Pea Turgh

My vote is reshape to Blazer style like wot @Bassassin said. Maybe paint the body (personally not a red bass sort of a chap). This is on the premise that it plays nicely. If it’s not a player, give to friend.

I went camping with the wife and kids down Oxwich Bay on the Gower in about 2015. The kids started playing with another set of kids, as they do. Had a chat with the dad who turned out to be a fellow bassist. He was also playing classical guitar in the evenings. I believe the family was from the South East. At the time, I was just coming to terms with depression, so I probably not at my best, which might have been construed as rude or ignorant I’m in to fixing past wrongs these days, and it struck me the other day that the person I was talking to is probably a Basschat member, so I thought it would be nice to say hello again. Bit of a long shot, but I thought I’d reach out! Was it you?!

Or “a poor excuse to buy more bass things”. Aint nuthin wrong with creative excuses!

You could buy it as a project. Needs a new nut (& strings!). Replace the bridge, pickups, scratchplate, neck, tuners, maybe the body, too.

I love that!

Is the original covering underneath still? If not, just patch up the orange, spray the grill where the Trace badge used to be and blacken our the red stripes - it’d look prettier to sell for not too much effort.

Lovely! What is BFL? I’d say anodised scratchplate in place of white - it’s what I did to my trusty JV 😁

Contact Alpher instruments. Job done!

Ha! I’m not strong enough!

That Laney 4x10 looks nice though...

I think it’s possible to get sucked in to a never ending gear fest, probably spending way more than you need while seeking the best of the best. I’m guilty of the constant search for perfection, but sometimes I wonder if I could have just bought a Rumble 500 and been just as happy!

I’m always drawn to this look. I have a JV in the same clothes. If I had lotto cash, I’d buy up all the ‘57 lookie-likes on basschat.

I don’t like bright colours, so I’d take this over the Elf or the TC equivalent. 300w one appeals to me. I’d assume the USB would be an audio interface for getting bass sounds in to your computer, but would be cool if audio could go the other way too. If it did I suspect it would only come out the headphone output for practicing.

Surely the sofa shot is for the end when they’re finished? That last shot is like walking in on the mrs shaving her legs with the curlers in and no makeup on!

I love the mini rug in front of the pedal board!!!

That grain looks fantastic - I can imagine how it will look when the finish is on. Gold and green too - nice!

That looks gosh darn awesome, Andy! So happy that this will be at the SW bash!!!

Why is this not a more common feature?! Makes complete sense!

Ooh, love that shape!

Awesome! Would love to see a collage of the first batch when all completed!!

Both great. Are you going to darken the necks though?

Lemme go check...

Bought mine early 2019 and the tolex was fine - til a feckin mouse chewed a bit off the back!!!

That is a hell of a looker!

Bought some in-ears, reading a review I discovered the term “Chi Fi”. I think this helped me decipher the Chickenbacker thing.