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  1. wateroftyne
    Mesa stuff has always been a premium in the UK. I bought a band new MPulse 600 back in the day for... christ knows how much... and lost an insane amount when the time came to sell it. Never again.
  2. wateroftyne
    IME the Walkabout was, for years, the greatest amp to roam the earth - until the Handbox R400 came along and managed to knock it off its perch. Had that not appeared, I'd probably still have a Walkabout 'till the day I croak.
  3. wateroftyne
    Right.. that helps to narrow it down: Mpulse Walkabout ...and there's an absolute shedload on TB. Fill your boots!
  4. wateroftyne
    When the essence of something suffers, I think it's fair comment.
  5. wateroftyne
    I was in a similar dilemma recently, but the 'affordable' options - which were still lots of money - just didn't ring my bell. So I've gone for a Limelight.
  6. wateroftyne
    There's loads of info here and on T*lkbass...
  7. wateroftyne
    IMO it was busy to the detriment of the feel. He was all over the shop. I was surprised, as the guy's undoubtedly a pro but his taste filter seemed to be stuck in 'bypass'. But then.. he plays bass with Nile Rogers, and he's never heard of me, so I'm sure he doesn't give a hoot what I think :-D
  8. wateroftyne
    100% agree.
  9. wateroftyne
    And looks :-)
  10. wateroftyne
    I imagine you can, but that's more down to natural variance, than typical tonal characteristics of each (bear in mind this is in the context of of your reply to the point I was trying to make earlier :-))
  11. wateroftyne
    I don't use the ashtrays either :-)
  12. wateroftyne
    Are you suggesting that if you did a blind A/B sound test of any '64RI to any genuine '64, you'd be able to tell which is which..?
  13. wateroftyne
    I meant above and beyond any usual natural differences you'd find in any Precisions. I should have made that clear.
  14. wateroftyne
    FWIW, I don't think the old ones sound any different to, or better than, the new ones. It's not about the sound.
  15. wateroftyne
    Yeah, I thought the same. The bass player needed to chill a bit, i thought.
  16. wateroftyne
    Yes. Around £300 over 18 months on my last one, maybe? Whereas over a decade or so I probably quadrupled my money on the '71 I sold recently.
  17. wateroftyne
    This is true. But it's also nice not to lose money :-)
  18. wateroftyne
    All else being equal, the pristine 60s original would appeal to me the most, just because the anorak in me would be calling the shots. But, on the assumption I couldn't afford it, I'd be happy with the relic as long as it's decent.
  19. wateroftyne
    Cool story - thanks for sharing!
  20. wateroftyne
    Quite. And let's not forget that to many of us, playing music is all about emotion - it's not just a clinical activity whose sole purpose is to convey sound to others.
  21. wateroftyne
    Yep, there's the investment angle as well. I bought a pair of Maruzczyks over the last couple of years - great basses both, but I have to accept that I'm going to lose money if/when I come to sell them (as I've already done with one). Because I've only really had vintage stuff in recent years, it's a new experience, and it hurts a bit.
  22. wateroftyne
    Like I say, all other things being equal :-)
  23. wateroftyne
    A battered two-year-old bass isn't going to have the glow of a-45 year-old instrument* - it's going to look like a battered two-year-old bass. *Unless it's skilfully relic'd.
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  25. wateroftyne
    I haven't read the thread - apologies - but my view is this: All other things being equal, IMO this: ...looks a million times nicer than this:
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