Burns-bass

This isn’t an investment but a speculative asset. Unlike a gold ring, for example, it holds no intrinsic value. When my dad saw my 66 custom colour jazz he described how simple it would be to strip it off and repaint it. When I explained how much it would affect the value he just laughed.

It just becomes nonsensical after a while. I play DB too and a completely had carved and entirely bespoke double bass created by Martin Penning would be about £25,000. This is the culmination of decades of craft, the best quality materials and the highest quality workmanship. This is a production line bass, built from cheap and replaceable parts by unskilled tradespeople. Madness.

I sold one like this for a good price (maybe it was this one). Can’t remember exactly what it was, but possibly around £1500? I got it in a partial trade for a 64 Jazz and it was an exquisite bass. It somehow felt a little cold to me when I played it. I think it was guilt when compared to the one I traded with it and certainly no criticism of the bass. Anyway, I love these instruments and I think what he does is fantastic and I love this one. I nearly bought it, in fact, but have no disposable cash.

Phone them up and demand to speak to the manager. Personally I’ve received good service from PMT (Bristol) and they’ve been fair and reasonable. Perhaps it’s the individual rather than the business. I hope it gets sorted for you.

Sorry to hear this. I’ve never received such poor Service and hope it’s sorted for you. Nobody deserves that when you’re spending over a grand!

The authenticity of that jazz has been debated on here and the consensus was not good!

I bought a classic bass and it’s absolutely wonderful.

I love the rule that you don’t play open strings.

This is most of their output. Alice Cooper does a fantastic show on the radio from his own abode.

This bloke needs a beat down.

As with all these things I can never discern a difference. Personally, to me (and I’m sure I’ll sound like a heretic) a P bass sounds like a P and jazz a jazz, woods and necks don’t make much difference.

What a wonderful story. I once agreed to buy a vintage Precision from a chap who was giving up. Turns out he was seriously ill. He drove to my workplace and gave me a lift to the bank. When I’d bought the guitar we had a beer. £900 for a completely original 1969 Precision. Still remember the lady on the front desk calling me up!

These strings get better with age, not worse. Stuck a new set on a vintage P and it’s gone heaven.

Here’s mine. I’ve had a fair few but I’ve paired it down to one. Objectively speaking, it’s probably not as good as the modern Fenders, but, just look at it! It’s a 66 with the lollipop tuners. All original bar the jack socket which had to be replaced.

That’s a great resource, as is this book:

Really? I reckon it’s a fair place to post it. Ultimately it matters little. Chromes are wonderful strings and once you’ve broken them in the mellow out really well.

The police are woefully underfunded and understaffed. (We voted for this folks, so we can’t complain). I was once mugged at knifepoint (I was very drunk and it was all very odd) but they picked up the guy in days, prosecuted him and he was jailed. In an ideal world all crimes would be investigated, but a low-value theft isn’t going to be particularly high up on the pecking order. A flat I rented was broken into once and the police report was treated as merely a formality I went though before calling the insurance company to get my claim started. Today if my house were broken into I’d assume the case would be the same.

It looks like a Zeta Crossover Bass. They sell for between £600 - £800.