Beedster

Now that's one hell of a bass

Psychology of collecting basses is much the same as the psychology of collecting anything, all collectors justify the need for multiple items ranging from "I need this one because it'd different to that one" to "It'll be worth a fortune one day" but ultimately it's all driven by that little circuit in our brain that drives us to seek out and accumulate resources. It was a very helpful circuit throughout millions of years of evolution, it's often quite expensive these days

And is it just me who will never buy from a seller who writes entirely in caps?

There are arguments for and against plywood bodies, I suspect this falls into the latter category 🤔

So, this short-scale thing.....? Never owned one until last week, in fact AFAIK I'd never even played one. But then @d_g listed this baby and I really found myself drawn. OK, I expected to be able to play things more easily, essentially like having larger hands which is nice. But the tone is awesome, full, fat and fast, helped along by buttery flats, Nordies and a rather nice tone circuit. A 60's Motown/70's funk machine, easy to play, looks great and weighs about the same as a bag of Walkers Salt & Vinegar. Only problem is that the neck is so bloody thin and short I'm not sure I will ever habituate fully. But I'm going to give it a damn good try

Soul to Squeeze by a country mile

Very slight but not enough to worry about

Agreed. Not easy to sell the 50’s necks or bodies alone due to square heel/pocket, you got very lucky 👍

Those Allparts necks are very very nice indeed, worth close to the asking price alone 👍

Timing

This could be the start, if not the entire plot, of a French Arthouse movie 👍

Absolutely, and always been why I play 👍

Or made it yourself for pleasure as opposed to income

One of my all time favourite songs, so much about it that is so perfect, 50 years old but sounds like it could have been recorded yesterday ❤️

i stand corrected John 😀 A WT was my first bass and I was probably moved to mention this one by sentiment. Still very good value by comparison with some of the crap in the same price range on eBay?

Why's the bridge so far back?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/334591233266?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=mxK9BFxRR8m&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=155UlNbXQGW&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY Seems a good deal?

Very sad news, in many respect the glue that held FM together. Loved the BBC documentary about her life, what a life and what a talent. RIP

These days they are very few and far between and generate wealth from diverse income stream by comparison with the like of Zep. As you say it was always the case that only a very few made it, but now it's a very, very, very few

Might be wrong but I always got the sense that even the most successful musicians throughout the vast majority of the last 2000 years lived in relative poverty, from minstrels to composers to virtuosos. Their art was used by people either with or seeking more money and more influence, the church, royalty, military, politicians and latterly the entertainment and recording industries, but that money and influence rarely dripped down to the musicians themselves, no matter how famous they were then or are today. The 1970's to 2000 era of musicians acquiring huge wealth was probably just a blip in historical terms.