Sibob

Getting it all in before 2019 eh? 

@Chiliwailer Exactly right  

I modded my ODB-3 a few years back with the Wampler mods; switch to choose clipping diodes and switch to select input caps. I found that switching to different diodes made the overdrive signal separate from the clean. So when blending it sounded like two signals overlaid.

@Chownybass and @doctor_of_the_bass definitely are  

Yeah man! New basses. New friends! 

@Bridgehouse You win it all, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise!

I'm hungry.

It shouldn't take that long to get a custom avatar ...

@CameronJNope

Then it must be a Lakland, surely? 🧐

@CameronJ Similar......although currently a minor procedural stumble at the deposit stage

Roughly waist level?

My only frame of reference is a J bass from 2018 that was just over £1,100.  Had a maple blocked and bound neck that would have added a few £s to the price I guess.

You can get a Squier upgraded with a fake Fender logo on it for a couple of hundred quid.

Hey my dad used to play this in the car all the time too! Fantastic album, I watched a great documentary about the making of it recently too (Under African Skies). Loved the Bass + vocals version, I never heard that before. 

"I was 8 when this came out and I remember even then tuning into the bass line."

Ouch!  I was 35, but I still loved (and love) the bass line.  That is a great version @Rich, thanks!

The more I listen to this, the more I love the bassline. It's perfect. Bakithi absolutely nailed it... well let's face it, he and his knackered old Washburn bass pretty much own the whole album!

And yeah, thanks guys for making me feel so old... 👴

I've got 2 rectangular guitar boxes I need to get shot of. One is 122 x 52 x 20cm, the other is 125 x 50 x 18cm. I'm a little further away in London N4, but if either are any use to you give me a shout.

Hey Si

I have a few...you know where I am. 

Mick

No.

I regularly carry anything up to 16kg on my shoulder, so 4.7kg (10.4lbs) probably wouldn't be an issue for me.

Thanks all, it’s been interesting to see a range of opinions on this. Think I’m sorted now 🙂

😷 @LukeFRC

Stylish… I was more thinking whatever you find in the classifieds! 

The US models have a much more vast selection of woods available to choose from, quarter-sawn necks (more stable) etc etc. But they can cater for a lot more than I think people realise, so for example; want your 55-02 but with two humbuckers instead of the J, or a P and a humbucker, or three humbuckers!?! They'll likely be able to hook you up with a custom 55-94. Want a passive 44-94 with a P/J setup, they'll build it.....that's what I got :). They built a very cool short-scale Decade with MM/J pickups for a guy in america, sonic blue colour, no scratch plate, looks like the lovechild of a 44-94 & a Decade, really cool.

Sure, they have amazing custom options etc, I mean more in terms of pure function. It's hard to beat the 55-02 for what I want in a 5 string, especially with the US pickups & pre-amp, it being pleckd, then getting installed/finished/QC'd in Chicago.

I am SURE if I had the spare cash I could easily find something truly amazing from Lakland USA! 

Oh absolutely, don't get me wrong, the Skyline stuff, for the most part, is amazing if the spec fits your needs.  I would only 'upgrade' my 55-01 to a custom 55-94 with two humbuckers if I had a fair bit of money to burn.......which is never going to be the case I imagine haha, just because the 55-01 is excellent.

Sorry I missed this.
Hope you had a great day, and congratulations   

🥂

Woo congrats!

Pictures or it didn’t happen 😎

My Serek MW is so easy to play and weighs zip all (about 7 pounds). Such a pleasant bass to gig, never fighting against it

Mine’s a bit heavier at 7.5lbs, purely because it’s all Walnut @Clarky

@hiram.k.hackenbacker

designed in Chicago? 

I’m intrigued 🙂

Are you looking for a set Si, or just curious about them?

It's great isn't it...played it a few years back backing a gospel choir...enjoy!

Very stupid of him, but I wonder if there would be such an uproar if he`d tweeted something from the far-left?

Yes of course there would.  But it would be from his supporters.  It's probably about the only thing he could do to seriously alienate them.

He's, er, unique.

Slightly down-market, but I have a Spector Performer (Indonesian) for £200; I'm in Bracknell.

Alternatively @NancyJohnson was looking at selling a more upmarket model.

Cheers Paul.

@SibobI've got a EuroLT - Barts/Darkglass tone cap.  I'm in Crowthorne, other side of Wokingham.  About ten miles from HW.

Thanks both, not currently looking to purchase (I don’t think), just give one a go.

Si...

Former member @bassface2k10 is a truck driver. I've messaged him to see if he can help...

Mick

This is just an alternative plan B to shipping a bass 🙂. I’ll likely just post it as we’ve discussed!

Thanks though!