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Listening to ...And Justice For All useful to demonstrating this truth

Japanese 80s metal group Vow Wow doing Helter Skelter. The high notes are 0 problem for this guy. The bassist might seem familiar.

The band has a name that the forum software changes to "Craddock", which took me a while to get my head round, and the cover gives the song yet more of what it already had Hey Bulldog is weirdly obscure for a solidly second tier Beatles song, and, as David Bowie pointed out, F-A-N-N-Y were a much underrated group. This was recorded in 1972. (I once read that this song was the final true Lennon-McCartney collaboration, but I don't know how accurate that claim is)

And my call is to listen to all of this more experienced advice. Plan: do nothing, keep a watchful eye, apply nail varnish if things get worse. Thank you everyone 😊

My tendency towards indolence hears what you're saying *nods appreciatively* Perhaps the sensible middle path should be: leave well alone, and if and only if it starts to worsen, then wield the nail varnish promptly.

I suggested to the seller that he give me a small refund for the damage. He suggested he come and collect the bass, so I guess he won that game of chicken 😅 🐔

My only worry is that my natural laziness might cause a tiny problem to worsen 😬 After taking the photos, I then had a quick play of the bass, to remind myself just how pleased I am to have it 😊 What a great sound it makes. Right, nail varnish shopping for me. Any advice on brands? 😆

I'm wondering that all the paint from the dent will flake out. At the moment it's crazy paved, but intact. Would a layer or two of clear nail varnish stabilise things? I'll take a photo in the daylight tomorrow.

I decided I was very much in need of a bass with a punchy early-80s-Japanese kind of sound, and hanging out on the Yamaha BB thread taught me that what I was wanting (in the absence of a 1983 Ibanez Blazer) was a BB424. And so this arrived this morning. As far as I can work out, the red silks and viscious texture indicate that the strings are Rotosound 66s, which is exactly what I intended to try on it. Also pictured is my Yamaha TRBX604FM. They're very different instruments! ^^^^^^ are these Rotosound RS66s?

Sorry for the ancient thread resuscitation, but I thought it better to show I'd used the search function than start a new thread 😇 The bass I received today has a ding in the body, hard enough to break through the colour, just. As it's on the back side of the upper edge, it'll never be visible to me or my non-existent audience, so I'm not at all bothered about the looks. But I'm wondering if over time dings grow? And if so, would nail varnish be the equivalent of a stitch in time saves nine? I'm very happy to be lazy and forget about it, but if I can do something useful, I suppose I should.

I don't know when BBs changed from 43mm to 40mm, but... J neck 38mm (1½") K neck 38.7mm L neck 39.3mm M neck 40mm N neck 40.7mm O neck 41.3mm P neck 42mm (1⅝") 😬

After my G&L experiences, I'd half forgotten that when you order and pay for a bass, it usually arrives. Really pleased. After the wispy TRBX neck, the BB424 neck feels much more substantial: 2mm wider at the nut, 2.5mm thicker at 1st fret, 3.5mm thicker at 12th fret. The body feels much bigger, too, the cutaways having three fewer frets to reach. And the reward is in the tone - exactly what I wanted. BANG. (or do I mean CLANG?) The strings have red silks and are as rough as £¥€&, so I'm guessing these are Rotosound 66s? To sound like my idea of what a bass is the TRBX needed Chromes and its bridge pickup ignoring. This sounds right with rounds and both pickups on. The condition is excellent (except for the whiff of B&H Silver) and I'm very happy with the price I paid (only slightly more than half of what the TRBX cost)

I can't decide if I want a Vahlbruch Quantum Compressor + a Neunaber Iconoclast Cab Sim, or just a smack across the back of my head

I cannot resist an excuse for posting a clip of one of my most favourite songs Vow Wow - Siren Song - Live in London 1989 Genki Hitomi always seems as if he would be an absolute sweetie off-stage.

I presume the TRBX headstock takes the SR as its model (the neck specs are an almost exact copy, too)

As someone who's gone in exactly the opposite direction (used to play the guitar a lot, hit a ceiling, deep down had always wanted to play bass etc) I know exactly how happy you're feeling 😊 Like being on the open road after being stuck in traffic.

But is it actually on it? I thought there were trademark problems? If so, lucky escape.....

First of all its innards need the tender hand of a competent surgeon. iirc I attempted to bypass the active electronics at the very least. Probably the neck pickup too. I had no idea what I was doing, it's a miracle it still makes a good crunchy noise. The action is unbelievably low. I took it out of its box a few months ago, for the first time in half a lifetime, and was bored of it within half an hour. Once the world is a bit more open, I'll have a go at finding it a happy home, or at least someone who can get it vaguely as it should be and find it a happy home.

I was about 16. You should see what I did to the active electronics 🤯 Many many many years later the neck is still in exactly place. I might have had a foolish streak a mile wide, but at least I instinctively recognised decent quality.

Is it not just that the body beyond the bridge and the number of frets mess with the perspective?

That's not how you spell how wonderful to see another Westone Thunder! Those strings are vintage, you know.

Neat? Not crowded? Ah.....

You can get a 734a for only £80 more than that 🙃 To be fair, though, it is red.....

It's got a third knob where I was expecting to see a switch