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They're going to have a hard time selling that. It just looks knockoff to me. Also, have they ever heard of staging a photo? Sure, I'll come pick this bass up from you, even if I don't get stabbed I will probably contract ebola or something. Bloody hell!

It's getting harder and harder to eff up making a solid bodied instrument. Not quite that cheap, but I picked up a £150 G4M bass last year and was pleasantly surprised by it. Of course it needed work, the tuners were gash and the pickup left a lot to be desired, but the bones, the wood and the basic construction were sound. Oh, and it was far too heavy for those who's first question in a sale or NBD thread is "what's the weight?" If it ever arrives, keep an eye out for a thread related to this - I set myself a challenge - "New, 'giggable' bass for £150" - all new stuff, no second hand stuff. The starting point for the project is an £82 (new) bass...

Hardly gave the pickup change a chance, did he? From a stock Squier pickup to a Quarter Pounder, ooh, that's different! Not. Now if he'd swapped the pickup to a split MFD, or a Lace Aluma P, I think they'd be having a very different conversation...

I think it's pretty galling that such a fancy bass doesn't come with the choice of endpin/tripod. Why is the tripod the standard? That's weird to me also. Honestly, I feel like you're addressing a design (or at least product staging/packaging) flaw. Cheeky barstewards!

I bought a second hand pedalboard PSU from them a couple of years back. All good, no complaints. A perfectly unremarkable transaction, the best kind.

Additional: I just realised that your opening statement could mean that you're in the process of selling on Reverb for the first time. If that's the case then sorry the opening of my reply will seem harsh and doesn't make sense. The rest of it is sound, though and you definitely did the right thing by asking around when you weren't sure.

Total fake, and I don't know why you're even questioning it when you start with "Having not sold on Reverb before..." Don't question yourself just because it's an electronic message. It's a 100% phishing attempt - look at the link - it's not even got the slightest mention of reverb in it. The gentle persuasion of "you'd better do this or something will/won't happen". It's all 100% guff.

Given the choice of ebony or maple (even roasted maple) it'd be ebony every day of the week and twice on Sundays for me. So that narrowed it down to white or burgundy (mist). Toyed with the idea of the white before deciding to go loud (colour-wise) or go home...

I was hedging my bets - I'm not traditionally a fan of bridge pickup sound. Also at the time the Z7 was the only way to get a dark fretboard.

Also, I think the lower horn of a Stingray looks goofy - can't unsee it now.

Good for you - and thanks for taking the banter in the spirit of humour with which it was intended. Where I'm coming from - I don't chase tones, I've got this ill-defined, nebulous range of what "good" sounds like to me and if a bass tickles my ears in that range then it is deemed "good". Beyond that, it's aesthetics. Now I have a bass with one of those types of pickup and that kind of vibe and I'm done, because variety is the spice of life.

I got a butt hurt Stingray fanboi answer...

It was a rhetorical question. Look at the context of the thread...

I feel your pain. I was a hardcore apologist for them for years but I'm done now - they really don't give a s#it about basses or bassists, have moved from disinterest to naked contempt in the last few years and I'm done.

Do you think I have any desire to purchase an EBMM Stingray when I have a Sire Z7?

The Wunkay doesn't have an active pre-amp, it's 100% passive. I did own a Tribute L-2000 back in the day, and honestly I never used the active bit because it's just a line boost, or a treble boost which I never liked the sound of. The Wunkay does have OMG mode though, and I do enjoy engaging that from time to time...

Oops, I forgot to report about last weekend - a double header so I must have been knackered on the Sunday! Friday night with Nine Lives at the Butchers Arms, Inverurie. Two people in the bar when we first went in, lots of car parking spaces nearby, we feared a "paid rehearsal". Thankfully some more folk came in and made a night of it so in the end it was quite an enjoyable gig. Gear was G&L L-1000 then Epiphone Thunderbird into Markbass toan cubes. Then Saturday night, on to the Harbour Lights in Peterhead. Again, we arrive and the place is empty. And yet again, it got better as the evening progressed and by the end we had a small but enthusiastic audience, including one guy who was performing backflips to some songs! Gear was Sire Z7 then Yamaha BB1200 into the Markbass terrible duo. Had a great sound because the place has monitors which they let us use and it made for a great onstage sound (yes, there was an actual stage - luxury!)

Yes, but the last two had no number, officially. The only way to differentiate them is the year of introduction - 2013 and 2017. Some places add 4 or 5 depending upon how many strings, but that's unofficial. Plus there already was an EB-4(L). And of course, Gibson themselves did an EB-6, which designated the number of strings, not the body shape or number of pickups, same name in two different body configs (a six string version of the EB-2 and a six string version of the EB-3). What a mess!

IMO the Meteora is compromised by the regular old Fender headstock. They didn't have to reinvent the wheel, I reckon the Starcaster headstock would have complemented the body shape well...

I should have been more clear - "Brand new giggable bass for £150" - second hand market off the table.

People who have the money and time to get into watch fancy don't really care what time it is...

I will, if the effer ever arrives - I've had it on back order since September last year!

Also, and sorry for the tangent, but I'm waiting for an £82 bass to arrive and I have set myself a "giggable bass for £150" challenge.

Dinna deal in absolutes. Sometimes there's no choice. I wanted a G&L L-1000. They don't do a Tribute L-1000, so I had to buy USA. Doesn't make me vain! If there had been a Tribute L-1000, you can bet I'd have bought that - I'm Scottish FFS!