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I love my BB5000. It's a monster, even in it's 80s-tastic gold hardware

No problems myself, but my Mum was in a band that used a knackered late-60s Transit none of them could afford to fix. The back would be filled with band members, equipment and several gallons of water to cool the engine every 2-300 yards

Once had a guitarist who painstakenly tuned his guitar before going onstage, and then got the headstock stuck in a curtain. Expertly detuned, he then tuned it open-mouthed infront of the 800+ crowd whilst encouraging me and the drummer to tell them jokes so they wouldn't get bored.

It's been a long while since I bought a practice amp so I can't comment on that, but I've tried Pocket Rock-It headphone amps and wasn't overly impressed. VERY bulky and the sound wasn't all that great. Never tried a Vox Amplug, I hear they're a bit nicer.

[quote name='cocco' timestamp='1333349505' post='1600227'] Hang on. Is this real? [/quote] Must be. You don't joke around with T-40s.

We tend to use three cars (all tiny hatchbacks). Drums in one, gear in another, rest of band in the last. Parking's the only real issue. The trebuchet's just for when we're low on petrol.

I used to have one of these. Lovely, lovely bass, but the neck was way too skinny for me.

My '77 P was apparently originally used by John Glascock of Jethro Tull fame as a back-up... not sure if I believe that but judging by the marks on the bottom of it it's certainly spent an awful lot of time on a stand. I bought it in 2004 for the princely sum of 600 quids. It'd sat in the shop for a while and had been knocked down from 900 - the owner before me had been a Royal Marine playing in a pub band. I'm guessing it's spent most of its life in the UK. Will never sell it I know less about my '83 Ric (does it count as vintage?) - only that the previous owner bought it in the States whilst on holiday, and then it sat unplayed in its case for ten years before I bought it last year. I'm struggling to love it, so it might be up for sale soon...

That's it, I'm getting one.

Great basses, loved the neck on the one I played (a HH 5er). Any chance you could pick one up second hand to save some money?

Yeah, I'm a huge fan of the BB range. I'm glad they're a bit uncool - ubelievable value for money with the prices as low as they are.

I was hoping this'd work out - Sonic Blue is what all Precisions should come in Pictures when it's finished please!

What a cool story... I'm still keeping the obsessive perma-eye on my gear though

This isn't helping my BB 4-stringer GAS.

[quote name='Conan' timestamp='1333006505' post='1595969'] Find a local and poor (shouldn't be difficult) art student!! Even at A-level, there are some genuinely talented people. Very cheap too... [/quote] Ah, there's an idea... our MS Paint efforts aren't looking that good

I've lined up a trade before but it didn't go through - we were going to just send the basses off on the same day in good faith. I'd still prefer to meet up, even just to try the bass in question. My record is a 500 mile round-trip, just to make SURE the bass was right for me (I'd never spent more on anything up until that point)