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Nice work, looks great 👍🏼

Don't forget the Build Diaries rule: Pics or it didn't happen 😜

Fantastic work, they look brilliant 👍🏼

+1 for Tru Oil, I refurbed the neck on my BlazerRay build on here. There is a definitive 'How to' here: https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/331219-95-tru-oil-finished-guitar-a-how-to-guide/

Sting had some nice tones going on during Police days. Rutgar Gunnarson the Abba bassist, some tasty tones - the playing and tone on One of Us is great IMO. Duran's John Taylor, Mark King, Paul Webb from TalkTalk just a few. All subjective and IMO of course, but being my era in my 20's, there was a lot of influential bass stuff going on between the 70's and the 80's, glad I was there 😆

Tasty, great harmonies too! 👌🏼

Some good advice on here 👍🏼 after singing and playing bass for 50 years, when I have a new song to learn it still takes me a LOT of practise time to nail it 😖 Bass line first. Got to have it perfected before moving on. Lyrics and phrasing next. Then the tricky bit 😆 I talk my way thru each phrase of a verse - whilst trying to marry the two up - then the same process, gradually working throughout the rest of the song. But as said many times on here, practise is the key 👍🏼

I had a Paulownia P bass, lightest bass I've ever owned, that looks like a really good lump 👍🏼

All the best to you Tony, loved your advice and input on here, glad to hear you'll still be sticking around 👍🏼😎

Convert the side dots. I'll not do it though @RonC I'll pass it onto a pro 👍🏼

Ordered, thanks everyone! 🙏🏼

Never fear @Gank Bass as previously said, Titebond wood glue is your friend! That is a mere scratch compared to some of the saves made on this esteemed forum, including mine below 😎 You've already shown your skills on here, now I look forward to seeing how you transform this bass into something usable 👍🏼 Oh, and remember Build Diaries golden rule....pics or it didn't happen 😉 Good luck 🤞🏼😀

More lovely work Ron 😉👍🏼

Really helpful from some top Basschat experts, thanks 😇 So, if I was to go ahead buying from here in the UK, where is the best source ? I'm thinking they have to come from abroad even if buying from Amazon. Presumably their isn't a UK distributor? 🤔

Thread hijack alert! 🤭 Proof 😆 just done some tonight 😜😎

Kudos 👏🏼 Love a well polished boot me 😉

I need to get mine out of its case and check it's still alive 😖

We do it over the end music of the last song, and we've always had a great response for each individual band member. We find that the audience love to show their appreciation for each musician after watching the band play for two hours.

Thanks for your input chaps 🙏🏼

IMO it's important to engage the audience at certain points with some craic, particularly if players have swapping around with instruments to do. I've seen too many bands missing the opportunity to connect with a crowd, appearing to be up on stage to please themselves rather than the folks who've turned out to see them. 'Dead air' - as any silence between songs is a term used on radio - can be avoided with a brief hello, how ya doing, great to be here, we're hoping to give you a good night, etc etc. whilst fellow band members are changing settings etc. It forms a bridge between band and crowd just as the music does, and as said already by some, can become integral to putting on a great show. As our bands designated front man I have to do this as our guitarist also plays sax, I have both a fretted and fretless bass onstage to swap over, I even very briefly introduce my fretless during swap over - as most folk would not realise it's any different to my fretted (apart from even more bum notes 😂) whilst our keys player changes settings on his keyboards as well as looking after the sound mix. My staple patter at some point is always 'apparently the louder you applaud and shout between songs, the better we play' and it works at many gigs. It's all part of the show, connecting the band with the audience 😎

Esteemed bass builders, what are your thoughts on the Luminlay glow in the dark fretboard side marker dot inserts? Worth the money? Do you need the torch to 'charge' them up? Bit of a faff on for me if that's the case 🤔 Convert me 😆

How amazing is PRB on drums @Norris 😲 But yes, the whole band are another level ...😎 See what I did there 🤭

I've been told it's sometimes not being picked up by the tests as it's mutated so much, who knows? 🙄🤔 What I do know is I've never ailed for anything as long as I have with this last bout 😖 That is indeed a great memory you have Dave, what a blast from your past! 👍🏼