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Not quite at that price. They did have a Carbine M6 head for £599 I think... I did partake in their Mesa blowout, I got a Strategy Eight:88 head and two Powerhouse Vintage 600w cabs for about 40% of retail.

It has indeed, £500 is (in my humble opinion) a very fair price!

Temped by this! Looks pretty decent for £500. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mesa-Boogie-Bass-Combo-M6-Carbine-/265025779008?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49292

Anecdotally - I once bought a white Squier Strat for £60 from cash converters to use as a prop for a Wayne's World fancy dress set up I was going for. 2 weeks later I sold that same strat back to the same cash converters, to the same person who sold it to me, for £70. I didn't even need to try and negotiate up!

With the plate. It looks fantastic without it, but with it, it really makes the bass feel complete. To me, basses with the steel control cavity cover but no plate just look odd! I like the tort, but a black one would suit the black blocks well. Why not get a black and a tort one? You can then change it's style for pennies! My vote: with a plate for sure!

Yeah, I second (or third? Forth??) the praise for GG. I sold them an Overwater 7 and they gave me a very fair price, I also bought a Mesa Boogie Strategy Eight:88 and two Mesa Powerhouse cabs from them, one had damage, there was a bit of faffery, but they came through in the end. Also bought a load of other bits and pieces from them, always very prompt delivery and their customer service is pretty spot on too. Can't really complain to be honest!

I don't get half the things you post! What has this got to do with anything?? Lol. It's just looks like a random eBay auction.

@DaytonaRik - Nice! That's now almost the exact same set up as my kit, I added a double kick which is great fun to play with. So long as your having fun thats all that matters! I've played my kit for about 30 minutes everyday since buying it and I have noticed a marked improvement, I'm able to keep up with most tracks from 'Keep The Faith' by Bon Jovi, with the exception of a few of Tico's fills and hi-hat moves. When I started I was just about able to muddle through a few Weezer tracks. Keep on smashing dem (fake) skins!

Call yourself a bassist?? 30 years in you should have owned at least a million basses, 15 cats, had your own bee hive and taken a bus to Belgium to meet @Hellzero

Who's Betch?

Wilkinson are perfectly serviceable, and are actually very light and fairly cheap. They would be a good, reliable choice.

I knew you had the Kläppe...

Yeah, but you have to move your arm more...

That cat is trying to steal my thoughts... I can feel it.

My wife may just want us to trade places... 😂

I currently only have a mere 18 basses/guitars with only 115 strings between them. Pennies sir. 🤔