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Nice Bass. Can you remember the type of pickup you put on it? And did you mod the tone controls? Like the stickers too!

Due to having damaged my knee before Xmas I haven`t returned to work after the holidays. So what have I been doing? Practicing the bass? Nah, I`ve been buying and selling bass guitars and related gear. My wife always says "if you can afford it just get it" so that`s what I have been doing. Luckily I`m going back to work next week so hopefully I will calm down on buying. Still looking for a nice Thunderbird though...

You posted on Monday and purchased today?! That's no paralysis, I create spreadsheets!

Race With The Devil - Girlschool

A very pleasant and straightforward marketplace transaction with Stu ☺️ - enjoy the pedal mate.

Thank you all for your replies, it really is appreciated Pleased to say I went with a Lakland Skyline 44.02 I felt this is the one to start my journey with and keep me motivated to overcome the inevitable setbacks

Seeing as this thread seems to have attracted the attention of many a Stingray lover, this might be a good opportunity to shamelessly attempt to locate my pre-EB (but heavily modified) Stingray that I sold for £450 in 1985, when I couldn't afford to pay the rent one month. If anyone knows where it might be, please let me know - and I know I'd have to pay substantially more than that to get it back! 🙄

The truss rod (actually the wood it works on) on my G&L L1505 failed resulting in fretboard lift and breakage. Jon Shuker repaired it, the new board is many times better than the original. My takeaway is that even if you fail to get the fretboard off intact all is not lost. A new board can be fitted. You have nothing to lose at this stage.

Bought a set of flats off David in an effortlessly smooth transaction. Nae danger here

I’ll check my diary and get back to you Rob. Peter

Bought a OBP-3 Preamp from Bob. Smooth transaction. Top bloke to deal with!

It'd be a great bass if you did it. 😬 thing about the block inlays; this has of course been discussed 😁

I thought i should contribute as I have an M Bass by Marleaux. But can't say if they are better than a standard bass of the same construction material(wood type). Only the Luthiers would be able to say that there is a benefit. Do they all agree, that make one in their range or are they just following the trend to corner a piece of that market. ?? This is a great bass, now with an East preamp as i didn't find the stock preamp had enough top end clarity. we are never satisfied are we 🤭 I like the look of these as the upper horn folds back to compliment and meet the lower horn, like a well sucked lozenge. So prefer this over the mark II when they brought the top horn down another two frets up. Not as pretty as this earlier one. Probably had this about 17 - 18 years now, Its a keeper.

And as if by magic... https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/522279-precision-gold-anodised-pickguard-with-gold-screws/

Love me a single cut bass! Binky is the ultimate single cut (in my humble opinion of course!) Aesthetically I get that they're marmite, but correctly done they look awesome. Sound wise, honestly, I really couldn't claim to hear much of a difference at all. Binky has a pair of custom spec Nordstrands paired with a bespoke to Binky 'BeePre' preamp, those two contribute 99% of the tone post-amp, maybe 1% at best could be attributed to the fact Binky is single cut.

Sympathy For The Devil - Stones