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Bass heaven: backing up to a wide roller door which opens to reveal the back of the stage and willing helpers waiting to lift your 8 X 10 from the back of your car Bass hell: Narrow door miles from the carpark. Stairs.

Yeah a lot of love from me. Spent many years in a Specials tribute. Great band great times.

Excellent. It was small but perfectly formed 😮

Talking Heads. The Stop Making Sense gig which was made into a film. Anything with Jamerson on bass. Anything with Norman Watt-Roy on bass. Anything with Bruce Thomas on bass.

Reg's Wine Bar when the gig in question was on but we changed it to the Wunder Bar when we took over back in '96

Top top man to deal with. Excellent comms, reasonable pricing, very fair, honest, prompt and reliable. Buy and sell with absolute confidence. Seriously Mike is the man!

A small cellar bar in Midsomer Norton which years later I would go on to own. What made the gig special? We played a set of all original material we'd written together as a band, the place was rammed and people were standing on the tables around the edges of the room the whole crowd singing my own lyrics back at us so loud they were competing with the band. It was spine tingling.

+1 for Avon Ply. Good people to deal with and good workmanship.

Spencer is a gentleman, a man of his word and prepared to put himself out for a fellow baschatter. He drove a long way out of town to meet me half way and hand deliver a bass which is not merely a thing of beauty but is exactly as he described it. Deal with absolute confidence.

That seller is Advantage Music and they also have some flats at a tenner a pack! But I can't vouch for them although I'm happy to try them out, here's a link to the ones I bought EDIT: that tenner is an auction sorry to mislead the forum.

He played bass once. But he's not truly one of us. I wouldn't want him burning in a wicker man before the day was out.

Happy to report that the eBay seller posted a replacement string 1st class without any quibbles. Would buy these flats from him again - no hesitation.

Brilliant, thank you.

Can I bring a 'friend'?

Oooooooh! For those vicarious carpenters and avid build diary readers out there, a live show would excite a near pornographic fervour. And encourage orders of more than a few flat packs too I shouldn't wonder.

I like the idea of the gold leaf it carries the right message but vinyl is an interesting alternative. I am however still keen to learn how folk paint their planks.

I've had a quixotic plan to buy a black and gold bass for no other reason than a band I dep for have it as their colour scheme and I thought it would amuse them if I turn up not just dressed appropriately but also sporting a gold bass with black scratch plate. The bass centre Blockhead bass was my first choice then I spotted a gorgeous Matzcxzr Mazsursck Polish made bass here but dithered and was pipped at the post. Sober reflection has made me realise that I was about to spend silly money on what is really a bit of fun. So it dawned on me - how about I paint one of my crappy old basses myself? Which of course brought me here to ask the advice of the expert bass hive mind. I know literally nothing about preparing or painting an instrument so don't be afraid of insulting my intelligence. That really would be difficult to do. I'm after a glitzy shiny ott gold.