Maude

There's the Ibanez Talman TMB35. I touch on the heavy side but a fantastic bass. £230 in Bax at the mo but come up used around £150 if you keep yours eyes peeled.

Summer Fun - The Barracudas

That's a crazy amount of of bass for the money! I bought the 5 string version brand new when they first came out. My only bass for ten years, then ended up back on fours but didn't sell it for another ten years as it was just too good to let go. I did in the end as I just didn't play fives anymore.

There was a BBG4S on ebay a couple of days ago for £200 ono I think. Fantastic bass for that money. Here you go. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/394382139621?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=kSKcxboISmu&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=i1P6UitjSry&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Ashdown replied on their Facebook page. The green single PU one is another prototype they're working on. I saw it pictured with a single PU pink one as well. Maybe worth contacting them.

Next year will be my year. I fell five days in this year 🙈. I'm planning on finishing all my projects and possibly selling some others next year. Keep the cream so to speak.

I think the shell pink is metallic now I've zoomed in. Result 😁👍

Quite possibly. It says last visited October 2020.

Damn it! Did I crumble too soon? 😁

That green one isn't listed on Ashdown's website. The do a P, a J (in long and short scale), a non reverse T Bird type and The Saint (as per this thread but 34"). As these new ones are being released in April, and they do a long and short J, I'm plumping for these will be shortscale. The Saints are all PJ and they don't list a green option so that green one must be a one off or another prototype.

Yeah that's the one, kind of. Her hand was obscuring the pickups in the picture I saw so I didn't realise it was different, individual bridge pieces too. Lovely colour though.

Was that the picture of the girl playing it at their open day thing? It looked lovely in that colour. I don't know if that was shortscale or not, or whether these are to be honest. There's not a lot of info around which adds to the confusion. Are these just the 34" Saints in new colours with a roasted board, or are they actually 30"? The only thing I'm going on is the post on facebook in which Mark confirms they are shortscale. I don't mind if it's long to be honest though. £299 seemed worth a punt. If I don't like it I'll just move it along, should get my money back without too much trouble.

There's two blue ones, a mid blue (kind of LPB) with a light maple board, and a darker blue with roasted maple board. Both look to be metallic but it's hard to tell in the single photos. There's also a Shell Pink jazz, roasted maple, mint green pickguard prototype for the same price.

Oops! We'll see what scale it is when it arrives. 😳

On the Ashdown Facebook page someone asks if it's shortscale, to which Mark Gooday replies "Yip".

Just seen these on Facebook. I really like the look of of this.

I've just seen a lovely looking shell pink shortscale on the @Ashdown Engineeringfacebook page. I'm assuming 30" but it could be 32". Also a sage green one which looks great too. Hopefully they'll/he'll (does Mark Gooday himself post?) be along shortly with some more info.

And it still inspires forty years later, doesn't it Mr. Gallagher!?

Welcome @joel406. If your Fenders are sunburst with a tort pickguard you're out! 😉

This totally. Back when I had a VW Transporter (T4), passenger door pockets would regularly sell on ebay for around £60-£70. Most T4s came with a double passenger front seat and no door pocket. The more expensive Caravelles and such came with a single passenger front captains seat and a door pocket (in general). People would swap their double seat for a single captains chair and then pay aforementioned price for the "ultra rare, hens teeth door pocket" on ebay. If you rang the dealers they were about £20.

Shot By Both Sides - Magazine

Yes I touched on my view that spending money on an appreciating collection makes more sense than spending it with on a depreciating car. Then you picked it up and ran with it to planet Tim. Let's just get back to bass collecting.

It's not even early but it's too early for this. What's going on and what did I just watch? Perhaps I'm just not awake yet. Maybe I'll try again later.