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The only "name" players I can think of who played G&Ls are Jerry Cantrell, Tom Hamilton from Aerosmith and Cass from Skunk Anansie. I'm sure there's been plenty of others, but those are the only major ones that come to mind. Cantrell now has something going on with Gibson/Epiphone and thety've worked with him on a signature Les Paul and an acoustic, Tom Hamilton plays all sorts of different basses and always has done, and Cass uses Alusonic basses now, so they've all moved on.

Isn’t that just business? No one if forced to upgrade, but surely if you want new things it’s not out of the ordinary to pay for them.

Paulownia body wood gets very mixed reviews.

It does compression and doesn't seem to cause any issues or tone changes in the process. I haven't given it a thorough workout, though, since I use a compressor before the ToneX, then the ToneX compressor is set to post-effects.

It appears to have longer, somewhat less "lumpy" horns than the regular bolt-on Thumb. Might be the angle though.

Oh there are definately times in the set of a wedding that the audience have all buggered off outside, but then they are not there to see you. They come in later and there is cake!

Sadly I missed my chance to get one of those just after brexit when thoman had them for €1350 but didn't know how the whole import tax thing worked, by the time they added it they had none left. I am not sure I wanted a 5 like that anyway. Well, I have a genuine 4004 ric with 5 string and its neck seems fine with the strings on it, I just used lighter than normal ones, 40-125 and it seems happy. It is one of my most played basses, that and the maruschyk but the look of the 4003 was always an appeal. I spoke with HW, he said he put a Shaller 3D bridge on it so I could get the spacing smaller - ironically my 4004 started with one of those but now has a narrower bridge on it otherwise it wouldn't fit on the neck and would go outside the pickups. I keep thinking i could just get a normal ric, but they are such stupid money even tatty these days, and ultimately a 4 string is not really going to be something I end up gigging, and if I don't gig it, what is the point having it?

For me, it's The Who's live performance of Pinball Wizard from their IoW 1970 set: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-J03yCE15rg Listen to the buildup; it's only 20 seconds in. But that moment where The Ox's bass blasts in (filling in for the distorted guitar stings from the studio version) rarely fails to raise the hairs on the back of my neck. They also have an entertaining effect if you put it on for unsuspecting friends who usually looked shocked and exclaim, "holy s**t, is that the bass?!"

Thats the business model for IK Media. Always find a way to get consumers to pay more and more.

Harry White

I can stand that for an evening. The extra money weddings pay helps ease the pain...

paperback writer - those scousers again

Just a fun bass line Joy Crookes - Trouble | Rob Mullarkey

Every Day I Write The Book - Elvis Costello

Bible black - heaven and hell

Here we go. Quality good, nice fit, lightweight, padded and supportive in the right places. Only downsides are the latch on the right is a little on the wonk (but closes without any issue) and the other is that it absolutely reeks of the manufacturing process; smells like this stuff we use to keep the shower clean, very vinegary. I'm sure it'll subside.