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Thanks. I saw that thread, and that put the Torino Red idea in my head. Did Fender put any kind of stamp in the neck pocket with a colour code?

Thanks Dan, I found this but printed out the colours look different to the view on screen. When there are three maybe four reds that don't look too different it becomes quite a tricky thing. It's more about me being a bit of a pedant, as I guess you either like red basses or you don't

I should have done a poll shouldn't I?

Folks a bit of help needed here. I have acquired a mid 90s MIM P bass which is most definitely red. Problem is I can't make up my mind which of the Fender pallette it is. I started off thinking it was Torino, but when I clapped eyes on the beastie I started thinking maybe it's Dakota, or indeed some of the other livelier reds. I think we can rule out Fiesta and CAR as it doesn't have that slightly metallicy look about it. I've done a fair amount of Googling but then you're relying on the laptop screen to assess colour representation, whether the bass was photographed in natural light or not etc. I thought if I could find out what Fender were using colour wise in Mexico in 95-96 that would be a start but I've drawn a blank so far. It may be the unanswerable question...but at the end of the day I guess it's not massively importand in the scheme of things. Anyway here's the mandatory pic, but I'm not sure what conditions this was taken under either.

Just bought a P bass harness from Tomas. Arrived super quickly and a great guy to deal with. Many thanks.

Ooooh, let's not

I've used Jacks Instrument Services in Manchester for the occasional oddity. He's pretty good imho.

Ian just bought a bass from me. Easy to deal with, excellent comms and a genuinely nice guy. Thanks for your business and hope to see you again at some point!

Just received a beautiful bass from Drew, packed to survive a nuclear winter and exactly as he described it to me. Great gent and a real pleasure to deal with. Thanks again.

Sorry, I forgot that minor detail :-( In which case I'd personally go Alnico.

Definitely. I don't have one 'in stock' atm so it's all from memory. The other cool option (if it's allowed) is an RFB with series/parallel switch.

I always ask Alan for Alnico now as I prefer that sound, to my ears a bit warmer.

Sometimes a bit corroded too. Seems massively unfair. As I couldn't afford a 1960 P bass (must have been a good year) I now lie about my age.

No offense intended btw. Being an old git I loved the old Gullwing and the older SLs with the more 'vertical' headlights. Not good on the actual model numbers I'm afraid so I had to Google yours which is perfectly fine to my eyes. It has that bonnet too... The ones I fend less easy to look at are the modern saloon, maybe the last 3 or 4 years.

Nice, but where are the pics? You know the rules... Being tight, I've just bought a preloved Ray34CA. I'm hoping I'll get on better with the Alnico pickup and 2-band EQ than the cermic item on an ealier, now departed, SB14 that didn't quite float my boat.

What's stylish about a Merc. They have lost their way in styling over the years imv (engineerin/quality for that matter). Although YMMV of course.

Late to the party (again). Here's mine.

I use the EXL170BT set on all my fretted basses, excellent strings and great customer service.

Perfect gent that he is, just drove over to pick up a bass from me. The usual stress free transaction. I feel duty bound to buy something from you but the ones I want seem to sell before I see them. Must try harder.

I was allowed to buy a '66 Precision on my 50th. My YOB bass would have been too expensive (and not getting any cheaper either). Although post-CBS, Leo and the team were still building them at that point. It's a cracker I have to say.