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Not exactly new, it's a 2014 bass and I've had it a month or so now, but with one thing or another I haven't got round to posting anything, so I'll explain. The current Mrs C and I retired together on 26th June, and during the countdown - whilst planning our new lease of life - had decided on a retirement present each. Hers would be another (third) dog......she's obsessed with Scottish Terriers 🙄......mine would be something I could pass on to our daughter at some point. I've had an itch for a semi hollow bass for some time and had been getting back into the Byrds and the Grateful Dead, then I saw this little beauty for sale, and it fitted the bill perfectly. The only problem was that we were about to go on holiday and I didn't want to miss out on it, so we went from Plymouth to Southampton, via Manchester (on the day Oasis were starting their home gigs🥴) and it came with us on a cruise round the Mediterranean, where it celebrated it's 14th birthday🍰. It's in mint condition, has all the case candy with it, stating it's number 25 of something like 75 I think, but I'm not sure that this makes it particularly collectable or valuable. If Ruby can prise it out of my hands when I'm a bit older and weaker, I think she'll like it, it feels quite compact and the string spacing is a bit narrow for my big hands, but it will suit her fine and she's working on a suitable looking customised painted suede strap for it already. I don't know how close it is to an original vintage one, I should think it's more of an homage to Chris Hillman's '67 single pickup Starfire bass, but it's a lovely thing and I can't put it down at the moment. Its got roundwounds on it presently and I should think some flatwounds would be better suited, it's a bit bright and I'm hankering for some more whump! I might even consider adding a neck pickup? it's alright this retirement malarkey!

Love it, what a great feature!

thank you kindly

Can anyone recommend a safe reliable courier. I'm looking at buying a bass which is in Manchester and considering getting it couriered to Plymouth Can anyone recommend a safe, reliable courier? The bass comes with a case and will be boxed, but it is a semi-hollow. Or would the cost be around the same as fuel costs if I drove up and collected it myself, added to the additional peace of mind Any advice is welcome thanks

An early 1964 Precision for me, preferably a blue one. I could never get away with spending that amount on a guitar so I made my own, as close to spec as I could get it. I've never played a real one so I couldn't say how close I got, but that's beside the point, I really enjoyed doing it and I love playing it.

Yes it is, thanks A very nice neck

If you can't find this bass, or you are looking to build on like it, Musikraft offer a round lam fingerboard option, I can highly recommend them

Fabulous What a lovely thing to do

In that case silver, the pearl might end up a bit too much

For what it's worth, I'm leaning more towards the 'warmer' pearl, but the silver looks more 'defined' Maybe you could go halfway and add a smidge of amber into the clear coat as a sort of ageing/warming process

i think with some, Superior Drummer 3, possibly, you can make such tweaks, i think there might be some feature to change the leading hand, if that's what you mean?

What a beautiful thing

Thanks Mcgiver69 I just got their IR loader and the Vox IR's to use with the free NAM vst. It all works very nicely