Ta-daa Not only was my new bass waiting for me, but my Christmas pressie was as well, a new hard case for my other bass
I've had a good look and a quick noodle whilst dinner was on and it's lovely. Sensible action and a non-floppy B string
There are a couple of things I'm a bit surprised by, the B and G strings have all the string wrapped around the tuning post and the B and E strings sound really woolly compared with the other three but the outside edge of the pickups are screwed down so far they're nearly flush with the body so it could just be that they need winding up a bit to bring them closer to the strings.
New case for old bass:
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New bass in new case:
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Fuzzy neck plate picture:
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