EssentialTension

Or a 1956 at £9,750: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FENDER-1956-PRECISION-BASS-BLONDE-ALL-ORIGINAL-BEAUTY_W0QQitemZ390103274772QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item5ad3f79514&_trksid=p4634.c0.m14.l1262"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FENDER-1956-PRECISIO...34.c0.m14.l1262[/url]

They've got a 1960 Precision up at a cheaper price (not custom colur though) only £9,250: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FENDER-PRECISION-BASS-1960-PRE-CBS-ALL-ORIGINAL-W-OHSC_W0QQitemZ390103274727QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item5ad3f794e7&_trksid=p4634.c0.m14.l1262"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FENDER-PRECISION-BAS...34.c0.m14.l1262[/url]

[quote name='alexclaber' post='623176' date='Oct 11 2009, 03:38 PM']Nicely worn in then! Alex[/quote] Almost.

I bought an American Deluxe Precision for substantially less than that - and not online but in the shop.

[quote name='OutToPlayJazz' post='622765' date='Oct 10 2009, 10:51 PM']I had the 60's P for a short while last year. I couldn't stand the colour. It reminded me of 1970's panda cars and those little invalid carriages (Invacars) you used to see around... [/quote] A good effort but you haven't put me off the idea.

[quote name='bh2' post='622732' date='Oct 10 2009, 09:59 PM']Yes... as I said earlier, they really are smashing! I've serious gas for a CV 60's P though... I've been bitten by the sonic blue bug.[/quote] Me too.

I've had this happen with TI Jazz Flats too.

Great day guys, thanks to all who were involved in organisation. I particularly enjoyed Jake's workshop, but Ped, Alex and Roger were great too. Also, a special thanks to Jake for his personal tips on my dodgy upright (in)abilities. My favourite basses were Clarky's Shuker P (very nice neck) and eshears's Lakland DPLE2 (nice everything). See you soon.

1) What kind of maintenance do you carry out on your instruments at home/gigs? String changes, setup of neck relief, intonation etc., rewiring/replacement of pots etc., cleaning, oiling fingerboard. 2) What position is it easiest to have the instrument in for these actions? (vertical, horizontal, at an angle?) Variable but sometimes vertical, sometimes horizontal, sometimes on my lap, sometimes on a table or ironing board. 3) Are there any tasks you currently carry out where you find it hard to securely orientate the instrument in an ideal working position? No.

[quote name='Faithless' post='620136' date='Oct 7 2009, 11:55 PM']now that's clear, thanks for that, EssentialTension anyway, I'd be interested to hear opinion of the man, who's played, for eg., both 4/94 and 44-01 or anything like that - how the quality difference actually [i]feels[/i] on those two basses. Anyone? [/quote] I've never played a US Lakland so I'm not in a position to compare. Someone who can will be along in a minute, I'm sure. I will say that all the Skylines I've played were excellent such that I'd be tempted to buy three Skylines rather than one US - if you see what I mean. On the [url="http://www.youtube.com/user/LaklandOwners#play/uploads/9/cIzV9462xeE"]You Tube Lakland Owners' Channel[/url] in one of the interviews, Dan Lakin tells a story that John McVie asked Lakland for a Bob Glaub. So they sent him a Skyline to keep him going while they got down to making him a US. McVie contacted them and said not to bother with the US because the Skyline was fine.

[quote name='Musicman20' post='619845' date='Oct 7 2009, 06:34 PM'][url="http://www.basscentral.com/lakeland_usa/lakland_bob_glaub.shtml"]http://www.basscentral.com/lakeland_usa/la...bob_glaub.shtml[/url] C'mon...where is the Skyline?![/quote] I think you'll be waiting a while for one of those.

[quote name='Faithless' post='620029' date='Oct 7 2009, 10:05 PM']That's the thing I've never got about Lakland.. Do American and Skyline series differ so much, in terms of quality, playability, etc..? I'm talking about models like 4-94(american) [i]or [/i]44-01(skyline) and such....[/quote] [url="http://www.lakland.com/skyline_vs_us.htm"]FAQ's: US and Skyline - What's the Difference? [/url]

[quote name='MacDaddy' post='620042' date='Oct 7 2009, 10:21 PM']I've seen some interesting home recorded footage of Keeley Hawes [/quote] What? No link?

[quote name='GreeneKing' post='619857' date='Oct 7 2009, 06:51 PM']Some basses have a compound radius where the radius changes along the length of the neck.[/quote] Is that the same as asymmetrical radius or would asymmetric refer to a radius change across the neck rather than along the length of the neck?

