Newfoundfreedom

Yeah. I've seen loads of them on eBay with broken headstocks. I'd say the quality control is somewhat lacking.

Ah I see. Or rather i don't. I've never seen that, but I don't come to this section via the menus. I just follow the unread comments / threads. So it jumps directly to the posts.

Yup. I'm waiting for HB to come up with an affordable multiscale six string. Don't think I'll be holding my breath though.

Nope. Not a single clue what you're talking about.

Still overpriced.

I suppose technically I own 3 basses. A semi acoustic 4 string, an electric 4 string, and a six string. I haven't picked either of the other two up since buying the sixer 2 years ago. So I only have one bass I actually use.

I wasn't describing anything played by anyone. The bass has very little to do with how any talented musician plays. Give any of those people a cheap Harley Benton and they'll still sound amazing. Only my opinion of the way P basses look

It wasn't all a happy ending then. 😆

This precisely. ^

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It says listing removed. So I'm not sure if it's sold, or it's been reported and removed by eBay.

Overwhelming blandness.

More to the point, how do you not check all this before it's time to actually play??? 😕

The whole tone thing is absolutely pointless subjective nonsense in my opinion. Bass is bass. I played an outdoor gig (mini Festival in a large garden) last weekend, no FOH, just amps and cabs. My two 1x12 Ashdowns were right on the limit, so I cracked up the mids to get more perceived 'volume'. I usually have a much milder, deeper tone, so to my ear the whole gig sounded like a horrible scratchy mess. Afterwards, I had several people approach me, including the bass players from the other two bands, saying how great the bass sounded. We recorded the gig, and even listening back it sounds awful to me. So by all means, spend a fortune chasing "that sound". If it makes you happy and gives you more confidence as a player, then there's absolutely nothing wrong with that. But just know that the rest of the world probably either couldn't care less, or has a totally different perception of tone than you do.

Might get it for £50 if you throw in a pot of mushy peas.

I suspect people were taking the proverbial. If that's a genuine bid and someone pays up I'll eat my hat. I fully expect to see it re-listed in a few days time.

I've never found it a problem jumping back and forth with either scale or number of strings. But I've never played fretless. I suspect that that would well and truly stump me.

The hardware looks to be Wilkinson. Absolutely bullet proof and no need to upgrade.

A moose being beaten to death with a clarinet.

Looks great. Following with interest.

I'm cr@p. I play because I enjoy it, not because I'm particularly good at it. I don't even aspire to be great. I have no desire to put in the massive amount of time and effort it would take. That's far too much like work and would totally suck all the fun out of it for me. I'm perfectly happy to be adequate.

None of the places I play, and very few places I'm every likely to play have house mix or monitors. It's all old school bring your own gear here. And as I'm married to the singer, I have no choice but to lug around a P.A, whether I like it or not.

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Not even close. Maybe do a bit of research. 😉