Maude

Stylish but costly, having a new screen each time. And praying it doesn't rain while your playing. 😄

That reminds me, I pushed the windscreen out of a Mini with a hardcase once. It was a proper Mini, the screen was held in with a rubber trim, which had a beading running through it to secure it firmly. I'd put a new screen in but couldn't get the beading in (there's a special tool) so just left it out, the screen felt secure enough. I used to have a quick release passenger seat that allowed me to put my big Peavey 15" amp on the floor where the seat would be with a matching cab on the back seat. My bass, in a hardcase, would lay on top of the amp and cab. Being young and over enthusiastic about everything, I was whizzing through the country lanes, rounded a corner, met a car and had to brake sharpish. The hardcase shot forwards and pushed the screen out, and they both then slid down the bonnet and onto the road. I casually got out and put the case and cracked screen on top of the amp/cab and continued to the gig. The other driver was having a right laugh at me. The cheeky bleeder! 😄

Everything's Gone Green - New Order

I'm such an idiot. I've just been doing a little extra fettling on my recently purchased cheap Precision. I decided to give the trussrod a little tweak now it's had Chromes on for a couple of weeks, and then set the intonation properly, it was only roughly done as I knew I'd be tweaking once settled. Anyway I slackened the A and D strings and popped them out their nut slots to allow room to turn the allen key (headstock end adjustment), gave it a quarter turn and popped the strings back in their slots. Reached up to the D string tuner and gave it a couple of swift turns to put some tension back in the string and the G string exploded. Yep, that'll be the G tuner I was turning, not the D. D'oh! Anyone had any similar D'oh moments (D'ohments) when afterwards you think, how did I manage to be so stupid? 😁👍

The deed is done. It's been in the back of my mind to get a blue one for a while and at that price, we'll it would be rude not to. Comes with a hardcase too. They put it on the website for me so I could get it delivered. Didn't want to say just now in case someone else bought it. 😎👍

@andy67 you Sir are a legend. I think we're sorted but can't say at the mo, all will become apparent. 😁👍

I might give them a call when they open and see what my options are. Did it look in reasonable condition?

Pants! I'd definitely have that if I wasn't in Cornwall. Even more annoyingly my daughter flew up to Edinburgh for a concert last weekend. 😕

Depending on your 'skilz' it wouldn't be fiendishly difficult to replicate the original headstock plate, if it is indeed made how you describe. A sheet of clear pickguard material, perspex or similar, cut to shape. A gold waterslide decal (printed in mirror image), there's folks on ebay will make them for a tenner from an image. Apply decal to reverse of plate, then matt black aerosol (easier than gloss). Flip it over and hey presto.

I've got a fretted and fretless HB uke bass. They were 'Dekos' and less than £30 each, which kind put the shine on the experience. 😁

Forkin' 'ell, it's Fred Titmus - Half Man Half Biscuit

Oh great, now I want to put tort back on my sunburst P! That looks lovely. Didn't I see you're off to sunny Torquay to pick up a black/black/maple P though. P basses a plenty!

I played a BBG5S for a decade as my only bass. Great instrument. I'd still have it but I took a break and then went back to four strings.

Ain't Got A Clue - The Lurkers

Why only 7? I knew I'd saved this picture for a reason.

Weirdo -The Charlatans

Smalltown England - NMA

Lovely old bass. Troy, who does some play along vids on YouTube uses a Guild from time to time. Every time he does it sounds fantastic.

My Name Is - Eminem

Nice Legs, Shame About The Face - The Monks

Black Hole Sun - Soundgarden

That's great that it's all working now, and that is a great bass to have as a first bass. Yamaha make excellent basses, all instruments actually, and the RBX range of basses are very comfortable to play and sound fantastic. 🙂👍

Is anyone in the Derby area looking for a bargain budget BB? There's an 'as new' BB234 with case and a Rumble 25 amp for £250 or best offer. Admittedly I'm not up on the newer BB range, but it seems like a good deal, especially if you could get it nearer to 200 smackeroonies. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Yamaha-BB234-Bass-Guitar-Fender-Rumble-25-amp-/194964438635?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=710-127635-2958-0

I agree, but with maths you can be bad at it and get it wrong. You have to be very very bad to physically look at two pieces of stretched out string and get it wrong.