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Material Girl - Madonna

It was a fab sounding beast too. It was one of the first run of Roadworns with an additional Seymour Duncan and Hipshot D Tuner fitted (plus other cosmetic shenanigans). The problem was, it was so light in the body that it had horrific neck dive (not helped by the chunky neck and D Tuner), which meant it gave me horrible shoulder pain. I will definitely revisit a double P at some juncture as it's the greatest sound IMO. A pair of Nordy Big Splits might be order of the day when that time comes - mmm.

With bags of time on my hands, I thought I'd make up my list of 25 into a pictorial representation. All the photos are of the actual instruments, except the Yamaha BB300, RBX270, the Westone Thunder II and the MiM Jazz Fretless, which are the nearest ones I can match to my memory from the net. They are, as near as dammit, in order of acquisition (maybe one or two are out of sequence). Of these only the Maruszczyk Elwood Ls, the Rob Allen MB2 and JMJ Mustang (only 2 weeks old) remain.

I’ve Farted - Ivor Biggun

Cricket Lovely Cricket - Jah Thomas

Ah, I see. That's OK then, as that would be terrible. This'll be great and bespoke too. I moved up to Scotland in December and @skelf is only a couple or so hours away. I don't 'need' a new bass, but that proximity is rather tempting. Keep us updated with the progress.

Exciting times! But, how you lose a ‘Ray5? Have you sold it/part ex’d for something? I only ask as a friend of mine could find one of his medium format cameras recently and it was a huge beast. Weeks later he remembered that he’d moved it on () and he’s a young man not given to suffering from old boy’s memory.

This ^^^ Also, keep an eye on the tube drive levels or do clean and driven examples.

Oof! 😍

Anti Pino contingent?

Mother’s Lament - Trad

Candlelight - Wishbone Ash

Calling @Tech21NYC

Hey Brother - Robben Ford

Chooon! Lay Lady Lay - Bob Z

Great review, but you should comment on the sound too, don’t do yourself down. These have certainly caught my eye and I nearly went for a 4 string, non-Novax one. The clarity of the B string is of special interest as, if it’s reproduces well, flies in the face of the 35” scale preference of some manufacturers for 5 stringers. Enjoy.

IIRC the Gretsch G2220 has a P type width, good tone and is very reasonably priced at around £300.

Gonna Make You Sweat - C+C Music Factory

I’ve been coming back to this, time and again over the last 2 days. Short and sweet, but I’m loving it.

Saturday Night Special - Lynyrd Skynyrd

Route 66 - Chuck Berry

@Lw. The Vintera neck is a P rather than J width (my JMJ is just 40mm BTW).

Sweets for my Sweet - The Searchers

Break My Stride - Matthew Wilder

Shout - Tears For Fears