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I totally agree that so called acoustic basses are a waste of space, unless you have to have that full bodied look. You may be better off looking for a solid bodied bass with a piezo bridge like the Fishman. Fender Japan made the HMT with an f hole and a piezo bridge, some Yamaha TRBs also have them as does the Spector Spectorcore which I use. Can get a pretty good "acoustic" sound from it.

I think you need to decide if you like a passive pickup sound or active. Really good all rounders for reasonable bucks are the Korean made Spectors Legend and Coda. The NS shape is really comfortable and much favoured by US metal band bass players.

The 5 string 51 P style has arrived at my brother's. Looks pretty good, he says it plays ok, might need to drop the action slightly and the tone pot does offer much variation.

These BaCH basses are beginning to become a family thing. My brother, another bass player, has ordered the five string in the style of a 51 precision in black and white.

Warwick offer the Star bass in daphne blue- similar to Pelham.

Something of the old Gibson RD about it too.

Don't they have a reputation for dodgy electrics?

If you can find them La Bella Low Tension flats would probably be ideal, they are also thinner than most flats so fit a nut cut for normal round wounds.

[quote name='MacDaddy' timestamp='1487673683' post='3241646'] it's not like Gibson are going out of their way to advertise or promote the new EB Bass. Although a couple of people are sat with it, it's not mentioned in the Gibson USA 2017 New Model Year video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1aIPdOdXdI [/quote]Says it all really, a bit embarrassed to have it in their line up. However reading through this thread it does begin to sound like we're all suffering from a bad case of nostalgia.

Thanks Basvarken. Interesting info, Korea and Czech Republic seems a good combination. My 2 Spectors are one from Korea and one from the Czech Republic and both are cracking good basses, but cost a lot more than the BaCH.

Good find. I remember the Maya's being thought of as one of the better Jap copies . Strange to think that today we wouldn't call Japanese crap. I hope your going to keep the very cool bridge and pickup covers.

Thanks for this info Bassvarken. Perhaps you can clarify where they actually got them made up, the quality seems good, perhaps too good for China.

[quote name='Basvarken' timestamp='1487182829' post='3237869'] Congrats. Hope you can get the bridge right. That could be a bit tricky. Here's my long scale BaCH semi acoustic I was torn between that gorgeous red and the natural, you obviously like these basses. How do find the balance between the front and rear pickups on the long scale? Presumably where you changed them to the Gibsons they balance well. Do prefer playing the short or the long scale and why both? And this is my short scale semi acoustic (with Gibson lo-z pickups) [/quote]

Bridge was fitted by a local guitar maker I know who usually specialises in acoustics. However he did a cracking job, for a very reasonable price, it's up and working fine strung with Chrome flats. Hope to post some new pictures shortly. Interestingly the "mud bicker" type pickup isn't muddy, has a nice clear resonance and a reasonable range of tones , better than I expected.

Can't stand relics it is such a false thing, they don't look good, they look awful. When you look at a genuine old well used instrument they look completely different to a new one to which someone has taken a sheet of sandpaper. I have always tried to look after instruments not wreck them.

Ric Sanders, the fiddle player in Fairport Comvention, pulls one out to play when Dave Pegg switches to mandolin. Sounds ok but as a fiddle player he's probably used to fingering notes close together.

If you've got a reasonable acoustic already, why not just by a quality piezo pickup and install it. L.R.Baggs are brilliant, they make an alternative to the piezo that is actually a microphone which sticks under the top and does require removing the bridge saddle. It has a volume control that fits neatly on the edge of the sound hole. All you need to do is drill a hope where the rear strap button fits and insert the jack. Called the Lyric it's excellent. I have one in my Taylor acoustic.

If you still need suggestions, Spector Coda, but why a jazz?

Who needs adjectives? Take us away and there's a chasmic hole in the sound!

[quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1486229730' post='3230217'] She does a nice version of 'Donna Lee'. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_onY_geaMs [/quote] Anyone who can get that good a tune out of those awful rubbery bass uke strings is probably miraculous!

[quote name='Grangur' timestamp='1485606364' post='3225250'] True, but when it came to bass does he know his onions? [/quote] I thought he was a bit GREEN.