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I will have my ric, although maybe too stringy for most

Looking good 😍. Not long now 😁

I don't think it's silly at all. I'd be all over that if I had the funds. It has to be one of the bast examples I've seen and BB's prices are always sensible. The '73 stripped Jazz is a beauty and well priced too and being it's my YoB I'm hoping it sells soon as I could get into trouble!

If you can break it down to 250x220x220mm chunks and provide about a 1,000 printers, sure.

Don’t suppose anyone knows where I can get a rickenbacker copy from in the uk do they around 400? I’ve seen the Harley Benton version but the headstock puts me right off of it

They look stunning! Love the decal on the back of the headstock like the old Status ones!

Sounds silly saying this. But given it has a period correct case as well it’s not a bad price compared to others.

A lot of nice vintage gear coming up for sale at the moment… wonder why.

I walked past Sheldon Dingwall yesterday morning walking around with that bass on the way to soundcheck. I quite like the look of the bass but would probably never buy one. It's funny seeing all these basses in real life in one place. Didn't even attempt to play anything and quickly just walked around to say I've had a look. Think it cured me of any gas!

Forgot about this thread, I’ve been trying a few songs that have that great African vibe which has taken me to learning something new to me which is Seben bass along the lines of this, quite a lot of the songs are based around a 1-4-5 progression but getting up to speed is pretty tricky

That was part of the reason for avoiding May. That and I have a holiday booked and two 90th birthday parties to organise!

Do you have time to 3D print a pantechnicon?

My playing style is a mix of John McVie, Duck Dunn and Bob Babbitt. The sound in my head is those guys, with a massive dose of Nathan East and all the guys Keb Mo has used on his albums in the last 30 years, especially Reggie McBride. IMO buy the best gear you can find, especially the cabs, and make sure each part of the signal chain compliments all the other parts. I am terrible when faced with an amp full of sliders. I have no idea what to do with all those frequencies and it all swims before my eyes!! I'm happiest with 3 controls. If I can't get it done with bass, mid and treble I bought the wrong amp. My Aguilar amps are perfect. Whoever designed them had the same sound in his head as me. All the controls are set at 12 o'clock. I rarely change the amp EQ from one gig to the next and never once the gig has started. I don't use pedals. I'll always bring 2 basses, usually a Jazz and a P, and I'll play the one that sounds best on the night. I'm usually sound checked in less than 20 seconds.

I remember back in the 1980's when G&L had big glossy adverts in all the American guitar magazines with various prominent musicians endorsing their wares. Larry Graham had an L2000, and Dee Murray had an L1000, if I remember correctly (it's a long time ago.) They kind of lost that marketing edge and became a respected but not-so-prominent brand. I think one problem they had, similar to pre-EB- MusicMan, is that the guitars were never as popular as the basses. In the guitar business "doing the double" is pretty essential for long term success. There's a lot more guitarists than bassists.