Marc S

I rarely play a 5 string, but I like to keep one for noodling on. My only 5'er is an Ibanez SR505. It's great, and lighter than many 4 strings, at 3.5kg. I chose it not just for its light weight - I like the neck width too. It's fairly narrow at the nut. It's fairly narrow at the bridge too, but not too narrow (I have played 5ers with string spacing that's too tight for my right hand fingers) plus, you can adjust the spacing too. I'm not sure if production of these has now stopped? But they were well shy of your budget - I had previously seen them second-hand for around £250 - 280. They're really well made, with nice quality components too, punching above their price bracket IMHO.

Dodge_bass aka Ian bought a Wingbass from me. Not only was he patient, waiting for me to tardily source a box & packaging, but he paid quickly. Good comms throughout. Top Bc' er to do business with. Buy / sell / trade in confidence. Cheers Ian

Hi @Paul Skueswelcome to BassChat. That bass looks great, and certainly looks to be a bargain price. I must admit, if I needed to switch to short scale.... I'd be sorely tempted by one of those. Let us know how you're getting on. And don't spend too much time in the marketplace here - or by the end of the year you'll be like the majority of us on here i.e. you'll have half a dozen basses, and still looking! lol

Some great suggestions here, but on reading this thread for the first time just now, my first thought was also Blondie.

Wow - this has surprised me @Beedster especially having seen that list of bass guitars you have owned. I take your point about focussing on the Upright though. I suppose in a sense, the BG can be something of a distraction. Actually, in truth I think I would like to spend more time playing upright than I currently do, and spend proportionally way more on BG. However, I think I'd miss the comfort of sitting on the sofa, jamming along to YouTube, or my music collection. I know I'd also miss picking up a bass and taking it out to a folk jam or pub jam with my pals. So I think I'd always keep a bass guitar just for these reasons. My only problem though..... is I couldn't limit myself to one! lol Brave move sir, brave move - best of luck with it

Hi, Just wondered what you think of the bass? Don't tell me Santa gave you an empty box...... or that you STILL haven't unwrapped it! lol

I wasn't aware of those @TPJ Many thanks for posting that link could be really useful!

Ah, shame. Sorry to hear that. I was once tempted by a wine rack that was made from a DB body. That would be the coolest wine rack in town 😎 Unfortunately, I'm more of an ale man! Lol

Any news on this bass @pete.young? Hope it's fixable

Looking really great 😁

Brilliant achievement 👏 😀 😀