Big J

Wedding ring never bothered me, although I should note that I play a lot more, and a lot nicer, bass since I stopped wearing it. I suspect that’s due to the divorce and not strictly down to wearing a ring or not.

I’m slightly more surprised that it actually plays better than in did since I’ve put it back together 😂

Arrived today, and I couldn’t be happier with it. Looks amazing, detail is spot on, sounds great… a nice alternative to my P and J and the 5 strings (my first) are pretty easy to adapt to… bonus. i think I’ll need to work on my muting a bit, and the string spacing is obviously closer, but that’s no biggie. ill have to work out what all the knobs do mind 😂

I like it. It’s got a nice used vibe to it, I wouldn’t do it personally, but it wouldn’t stop me buying it. each to their own.

You can’t beat some of the offers in this thread, restores your faith somewhat. if you get stuck let me know, I’ve been down on my luck a few times and made it back up in time. Happy to help with a loaner or contribution. jason

Sounds like I’m not a freak then…. Unless I’m on a forum full of freaks😳

Tried for 35 years… so far failed 😂

Paid £650 I think, maybe a a little less.

Probably the latter…

Yeah I cut them, but ones right to the skin or it catches

Same. I play both pick and fingers and I think the only reason I play pick so much is that bloody finger nail

Odd question, but I’ve never found another bass player (in person) with the same thing. my middle finger on my plucking hand catches the strings. I have to keep it cut to the skin to avoid a clank noise on the string? do you guys get that?

This. it allows me to plug in and play in 10 seconds without any faff. Bluetooth to my phone do Spotify lets me jam along badly to anything I select.

Came out ok. prep could have been better, paint sank a bit …. But what do you expect painting 24 hours later in 10degrees C. I wouldn’t do that on a car 😂 I might relic it and do the acid on the hardware too, we will see. I’ve got a new bass coming tomorrow so I suspect it will be on the back burner whilst I play my new toy. cost £100 to do, that includes a used drop D tuner… so can’t complain.