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StuckfastStuckfast Frets: 2124
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I've been looking for a cheap P-ish bass for a while and this seemed to tick all the boxes. Haven't had a chance to plug it in yet but it plays very nicely. And it's bright red. Wooo! 

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  • GoFishGoFish Frets: 1082
    1) Yeah! Get yer Kim Deal on.

    2) Are those TM flats on there? Score if so.

    3)HNBD!!
    Ten years too late and still getting it wrong
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  • Dave_McDave_Mc Frets: 2022
    Excellent! :D 
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  • StuckfastStuckfast Frets: 2124
    They're not flats, sadly, but they are nice and old.
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  • ICBMICBM Frets: 69426
    That's *much* better than just a "cheap P-ish bass". It's a proper classic in its own right, very well made, and probably the best model in the range - the more expensive 1A active version had electrics which are probably best described as a bit dated now. You simply cannot go wrong with a P pickup, volume and tone controls.

    The intonation is off and the strings need putting on properly though ;).

    "Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski

    "Just because I don't care, doesn't mean I don't understand." - Homer Simpson

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  • StuckfastStuckfast Frets: 2124
    *rubs hands* 

    Excellent! And it was cheap, so that's doubly excellent.
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  • ICBMICBM Frets: 69426
    Aha! It looks like it's been played left-handed. That would explain the weird intonation settings ;).

    "Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski

    "Just because I don't care, doesn't mean I don't understand." - Homer Simpson

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  • StuckfastStuckfast Frets: 2124
    Yes, someone has attached and then removed a second strap button on the other horn. Well spotted!
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  • Dave_McDave_Mc Frets: 2022
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    Stuckfast said:
    Yes, someone has attached and then removed a second strap button on the other horn. Well spotted!
    You'll not get much past @ICBM ! 

    Also I meant to say above, but I forgot, but the colour is excellent. I really like bright red in general (there's something "happy" about it, if you know what I mean), and you're right, it looks really good in that bass particularly. I think the gold sets it off very nicely, too.
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  • StuckfastStuckfast Frets: 2124
    Well, I fixed the intonation, plugged it in and recorded some bass and I'm loving it so far. You can get such a range of sounds simply by varying the position of the right hand, it makes me wonder why any bass really needs more than one pickup.
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  • fretmeisterfretmeister Frets: 22257
    Stuckfast said:
    Well, I fixed the intonation, plugged it in and recorded some bass and I'm loving it so far. You can get such a range of sounds simply by varying the position of the right hand, it makes me wonder why any bass really needs more than one pickup.
    BURN HIM!!!!
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  • FunkfingersFunkfingers Frets: 13312
    Stuckfast said:
    it makes me wonder why any bass really needs more than one pickup?
    Somebody, give this person a copy of Jaco Pastorius' eponymous first album!

    ICBM said:
    That's *much* better than just a "cheap P-ish bass". It's a proper classic in its own right, very well made and probably the best model in the range.
    I'm so old that I can remember when Westone Thunder bass guitars first appeared. The originals were Sen/Ash in a natural finish. I rather liked that because it meant that there was no laminate hidden away.

    ICBM said:
    the more expensive 1A active version had electrics which are probably best described as a bit dated now.
    You are being far too kind. 

    I remember the 1A treble and bass controls as - in the words of Vivian Stanshall - "sudden and alarming". 

    Once the pots got cronky, the EQ was even less usable. Back in the day, the sensible option was to use the bypass switch.
    Be seeing you.
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  • StuckfastStuckfast Frets: 2124
    fretmeister said:
    Stuckfast said:
    Well, I fixed the intonation, plugged it in and recorded some bass and I'm loving it so far. You can get such a range of sounds simply by varying the position of the right hand, it makes me wonder why any bass really needs more than one pickup.
    BURN HIM!!!!
    Ha, I freely confess to not being a proper bass player. But the bass this has replaced had two pickups and I struggled to get one good sound from it.
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  • FunkfingersFunkfingers Frets: 13312
    Stuckfast said: 
    the bass this has replaced had two pickups and I struggled to get one good sound from it.
    Come off it. Even a Rickenbacker manages one good sound. :-p
    Be seeing you.
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  • BridgehouseBridgehouse Frets: 24559
    Funkfingers said:
    Stuckfast said: 
    the bass this has replaced had two pickups and I struggled to get one good sound from it.
    Come off it. Even a Rickenbacker manages one usable sound. :-p
    FTFY

    :D
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  • FunkfingersFunkfingers Frets: 13312
    Wot? No bites yet? 
    Be seeing you.
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  • ICBMICBM Frets: 69426
    lol

    Actually I mostly agree... I rarely use anything other than the 'treble' pickup. I do very occasionally use the neck pickup with the tone turned down for that 60s thud bass sound, but I could live without it. (The treble tone has been converted into a rotary 'vintage cap' control, otherwise I could use that.)

    "Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski

    "Just because I don't care, doesn't mean I don't understand." - Homer Simpson

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  • AdeyAdey Frets: 1988
    Nice. I have an eye out for a similar one  but quite fancy black.
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