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[quote name='Trueno' timestamp='1467547301' post='3084413'] I'm not a huge fan of relicing/road worn... but this bass could change my mind. Just love Fiesta Red. [/quote] It's a fantastic bass by any standards. Don't let the 'Road Worn' thing put you off. Like I said in the OP, it's a red herring.

UPDATE: two things: The volume pot became a little iffy, so I took the bass to KiOgon (John) of this parish for sympathetic replacement of the electrics, which included CTS pots, Switchcraft Jack, vintage wiring and a spiffy orange Sprague Pacer 0.1uF cap. Great job by John, as per usual... The other thing is, I gigged the bass again last night. Frantic gig as there were lots of other bands on the bill, so to save on arse pain I went through the PA (using my Diamond BCP-1). The monitoring wasn't all that, so I played some of the set 'blind' so to speak, but in certain numbers I could hear enough to please me. I was told afterwards (by someone I trust) that the FOH bass sound was excellent, so all good. Needless to say it played incredibly well - very light, very easy low action with flats - and I avoided the usual 'immobility of fretting hand due to humidity and sweat' because I previously sanded the neck to the wood and applied several coats of Tru-Oil, thus making an already-great neck super-slick and satiny-smooth. I'm going to put my head on the block and say it's definitely a keeper. I may find a better P Bass than this, but it will need to be something very special indeed before I would even consider moving this one on. If you've not played a Road Worn P and you're after a 'vintage' sound and feel, I strongly suggest you get out there and try one.

[quote name='Paul S' timestamp='1467464489' post='3083869'] ...you are a tamarillo and I claim the entire internet. [/quote] I thought it was a habanero... but I bow to your superior gardening knowledge.

[quote name='Paul S' timestamp='1467463127' post='3083858'] Better than having a nipple that looks like a hat. [/quote] You are a cactus and I claim my five pounds!

[quote name='Paul S' timestamp='1467462342' post='3083847'] I was once complimented on my moustache at the end of a gig. Not quite as curly as that in my avatar. [/quote] Your hat looks like a nipple.

RIP. What a year. And it's still only July.

[quote name='silverfoxnik' timestamp='1467452385' post='3083751'] And of course, we all know this is true anyway: [url="http://m.independent.com/news/2014/nov/19/dating-musician-i-recommend-bass-players/?templates=mobile"]http://m.independent...emplates=mobile[/url] [/quote] Too right!

[quote name='Schnozzalee' timestamp='1467408959' post='3083575'] Love those Corts. Once you go Fretless, you can't do without - They really sing and add a bit more depth I feel. Enjoy! [/quote] After many decades of being indifferent to fretless basses, I've now got fretless Cort GAS. Who would have thought?

[quote name='PlungerModerno' timestamp='1467204771' post='3081890'] I do get liking worn instruments (e.g. stings battered '52 P bass). But it should be real - earned. [/quote] So presumably I can't play a 1952 P Bass because I wouldn't have put sixty years' worth of 'real' wear on it myself? Shame.

[quote name='Iain' timestamp='1467396741' post='3083456'] Tested my new basses through one at GBBL yesterday with a micro Gk head. Very nice. [/quote] That's good to know, thanks.

A BF Two10. Which is arriving on Tuesday, if FedEx get their arses in gear.

Three at once?? Good Lord. Nice, though.

Are we really doing this?? OK, then... Paul Chambers Holger Czukay Charles Mingus James Jamerson McCartney

[quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1467386588' post='3083360'] Did you not get the message after you'd sold the first two?! [/quote] No. I've had THREE MB200s and still have GAS for a Fusion.

[quote name='PaulGibsonBass' timestamp='1467385637' post='3083341'] No no no no no. [/quote] +1 +1 +1 +1 +1.

[quote name='Bottle' timestamp='1467373265' post='3083174'] Kinda wish I'd still hung on to it but there you go! [/quote] I've had a 500 Fusion, an MB500 and an MB200 and regret selling all of them, especially the Fusion.

[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1467382379' post='3083286'] My trousers have only just dried out from the excitement of last months voting. [/quote] You should have hung them up next to an open window instead of letting that amphibian wear them.

Now the nights are drawing in I'd like to be the first to wish everyone a very merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

[quote name='Twincam' timestamp='1467381105' post='3083266'] Zero heft tho! [/quote] Yeah, it's gay. But hefty noodles give me indigestion...

[quote name='Twincam' timestamp='1467377228' post='3083228'] The reverb really worked on that. Really felt it a few times. Nice little piece. [/quote] Thanks.

[quote name='karlfer' timestamp='1467366425' post='3083100'] One may be a tad fickle [/quote] I don't believe that, not for a second.

I don't think 'invisible' is necessarily a negative comment. If you're doing your job right, i.e. playing for the song, keeping it minimal, making tasteful note choices, sitting in the mix and locking in with the drums then what's the problem? You've turned up, you're in tune, you're playing in time, you're having fun and you're getting paid. Life is good! Bass players I've seen who deliberately stick their heads above the parapet, play too much/too loudly/out of time and/or don't listen to what their band mates are doing are inevitably bloody awful and would be better off with a guitar. Or possibly a broom.

Good amp. The Fusion is better - IMHO. But you can't go wrong with any of the MB range. They just sound right.