Stub Mandrel

A top of the range Sire will leave change in your pocket and a dmile on your face.

Body armour under your t-shirt.

It depends on many things. But I would say play lots of new and s/h basses in the 800-1500 cost range and see which one you love most. I have real range of basses... most significant skill is knowing when to put a bass back on the hanger. The only one I regret not buying was a lovely 60s WEM bass for 700... there are some incredible older non-fender bass deals out there.

Seems well designed to me. Left and right follow the sides and the bevel line. Top curve continues across the neck and reflects the bottom of the body. Bottom is the only line not related to the body and is different enough not to look misaligned. Much better than a Grabber or a Ric.

Are ramps still a thing? They seemed to be a passing fad a few years back.

The Uberhorn is nice but 2k...

Yes electrically identical but as HZ says there may be practical advantages.

Some of these are literally factory qc fails. In China nothing goes in the skip if someone is willing to buy it.

I appear to have gone twice in the 1980s. The bands were largely irrelevant, but I enjoyed the mediaval fair atmosphere. I don't actually remember much else...

Those look electrically identical.

Is it like Telecaster guitars? On the wonk by design? Look carefully... control plate not quite parallel to the bridge plate.

Not the prime consideration. I have a 5 string 35" bass that cost £200 and a 4 string 34" that cost £2000.

Sounds like Another Madchen Another Planet meets 2,4,6,8 Autobahn.

With Jerry Allson's mythic symbol on the skin too... 😉

I bought a tuner for £15. It wasn't essential but I need a reliable tuner and lead in each bass case.

If you sell 2,000 items a year, bug and small, thats £10,000 of income but probably far less than the cost of actually sending things out.

It can be costly, but this search should turn up something near you: https://www.google.com/search?q=3d scanning services

Welcome to Basschat. It's unlikely you will find anything detailed enough. You best bet is probably to get one 3D scanned.

Short Facebook video from yesterday: Bendricks march 2025.mp4

I've got three very, very nice Fender basses. Last week split a gig between Sire P10 and Fender AVII. Today I just gigged the Sire.

"£10 cheaper than Amazon" means a lot to all of us! 😁

Was hoping for a good gig today, my and the singer's home town and a fair few people had said they were coming. A 5:15 sunday gig. We used the venue pa but the desk does auto setup with white noise so we had a good sound (4 vocals plus drums) restof us backline only. Had a decent soundcheck. Hadn't played a gig since start of December, just two rehearsals with just four of us. Place was rammed, which was great considering we've only played Barry once before. We made a handful of cock ups but recovered well. Went down a storm, the bucket added over 50% to our fee. Plenty of dancing(!) Lots of compliments especially for the sound and our singer's voice, also loads of great feedback on our setlist. Playing songs we love seems to work. Screenshot from a facebook live...

Glad it was good. The round trip from south wales didn't appeal last night...

Because that isnt how I hear it, I suppose. Once you learn something itxs harder to unlearn.