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Permanent Waves tour my first Rush concert too! Deeside Leisure Centre for me. (Or as Geddy pronounced it, 'Leezure'. To be fair, back them we called him, 'Jeddy'.)

I think Paul McCartney pushed the 'go' button for them at the Taylor Hawkins shows. I thought they'd go with Mike Pourtnoy! But it's not! And they're getting a keyboard player!

Sensing @Cornwall Steve's GAS is nearing critical levels. I'll try and push it over the edge - form factor which I bang on about with EHB's like these are that I never get back or shoulder problems and the passive mode on my (Ibby) EHB means I never run out of battery after hours in front of the DAW. Also, the price is good on the Sire being £200+ cheaper for the 6er than my Ibby. (I've had it for a couple of years though.) Plus I like playing chords on a bass - there I've said it! And they sound glorious on a 6er.

Full disclosure - I haven't played one but based on the Namm videos and Johnny Dibble's recent video reviewing a 5er in this series, as well as the broader hype about Sire, I'd have no worries on quality. That said, I'd be more alert to whether the form-factor works for you. I have a similar Ibanez EHB 6er and it's probably the multi-scale aspect you need to try to see if it works for you. Particularly, if you like the dusty end for chords and soloing as it is a different experience taking some getting used to. Around the 8-12 fret it's not very different and at the low end, a boon albeit some stretching required.

These do look interesting... Love the form factor of my EHB 6er. Would love to have a play to assess the multi-scale curvature and the sound of course. Look great too:

Reports of workers laid off... rumours of a Fender buy out which would be ironic. Shame if true - lovely basses. Sign of the times I guess?

A somewhat unlikely combination of players and song but here you go! (I'm reminded Jeff did sub for Tony Levin on the ABWH UK tour.) Enjoy...

Fair enough! I did not see this. I agree with your latter point that it's a first edition with a production run coming later.

Really? You don't go to a show to sell 12. He'd do that on reputation alone. He also says in the video that this is the production model. What's you basis for this?

How much!? *Monocle falls out of eye!*

It does! Or a Minecraft bass but it's still kind of cool!

Wow! A Steinberger 6-string with fan frets and a ramp. Looks great - probably will cost a fortune. Sans headstock haters chime in! Those without back pain enjoy! Video on 'Bass the World's facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/basstheworldcom

I'd just get some good photos of the bass, its headstock - front and back as well as the body and neck-joint. Post them here and experts will chime in. Depending on the model and its age, there may be no wooden buttons on the tuners or engraving on the bridge, instead it may have decals on the headstock and Goodfellow/GB branded pick-up covers.

One for sale right now:

Wow, beautiful instrument!

Basschatters, Haven't seen any discussion of the Flamma FB200. Seems a hoot for £100 or so... Anyone got hold of one yet? What do you think? In this video, it goes for a live trial replacing an Anagram...

Do you reckon Ibanez made Thundercat a double-neck just for these film promo appearances? Struggling to get too excited by the film. - 20 years ago, it poked fun at the excesses of the (rock) music industry. Now there isn't one so the humour is less relevant and more self-referential to the original film. That said, I've not seen it so may have to eat my words if and when I see it (and laugh) in the future.

There's a very nice Lady Godiva...

Nice... like the dark 5.

Marcus eating his own Sire dog food and it sounds great!