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As Sean Connery would say, "Shekshee!"

Six foot if I stand up straight first thing in the morning (gravity seems to exert more force the older I get). IIRC Pino is 6’7”.

I sold mine, on commission, through The Gallery. Maybe check them out. Mods - I hope this was OK.

I have to agree with @KevB about Blind Faith, they could have been great, but I found/find them decidedly meh. Another contender is The Firm. They were OK but should've been so much more.

Ah, RS Components. When I was an office equipment engineer, I used to love trawling through the new RS catalogues when they came in.

I suspect we may have witnessed an occurrence of ‘commentator’s curse’ here. Watch this space 😂.

Could this be answer as it is in budget?

I didn’t make it as I wasn’t feeling so great. Glad it was yet another triumph (I’ve met Pete Stroud before and seen him play; top fella). The thing I’m most sad about is not being able to see, hear and play @Jabba_the_gut’s fine creations, it was a highlight for me last year. Perhaps in 2020.

Pino's work with Paul Young. I was a fan of The Ox, Andy Fraser, Dee Murray and other players of that era, but when 'Hat' came out, it was a game (or more precisely instrument) changer.

One, five; one, five; one, five. Hmm, maybe that’s just country music Basschatters (paraphrasing an old joke).

I have to agree.

Likewise. In fact, I switched from guitar to bass in the early ‘80s but then someone asked me play guitar in a new project, so I went back again (of course the band only lasted a short while 😠) and was then back in the 6 six string groove. I only really committed to bass at the turn of the century. Who knows what would be different if I’d stuck with it from the get go? Also, I would have liked to had the confidence to sing more back then, as it seems I actually have a half decent singing voice these days. However, I did make the change and I do sing now, so I should be content, after all, I could’ve never have done either.

MXR M80, no comp, but some gnarly, blendable distortion. https://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/product/07062712180828--mxr-bass-di-m80

(Adopts movie trailer voice) “It’s a monster!” 😱

Sad but true.

I love it. Very clear and uncoloured to my ears. Takes emulating preamps very well (I use a VTDI) as well as pedals.

I’m pretty sure the John East P preamp had that arrangement.

Very cool bass and story. Enjoy.

Why not go for your namesake whilst Guitar Guitar are having a clearance at daft prices? https://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/phil-jones/amps/bass/

Right, stop this punning now, or I’ll give you all a pizza my mind!

I saw Mo Foster break one back in the ‘80s when he was touring with Jeff Beck (awesome gig). If memory serves, he was playing an Alembic.

There seems to be a fair few from Thomann https://www.thomann.de/gb/short_scale_basses.html?feature-53018-first=19&feature-53018-last=24&filter=true&oa=pra

Of course Sire get a lot of love here on BC, there should be something in their range that would suit https://www.andertons.co.uk/bass-dept/bass-guitars/modern-bass-guitars?#facet:307445734561667667583105114101&productBeginIndex:0&facetLimit:&orderBy:&pageView:grid&minPrice:&maxPrice:&pageSize:96&

Just to muddy the waters https://www.andertons.co.uk/brands/sire/sire-v-series-basses/v7-basses/sire-version-2-marcus-miller-v7-alder-4-string-burgundy?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=sire-v7-new-colours-tlS4STylIFo

^^^ This