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I popped into Merchant City today. The Blonde Decision is lovely... a bit heavier than the bluey-purple one, but sounded more solid. Either of them is a lot of bass for the money (didn't buy it, tho). Staff were great. Very pleasant.

'Twas! So here's the crack. The previous owner was an interesting chap by all accounts... A Glaswegian who originally played double bass in the pit band at The London Palladium throughout the 50s and 60s, backing EVERYONE. He moved to Bermuda in the early 70s, where he bought this new from Music City in Hamilton on the island for... $315. He then gigged it relentlessly as a member of the house band in the Princess Hotel. After he retired, he returned to Glasgow and sadly passed away last year... hence it ending up in auction. We drove up to Glasgow this morning to collect it - we're staying up here for a couple of days so I haven't been able to plug it in yet. That'll have to wait. So far, so very good. Medium weight, resonant, balances perfectly. Original case. Came with bridge cover, manual, some old (proper) tort picks and some really old-school cables. I've popped the neck.. it's a B neck, very clean in the neck cavity. There's a replaced screw on one of the tuners. I suspect it's had a refret - no surprise as it's probably thousands of gigs in. I haven't taken their guard off yet as I don't have decent tools with me, so that'll have to wait. Hopefully no surprises under there. I'll do an NBD thread when I've had more time to tinker...

Fantastic!

What the dickens did that sound like..???

Greetings from Glasgow 🙂

Apologies - was skim reading. ’Issue’ (it’s not really that, but…) is just with the newest variant of the WB. A simple attenuator brings it down to lower levels.

Yep, most decent desks will have enough headroom to cope. Unfortunately my Scarlett interface and one of my band's desks were a bit clippy, but the attenuator sorted it.

Oof..!

Here's my Custom Jake with passive Maruszczyk P & bridge humbucker pups.

Let’s see a pic of the whole thing!

Oh, I see.

There's usually only a buyer's premium, which is - unlike the hammer price - is subject to VAT.

I can also recommend this for more general Fender info… https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3982909-fender

Yeah, Geddy’s is a stunner. I wish it didn’t stop at the late 60s tho.

‘The Fender Bass - An Illustrated History’ is the one to get. I think it’s out of print, but available used… if a little pricey. Be warned though… it will make you covet expensive things.

Because some promoters promote music, not genres.

Prepare to have your head melted. Well worth the effort, though. The band’s musical evolution over the 10 years they existed is remarkable.

Absolutely monster musician.

Amazing player. What a guy. 😞

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If you stick your ear on the top horn and play it acoustically, does it sound mushy compared to the others? If it does, maybe put the electronics investigation on the back-burner and focus on set-up issues (or the possibility it might just be 'one of those' basses). Hope you get it sorted, tho.

Some of my favourite bass tones are P with a pick and - I suspect - not much in the way of mid-scoop.

I hope they paid him for it..!

A banger from Warren Zevon… And… have we done Carouselambra yet? A disco-prog masterpiece.