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In theory yes, double bass boards are often treated in this way, not sure how good it would look and how long it would last. I also think you'll find that all maple fingerboards wear a finish of some sort you would need to remove which might not be easy or satisfactory

Well we’re well overdue a surprise from Fender in relation to a new product, perhaps this is it 🤔

That seems to be a very long box in which to send a bass, does the circle indicate the point at which the headstock was snapped?

Couriers will break stuff that isn't packaged bomb-proof, and to be honest we should recognise and respect that reality when we sell things to fellow musicians, if we choose not to then we have to accept the potential risks. Couriers are like baggage handlers, they have to assume that the package is secure (and don't forget that strong bass cases are called 'flight cases' for this reason). My gripe with couriers at present is that whole some appear to have really upped their game with timing and tracking - for example with DPD and Parcelforce not only do I know with certainty which day and between which two hours it's coming (as long as the seller has ticked that box), I can also see the vehicle in real time on a map and get updates if there's a delay - others such as EVRI seem to think it's OK to lose about 50% of packages sent to my home and then literally ignore any attempt by the sender to resolve issues, simply putting up a wall of impenetrable tech. As others have said, the bass is repairable, or at least you have some parts to sell on, with EVRI it would have a 50% chance of having been stolen, lost or misdirected, you's have no bass and no compensation. Oh, and on the off chance it had got to you, it would likely still have been broken

Talking of the skill required........

Indeed, as I've just said to my bandmates, "guys, this is us in 20 years". Worse things can happen 👍

I am literally pissing myself, I have it on repeat, it's antidepressant and hallucinogenic rolled into on cunning package

At every level of scrutiny that is special

PF50 is great for gigging, fits loads of cases, I used a £30 Stanley tool bag that also housed cables, backup mics, drumsticks and guitar strings (yep, someone has to). Never had a problem, yellow bag also hard lo lose at a gig 👍

Yep, that made me chuckle as well, midrange emphasis is a 50s-style box, no stinky poo

Of course, but quantity and quality are not equivalent 👍

Ampeg PF-50 is a glorious amp but can still sound crap through a poor cab. Look at the shape of that ACB-50 box, are any other manufacturers putting bass drivers into boxes that shape at present? And Talkbass liking Fender is no great surprise, a bit of brand patriotism mixed with some cognitive dissonance goes a long way towards some biased reviews, they'll start pooping up for sale on TB with the usual excuses soon "Hey the wife has a strict one-in/one-out rule" etc

Seemed worth reposting

Not the size as Barefaced will happily explain, it's the design, the build, and probably the materials. Never found a Fender cab that got anything close to the sound I want from bass, amps yes, cabs no, guitar yes, bass no

This was kinda the point to my early post on the subject - Brad and Chad's conversation about spare boxes at Corona - the first thing that worried me about it was that it looks like a standard Fender guitar combo (OK, so do quite a few of their bass models), and I've never played a unit of those proportions that sounded even vaguely like a decent bass amp. The marketing team will always make the demo sound amazing, but in a room it's a different story

Sorry that after that hassle this is how it arrived though 😕

Why I always wait a while with new to market gear, at least it arrive stinky poo so no hassles on return, it’s when the stinky poo starts at 6-months it gets messy

Really wanting to nail this track 👍

Wow, I never realised that the double neck could be pull apart like that, that has really got me thinking about what I could do with some guitar and bass bitsas i have lying around here 🤔

I always get the sense that with Yamaha, unlike Fender, their attitude to reissues would be "Why, the instruments we are designing and building now are better than the instruments we were designing and building 20 years ago" (a bit like Mesa compared with Ampeg I'd guess, don't see many Mesa RIs). Guess I was proved wrong by @AndyTravis there, but to me Yamaha just don't feel like a reissue brand?