Edenburgh

Last night I played for about 2.5 hours. Played mostly on the short scale Mustang - then (because I just fancied a change) played the last 30 mins using the regular scale Deakey P bass. Sooooo, to answer your specific questions... Q1 - Picked up the Mustang, played without thinking I was playing anything different or unusual. When I swapped to the P bass it felt MASSIVE! Body, neck everything felt HUGE for a couple of songs before the muscle memory came back. So my challenge wasn't about going from long scale to short scale - it was about how odd the return journey to long scale felt! Q2 - never noticed any neck dive on the Mustang - but (like others say) I'm using a Mono grippy strap which probably helps. Gratuitous photo of my brood attached with zero justification or relevance to your questions...

New venue for us...looking forward to it

Gig was good, not a huge crowd but they were up for it. Sound engineer was good - efficient sound check and great on stage sound. Backline was fried (an ancient Ashdown Mag and Trace cab that was once a combo and had electrical tape securing the amp/cab connection). Hence me trundling my own gear in

Nope. Every time I tried to get close to Drummonds I hit a pedestrian only zone or a no right hand turn. Ended up parked in Bon Accord.

I've played the Glasgow HRC a few times (and we had 2 bookings for this year which now seems to be off as per your comment about it closing suddenly this week). I've had to wheel my amp from Bath street in the rain.

Gig was in Drummonds on Belmont Street. We reckon 2 of the band members will be getting traffic violation fines after trying to deal with the impossible restrictions.

BTII cab is actually pretty easy to kick back and wheel around

Tonight I'd like to thank Aberdeen City Council for their traffic policies which afforded me the opportunity to carry this lot from the gig venue back to my hotel room in the pissing rain - in two trips. Unable to use my (electric, zero emissions I might add) vehicle because there's no freaking way to get a car anywhere that doesn't involve a bus gate, closed road, one way street or a pedestrian zone. Got back to the hotel just in time for the bar to shut. Absolutely perfect. Gig was good though.

Aw man, just driven up to Aberdeen tonight to play in Drummonds. Two basschatters within half a mile of each other.

Looking forward to the road trip up to Aberdeen for tomorrow's gig. My new Mustang will be having it's first outing

Update - Labella's have transformed this bass. I think the strings that GG had fitted were cut down regular strings making the tension a bit loose meaning I was having to play quite lightly. The tension is back with these strings and I can now dig in properly. Fun, fun, fun!

Decided to pull the trigger on this Vintera II today. Picked up secondhand at GG for about £250 less than the new price but it's still got the cellophane on the pickguard and neck plate. We are getting used to each other this evening. Initial impressions are very good : super easy to play, wide range of tones. Nice and light, my back and shoulders will thank me after long gigs. I'm feeling like it needs a lighter right hand touch than my long scale basses. Have ordered a set of LaBella 760F-MUS strings. Rehearsal tomorrow so will see how it fits into a band setting.

Last couple of gigs of the year coming up, this weekend in Edinburgh Voodoo Rooms, a great wee venue.

Thanks all, looks like there's a couple of solid contenders here to try out.