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I love 'em - I've got one on every pedalboard!

I'm using the Lekato WS-90 and I really like it. 5.8g, no (noticable (to me anyway)) latency, £35 brand new from ebay, decent battery life, no dropouts or interference (yet, touch wood), so simple even a Bass player can operate it (lliterally plug and play)... fantastic bit of kit. They are a bit ugly and stick-outy, but so am I and I do alright.

I did think that. The whether it is a 1979 or 1982 bass doesn't really matter to me as I bought it for less than £400 in 1999. It was the cheapest way that I could buy an American made Fender. At the time (late 1990s) the late seventies/early 1980s Fender Precisions were cheaper than the new American Standards. Any notional increase in value from the bass being a 1979 bass rather than a 1982 bass would be off-set by the damage of me playing it constantly for 26+ years and mostly storing it in a gig bag so it has cosmetic dings aplenty. It is very much a 'never sell' bass so if someone told me that it was a 1982 bass worth 'only' £1,200 or so rather than £1,500-£1,600 late seventies P-bass it would make no difference to me whatsoever.

Haha, not just me then! And yeah, very happy with it after rehearsal yesterday - we did a bit of recording, and it sounded great both live and on the recording, really clear and punchy. Rest of the band very impressed with it too, so happy days all round. Still need to double-check my starting position carefully every time, but we're getting there!

Ash - Walnut- Maple

is that oak/walnut/maple neck ?

Aye, she’s off doing a graphic design course of some ilk at college in September… All the kids are doing great. Just makes me chuckle that Ell’a birthday is also my Basschat anniversary too 😆

Seen pics on Facebook of some of the Brookes 12 strings, and they look amazing. Overwater recently posted a pic of a custom 8 string they were building, and that one looked really cool too. Doesn't help my itch for an 8 string one little bit!

Just came across this... really interesting recordings. To my ears thought the Caveman really stood out. I don't know if it is something to do with the headphones I am using but the Caveman gave a really super solid bass - almost in a way like the thud you can get when you hear bass live in a bigger venue. It did seem to lose some clarity in the treble/upper mids but to my mind this was more than compensated for by its reproduction of bass!

Thanks for your message. I guess it is a type of basil wood as I wasn’t aware that there were different types. I have another Brazil wood bow and this bow is much much different in grain to the other and in weight. The other bow is confirmed as brasilwood as I know who made it, I’m just shocked there’s such a difference despite being the ‘same’ if there are any other woods anyone can think of please let me know! cheers all

Time marches on. Our two turned 18 this year, and have both passed their driving tests, so we see even less of them! One is off to Uni in September, the other is back to college on a music course and being in as many bands as he can (drummer). More importantly, they've turned into decent people. You must be immensely proud of all your kids @AndyTravis.

I Gouda Known Better - Jim Diamond

Totally agree. I read the insurance small print when I was going to send a vintage Fender jazz and, in the end, it was easier and safer for me to drive it to Cardiff. In my most recent sales on here I’ve taken images as the bass has been packed and images of the box (like you have!) I guess the insurers will say the onus is on you to prove that the bass was in good condition before it was sent and that’s what the images do. You also need to establish a fair value and so on. Insurance is always a gamble, but if you follow their rules you give yourself the best chance. I say this after toe convoluted, but ultimately successful, insurance claims this year. (One we had to get the UK consulate involved, but that’s another story.)

Thanks LOWDOWN amazing just my thing, something to aim for

I'll Be Edammed - AC/DC

A couple of "fine pernambuco" bows. The top one is at least 80 years old, probably a lot older but it was made so thin that the wood cracked near the top. The bottom one is lovely wood, but it feels like lead in the hand! The thing to note is that thin even grain.