hiram.k.hackenbacker

Well, I hope you win the lottery or something so you can achieve your dream bass 🤞

I may be wrong, but to the best of my knowledge, Jens doesn't have a price list posted on his site. I've had a couple of exchanges with him and Christophe and it seems you can pretty much order any of the Ritter bass models with whatever spec you care to dream up. Some of the Royal Family basses have gemstones and/or precious metals set into them, so you could easily spend above anything that has been mentioned here already. I also had a conversation with Mica at Alembic a couple of years ago around ordering a Spyder bass. The quote was over $20k; $4k of that was for the silver spider web inlays. I managed to pick one up second hand a couple of months ago for considerably less. Given that it has hardly been out of it's case, I'm glad I held off. Regarding Fodera. Some people like them, some people don't, but for me the Monarch is almost my perfect bass. I've had a few and they have all been outstanding.

I think there might be enough of Dee Dee’s DNA splattered all over that Precision to conjure up a clone or two. I’m sure it will make someone very happy, but I’ll pass on that one 🤢. Safest place for everyone is putting it in a sealed display case in a Hard Rock somewhere. I would suggest the Sharm Al Sheikh one of it still exists. A $h1T hole of epic proportions.

Yes, they were my thoughts too, however, I have the other three boxes, so I figured I may as well get this one too. They are very well put together and I’m looking forward to listening to the vinyl when I get my new turntable. I’m not sure if PW waves is my absolute fave, but it’s right up there.

I would be interested to hear from @kjm regarding the loss of his guitar. How they handle this claim will have a significant bearing on their reputation here.

You seem to be operating under the principle that there is a courier out there somewhere that will deliver 100% of the time without issue. I think we both know that’s not true, however frustrating that may be. I’m not advocating this service, I merely providing information about my experiences thus far so people can make an informed choice. That means reading about the bad as well as the good. I think that’s how it should be.

Just in case there is anyone else who may be interested, the 40th Anniversary boxed set of Permanent Waves has been released.

Rush have released a new video for The Spirit of Radio which is tributed to Neil. Nicely done I thought.

Except when the vintage bridge in question only has two saddles across four strings, but then I guess if you have one of those, you wouldn’t be putting a high mass bridge on it anyway.

To be fair, the 'new top' also looks awful.

I bought my very first Spector from Mark this week and it arrived this morning. It was absolute pleasure dealing with him and I thoroughly recommend him as a seller. Thanks again Mark. Hope to deal with you again soon 🤘

I bought a bass the other day from a seller on BC and I arranged the shipping through Eurosender. It’s the first time I’ve done it this way round. All the seller had to do was box it, which he was more than happy to do. The bass was collected on schedule yesterday morning and has just been delivered to me 24hrs later. Nil damage. That’s four successful deliveries in a couple of months. I accept I had a little hiccup with the first one, but once I was aware of the post code thing, it’s been plain sailing. It occurs to me that although the Basschat discount has been minimal each time, I’ve always received Express Delivery for the Standard Delivery price. £30 delivery with enhanced insurance with a 24 hour turnaround. I’m quite happy with that. I know it’s only as good as the service when something goes wrong, but I’m 4 for 4 now and will use them again.

There's a lovely black 5'er on Bass Market Place UK at the moment. Some bloke berated the seller for the price. Seemed fairly reasonable to me at €3000 given that it's been a case queen.

Ha ha. Will do mate. @Chiliwailer be fending you off with a short sharp stick though 😜

It’s a long list, but yes, you two are at the top 😎

I think the idea of this is, has the bass in the first post passed through your hands at any time. If not, suggest someone who may have owned it (or has form for it 😂).

I would properly get my ear bent by our singer if I turned up at an 80’s gig without The Purple One. She’s loves it.

Not I sir. @Chiliwailer?

I will definitely be ordering another one this year. After the truss rod went on my Flea ‘61 Jazz bass, I replaced it with a Status neck. Sometime later 🙄, Fender did actually supply me with a replacement Flea neck, so I’ve had this knocking about for a while. I’ve had a couple of ideas around what to do with it, but the more Limelight’s I see the more ideas keep popping into my head 😀.

Yes, it wasn’t until I bought my second bass (decades ago) that I realised that it was the saddles on my first bass that were the issue regarding string breakages and not me. But as I said, strings breaks are not my real worry.

I must admit, I’ve not had a string break on me for years and if that was all that could go wrong, I might agree. I have had a wire disconnect from an input jack and a nut snap though. Not so easy to fix when you’re halfway through a set at a festival. If you’re happy to take the risk, good luck to you sir.

Not wishing to kick off the old 'you should take a spare bass to every gig' argument again, but if you're in a gigging band, you should have something to fall back on if the unexpected occurs. I really cannot get my head around why, if you have the means, you wouldn't do that (if you're in a gigging band).