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Several bands and solo artists last Sunday, at Tredegar house folk festival. Ending the night, was the brilliant Steve Knightly. TFF is a small festival, with lots of free acts and world / folk dancing troupes - which is always entertaining. You can spend 3 days watching/ listening to mostly unknown artists for free. There's a good CAMRA real ale & cider bar, and a small selection of festival type food. On the Saturday & Sunday, there was also an arts, crafts & food market, which was probably around 30 stalls. Having seen Steve with Show of Hands as a duo, trio and 4 piece, he's also really good as a solo act. Very entertaining, even when he had some real tuning problems with his guitar. As usual he played 4 or 5 instruments. He did a great, slow version of the Waterboys "Fisherman's Blues"

First one I looked at does 😃 https://reverb.com/uk/item/87116534-1964-fender-precision-bass-pre-cbs-vintage-bass-sherwood-green-riggio-w-paperwork-case

Check by yourself, there are plenty examples and I even had great difficulties finding one with four stepped tuners in line.

I'd agree with all the above, except G4M's base offerings. I've had several pupils turn up with them, and the bodies usually weigh so much that they generate their own gravity & I end up spending about half an hour setting them up to make them even half playable. Not recommended.

I noticed that @PaulThePlug ‘s HB50 had a Fender style string tree. Indeed so does the stock picture on Thomann’s website. Mine looks like this.

Oh yes - definitely this...

I run 2 One10's on small gigs with an Aguilar TH500 or AG700, and they sound much better than the One10 in this clip.

Mixed sets? Got any examples?

Well spotted , I’ve been looking and it appears that they stopped using the stepped one in late 65

Pooch It - Salt'n'Peppa

Yes. EDIT: SB310, MIJ.

Dogs Like Socks - Psychostick

This is one of those ironing board 15-strings, isn't it, not the next step up from a 12-string (a 5-string with two octave strings per base string). I'd take off the middle string, defret the treble half of the fretboard, and have a seven-string fretted alongside a seven-string fretless (B-F), like a bionic Ashula, then I'd never touch it again.

I'm sure the android app does too, but that doesn't really help me as I use my PC for learning songs.

I Love My Dog - Cat Stevens

I'm actually listening to the sound out of my 2" PC speakers. To me, plenty of bottom end on both, but the Markbass definitely sounds better and more detailed IMHO.

Well, after some fairly ropey cutting with the scroll saw - thanks again @PaulThePlug for recommending a wide berth, scaring the crap out of myself electrical sanders and finally resorting to a rasp and sandpaper, here’s the first great leap… So, a couple of coats of clear lacquer before bedtime and tomorrow’s the decal 🤘🤞

FB marketplace, Gumtree, Ebay - Squier, Harley Benton, G4M and possibly Cort, Ibanez, and Peavey.

These were mine (over the years): SB310FL - cylindrical black plastic with a distinctive top, mainly flat but 'chamfered' down on one side. SB320 SB320 SB325 - lousy photo but these were the same knobs as the SB310 (above) SB330

(Grey)Hounds of Love - Kate Bush

Thanks all, glad it’s not just me who can’t quite pin it down! Almost sounds like a heavy chorus that’s then gone through a subtle phaser.

Maybe ir's a Made In Japan / Made In Korea thing?

The Squier Jazz Bass I had was definitely thinner than standard, because I had to route an extra millimetre or two out of the control cavity to get a J-Retro Pre-amp to fit.