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Fair point.

We’ll have to disagree on this. The only value in this bass is if it’s a vintage one. The only reason it was purchased was because someone wanted a vintage jazz.

Correct. The neck will not be fitted. It has been fitted and used while it has not been in my possession so it really is what to do with it to make sure it remains in great condition when stored. I am leaning towards fixing it to a body or body substitute, adding a cheap bridge, stringing it and storing in a hard case. I am worried that slackening the truss rod will allow the neck to move more than if it was strung and under the correct tension.

Sold a bass to Steve, very helpful and great communication, highly recommended BassChatter!

Through The Mists Of Time - AC/DC

It's Indonesian built, but the same applies. This is on the back of the headstock if anyone's interested... Probably not 😁 The good thing is Rivolta QC and set them up in Nashville, so a second set eyes once it's left the factory. The fret work is rather lovely, ends all nicely rounded and polished. These eastern factories can really produce quality work if the budget is there. This is easily on par with (I'd say better than) Yamaha's Indonesian builds, and I'm a big Yamaha fan.

That would be my hope.

Tapes are a surprisingly lively string, I have them on both Precisions and a Jazz and they are awesome, La Bellas especially

I have to say I disagree. I’ve met too many people who have completed grade 8 in an instrument and can play a piece note for note but do little else. In the gigging world, there’s lots of trips and hazards where you need to be agile and able to improvise. Learning a bass part is 10% of the gig.

I have a lot of respect for all the folks who post in this forum, sometimes things get lost in translation I suspect Steve 👍

Hi Folks. Never tried Nylon tapewounds. Thinking to put La Bella 50-105's on it but I read they're flimsy, floppy and weak in output compared with the 60-1115's (and other brands). Small guage wire inside the 50-105's I read. Is this the consensus view? Looking for the conventional sound one gets out of tapewounds (not upright-like). I won't under any circumstances alter my original '63 P-Bass (eg. widening nut etc.) so seems 60-115's are out, leaving me w 50-105 if I stick w La Bella. Am I going to regret it?

As someone who has bought a stolen bass from a used products shop before, I get you

I have never seen a 450B like that either. Mine has the chunky heel also. @alyctes is probably right, and the design change (maybe when they started making the DMZ so they can use the same necks). On that particular bass though, there is a lot of damage to the body right where it joins the neck, indeed. It may or may not be related. The neck plate is also much shorter than on mine (again like @briansbrew DMZ).

I believe the request was information, not have someone imply they think you're an idiot. Surely experts can share their impressive and useful knowledge without appearing to denigrate someone seeking that information. The information preceding the opinion was useful. I just thought the final sentence was unnecessary, especially from someone who had enough knowledge to make such a decision based on that knowledge.

The red 5 string? If so I demoed it when The Gallery had it.

I get where you're at Lawrie, but at £1650 for a bass the buyer likes and preferred over others that were more expensive, I've seen worse deals from shops, in fact I've bought worse deals from shops 🤔

fade to grey - Visage

Hi, I have a 1983 lefty Stingray, do you offer a lefty neck for that bass?

I get that. What they’ve probably done is accepted it on commission and simply taken as gospel what the seller has told them. Thats plausible deniability. Of course, they may have taken it all apart and meticulously verified it. If they have, then all good. As for shops swindling people, I’m cynical I’m afraid.

Crikey man! You're worse than Nigella!

Here's a list of Tutors in the North West. Any good..? North West Bass Guitar Teachers ...

Mine up close

Both of @Hellzero's suggestions seems good to me.

Antibiotics are amazing. @Matt P is better now. The filthy infection has gone and he treads the path of the righteous man and woman by sticking to a great instrument and ditching the weedy things. If it were me, I’d take a few months of lessons to get confident. Online makes you sound great to you. As someone above noted, you have to sound good to other people to make tangible progress. when you can confidently tell strings apart, find notes and not think about which fingers to use, then consider online. think about it like this- if you were starting to drive cars, would online/only be a good option ? However once youre changing gear without thinking or looking down, you might want to consider hazard observation training or motorway skills but only a human teacher could get you there to that point