AndyTravis

Ah lovely. Selling something which ends tomorrow with bids on it, so I’ll bounce it out of my PP account 😉

If it’s originals you’re signing your own marching orders - but as far as I’m aware Al you’re doing covers where Dep stuff is the norm. Just make sure you offer more to the band than the Dep and your gig is safe. Generally my attitude within bands is what lets me down. And that’s why covers never work for me. I do a lot of the writing for our lot and as much as they hate me, they’re stuck with me 😉

A mate of mine used to swear by the ART V3 thing. I never got a chance to get one cheap when I used to sell them. Keep on hoping to find one nice and cheap. Unlikely...

Did they do a maple (without blocks) fingerboard/neck with that logo?

If you play it and think so

That sticker will just be an internal logging code for cash converters or whatever. Whatever “Terry” on the counter decided to enter it into the system as. the headstock “jazz bass” looks a lot like the font used for Highway 1 mk2 or American Special series, but why they’d sand “Fender” off it’d have no idea - also the serial numbers are on the rear of the headstock on those which means that’s either been sanded off too if it was ever there. Body proportion looks to be around about right, might be an MIM fender or Squier. All the Hardware is aftermarket. It’s deffo bits shoved together, potentially a fender neck, but with bits sanded off it...

£20, plus £4 I haven’t used mine yet. If you’re really after one?

We’ve looked at that too - seems really decent 👍🏼

Hahaha. Creme Brûlée

Does he play that wrong too? Had to have the sound down but certainly a few notes out...

Sorry. My mate has a shop. He carries the aria range. The guy on the video is not my mate; if he was - he wouldn’t be any more.

My mate sometimes carries these in his shop. Wonder if I can get a borrow...

I wondered what these basses would be like...he makes me think that they’re Shite.

I’ve never ever put any credibility into those opinions/statements. ”mij Fenders are brilliant” - some are, I’ve played some Japanese fender dogs, and by the same token some amazing and terrible MIM ones. Same goes for USA built. we once got 8 new 2008 jazz basses in at once and 5 were great, 2 were underwhelming, and I sent one back - just horrific. I don’t believe that geography has a bearing on wether or not a bass is any good. That’s before you take into account what each individual player wants. but if it helps, I owned several Japanese BB’s and some Taiwanese ones at the same time. There was nothing between them, quality wise. I kept the 414, which is Indonesian. And “lesser”. Sits proudly with a jazz bass and Modulus which if I bought new now I’d have to spend £10,000 to replace between them. Think it’s cost me £150 in total.

That’s fantastic. Insanely jealous of the moves - and he keeps a busy bassline going throughout. I can only do one or the other. I’m working on it...

Ok, I get the point you are making.

Ah. Irony. Ok...

I don’t know what this is...”despite being made by one-eyed Indonesians...” very uncomfortable with reading that. I have Indonesian family members...they all have 2 eyes... maybe I’ve just got it wrong. as an aside, the 2004/2005 are Taiwanese.

Arrives tomorrow! Blummin eck

Done that. My sonic port is going on eBay

If I had £6500 spare, that would be sat here. I’d flog the fretless neck though

Love the shape of the Sonus, just lovely.

1025x @Al Krow thought you’d spot that a country mile off?

Sims? Dave Wilson?