Ruarl

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 found @Hellzero's comments helpful. I knew that there were two "generations" of the AFR, but didn't know how to tell them apart. (Or indeed, which generation this instrument belonged to.) 

The fact that Hellzero refers to this model (and not the earlier one) as the "best designed bass ever" increases my GAS for this particular sale. 

Good luck with the sale. They don't come up often, and I expect someone will be on this very soon!

I’ve been on the lookout for one of these for a while. PM’ed

8 hours ago, HeadlessBassist said:

Those cheap "Flea Bass" models in lurid colours that were truly awful to play. Hopefully they all ended up in a skip [trans. dumpster].

 

 

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😀

49 minutes ago, peterjam said:

Loaded up for tomorrow ...

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

Just bought a bass rattler from another basschatter. What a great pedal! GLWTS

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.

I've been thinking about trying out an all-tube head for a while now. AND I've been Ampeg-curious too. I guess this is just the opportunity I was waiting for. PM'ed.

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

I'm kinda intrigued by the empress phaser. But I can't seem to find any demos with bass. Do you know of any?

Is this still available? Is the Achenbach edition just about the custom case, or does it sound different too?

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. 

Love that custom vinyl. 

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?

2 minutes ago, Minininjarob said:

I think @ossyrocks is going to be a poor man when these land in the UK 😂

 

I’m already saving (got £1.37 so far). 

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

22 minutes ago, NickA said:

My dolphin pro1 appears to have been fretless at birth.  Fretted by a previous owner. So ebony board, stainless frets and an extra fret too.  Sustain forever.

 

It would be a great shame to convert it ... but it would work really well.

<inserts fingers in ears> La la la I can’t hear you. 

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. 

What a beauty! If it had frets I’d have it off you like a shot. GLWTS

I have one of these. Feels great under the fingers. Versatile controls, with some really useable sounds. 
 

GLWTS

Oooh this is a beaut! 

Oooh man that is a good price for a Dolphin. And that colour is *striking*.