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Congratulations. They're lovely basses. If you like it and it fits you like a glove, the cost really doesn't matter and hey, you may be run over by a Bus tomorrow. Enjoy it

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Could you buy a ready made and painted body cheaper ? Just a thought

Good morning A seller posted some videos of a bass from Vigier a passion 2 , the videos offered a great choice of sound, I like if possible to share them to show The passion 2 offer a wide choice of sound, thanks

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A car place would need the body only so you would have to take the bass apart. It’s also depends what type of finish you would want. A car sprayer would probably use 2k type paint, so paint and a hardener. It’s quicker to apply and also doesn’t need cure off for as long before polishing in the same way nitrocellulose or 1k poly would. 2k is also quite toxic hence they should use proper air fed respirators and decent extraction. They may not do nitrocellulose if that’s what you wanted. So from a luthier perspective, you are looking at stripping the bass to body, taking any existing clear coat off, prepping the colour already on, priming, new colour then clear coat, cure, polish, reassembly and set up. As a rough estimate, I allow poly clear coat 7-14 days to cure and nitro 14-30 days before polishing. Poly consumables - £140-215 Nitro consumables- £150-260 Total Polyurethane Refinish: £350 – £450 (Primer, colour, poly clear, materials, and labour included.) Nitrocellulose Refinish: £400 – £550 (More coats, more labour, longer cure — hence the higher price.) I hope that helps.

Beat It - Michael Jackson

Holy Forever and Make Room are particularly favourites of mine! We did "Mary did you know?" as a choir piece last Christmas and I used the Moog Little Phatty for that one. We're also doing "Angels we have heard on high" modelled on the Planetshakers live version which is a cracking Christmas song!

Thanks for these. The singer is female and was in my main band for 11 years. Her voice is less suited to female sung numbers but we just down tubed where we had to. Guitar player is the drummer in said band but he’s decent on guitar and proficient on banjo !

You didn't say if your singer is male or female, or if your guitarist is rhythm or lead or both. These are maybe less well known and probably work best for female leads. Sunday Kind of Love - Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa https://open.spotify.com/track/2LmpNjLwUIX4K363oieM4g?si=qP8dxaXdRQWsUVgLzcSXmQ The Dark End of the Street - The Commitments https://open.spotify.com/track/58oLE3Zv1JRzkMfsQtHlB1?si=1e5L_ELQReOLYi_s7aUYJg If I could change your mind - Alan Parsons Project. https://open.spotify.com/track/7F6dxGNtwSF2eBmatdbscF?si=Y9qqVnfpR2OAZEzkIlOe4g How can we see that far? - Amy Grant https://open.spotify.com/track/2G7AMHng2SeZB4EU6vpE5m?si=NZSDrvfXT0GZzItJVzhrIQ Sounds like a fun project - let us know how it goes 👍

Up for The Down Stroke - Parliament

It's an option to consider if a luthier proves too expensive, but I initially want to explore the lazy, one-stop-shop option, of handing the entire instrument to one person.

I Like It Both Ways - Supernaut