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Yet another glowing recommendation for Jason from me. Bought his lovely Ray34, exactly as described, came out to meet me to hand it over and was a true gent when I ran into electronic problems trying to transfer the funds over. Deal with confidence!

Lively gig on Saturday night. The venue was absolutely packed and dancefloor was packed from the first song till the last which makes it all worth it. I was nursing a sore ankle all night so unable to move around and dance like a nutter so the lads kindly obliged...

I find it quite extraordinary how polarising BD and its proprietor is! I have visited there twice and found Mark to be quite friendly if a bit forthright. It seems once they've sorted the website and online sales out things should improve but the attitude and customer service issues will surely continue unless another viable company starts to pose a serious threat?

I love this process, it's absolutely flawless - what could possibly go wrong?😀😀😀

What a lovely collection! I too went gear-crazy under lockdown but now I've managed to reduce my collection from 7 down to 2 but I can feel the GAS rising again now gigs are happening again. Weird! My faves in your pic are the Ric, G&L and the Stingray. I've GASed for all of these at one point or another over the years.

Me too. Played a handful of gigs with it and very impressed.

Yes I am thankfully but the set demands my P bass and nothing more. So that's what I've settled for alongside the TRB. I reckon that other than fretless I should have all bases covered with these 2. Logical or what? Will it hold into 2022?

That's the theory, I'm tying it in with a new year's resolution to live clutter-free and concentrate on the things that matter like practice and making music.... 🤞 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 And for @andy67....

@Al Krow you're going to have to demote me from the wall of shame as I'm now BB-less. In my battle to defeat GAS I've got rid of all but 2 basses (down from 7). My only Yammy connection is now my 90s TRB5. On the plus side the GAS seems to have subsided....

Always fancied trying a Reverend bass.... I seem to remember that you were going to use the silver Squier Jazz as a 'beater' bass or am I thinking of someone else?

Tempting 😉

Vintage white 414 for £240 popped up in Brum yesterday as well 😀

Many happy memories of the Bass Centre and Musical Exchanges. I did my work experience at MX in the '90s under the supervision of Woz who ran the bass dept. Needless to say very little if any proper experience of work was gained but it was good experience. Woz was a superb 'noodler' i.e. could pick up a bass and slap/tickle etc it and make you feel totally inadequate then hand it over for you to try it out 😄 The Brum Bass Centre is where the infamous violated Duck Dunn P Bass that sometimes pops up for sale online originated from.

His playing and tone in particular on Joe Jackson's Look Sharp album is absolutely beautiful. I suppose the production and mixing helped. I always thought he was using a Ricky... was I right?

Anyone able to confirm or deny?

I don't like the way this serious and important discussion has developed...

I think that it does count, well spotted!

Love it when someone reveals a previously unknown musical talent. I've never heard of Ian Fergusson until now but as well as doing the weather on a local BBC station he likes to smash his favourite Ernie Ball's back door in in his spare time. https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=919436542006592 Apart from Martin Bashir are there any other well known bass player broadcasters?

Just look at the finish on that... yum 😋 Owned a US LB100, was a beautifully made instrument. Would love to try a L1000 someday but I too dislike too many switches etc. G&L are totally underrated instruments which is a shame. How can they achieve that 'cool' factor?