prod...ctName=For+Bass[/url]

[quote name='TheGreek' post='1111295' date='Feb 1 2011, 05:19 PM']It didn't sell - not a single bid - the expression "card was well marked" springs to mind...[/quote] Strange, because, as Shambo said, yesterday it was withdrawn.

[quote name='Soloshchenko' post='1110529' date='Feb 1 2011, 02:13 AM']I really don't get why Fender still piss about putting these things on. Hands up who still plays this way? Me neither, but I do have 2 screw holes in my CV Precision scratchplate that annoy me a little bit and the knowledge that a standard Fender replacement scratchplate probably won't fit. I know it's a small thing but what is the point in the first place?[/quote] The point is that Fender only put tugbars on the '57 and '62 vintage reissues because that's how they were in '57 and '62 and the '75 reissue has a thumb rest above the E string as it was in '75. Those models all have the ashtrays too. If you don't want the vintage styling there are plenty of other Fenders to buy. The same applies with the Squier Classic Vibes (although they don't have the ashtrays) because they are classic reissues. The great majority of Fenders and Squiers don't have them. I rarely (although very occasionally) use the tugbar on my '62 but I do like seeing it sitting there. On my CV Jazz the tugbar is now missing because I replaced the pickguard with a white pearl guard without the tugbar holes - maybe I'll drill them out.

Here's Brian Wilson using the tugbar in 1964:

Very nice Nigel. Well done.

I liked the look of the red and particularly the white Epi JC Sigs in the pics. Only made for Jack, I presume.

Very interesting, I've been a Casady fan for a long time.

[quote name='warwickhunt' post='1108684' date='Jan 30 2011, 09:12 PM']Let's see if it's as real as the last time it sold! At the end of the day it was flagged up on here and well advertised on ebay (not misspelt or in the wrong section) so it has apparently sold for what the general public on ebay think it is worth. [/quote] Are you counting the shill bidders in with the general public?

... and sold for £565.55. If it's real then that's a bargain.