NoirBass

Bought a P bass body and scratch plate from James. Perfect deal and it arrived 2 days early! Highly recommend.

New boss Space Echos. Love the RE-202 retro Roland style enclosure. https://www.boss.info/global/promos/space_echo/

Thanks for this I’ll check them out.

Good point, here are some pics. I’m not abusing it particularly, but it does get gigged regularly. As you can see from the pics the ear just falls out of the shaft which looks badly corroded? This has happened twice now. I also managed to break one of the tuners when the bass fell over. Remarkably I found a guy selling just the neck and tuners from a TMB 30 which I bought for spares. I’ve now only got one left so need a decent replacement hence the post.

Yeah, I had one for a while and sold it here on this forum. It was a decent bass with active passive pull pot on the volume. Seymour Duncan pickups and a decent preamp. All in all a good instrument although a little on the heavy side.

Does anyone know what tuners would retrofit in an Ibanez Talman TMB 30 bass. Love the bass, but the tuners keep falling apart on me. This is a cheap bass so I don’t mind putting something decent on there, but don’t want to be drilling or filling old screw holes etc.

I really do think Fender are damned of they do and damned if they don't. They are in many ways cursed by having the 2 if not 3 most popular (and well used) bass designs ever! P,J, T. Like many of us on here, I spend most of my time playing a P bass and when I'm not I'm sort of wishing I was. I say good on them for at least trying to offer something slightly different.

Agreed, that looks a lot better.

Doh! I’m way behind the curve. Serves me right for not reading the entire forum before I post! 🤦‍♂️

https://www.musicradar.com/news/fender-meteora-player-plus

New Fender Meteora bass: https://www.fender.com/en-GB/player-plus-active-meteora-bass/0147393395.html

One of these is definitely on my Christmas list too.

New touchscreen multi effects from Boss: https://www.boss.info/global/products/gx-100/

Bought a Gruvgear case from Alan. Super easy purchase, quick postage, great comms and very well packaged. A proper gent, highly recommended.

Bought a Boss GT1000 from Peter. I have only positive things to say as the whole process was a doddle. Unit was exactly as described, it arrived exactly when he said it would and was packaged superbly. Highly recommend!

Check this site out, it’s a fantastic resource for Soul, Motown and Atlantic bass transcriptions. https://freebassparts-pv24.pagesperso-orange.fr/Bass_Players.htm

Bought a mic from Brian. Fantastic communication throughout the transaction. All round easy purchase as I have come to expect from the folks here at Basschat. Highly recommended.

Bought a Voodoo Lab PSU from Paul. Easy peasy throughout. Recommend.