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Sam Wilkes was with them?! I saw them at BotW a couple of years ago, and it was just Louis and Genevive. It was a fun show, but felt a bit lacking compared to the stuff they have been publishing online recently. (Obviously I understand it's expensive to move more and more musicians and gear....) I was kinda expecting this gig to be the same as all the promotion I saw didn't mention that it would be anything else. How big was the band this time?

Hello back to you, also from the High Peak!

I've been looking out for a sixer to be more "everyday" than my Sei, which is both as lovely and as unpredictable as my beloved pet cat. I had an inkling a TRB-6 would fit the bill. What I read about playability, tone, and build quality are all right up my street. I saw this one on FB a week or so back. Went up to try it out yesterday. It's been sitting doing nothing for a few years, so the strings are grubby, and the whole thing needs a light clean. But it's in excellent nick. (Two small dings on the neck which might well have happened when I put it down on the little stand the sellers had, and the stand collapsed.) Otherwise nearly flawless. Gave it a quick play whilst I was there, and I can see why these are said to have a distinctive voice. Whilst I like it, plans are already afoot to move some instruments on (not the sei) to make room for a second TRB-6 so I can experiment with pickup replacement. It would be good to find something a bit less distinctive.

Seems like the page on the GK website now says shipping in October! Boo hiss!

The comments on the Loog are interesting. I am neither a parent nor a music teacher, so these practical considerations had not really occurred to me. Thanks for sharing.

A pricier option, but these look like a good idea. https://loogguitars.com 3 top strings from a guitar, on a child-sized instrument. Less to learn, and transferable to big guitar later.

I spotted on of these in a local music shop the other day. Sadly, it was the only notable bass in the shop.

Pics or it didn’t happen😀

That looks like slightly less than @neepheid brought last year 😂

With apologies for not having read all ten pages to find this out: Is the order book for these amps now closed? Or is it possible to add my name to the list? A 100W Stoneham seems like a good spot for me. Depending on price, of course.

Thanks for the demo. Now I just gotta do my typing exercises every day so I can fill in the form quickly enough on the next round of orders

All this case chat has reminded me: My Sei came in a wildly oversized case, which I still have. It might be big enough for your 42” monster. What’s the total length? I’ll dig the case out next time I’m at the storage unit.

Oh, serious industrial racking Pete. Thanks for the name.

I've seen a couple of pics on here where people have a load of hard cases lined up against the wall, with shelves above. I'd like to replicate that, but probably won't be able to fix shelves to the wall. Anyone got designs on how to build a freestanding thing?

I hope he’s sitting down when he opens the link!!

Welcome Doug. I studied in Edinburgh and very much enjoyed the music scene there. Even played a few gigs. 20 years ago now, mind.

Here's mine. Acquired from here are few years ago, and fettled by Martin. It's early - serial number is "9". And the seller passed on to me an old Guitarist magazine which had a review of this very bass. It has the Schack circuit with dip-switches for EQ frequency. The two little black dots near the bridge are 3-position coil-tap switches. Oh, and it has LEDs in the neck-edge fret markers 😎 There is lots to love about this bass. It plays beautifully, and produces a huge range of sounds. As others have said, the necks are like nothing else. Two minor gripes: 1) The bridge has narrow slots for the strings to pass through. I bought a set of DRs to put here (the strings it has are awful) and the overwinding at the base means they don't fit. So now I don't know whose strings to buy! Any ideas? 2) It doesn't hold its tuning as well as my other instruments. This one I can forgive, though. All my other instruments are bigger, heavier, tankier things.