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[quote name='grayn' post='1240049' date='May 22 2011, 09:48 AM']I can't understand why, when a thread starts "I want a Fender", why so many folk can only reply by trying justify their own (non Fender) tastes and basses.[/quote] I can't understand why if somebody has decided they want a Fender & absolutely nothing else will do why they have to start yet another f***ing thread about it.

[quote name='Fat Rich' post='1239197' date='May 21 2011, 12:02 PM']Interesting looking beastie! Does it have a phenolic or wood fingerboard?[/quote] Phenolic. [quote name='Fat Rich' post='1239197' date='May 21 2011, 12:02 PM']Does it have a truss rod or is it rock solid like an early Status?[/quote] No truss rod. It is indeed rock solid & one of the nicest necks I've ever played, quite wide but incredibly thin front to back. [quote]Interesting approach to the double ball end problem.[/quote] It also gets rid of the old "can't put a headless bass on a wall mounted hanger" problem!

I have been able to touch type for years & it's not made any difference in my playing ability that I can see.

[quote name='dc2009' post='1238689' date='May 20 2011, 08:33 PM']That inlay at the 12th is yummy.[/quote] It's actually at the 13th fret for some reason.

I'd buy three secondhand high end basses.

I did some recording with it yesterday & got the best sound I've ever had. I'm loving this bass so much!

[quote name='4-string-thing' post='1237496' date='May 19 2011, 10:11 PM']I hope this is irony, cos I've always found just the opposite! Bass players are always forward thinking and looking to try new equipment ie, graphite necks, composite bodies, new cab designs, class D amps etc etc. Guitarists can't seem to get beyond a strat, tele or les paul through a valve amp, all 50's technology![/quote] You've only got to read this thread & the many similar ones to see that this just isn't the case - bass players by & large are just as bad as guitarists when it comes to luddite mentality.

[quote name='BigRedX' post='1235484' date='May 18 2011, 11:48 AM']From what I saw of late 70s Fenders, they all appeared to have been made on Friday afternoon. One looking like the example in here would have been one of the better ones.[/quote] But all the great players use one & they've been on all those Motown records & they sound great no matter what music you play & Churchill used one to defeat the Hun & Elvis held one in one of his sh*t films & drone wheeze fart etc. etc. etc........

[quote name='BigRedX' post='1235459' date='May 18 2011, 11:33 AM'] Sei Flamboyant Offset 5-string[/quote] WOW!

[quote]This is the only version of this in my house[/quote] Fixed.

Do you mean "do it yourself" price or "send it to someone who knows what they're doing price"? I got a quote from Simms last year for refinishing a body in Burgundy Mist Metallic - £249, which I thought was pretty good considering the quality of their work.

Get the neck relief as flat as possible & then if the strings need to be higher or lower adjust the string height at the bridge. The "mwah" thing will be dictated by the action - the higher the action the less mwah. There will be a sweet spot where the mwah is good but not overwhelming, if the action is too low the notes will bloom & choke and it will sound pretty sh*te.

[quote name='Slipperydick' post='1235406' date='May 18 2011, 11:08 AM']Back in around 1991 or 92 I can remember speaking to someone at a Fender distributor who told me that the then new Mexican Strats and Precisions were assembled in Mexico from USA parts, but that it was only a temporary arrangement, so it was a good time to buy. Any truth in it, or was it just a sales pitch ? My early Mexican Precision plays and sounds great, mut admit the neck aint a perfect fit in the pocket though.[/quote] If the neck pocket is sh*t then it was probably assembled from US parts.

I've found that taking strings off & putting them on again can make them sound brighter again for a while; maybe slackening them right off & then returning to tension clears some of the crud caught in the windings & gives 'em a bit more life. (Just my personal observations on the matter - no scientific basis for them......).

Progtastic! Shergold porn thread: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=128495&hl=shergold"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...amp;hl=shergold[/url]

Anybody on here get it then?

[quote name='bubinga5' post='1234450' date='May 17 2011, 03:42 PM']string spacing looks wide, what is it?[/quote] Just by looking at it & playing it I'd assumed it was about 19mm - I've just measured it however & it's only 16mm at the bridge. Very surprised at that.

I couldn't understand why somebody of JPJ's calibre would be backing this f***wit, then I realised he's had extensive experience of playing with sloppy blues guitarists whose ability is far exceeded by the level of adoration they command.....

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='1234232' date='May 17 2011, 01:05 PM']I never got the Seasick Steve adulation... Isn't he Country Blues for people who buy CDs from ASDA?[/quote] I saw him in the 12 Bar club in Denmark St. years ago (didn't go to see him, he was supporting somebody else) & he was absolute f***ing rubbish. Haven't seen or heard anything that has made me think otherwise to this day.

Got this last week & it's awesome: Early/mid 90's model. Carbon Fibre bolt-on neck (34" scale), wood/foam cored composite body, Bartolini's, Noll three band active pre-amp, Steinberger type tuning system & a small headstock with string clamps so you can use any type of string. It balances beautifully & plays & sounds great - the passive mode (push/pull volume pot) sounds so good I can't see me ever using the active circuit but it's nice to have it there. The neck is just SO good. After a few false starts I think this is the one to finally convert me to the ways of the 5 string.

[quote name='largo' post='1234113' date='May 17 2011, 11:31 AM']if you follow the rules of evolution then a new bass should always be better than an old bass.[/quote] But only very slightly, and only after hundreds of thousands of years.

[quote name='Machines' post='1234002' date='May 17 2011, 09:54 AM']....seeing all your heroes playing them makes them a wonder to behold if you get one eventually. But, this doesn't mean they are the best instruments available.[/quote] Yeah, thanks Chris & Geddy for making me waste money on a couple of bloody Rickenbackers only to find out they're atrociously made & really uncomfortable to play.

If you're happy with your gear then you're not missing anything. Plenty of people will pile in & tell you xxxx is the best bass you could use, but the only way to find out is to try a load of different basses for yourself & see if active electronics, different neck profiles, more strings etc. make a positive difference to you.