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My z3 is just under 9lbs. Clearly there'll be variation of weights but they are certainly not all heavy. Hope you're not unlucky.

If you ever get the chance to try it have a Jura Duerachs Own 16yr old. Now very rare to find. So easy to drink. Nice bass tone. Is that just backline or PA too ? Dave

The chance of major damage would have been mitigated as the power amp would not have been getting any input.

You haven’t got it wrong Rob it’s something @stevie picked up on back when I put the pdf together from Phil’s design. @Phil Starr It’s not a problem for me to update the designs to make all cutting widths the same if you’re ok with that?

I got to AB a Sub Phatty against my 25 a few months back. Aside the drive section, there wasn’t much to report back on, which is a testament to how well they produced the Subsequent. The Phatty has a look to it that’s really awesome though!

Ongoing neck and back issues forced me to sell both my basses over 8 pounds, leaving me with these two lovelies. A very mojo'd 1978 Shergold Marathon and a CIJ Mustang bass (recently acquired from @Lozz196 and with added black/cream/black scratchplate for a more punk/rock look than the brown tort). Both super light, both ready to gig. Just need to find a band!!!

The whisky 👍 The other is just irresponsible! It's early November man - get a grip!

… and here is the Sub Phatty: … has the expected stickiness these are known for on the end cheeks and mod/pitch wheels, so will have to get that off somehow. But a 2019 year production not played much at all, so happy with it 👍🏻. Great 0 feedback seller on eBay also, so the risk was definitely worth taking!

There's crossed wires here I think, or I've got mine crossed 😁. If the centre block/neck is shimmed then the bridge mounting area at the rear of the centre block will need to be shaved down flush with the body to lower the strings. I feel this is probably easier than routing the bridge area down to achieve the same, as the routed area will need to be the centre block and the actual body. The bridge mounts solely on the centre block but also sits on the body. The only 'issue' I see with shimming and shaving is the the centre block won't sit flush with the body anymore (a slight taper to however high the bridge area is before it's shaved down). The entire centre block could be shaved down but that's quite a lot of work. There's probably no right or wrong way, just whatever you'd prefer to do, including chopping the neck off to make it more conventional and shimming that. Either routing the bridge or shimming and shaving the centre block will work, but the will both have their set backs, like possibly needing to route the pickups lower, which being mounted to both the centre block and body give their own problems. Personally, as long as I felt competent in doing so I'd just pick a way I felt comfortable with and go for it. Work out the wrinkles along the way, as the bass isn't valuable enough to warrant paying for the work to be done. Whichever way I went I'd put extra fixings in the heel to stop the neck pulling up again. Whatever you choose to do please keep posting as I'm intrigued to see the solution.

I have enough of a challenge trying to play a standard 6 string bass viol without trying the 7 string French type bass

Fender AVRI '62 Precision. I hated its very thin neck profile.

… slapped this together for fretted duties this morning at church, going for the classic 1176 into LA2A vibe with a bit of channel strip chucked in (and some goodness from the Sfx unit 👍🏻 I do normally make things a bit neater, but it still worked 🤣🤣

It was kind of decided for me. Increasing problems with my ears have meant Ive pretty much given up playing live. Even playing my cello without significant muting is difficult, tho it comes and goes. Seems yrs of loud music has basically destroyed them, and the weird thing is it creeps up on you without you even realising.

My Z7-5 was just over 9 lbs and Z3-5 under 9 lbs (I don't recall the exact weight right now)... so fingers crossed Edit: No, the Z7-5 was 8.0 lbs actually, I can't trust my memory 😄 BUt both are light.

Fender Vintera II. I didn't hate it, Precisions are things of beauty afterall! I just couldn't get on with the fatter early 60's neck profile.

I quit a very good covers band around retirement age, and bought a sports car. No gear to lug around any more but I kept the bass. Moved to another part of the country, renovated a house and sat around doing nothing. Then met a guitar player who suggested we try working as a duo as we both sing. It’s enough for me now.

Travelled far and wide yesterday (or at least half an hour away which is the furthest we have been in a while). Sports and social club but sadly very empty. Easy setup, even if it is a long jog with the stuff from the car, but we had been there before so I took a trolley. Really quite empty but for some reason seemed an OK gig. Still didn't feel great but got through it fine. Same equipment as yesterday, but I guess I was a bit more used to it and I dind't make many mistakes (apart from strangely moondance, just used to the 5) and the sound was a lot better, probably why I enjoyed it more. So there weren't many people but of the people there were, they danced, and they came up and thanked us, and we got a private party for january, so must have done ok! I actually did most of the gig with the XS-1 one octave up and 20% on, and it just gives more bite and an edge on the distortion - more a harmonic boost I guess.

A nice local club gig last night. We’ve just had our annual lay off so this was the first gig in 4 weeks so expected a few cobwebs needed to be blown away. A decent crowd, wasn’t expecting miracles as the club has a patchy attendance for gigs. Was knackered at the end of the night as I’d flown back from Tenerife and not got in till turned 2am….had a well deserved Isle of Jura and the first mince pie of the season when I got in after the gig. Normal MarkBass rig, EBMM shorty Stingray and silver Converse. https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1A1h4MPtZ5/?mibextid=UalRPS

So just to give all ye all an update. Its nearly a month since I shimmed the p bass with 2 strips of fine grade sandpaper and I can report that there are zero issues so far. Bass is playing absolutely beautifully across the full fretboard. No sign of ski jump anywhere down near the neck pocket . Everything still playing clean and clear. By the way I am by no means a tech savvy guy for repairing basses. I just read a lot of stuff online (especially here) and had exhausted every other option so I kinda knew I needed a shim. I am over the moon with how it turned out . Many many tthanks for all the comments and advice on this thread. Basschat is a great forum to be part of Derek

I only buy basses that I think I am going to like, but sometimes it turns out I was wrong!