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I love these sort of events Nantwich do one over Easter, it’s nuts

New ABM-600-EVO IV For me via @walshy Very pleased with it.

Oh she will be, she accepts she’s a bass widow lol

I think its difficult to compare the 4005XC's with these basses other than the scale length. The 4005XC's were a special run for the 90th Anniversary of the company as you say so limited in production, not sure if these will be - im told the green ones are only a run of 25 like the British Racing Green 4003's a while back, but no confirmation on the "standard" colours being a limited run. The XC's are hollow-body which makes construction that little bit trickier, hence the list price of the standard 4005's too. The XC's are bound (very nicely I might add) and also have the stereo circuit. They are also naturally bigger because of that big 360 style body shape... and finally they come with the Ric silver "vintage" deluxe case rather than the standard black plastic one. It will be interesting to see how they take off if at all - and dont give up on Rics, theres loads out there second hand usually at decent-ish prices (although not many shorties out there admittedly...)

@Silky999 I hope your wife is as understanding when I drag a MarkBass amp into your living room when the Walnut-Graphite Jazz is complete… 😁

Sold Hutton a pedal, super chap, paid and let me know he'd received it and was happy too, all good, thank you

I have this little short scale acoustic bass I really like, but the bronze strings on is not my cup of tea. I tried some flatwounds for an electric full scale bass, but "normal" strings are to big to fit in the holes in the tuners. What strings would you suggest I look for - links appreciated. Thanks

For me it was just something I thought looked cool and liked the price. I dont think id get much use out of it as I always use headphones at home and it's not loud enough to use with a band. Might put it on my Christmas list though, as I still think the white one looks cool.

Maybe it’ll mellow over the next 44 years!

If it's the type of device you will get a lot of use from it's still a bargain IMO, there's a comparison with the PJB X4 Nano on YouTube and the Joyo isn't out of its depth at all. Doesn't quite have the same depth but puts in a good showing and the slap tone with the Warwick is tasty

what happened there ? Dave

Bass players never retire, they just slow down. 😂 Dave

Absolutely not. I always check my knob before playing. 😜 When i was using a single bass stand the bass knob used to touch the lower support and turn itself almost all the way off as i sat the bass down. I would start playing and wonder where the bass had gone. Now i always centre my onboard EQ when tuning before we start each set. I also tend to use a double stand now so its not an issue now. Dave

Take the ones you don't want to bring back.

Liking that Stingray bass @woodyratm. Very nice indeed. Dave

I'm in as long as it's not the last weekend in June. Probably.

The Musicman Retro '70s StingRay Bass is exactly that. I bought my pre EB Ray new in 1981 and the original 2 band preamp is much less refined than more modern versions. I understand the retro model has that more "in your face" delivery, as evidenced by many YouTube videos.

If Fender do take over, I hope they keep all staff and continue to manufacture G&L. Leo will be going home.

Last night's rehearsal was meant to be the first sight of our 'Country' set list for a dedicated Country & Western gig to raise funds for the hall we rehearse in. As usual, the band leader kept the list secret until about an hour before the rehearsal (annoying but not insurmountable) and we turned up only to find that he and the sax player had been called out on an RNLI shout. They are both members of the volunteer crew for the local inshore rescue boat and for gigs they are listed as 'unavailable'. For rehearsals, which take place in the hall about 300m from the lifeboat station, they are on call and it's pot luck whether they go out or whether they are covered by other volunteers on a first come first sent basis. But the show must go on, as they say, so we made a start with me singing 'John Henry' and 'Achy Breaky Heart', the trombonist singing '9 to 5' and one of the Uke players doing a sterling version of 'Ghost Riders in the Sky'. We also tried 'Man I Feel Like a Woman', not on the list but one we all through should be. They worked surprisingly well. We kept getting text message updates about the ETA of the BL and sax player but it became clear that the rescue was taking longe than expected (sea conditions and lack of light) so we called it a day around an hour early. I used a recently acquired Squire PJ through my recently rediscovered Laney Digbeth pre amp into the desk. The two idiots who got themselves cut off on a tidal island, despite signs showing the tide times and repeated warnings from the local Coastwatch volunteers as they set off, were rescued safely thanks to the actions of two lifeboats crews (6 volunteers in total).