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Fantastic . I'll get my coat.

I think it’s the first time I’ve seen a parrots beak headstock. Could be a game changer 😂

I realise this is quite an old thread now... There's one thing I find useful that hasn't been mentioned - listen to the songs repeatedly. Our covers band normally add in 4-5 songs at a time. I'll pop them on to a playlist and listen during my commute, or just on in the background working from home. Sometimes I'm paying attention and listening to the bass, others it's just there to fill the silence. I find that I build up a lot of familiarity with the material, and I do a much better job of both learning my own part and keeping the band on the straight and narrow when it comes to rehearsing.

Hmmm...(scratches head). Maybe it makes them much more portable? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/167385737980?mkevt=1&mkpid=2&emsid=e90001.m164960.l179212&plmtId=700008&mesgId=3037&mkcid=8&ch=osgood&bu=43035696244&trkId=01361126-f090-337c-b806-64017ed875de&cnvId=700003&recoId=167385737980&recoPos=2 Apologies if this has been posted previously

That doesn't seem to tally with the comments...

There’s one crucial detail which differentiates this from someone playing air guitar…

We have reached the frustrating "waiting for stuff to arrive" part of proceedings. But little things have happened. - the neck shims arrived, and I put the middle one (0.5 degree) one in. Can get a low enough action now, but the G saddle is pretty near the deck. Will try the 1 degree one and see how high that makes the saddles then decide which I prefer. - With it all strung up, did a basic setup on it and it intonates fine, not a lot of room left on the E saddle back travel, but there's a fix for that if needs be. - I found my nut files and lowered the slots to somewhere where they need to be, might chance my arm and grind them down a touch more. - I dealt with a high second fret by recrowning it - I know you should probably get the neck straight and check all the frets, but it's playing really nicely apart from that one so opted to spot fix it instead. Today a scary router bit should arrive and I'll be able to deal with the excess neck pocket material. And hopefully use the router on this bass for the last time.

I expected sundays gig to be bad, outdoor in a marque for 3 hours in the mid day, so I brought a fan, so did the drummer, so we made a fan table behind us and it was great Maybe we can market the fan table!

Thank you! I look forward to some jolly cooperation with everyone 😄

She isn't trying to fool anyone, she is just air guitaring along to some music, as people have done for years. Is he going to get outraged at the air guitar competitions they have next? I mean I wouldn't watch her videos but she certainly isn't as irritating as watching Danny Sapko!

I like that idea. It's a pain to take them off individually

Sounds and looks fantastic! Nice playing as well.

Well I think you are all looking at this from the wrong standpoint. Are these professional musical instruments for the use of guitarists and bass players who wish to master the tools of their trade? No, of course not. Are they quirky outsider art pieces, charming for their inept craftsmanship and naive 'upgrades', probably destined to be worth zillions of squids one day when we're fed up of living in a world made by robots? Again, probably not, but you know what I mean anyway. For those who have seen Be Kind, Rewind: these guitars are Sweded.

What's funny is that the music she's miming to is shite anyway so it's hard to get too upset about it IMO

Lots of people here recommending masking off the board. Yes, I would do that, but only if the board is lacquered maple. If it's rosewood, then fine wire wool works well for cleaning up the board too. Sometimes there's a lot of gunk accumulation either side of the fret and the wire wool helps to remove it. For really bad gunk build up, then a new stanley blade, scraped very gently from the side of the fret, in the direction of the grain can help. Once done, a bit of lemon oil will feed the rosewood and make it less dry. Rob

Warwick do a 6 string lefty, I think I've seen one at the bass gallery (fretless) and one on Thomann. I think ESP also do one but not sure. No idea on quality but I bet the Warwick is decent. The only six string I've had was a Brice years ago... I think if you're going six string you have to spend the money to get a decent instrument, it's harder to get round any cheaper bits like uncomfortable neck profile, fingerboard shape, bad bridge... Etc. in my opinion.

They're kind of resting on each other... I probably need to add the third back panel if I'm going to keep more than three instruments hanging here. The set comes with three back panels and five hangers. They stick out almost a foot from the wall which is... Different.