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all left handed Fenders I've seen only have Fender on the headstock - must be too much money to design a left handed decal One on this website [url="http://www.guitaremporium.co.uk/index.php?f=data_fender_japan_new_guitars&a=3"]http://www.guitaremporium.co.uk/index.php?...guitars&a=3[/url]

[quote name='Clarky' post='661201' date='Nov 21 2009, 06:00 PM']What time did the Damned come on stage, DH? I am not bothereed about missing GirlSchool (never liked them, saw them on the Bomber tour in 1979/80 I think) but would hate to miss the Damned[/quote] Think it must've been about 8 at the earliest

I saw both these bands on Thursday at the O2 Academy in Glasgow. The Damned were fantastic, the bass sounded like a chainsaw ripping through the tunes. Couldn't work out what bass it was he was using though but he had a big Trace head and Ampeg 8x10". The mixing left a lot to be desired as you couldn't really hear the vocals that well. Before I went I knew maybe 2 Motorhead tunes - Ace of Spades and Killed by Death. A very polished performance, really really tight as well. They were all in fine form and since this was the first time I've heard them live, it was the first time I've been able to hear Lemmy playing chords, such a huge sound for 3 musicians. The loudest gig I've ever been to, I had my earplugs on the whole night that i usually use for gigging. It was seriously loud even with them in. I've never seen so much facial hair, piercings and leather in the one place in my life. Highly recommended

[quote name='mrcrow' post='655271' date='Nov 15 2009, 05:04 PM']i think stings has the body chamfer[/quote] exactly like both the Warmoth's I have had - I couldn;t get on with the non-contoured earlier slab body

[quote name='budget bassist' post='655248' date='Nov 15 2009, 04:14 PM']i once played a 5 string squier precision, it was like playing a cricket bat, honestly.[/quote] They're hellish - You could easily get another string on there for the width of the neck. There you go Squier - Fender have finally caught up with the rest of the world so why not make it the first Squier 6 string?

The colour underneath it makes it look like its been used to stir a tub of magnolia paint

McCormack's in Glasgow had a full stack for yonks - may still have it in fact

I must've been lucky then - there have ben times when I couldn't be bothered to carry my gear the 5 feet into the house after a gig. This has been many times over the year so I've been lucky not to have anything damaged. Perhaps the differerence being that I have brought the stuff in and its sat in the house for the best part of a week so any moisture that may have got into it has evaporated - leaving the gear in a cold van and then transferring it into a warm gig without it sitting for a few hours will probably cause a lot of damage.

There's a lot of trace stuff for sale on here just now and I want it all. Very reliable stuff, as is Peavey. Have a look on Ebay, I've found that most of the older solid state bass gear on there is peavey and trace so it tells you something that they're still going after all these years I just picked up a 1110 4x10" combo from 1984 and a 1518 1x14" from slightly later for £230 and its in really good condition having only been used in residency at holiday camps during the summer.

I am in the 'hate it' camp, its about as wrong a colour as you can get - kind of a cross between puss and sputum - Warmoth now do finishes in this colour along with matching scratchplate [url="http://www.warmoth.com/Paint/Burst.aspx"]http://www.warmoth.com/Paint/Burst.aspx[/url] 4th one along from the top left - knock yourself out

The sterling and stingray have different pickups and the sterling has a coil switch thingy. until the Sterling 5 string came out, the stingray 5 string was actually a 5 string sterling by way of having the same pickups and aforementioned thingy. I much prefer the sound of the sterling but never got on with the weird shaped scratchplate. Having said that, the best sounding stingray I ever owned was my 30th anniversary 4 string The new Sterling by musicman basses are a bit like Squier is to Fender - they are higher spec versions of the now discontinued OLP basses. the subs were made in the US so are closer to being a MM than these.

You could always get a Yamaha TRB6 and convert it to a 4 string. The first 'ironing board' neck I ever saw when I was young although not that difficult to play. Warmoth necks are pretty chunky as well

My sides are aching with laughing so much. This is such a fantastic - thing [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Rare-Awesome-Acoustic-6-6-8-String-Electric-Bass-Guitar_W0QQitemZ110451398834QQcmdZViewItemQQptZGuitar?hash=item19b76a98b2"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Rare-Awesome-Acousti...=item19b76a98b2[/url] Guaranteed to give you good lucky with the larruping quality of the ancient tradition of pish

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/electri-base-guiter_W0QQitemZ250530493196QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item3a54c7f30c"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/electri-base-guiter_...=item3a54c7f30c[/url] surprised its in the right section

Another forum member now owns it. Best pickup ever in that one - Lollar - sounded like 2 basses playing at once. I'm deciding between another Lollar and a Fralin for my Split P bass.

Well I've just had it confirmed that this bass is fitted with an SD vintage pickup and original 1977 /Fender tuners so I've taken it off ebay and decided just to get myself a new body for it

Its an absolutely fantastic playing and sounding bass but I absolutely hate chips, dings, dongs etc. Unless you're a clumsy oaf or an extremely unlucky oaf there's absolutely no reason how you would get them. That's what's putting me off it - sounds the dogs but hate the chips on it.

Looking back, I probably could've worded this thread a little better but I have a hidden agenda. The Japanese Fender is mine and I'm trying to talk myself out of selling it so I was gauging what other people thought of it compared to the US models as i would probably be buying a US model if my one sells but am I making a mistake? This is the dangerous season for me between the end of the wedding gigs and the start of the Christmas party nights when I have a lot of spare time not playing. The price I have it in at reflects my indecision as to whether I should be selling it or not. I did get caught out before when I put my Fender '51 reissue on Ebay at a high price as I didn;t really want to sell it but someone came right in and bought it. The rolled fingerboard edges really appeal to me on the new US models as it was the thing I really liked about my JV Squier but whatever I get I'm tempted to put a Fralin or ollar pickup in there anyway. Does anyone have any pills to sedate me until the end of the month so that i don;t do anything rash?

take prices out of the equation, most things can be negotiated - would you go for a US model just because its US or an older Japanese one or something else?

Below are 3 different basses, all offered on Ebay. I'm not highlighting Ebay sales I am just asking that if you had the choice, which one would you go for and why. Its just an experiment that I need to do. I shall reveal all later. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FENDER-USA-PRECISION-BASS-1995_W0QQitemZ220500884059QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item3356e07a5b"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FENDER-USA-PRECISION...=item3356e07a5b[/url] [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/AMERICAN-FENDER-PRECISION-BASS-WHITE_W0QQitemZ320446948772QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item4a9c2065a4"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/AMERICAN-FENDER-PREC...=item4a9c2065a4[/url] [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140358866953&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...=STRK:MESELX:IT[/url] [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FENDER-AMERICAN-STANDARD-P-BASS-PRECISION-BASS-GUITAR_W0QQitemZ290369478536QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item439b5e9f88"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FENDER-AMERICAN-STAN...=item439b5e9f88[/url]

the squier is fantastic and I don't like jazzes. highly recommended

Sting has 2 but I believe that this is the 1957 one which makes it one of the last of the single coils before Fender went with the split pickup style. I believe that his is fitted with a Seymour Duncan humbucker. This bass was the inspiration for my own Warmoth creation: sadly no longer with me.