BassAgent

Thanks! It was at the Paaspop festival, the unofficial opening of the Dutch festival season.

It's an ABBA cover band, so totally 70's😎

Yeah it was great fun last week. Currently on tour in Germany with a different band. Also great fun.

I really and truly will ever understand why anyone would buy a (ripoff) bass from AliExpress. There are a gazillion arguments against buying from Ali, Temu, Shein and the works, and only one pro:

Someone was wondering if a topic with basses you sold and don't miss would be entertaining. So let's find out, shall we? I'll start. I bought this Guild M85 as a trade with a Lakland Skyline Bob Glaub I didn't really get along with and really really regretted that purchase. The sound, the ergonomics, it just wasn't for me. I almost got tendonitis from playing it (because I wasn't used to this kind of bass) and I sold it very very quickly. I didn't hate it because it was objectively a good bass, but I haven't missed it one second.

Well, let's find out, shall we?

Brilliant. Maybe not the best idea to put your full name and adress on the internet though😬

And if you could: don't🙃

Oh wait I've misjudged. The 1966 Daphne Blue Mustangs also had pearloid.

I've only seen tort and white (for custom colours) on pre-CBS Fenders. The transition period introduced pearloid on the Mustang bass, and even then only on red Mustangs, from 1967 on they were also available on the Daphne Blue basses (see JMJ's bass for example). The first Jazzes I've seen with pearloid are from '69 (and even then it's only one so might be custom ordered), on Precisions they don't seem to exist at all before 1992. I've only seen Custom Shop and a Longhorn P from that era with pearloid pickguard.

Had a brilliant gig last Friday with my ABBA tribute. Brought my Belgrado bass (buy one of those, they're terrific), the backstage area and organisation where absolutely brilliant, the audience was great... Loved that gig.

Bought tickets for King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard in November and Kraftwerk in December. Can't wait.

That is beeaauuutiful.

Poah, that is one amazing vest.

The settings on that Cali76 are interesting; can you elaborate a bit on that?

Here we go: With a bit of a squeeze and a stretch of the bag, both Mustangs fit.

Yep, Pino's bass is a 62. At least according to the Custom Shop.

Some absolutely lovely basses there. I really like that Maruszczyk Stenback-ish bass, the blue TRB is also very nice. Same goes for the Japanese Fenders. I consider myself lucky I'm on the other side of the Channel and have no bass budget atm, but otherwise...

I'll try to remember to make those tomorrow in daylight

Well, they fit. Just. It's a very very tight squeeze but it fits.

Well yes but also don't underestimate that Cali. It's the best compressor I've ever heard. It's always on. I use the Minnow mainly as an extra EQ when I bring my fretless along, or as a DI/EQ when the sound person asks for it.

I noticed I never took my pedal board to gigs anymore. If I do need extra effects, I always bring my Helix. So I downsized a lot in the last few days; sold my reverb and chorus, put my octaver and fuzz up for sale, and now this is left: The blank pedal is a custom built Tubescreamer copy, voiced for bass. And yes, I have straightened the position of the Cali