BassAgent

Brilliant! Congrats on the win. It looks great!

5 hours ago, nilorius said:

Here i am - Yamaha TRB 5pII bubinga.

Veeeery nice! Love those.

Here are mine: 2001 BB N5II and 1998 TRB5IIF:

Poah, killer looking bass! Congrats!

Well it's not a SUB neck because they have a black finish. "Sub" in this case might indicate substitute.

I bought a bass in Nürnberg, Germany once, which is around 650 kms from Amsterdam. But I was on tour then and I was already in Nürnberg. Does that still count? Otherwise I think the 255 km ride from Amsterdam to Kortrijk (Belgium) to buy my 1971 Precision was probably the farthest.

Very very nice! Enjoy that. How does it compare to the other two?

4 hours ago, SICbass said:

Those are some crackin‘ looking photos. What venue is that?

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

2 hours ago, Stub Mandrel said:

 

That really does look like a fun gig to play. 80's flashback!

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.

On 21/04/2025 at 13:50, jd56hawk said:

 

People will buy it and say "Just bought this from AliExpress and it's worth every penny!"

 

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?

12 hours ago, briansbrew said:

Here you go 

 

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

And if you could: don't🙃

1 hour ago, ped said:

Interesting, thanks. It suddenly occurred to me that the earliest ones I have seen are on 66 mustangs. What did Daphne blue 66 stands have, plain white?

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

49 minutes ago, ped said:

That’s what made me think - was it introduced on the mustang and than made available on the P and J, or was it found on those before 66?

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.

1 hour ago, SurroundedByManatees said:

 

Its for sale at a shop.

 

its a refin btw.

That is beeaauuutiful.

Poah, that is one amazing vest.

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

On 11/03/2025 at 13:07, BassAgent said:

I bought this Ritter for an absolute bargain. Not a big fan of Ritters in General but this is just for one tour and I didn't want to spend Mono or Gator money for that. Will report back once its in

Here we go:

With a bit of a squeeze and a stretch of the bag, both Mustangs fit.

1 hour ago, Reggaebass said:

I don’t know much about pino but I think the custom shop is based on a 62, I nearly bought one 

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...