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I suppose a major Specials fan who plays bass could buy it and it ends up as their number one bass that they play every day and will cherish. I think £20k is steep for any bass but to someone that could be doable. If a Bruce Foxton or JJ Burnel owned Precision came up that had been used in their original work then I`d be tempted, however I already have my fave bass so it would be a waste for me as nothing replaces that.

This is pretty normal on basses and cellos. It just needs gluing and clamping. It's almost regular maintenance ( regular being decade hopefully). My (all wood) cello had it several times, especially when I lived in South Korea with 5% humidity. A £10,000 bass I borrowed from Tim Tofts had a side split like that ( would have been fixed if I'd bought it ).q

See, anyone coming to this thread now means that comment doesn't make sense

It’s £20,000 for bragging rights on a non original Fender bass you can buy for much less elsewhere. It’s just publicity for the auction.

The bits arrived, but I have not yet looked at them with any intent or plans. It is currently a box full of components, and a small processor, which I can wire together to make lights flash, and buzzers buzz. Only once I have learnt how to do that, and how to create 13 independent switches, will I add a midimuso chip, to generate MIDI signals.

What is it?!

That's a lovely thing. For some reason (God alone knows why) I assumed that this would be a cheap bass, so I looked them up. Oops.

That's a cool mod, are the colours a perfect match in real life? The smaller diameter does look a little odd but I guess it's timesaving and saves on frustration not having to cycle through the presets after moving one of the knobs unintentionally.

My bad, I forgot my "matos": - Ibanez ATK200 - Fender JB Am.Original 60's (with omega bridge) - Partcaster "Boadicea" : Walnut JB form, CREL H pickup and OBP-1 preamp, chinese neck (maybe a carbon neck to remplace in future). - Ashdown ABM600 IV - Chillamp 212 neo - Some effects : fender comp, JPTX jive, TC nether, phase 90... - Some guitars : Epi SG, Squier Strat, Yam FS800

Silver, Gold and Blue - Bad Company

Ricky Fender crossover - Looks nice 👌

Fun service last night, and auspicious in a number of ways… it was our new vicar, Lydia’s, first weekend at the church… I got to run out the brand new Sandberg California TT SuperLight and my wife was singing in the worship team (for the first time in about 15 years). The set list was fun - and heavily biased towards some great “oldies” (with a couple of twists)… At Start Jesus Hope of the Nations (G) There is a Redeemer (D) Response Song Our God Saves (C) Communion Man of Sorrows (C) I Stand in Awe (C) - Martin Layzell At End Lord I Lift Your Name on High (G). (In the style of The Joker by the Steve Miller band) Lord Reign in Me (A). (In the style of You Can Call Me Al by Paul Simon) The last two were particularly fun to play and seemed to go down a storm - despite a small bass brain fade at the start of Lord I Lift Your Name On High… ooops, my bad. The Sandberg was great to play. These basses feel so good and at just over 6lbs, it was light as a feather - such a contrast to my 10 pounders! The sound was great - quality active/passive Jazz bass tones straight into the DI. Springy in all the right places but with a good dose of bass too. The 50/50 blend sounds great too, very smooth. The blackburst looks lovely too! I can tell I’m going to love playing this bass. My wife, Thea, has been talking about getting back into worship for a while but was quite worried about it, not having sung in public for a decade and a half (since our lad arrived). The worship pastor suggested that she come along and join in rehearsal and see how she felt - of course she’d not heard Thea sing before either so didn’t know whether her voice was good enough or if she’d be too nervous. At the end of the rehearsal she said, “That was lovely, you sounded great! You should just sing in the team this evening!” which was perfect as it gave Thea no time to get nervous or stress about it. All in all, a great service!!! Here’s the live stream…

Presumably these homemade MIDI shenanigans arrived?

Hi! I'm Nicolas! Bassist from Normandy, France. I was following this forum for years without account. Always some new things to learn here ! I play bass since 2009, autodidact (thanks google/youtube/slappyto...). I've played in lots of little local bands, most of them for compositions. My actual active band is Green Moss, melting pot of Hard-Rock / Pop / Punk... Our 2nd EP, Ashes, is out since 13/02/2026. Linktree here : https://linktr.ee/greenmoss_music Happy to discuss with you :D. Nico ps : Sorry for "bad-english" writing, I'm not very good, I am learning