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Out of interest, did you shift the original neck?

Nice one, thanks Greg.

Good to know thank you

Oh god. I knew this would happen as soon as I vowed never to shop with them again.

Met Martin in a village hall car park, in keeping with the long standing tradition of Basschat. He handed over the goods, I handed over the cash. One of those super simple transfers this place is so good at. The communications were excellent, the deal painless, there was even a soft case thrown in which I wasn't expecting. Oh and knowing an addicted man when he saw one, Martin brought an extra Harley Benton, just to see if I could be tempted. Yes. Yes I could. Great guy, great to do business with, heartily recommended.

Thanks for the advice folks. I shall try the suggested things

I used to play a fretless 5, but that was a fair while back. I managed OK but I was younger, more malleable

So, you suddenly find you've bought a six string bass, having never planned to own one before. What's the best approach to acclimatise yourself with it? Just play something you know well and move it around the fretboard? Scales? Some kind of exercises? Dive in and hope for the best?

I shall, but I have to replenish the bass fund

Well I'll be.... through some deft marketplace activity and more than a little creative accounting I have been closing in on the backbeat cash. Then up comes a bass that I didn't know I needed 🤦🏼‍♂️

Odd how these little things either niggle or add a little something isn't it? I quite like it too, now I come to think of it. But I don't actually know why! It's probably just a response to a tactile sensation.

I have sourced some non cooking resonators, but they don't kick out the same oomph as the seat melting one did. I have two, but intend to add two more once I am confident of my parallel /series ohm calculations. That way I ought to be back to my backside rumbling best.

Postman just dropped off a guitar strap for me, purchased a couple of days ago and already suspending one of my heavy weights. This transaction, quite simply, could not have been better. Swift, friendly communication, and a fast package and post job. Fair pricing and perfect description. I heartily recommend this fine Basschatter to one and all.

That's good to know. As I say my thoughts were prejudice based not fact based. I'm way more laid back these days!

We had to pay prs and some other crowd, is it ppl? I don't remember my partner sorted all that out. I remember he negotiated with prs each time it came up for renewal on the basis that we put on almost exclusively bands playing their own material. As far as my addled mind recalls, he always found them willing to accept this as a basis for a reduction of the cost. We paid but they worked out some formula based around how many bands would actually throw in a cover or two. I never bothered to look into it , just used to feel that all the years of penury and hard work we put into creating a place for musicians to play and we had to give money to Macca and Madonna every year. I'm fairly certain that was a poor caricature of was actually happening, and if I'd cared to learn the facts I might have felt differently. But I literally gave years of my life helping musicians and every penny that went out made that harder. So yeah, whether it is a tax or not is irrelevant. It felt like one.

I must be the only man alive who really loved the old ABM drive knob!!