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[quote name='brensabre79' timestamp='1426775721' post='2721812'] [url="http://www.theblackandblue.com/2011/06/20/wrap-cable-over-under/"]http://www.theblacka...ble-over-under/[/url] [/quote] Yes, if you coil your cables correctly you shouldn't need cable ties. Also, I use one of those Pilot-style attache cases with separate compartments - one for my Fusion and two for heavier cables, H1 recorder and other bits internally, one external pocket for lighter cables and an external side pocket for whatever. You can even get a couple of beers in there too. Works very well. You can pick them up for about thirty quid and they also come with wheels and a handle if you're into that sort of thing.

[quote name='Billy Apple' timestamp='1428611155' post='2743105'] You only have to have 5 chatters turn up and you're knackered. [/quote] Tap water all round, then... it's illegal to charge for tap water in this country, y'know... ...actually if five Basschatters [i]did [/i]turn up it would be well worth it!

[quote name='Billy Apple' timestamp='1428611073' post='2743100'] Yes. In the traditional sense. [/quote] What, homosexual? As opposed to terribly bad, which I believe is the modern sense...

[quote name='Chiliwailer' timestamp='1428610630' post='2743095'] Haha! That'd be one hell of a signature bass too. Sounds like a monster, nice [/quote] I'm up for Fender producing it as my sig bass. Now then, I just need to get famous...

[quote name='Marvin' timestamp='1428593152' post='2742827'] Hmmmm, that's tempting [/quote] Hardly worth the trip from Devon though, surely..?

[quote name='Billy Apple' timestamp='1428609427' post='2743069'] I quite like the idea of a J neck on a P body. I think the P easily looks the best out of the two, but it's a bit slimmer for the old fingeringtons [/quote] Pshaw! Your high-end USA Spector has turned you gay!

[quote name='Chiliwailer' timestamp='1428609232' post='2743064'] What would you like to see? [/quote] How about an Aged Olympic White Jazz body with twin Precision pickups, an Aguilar OPB-3 circuit and a one-piece maple Precision neck with black 3-ply pickguard and black blocks and a 70s TV logo? THUMP, CRASH, BOOM, ROAR!!

[quote name='Chiliwailer' timestamp='1428599996' post='2742915'] Is this Basschat or Bassbitch? [/quote] Er... I thought it was BitchBass! Actually I love Fenders me, to the extent that I'll even have custom instruments made that look just like them. I like [i]real [/i]Fenders too though, anything vintage especially. I'm fully into Leo's thing and the whole history and I'll obsess about the minutiae of hardware, which bridge or tuners went where and when, etc etc etc. I just don't think FMIC's marketing is all that great. They never seem to give people what they actually [i]want[/i], instead churning out half-baked ideas like this 'postmodern' P/J abomination.

[quote name='tauzero' timestamp='1428584849' post='2742700'] Why do you think it's a huge weight? [/quote] Well the shipping weight is 20lbs, so I'm guessing the actual guitar must be at least 12-14lbs.

[quote name='ThomasB' timestamp='1428590231' post='2742776'] yeah, I made a good impression right away.. ...won't let it happen again [/quote] It will be a lot funnier round here if you do!

[quote name='Drax' timestamp='1428582188' post='2742649'] Not like Fender to repackage the same old basses with some sentimental marketing hyperbole. [/quote] Haha I think that's pretty much what they've been doing since 1965.

[quote name='Drax' timestamp='1428581603' post='2742629'] I do love the idea of rocking up to an audition with one. [/quote] Just turn up with Rolf Harris instead, you'll get a much better reception.

[quote name='Drax' timestamp='1428581251' post='2742615'] What does 'New Old Stock' really mean ? [/quote] It means original old stock in as-new condition that was never sold or even unpacked. Not applicable in this case, I feel. Edit: D'oh, beaten to it.

[quote name='GregBass' timestamp='1428580864' post='2742607'] Different tunings? [/quote] Different tunings in the same song? OK, I'm going to go right ahead and say this abomination is a bad idea, and any small advantages to be had from making it a doubleneck are going to be totally offest by its unwieldiness and huge weight. Expensive too, given the amount you'd have to spend on gym subscriptions just to pick the bloody thing up. It's as convenient as hundredweight of sh[size=3]l[/size]tty biscuits and about as easy to carry!

[quote name='EliasMooseblaster' timestamp='1428580644' post='2742602'] I'm at a loss for what qualifies it as "Postmodern." [/quote] It means it's a bad idea brought to market by coke-fuelled assholes.

Precision body with a Jazz neck..? So the worst of both worlds, then. That Olympic White version looks a bit grey to me...

Just like to confirm this gig is FREE ENTRY. Any BassChatters who actually turn up will be entitled to a FREE DRINK too, courtesy of Yours Truly. FREE ENTRY AND A FREE DRINK!! What's not to like? Apart from the music, obviously.

[quote name='Thurbs' timestamp='1428577003' post='2742540'] 10,000 hours is often quoted as the amount of effort required to be "ok" when mastering a instrument. [/quote] Or mastering anything, really. I've done my 10,000 hours over the last 40 years, but I'm not convinced this makes me a genius... http://youtu.be/DPCOMtJL6vA

[quote name='alyctes' timestamp='1428536005' post='2742303'] Rounds and flats? [/quote] I've never found it necessary to change from rounds to flats in the course of the same song! And the chances of ever having to do so with an acoustic bass...

Just stop fiddling with it.

[quote name='throwoff' timestamp='1428503508' post='2741903'] You're talking about that Japanese fellow again aren't you.... [/quote] I think she's Korean.

[quote name='Left Foot' timestamp='1428495738' post='2741770'] I thought... [/quote]

That's a dangerously GASSY website. Been trapped in it before!