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There was a gorgeous natural finish “custom” smoked bass on Reverb for a very long time on which they kept reducing the price. I reckon they sold it at a bargain price to some likely fella.

That’s interesting, so the Mossrites and Charvel Surfcasters have probably gone unchallenged. More power to the elbow then for resurrecting some really cool designs. Are they a little expensive for what I assume is Far Eastern manufactured?

As this was presumably sent from Japan, did you escape import duty since Europe is supposed to have done a free trade deal with Japan?

Look like good quality workmanship, but I really don’t like the body shapes and the headstock looks way out of proportion.

No! The batwing headstock makes it. It’s what people are criticising the current Epi. Embassy for not having. How do Eastwood get away with making “replicas” ? Do they get permission or just dodge the lawsuits?

Bought for £157. Someone got a bargain for a luthier made bass even if the condition wasn’t great. Anyone on here the successful bidder?

Sounds like time for some fine grade paper on the neck and you’ll be away.

+1 for a shim. Cheaper than new bridge pieces, a piece of cardboard will do it.

High action on a fretless? Maybe because it’s a defretted . Every fretless I’ve ever had has been really low on action, as it should be as there’s no frets to get in the way.

There’s no umlaut over the “o”. If the Ignition is made for Hofner (sorry my iPad doesn’t have one either) even in China I think they’d spell their name correctly.

Keep the old one as back up or fit different strings, flats maybe?

Another great choice, but then Jack never played a bad bass line. And he sang at the same time.

All Jazz has flats, it’s what makes it a Jazz. Something to do with the odd tuning of brass instruments. 🎷

So do I. It’s a bad way to damage the delicate bones in your hand. Do you want early onset arthritis? 🖐

Oh yes, I’d forgotten that one, good choice.

Listening to the radio the other day, they played a track in connection with the forthcoming bio-pic about Elton John. It was of course “Rocket Man” which I haven’t listened to in decades. I was knocked out by the excellent bass line which is a real feature of the song and it started me thinking ( always dangerous) about other songs that have long since passed from memory which have really good bass lines. Any suggestions?

I started with a Fenton Weill. I don't have a picture of the original but this is a similar one from the net. I modded mine by removing the hideous red pickguard and putting a metal bridge on it. My first amp was some weird thing where one speaker faced forward and the other back. This was soon replaced by a Selmer Treble and Bass 50 and a Marshall 2 x 12 cabinet.

On my Fishman piezo bridge the instruction was to make sure there is no silk winding around the string touching the bridge. I use La Bella flats which have no silk windings so I’m pretty sure the core wire would be fine. Whether or not it’s better may be for you to test.

For £22k I’d like some pickups, hardware and a 5th string! Or maybe I’m just greedy.

A few hours with some fine wet and dry and you could ha we a decent finish on that bass, unless the diy paint all peels off 😂💥

Love the colour.

Just noticed your posting and yes I have owned a vintage Gibson bass. A 1966 EB2D and frankly it was a dog. The pickups were totally unbalanced, the mud bucker practically blew the speaker so you had to play it with the boost button pushed in, it actually worked the opposite way round and cut the output. It didn’t sit well on a strap , had had a neck repair like many 335/EB2s, the heads seemed very pone to snapping, but it did look totally cool - I still love that semi style. By comparison my current Gibson is super light, despite being 5 string, sits well, has balanced pus with pull pots to instantly change the tone, a great bridge, and seems really well finished. Having thought I’d never buy another Gibson, I now really rate them.

Well done @Dosi Y'Anarchy it takes a bit of guts to put yourself out there and that was informative. Does the bass not have a slice off the edge to stop it cutting into your arm? Surprisingly it does sound a lot different from my 2013 Gibson EB which has thumping great humbuckers on it. Your Tapped tone is similar to the the bridge pu.

Or the Gold tone mini bass

I can’t believe you found one of these that only weighe 81/2lb. When I had one with the 5 in line, it weighed nearer 11lb.