[quote name='Musicman20' post='619849' date='Oct 7 2009, 06:39 PM']Gig Skinz....this one: [url="http://www.flightcasepro.co.uk/products/Small-Mixer-%7B47%7D-Utility-Bag.html"]http://www.flightcasepro.co.uk/products/Sm...tility-Bag.html[/url] Price has gone up a little. Plenty of room. Lots of pockets....nice and sturdy for a bag.[/quote] I use one of those too - except mine's the [url="http://www.flightcasepro.co.uk/products/Medium-Mixer-%7B47%7D-Utility-Bag.html"]medium[/url] size I think. LMII + Radial Bassbone + TU-2 + K&K preamp + all leads and tools fit easily. I did have a Markbass LMII bag but it was much smaller than the Gigskinz, more expensive, and only lasted about a year before the zips went.

[quote name='Doddy' post='619775' date='Oct 7 2009, 05:17 PM']In all fairness,why didn't you get the money before sending the bass? As it is you've just given him a nice little gift.[/quote] I don't think it's as simple as this. As we know from another case someone can pay the money and then the bass not be sent. So in practice it doesn't really matter whether money goes first or bass goes first because one way or another there has to be some trust from one or other party. So the OP didn't 'give a nice little gift' any more than someone who pays first and then doesn't get the bass (or whatever it is) 'gives a nice little gift'. None of these kind of sales operates without trust on one side and honesty on the other. To the OP: I hope you get your money .

[quote name='Gust0o' post='619497' date='Oct 7 2009, 12:46 PM']I managed to beat an escape from the office for a rare stroll along the river... only I managed to find myself drawn to Banks music, for a quick browse. I'm pretty glad I did. As per usual, I received the typical patter - how's the day; business good; is that yet another tie; cold out - and the lad got to chatting about what he'd had in on the last delivery. MIM Ps, MIM Js... including a stunner in white. Tempted? No thanks. I can't imagine myself playing Anthrax covers in my games room on that thing. It'd be like like marrying Keeley Hawes. It'd be great, she's beautiful... but, sooner or later, she's going to find out I'm an idiot. Not getting good vibes on that, laughs the lad, but we did get some Vibes in - cue another stunner in white, with a tort plate. Well, I had time to kill, so time was killed. I was very impressed, all told. I don't know what I was expecting. I've seen some great comments on here about these, versus previous Squier and Fender efforts - sound and tone, both great; look and feel, great; price, great! I'd almost prepared my defence for bringing it home. "Well, Mrs Gus, it's just like marrying Keeley Hawes... and then she found out I was an idiot; so anyway, this was a bargain." Glad I took that lunch break now![/quote] Well, I read all that and I was left with a vision of Keeley Hawes with a tort plate - not unpleasant I thought.

I've always loved olympic white but I've never had one (yet).

That's real real treat to see. Congrats.

[quote name='lemmywinks' post='619518' date='Oct 7 2009, 01:03 PM']A while ago i sold a bass to a forum member called jamiejames. The bank transfer was agreed and i arranged for the bass to be shipped on the same day, bass was collected but no money turned up[/quote] Sorry to hear this; I hope you can get a suitable result.

As some have suggested already (including me), I'm all for not copying a line slavishly and for copping the feel instead or even coming up with a wholly new line. However, I think there's also much to be said for and a lot to be learned from making a close study of the bass lines of great players like Tommy Cogbill. Similarly, I spent some time studying Ray Charles left hand piano part before I came up with a bass line for [i]Hallelujah, I Love Her So[/i]. I think it took me places I wouldn't have gone without that careful listening to little details.

[quote name='Nodd' post='617388' date='Oct 5 2009, 01:24 PM']It is on the hang tag and on the amp chassis on a metal plate. Is there a way of figuring out the age, or birth date from the serial number? Nodd[/quote] I read somewhere - possibly or even probably Talkbass - that the serials all start at 100 and are prefixed by the model code (WK for the Walkabout). So, if your serial number is WK-3765 you have the 3665th Walkabout built. The only way to date is ring Mesa. IIRC.

[quote name='LukeFRC' post='617975' date='Oct 5 2009, 09:18 PM']hmm, yes my reply appears a bit harsh and sarcastic. I appolagise.[/quote] Thanks, Luke. And I apologise too for both my response to you and any offence caused by my first post. [quote name='LukeFRC' post='617975' date='Oct 5 2009, 09:18 PM']however a shop lives and dies by it's reputation. This thread is about an amp being repaired at at [i]another[/i] shop in Glasgow, guitarguitar were used as an example of good customer service. I see little need for your comment referring to someone elses past problem with the shop in this thread. It's not relevent to the discussion and just hurts the reputation of a perfectly good local business. I think if you want to talk about whatever problems you personally have with them, it belongs in a different thread.[/quote] I would take this point as a general rule but I remain aghast at the particular events to which I referred.

[quote name='velvetkevorkian' post='617620' date='Oct 5 2009, 04:27 PM']I guess its possible that Gary Willis has never bothered to adjust the intonation of his bass? The behaviour he describes sounds similar to when a fretted bass is not intonated correctly, and as we've seen a lot of folk don't really bother with setting up fretless intonation in the same way as a fretted.[/quote] Well, his comment is from a page that is one of a series on how to intonate a bass so it hardly seems likely that he hasn't bothered to adjust the intonation.