kodiakblair

The PB-50 with Super-Ferrite/TI jazz flatscombo definitely is a winner Mind you the fact my PB-50's all had great necks,working tuners and decent bridges helped.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1503600299' post='3359622'] How many have you got?? [/quote] I briefly had 3. 1 was a "deko" bought for parts,quick fix later and it went to a pal's lad. Sold my 1st one,with the lovely roasted maple type grain on thefretboard, last month to a BC'er. Just my trusty Peavey SF powered PB-50 left

Looking and sounding great. Makes me want another one

Don't know about the factory fretless but the serial number says 1994. Have one myself. If it sells for £200 I'll be upping the house insurance

Those are stunners alright The house here is overrun by Peaveys so I doubt there'll be more basses. Dave-K can be very persuasive so the Super-P is going nowhere.

[quote name='Rollin Thunder' timestamp='1503070339' post='3355518'] they look like they make some nice bass's like this one but would prefer the squared head not the P bass type. great value, do they play well. [url="http://chownybass.com/product/retrovibe-by-chowny-vantage/"]http://chownybass.co...chowny-vantage/[/url] [/quote]Never played one since Chowny took over production but I had 5 of the original Retrovibe basses and they were great basses. Really wish I hadn't sold the Evo

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1503077627' post='3355579'] Couldn't find the gold paint! It was your kindly-donated template I used for the headstock, thanks. [/quote] Was happy to help That reminds me I promised LewisK one. Better get the saw out this weekend

Looking good. Still preferred the gold scratchplate though

1400 euros is big money for a first bass. Of course the Sandberg is a great bass and will serve you well for many years. If you decide bass is the instrument you want to play ! I'd suggest returning it and spend the next few weeks trying many different basses. You have a very good budget so the one you choose will not depend on money but what feels right. Don't get catch up with brands and prices there's great basses out there at all prices. Like PaulGibsonBass I've basses costing £1-2K but I spend most of my time playing a £90 Harley Benton .

RetractionTime Got bum info from US eBay seller. Mike Brown at Peavey CS just sent me an email saying yes they're rosewood but the CITES paperwork is included with each bass. Indonesia asked for an abstention until July this year if I mind right. Off to Retract moans elsewhere now

Something is seriously wrong in Meridian. The ELF saga is bad but the Cirrus tale is worse January 2016 they annouce the Cirrus re-issue,I contact B&M but they can't tell me anything. Sweetwater start taking pre-orders in Feb 2017. Again B&M have no info so I contact SW,they can't ship to the UK.Dealer protection rules. There's been a few on American eBay and last week I contact a seller. This is where it gets bloody stupid. I ask about the fretboard,SW have it as Pau Ferro. The seller has copy/paste the blurb from the Peavey website which states a rosewood fretboard. In fact the specs for every model say a rosewood board and no paperwork regarding CITES. Yes folks 1 month after the ruling on rosewood Peavey goes ahead with rosewood board basses. To cement the stupidity there's a bubinga/rosewood combo too.

7lb !!! Can see why it's named after light infantry. Congrats Mick

Last few days it's been Celtic Punk Radio. Strangely it's via the internet from Germany.

Must have owned 12 maybe 15 HBs,never needed to do any work on them. The dirt cheap PB-20 stood head and shoulders above the Squier Affinity p bass I had. Must say its good to see a PJ with a P bass neck for a change.

You just made me very jealous :-)

It's called "Dave's World of Fun Stuff" for a reason, the YT videos and guitar set ups are something he does in his spare time. He works as a movie and TV special effects man.

Dave's Rickenbacker story here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4ODN1c_6ik

Dave's own Rickenbacker went in the skip on the last night of a tour . I wouldn't say he was grumpy just has very bad memories.

I bought a set of Fender VI strings and just used 4 of them. £10.99 on eBay

Entwistle PBXN arrived from Graeme . Dead easy transaction. Top fella and a credit to BC. Cheers KB

I've been at this a long time and doubt I've ever sounded like the record

Good to hear Paul. These affordable basses can be brilliant if folks just look beyond the name. Aye there's folk who get them with problems but the same can be said for any brand. Sold one of my Harley Benton PB-50's this week and I know I'll miss it

Saw James wanted a Harley Benton PB-50. He paid straight away,even though I'd said it would take a couple of days to organise packing Great fella and I hope he enjoys the PB-50.