Skinnyman

No. No, no, no, no, no. 'Snot happ'nin'. You can take what you want (once payment has cleared, of course), but you ain't having the Ric. 'Smy Ric an' you can't has it

It changes periodically. I had a year or so just gigging the Sandberg. I then had a spell of gigging the Precision - sounds fantastic but it weighs more than a JCB. I've got flats on the Jazz and it sounds awesome - I've been gigging that most recently. So i use them in rotation. But the one I'll be buried with is the Ric.

My name is Skinnyman. I am an addict. (Sobs quietly) I keep buying bass guitars. In fact, guitars of all sorts. This is only half the collection. And...I can't even play (Breaks down uncontrollably)

No. No, i "need" a 4003s. It's for a, er, a....a project. Yes, that's right. A recording project that needs a 4003s. And i may not have worked down the pit but them compooters don't screw theirselves up, y'know. I've spent the best years of my life sweating, toiling and middle-managing till my fingers are red raw. Plus, now I've retired we have to watch the pennies. It's either a 4003s or clothes on the wife's back.... So, obvs, it's a 4003s

The wife regularly points out that there are more basses in our house than the Treorchy Male Voice Choir.

A picture now before I start the cull.... Back Row: 1982 Fullerton-made Fender Precision (one of the good ones it seems), Ric 4003, Gretsch Junior Jet, , Fender USA FSR Jazz (#51 of 100 apparently and signed by the Production Manager. Whoop-de-doo), Sandberg VM4 Laid Down: Sterling Musicman (raffle prize won at the Herts Bass Bash, signed by the Jools Holland Band), Yamaha RBX370A fretless Front Row: Dingwall Super P/J 5, SGC Nanyo Bass Collection SB310 (now with passive electrics, Entwistle Pickups and a Roland MIDI pickup), SGC Nanyo Bass Collection SB310 (active with new pre-amp and pots), Dingwall ABZ 5/3 (now back in my hands after a brief holiday) I want to cut this down to five but I'm not betting that I'll be able to......

That second one with the black PG is lovely

Aaaaaaargh...... You cruel b....... *Sobs*

Aaaargh. Stop talking about this!!! I want one!!!! *Can't have one, can't afford. *But i wants it. So pretty *You got too many already *But its so nice....... * So Bloooooooo.... *You got to sell some stuff then *Yes! Yes! I do that. I sell fings, then I get one...... (Disappears upstairs with camera)

Hiya big ny. Welcome to the forum

Howdy, wombat

You might even get it to go straight.... 😁 Geddit? Go straight? Fleabag, see, so.... Go straight. 's funny. *Sigh* I'll get me coat

And it's good for the ikonomi too

I find it easier to just get in with the twist and then do a roly-poly while wearing the bass. No I don't. I have the same issue as everyone else.....it's even worse when you have a wireless transmitter clipped to the strap

That is gorgeous. Much as i love my 4003, I'd be very tempted by one of those.

I recognise the symptoms and am trying to detox myself. At the moment I've instituted a one-in, one-out policy. So i can't buy the Barefaced One10 i crave until I've sold my fender 410. And then I'll try and move to a one-in, two-out policy and see if I can cull the herd a bit. Maybe a support group on here? One without Cato's "help"?

That pretty much sums it up for me. I deal with the second category by having a cheat sheet in from to me - basically the set list but with a note appended by each song. It might be the key, the opening riff or a note to remember the stop after the second chorus or suchlike. I've never actually needed to use it at a gig to get me out of trouble but i figure that just having it has stopped me getting into trouble in the first place, if you know what i mean. My coping strategy for the first category is to carry on playing but take the volume down until I'm back on solid ground.... it happens annoyingly often - mainly because i start wondering how long to the next break because I'm getting desperate to go and pee

I'm sure that hunting down the best/cheapest/bargain/ultimate/whatever piece of kit is a "man"thing that's the modern equivalent of hunting the mammoth. I like nothing better than a good 'project', especially for something I don't know much about. The research, the shortlist, the bargain chase.... And a good spreadsheet whenever there's the opportunity. Or is that just me?

Ooh, good choice. Me gonna listen to that now. Loud....

All this talk of PBasses makes me think that i need to try some more in case The One is out there. I have a nice 1982 Precision but it weighs more than an Austin Princess - I might have to go seek out the Perfect P. Dammit. This thread has given me GAS..... Aaaaaaaaargh!

Makes me think there's scope for a whole new sub-forum, "Pbasschat".

Don’t talk to me about bloody British Gas..... Small world though, I used to live in Coleorton

Someone has taken the sharp things away from him, haven't they? Haven't they? Why haven't they?

Cheese at bedtime mainly

Thanks Hooky. I’ve been wondering about half rounds for a while and was tempted to try a set - you’ve just saved me £36! Thats cold comfort to you, I know, but you can take heart from knowing that you’ve just performed a valuable consumer service!