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Can you bring a stool and sit down ?

Either will work over a dominant 7th, but the G# emphasises the major tonality. (Listen to me! Dominant 7th , major tonality? I've watched a few bass tutorials on YouTube, now I'm starting to believe my own publicity and getting ideas above my station😄. If I get a six string bass and a looper you have my permission to shoot me.)

Did you buy it on Facebook or through an auction house? Most auctions will argue their case on this and that the onus is on you to ensure the condition and originality before bidding. eBay is much more forgiving to the buyer. There are two ways to consider this. If it’s an investment for you, this is probably a bad one. If it’s a bass you want to play and enjoy for years to come it might be ok.

Hope your insurance covers what you need 🤞🏼

Either will work over a dominant 7th, but the G# emphasises the major tonality.

Tried that to no effect. However, when used with another pre-amp plugged in to the power amp the Ampeg volume pot is not in circuit.

Wow. Thanks for the replies. It's definitely a dog's breakfast 😀 The dowel holes is an interesting observation @MrFingers thanks. I've been searching for natural-ish Hondo's for comparison. I can't find any that show dowel holes. The ferrule holes are pretty shocking. Most of the Hondo's I can find have them straight - this initially made me think it was a DIY job (possibly meaning it's not a Hondo). I suppose if you set the bridge how you want it and then drill pilot holes from the front, you'll end up with something like this. But I did find some Hondo's that were similar like this one on reverb: and this one on gumtree: I somehow didn't even notice the brown inlays on the fretboard 🙄 Again, I've been search for examples of anything at all with brown dots but can't find any. Just another wierd customisation? A close up Another interesting bit is the scratchplate. It appears to have had a switch fitted at some point and then the whole covered: Why would it need a switch? That makes me think the scratch plate might also be from another bass - one that maybe had a PJ setup, like this.... also a Hondo but I don't think the PJ setup is standard. Those knobs look familiar. A few more images... Side view of neck join showing fretboard Back of headstock with tuners Front of headstock Thanks again!

As you say Marc, they have ‘standard’ pickups but an active preamp, so will work fine if the preamp is disconnected. I had a Fender ‘Noiseless’ bridge pickup fitted in mine, as some venues I used to play caused interference issues , and I left it in - still got the original though. I used mine for nearly 15 years touring theatres with a tribute band, and it proved to be great. The light weight meant I could do nightly sets of around two hours with no discomfort to my problematic shoulder. I set it with a lower action too, and learned not to dig in so much and let the amp do the work, which again worked fine for me. In all that time I never had to adjust the neck once, just using the same gauge sets of D’Addarios. The thin neck on it is sublime ( and this was for someone used to standard Precision necks!) It’s still my main electric bass, and I can’t ever see me parting with it.

Fretless ex-demo 6-string, 15% off, just under £7k, presumably plus VAT and duty.

Hey guys and gals. 66 year old wanna be here. So I am back in the game recently and have a rig I want to set up. In the past it was just an amp into cabinets. I never used effects or a separate preamp. I have a GK MB fusion 800 and GK NEOs 2x12 and 4x10. That was my rig I used to use and am using now. I recently acquired a rackmount Sans Amp RBI and a GK RB 800 amp. I also have a DBX 160x compressor from my "studio". My idea is to use one amp into each cab, one for a "clean" tone cab [the 4x10?] and the other into a "dirty tone cab" [the 2x12?]. How do I use the Sans Amp? Just into the "clean" cab? I also am in the process of building my first effects pedalboard that I wish to incorporate into this rig. [I have a Source Audio SA-143 filter, Digitech Whammy, the Chancellor Dunlop foot pedal, OC-5 octave, Kasleder Albatross, Darkglass B3K, tcElectronics Sentry, MXR Bass Chorus, Screen Violence and the Keeley Caverns.] I had this idea and now I am unsure of how to safely hook all of it up. I know I need a splitter. I am sure all of this can be done. But I need my hand held to guide me into the specifics. Simple things like do I use instrument cables to connect everything except the speakers? All these years and I never gave a thought about how to hook up anything other just a simple amp/cab rig. Then I got this crazy idea and started to buy shit. I guess finally having time / money / motivation caused all of this. And now i feel I am in over my head. Anyways I would appreciate the assist on how to hook all of this up the way I want it. Thanks in advance.

Thanks, sound advice (excuse the pun) and its good to know I'm not alone. No more peeking at other basses for me for a while, well maybe a quick peek before I sleep!😂 Note: I'll know how the Spectorcore works by next weekend, maybe I try try a comparison

Maybe if the guitarist knew its wrong he might have enough self respect to want to play it correctly?

In a Melatonin ~ Duke Ellington

But for me to play it the right way, I'd also have to train the guitarist to play it the right way. And I think it sounds fine as it is.

A semitone won't alter the moon's orbit but I thought it was an interesting observation nonetheless 🤭 I definitely prefer the A over the G#.

Not sure I've ever seen such abysmal repair work. Having recently had far less serious renovation done on an old cello and a new neck on my bass ..you're probably talking £5000 or more to bring it up to scratch, more still to fix the cosmetics. Taking the front off is major and expensive work..... and is that a crack in the heel of the neck? Might be possible to pin it, might need a new neck.. and that's £4k or so straight away. But, nice wood and a pretty shape. I'm guessing German factory bass late 1800s, fully done up it "could" be worth £10k in a sales room ( IE you won't sell it for that, but a dealer might), but maybe only half that.

Not to them, but some of us might take a bit of pride in playing something the correct way, especially if the idea is to cover a certain version. Otherwise it’s becomes ‘our version’, which as we all know is musician speak for ‘couldn’t be bothered to learn it properly’ 😂

I'm considering one of these - what's the neck profile like? I like a slim shallow neck, would I be disappointed?

As long as the crowd are dancing/cheering/singing along/not killing each other does it matter ?

Think of the amount of punters that have gone home totally unimpressed 😂