I've gone and done what I told myself I would never do..... bought a bass on ebay.
It was my wifes fault. She was away at the weekend and I spent too much time looking at ebay. I put in a bid within a few minutes of the end time, thinking that I wouldn't really be sucessful and that someone else would sneak in at the end.
But they didn't.
So, all in a panic I rang wife to tell her, expecting a rollicking, but she was pleased. Although she did ask which one of my other basses I would sell.
Anyway, it all turned out ok. The seller personally delivered it the next day and the bass was exactly as described, totally immaculate as far as I can tell.
It's a Yamaha semi acoustic.
I thought it might be a bit of a one trick pony in the sound department, but I was wrong it's got plenty of punch and a good variety of sounds on offer.
I'll post up a pic or two later, although I guess some of you probably spotted it on ebay.
I had forgotten that feeling that a new bass brings, I'm still not able to walk past it without picking it up for a play.
All the best Gary.