Maude

Oscillate Wildly - Marr/Rourke/Joyce

It's a knob fest! I do like the 80s contrasting neck through basses. Cool 😎

I know, I've got no real reason to want a 4/4 bass, bigger to store, bigger to transport, etc. But I'm quite tall and I love the look of doublebass without the endpin out miles. Is that a good enough reason? 😁

Holy cow! Well done 👌 It wouldn't let me check out when I tried, got to a certain point and nothing to click to progress. I'm keen to hear what you think of it.

I really, really don't need a BBP34, but if a vintage white one came up at the right price I'd really struggle not to buy it.

Beat It - MJ... hee hee, owwww!

Likewise, but at the other end of the UK. Nothing is close to Cornwall, but research, couriers and calculated risk means I've got far more basses than fingers and toes to play them with... and that's saying something for someone from Cornwall! 😁

It's back up to £475 now. I assume it was a mistake that took a while to rectify over the Christmas period. I remember a similar thing with, I think, an EUB and amp package a few years back. I ordered one of them but it never came through. Cynical me wonders if it's done on purpose to get folks looking at the site over Christmas and New Year. Although the Fazley Jazzes down from £175 to £63 (with the 10%) came through OK.

Go on then, count me in. Although I bought nothing in 2025, not even strings or a plectrum, so I'm probably going to do some buying this year.

I don't know about streaming Big Ben but you've got to use them as the intro into AC/DCs Hells Bells. 👌

It's now December 31st. I might order a bass in a minute, as a year without buying anything music related just doesn't feel right. My left eye keeps twitching and I've developed stammer. 😁

Hanging Around - The Stranglers

This ^^^ Just try a thinner set, or moving them over a slot, and see how it goes. I bought a Ibanez Talman 30 when they were silly cheap to try a set of piccolo bass strings on, EADG but an octave higher so guitar register and gauge, I didn't have to change the nut and it's fine. The tension keeps the strings in the bottom of the oversized 'U' shape, you'd have to play really hard to move the string across and up the slot.

A doublebass is a beautiful piece of furniture in the corner of a room, a conversation starter, social status elevator, somewhere to hang decorations at this festive time of year, you can even play it if you're that way inclined. The reasons to own one far away outweigh the reasons not to. 😉

To be fair to these Fazley basses (I haven't seen or played one), a thousand pound bass will probably come will strings that you'll want to change and in need of a set up. I'd have no qualms in buying one of the 4/4s if I needed it as a bass I just don't need to worry about. If something started to fail then you don't have to worry about professional repairs as it will have virtually no resale value, just glue it or screw it yourself and carry on playing. They probably won't sound the best but for live playing you'll most likely be using a pickup and it won't matter anyway. It'll have 12 months warranty anyway so play the hell out of it and any major issues, if any, should arise in that time and you can get a refund or replacement.