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I'm in the process of getting all my ducks in a row for the start of my bass build, and I'm in the process of looking at pre-amps. I know the pickups I'd like to use - it's gonna be a three pickup system - and I've spoken with the supplier of the pickups and, by way of customer feedback, he recommended me the Aguilar OBP3s. The way I'd like the pickups are a mini toggle switch for on/off for each pickup so I can choose what combinations I'd like to use at any given time. Individual tone controls with +/- boost and master volume. Also a switch for active/passive. Now, I won't be doing the soldering work, because that is absolutely outside my wheelhouse, but I'd just like to know if what I'm looking for is technically feasible. Any and all constructive feedback is welcome. Mark

I keep coming back to this post and marvelling at that bridge. It has to be the biggest bass bridge I think I've ever seen! Is there a 5-string version?!? Mark

I have one very similar to the image below that I used to use all the time before my knackered shoulder and now I have to practice standing up. Mark

Um, Chris Cornell, anyone? Mark

Da fuq am I gonna get a 5-string bass, brand new for under £300 that doesn't have them rubbish clover leaf tuners (because they are a deal-breaker)?!? Gig, cancelled. Hahaha Mark

+1 Or borrow from a friend. After searching my local places websites using the criteria of this challenge, I'm let down. If I could go further afield ... This Alvarez Villain, from The Bass Gallery - 24 frets, 35" scale and 5-strings, all for £280. Mark

Hello from one newbie to another. My profile may say I've been here since Nov last year, but I only made my first post at the end of March. It's amazing that you seem to have found 'the one' so soon. If something makes you happy, and it's not hurting anyone else in the process, then just keep on doing whatever it is that makes you happy. Mark

Well now. That neck with reversed headstock. *appreciative whistle* Mark

Im currently in the process' of adding all my CD's and Vinyl's into the Discog's app. </Troll> Mark

This is a concern for me as well. As previously stated, I use an iPod, and the free space on it is rapidly diminishing. The iPod is well over 10 years old now, and the screen is starting to fail, so what I plan on doing the next time I upgrade my phone - probably around the end of next year - use the old one as a music player only, which should work as it's has considerably greater storage space than the iPod does so should last me as long as the screen is functional. Mark

I recently had a bass shipped to me from London and as far as I'm aware there were no extra forms or paperwork involved. Mark

I'm new here, but so far I've certainly been treated like this is a community, even if all I've really done so far is ask for information. Hoping to start being able to take part as a member of the community when I have something I think might be of value to share with you all. Mark

Good thread. I've enjoyed reading the replies in it so far. I download a lot from iTunes Store and play it on my Mac when I'm working (I do 12hr shifts full-time), and in my car on an iPod when I'm driving. I do still buy vinyl, but only from artists that I really like, I only buy CDs of my very favourite artist unless they come bundled with vinyl from the artists I really like. I do not have a Spotify account, and never have. I have an Amazon Prime account but have never used the Amazon music service, similarly with Apple and Apple Music. I like to own my music, which is why I download, but it all takes up so much space for the physical product, so download is the perfect compromise for me; I get to own what I like but for the most part it takes up no physical space outside of the HDD on my Mac (yes, I'm still using a physical disc drive until I upgrade the computer). My iTunes Wishlist is still rather humongous and it'll cost me some considerable coin to purchase everything I have on it. hahaha Mark

If the guitarist is leaving why not ask them if they want to join with you and start another band? Mark

This was more of a challenge than I originally anticipated when I thought I'd give it a go. Some of these are here because they helped shape my musical tastes during my formative years, some are here because they help to shape my musical tastes at present. John Deacon Trevor Bolder (his Bowie stuff) ELO, in its many forms, (there's been so many, I'm piling them together under the band name) Suzie Quatro John Entwistle Rick Savage Duff McKagen Arnulf Lindner (for work with KT Tunstall) And I'm leaving my list at 8, because there's always room for more (and I've likely forgotten someone as well). Mark

@Phill I see that trip out this weekend was a bit worthwhile. Mark

Rotosound RS775LD flats go on my basses. I have a pack waiting to be opened to put on my Ashdown bass, but the round wounds that came with it seem to have loads of life left in them, so I'm waiting for them to dull before changing them. Mark

A Sandberg Forty Eight. I've loved the look of these ever since I first laid eyes on one (online - never seen one in the flesh). There's one on Fb marketplace for £2k, but that ain't gonna happen for me. NS NXTa (EUB), played like a regular bass (see below). The NS NXTa Radius - I just wanna see how this thing feels. Status T-Bass, either graphite or wooden neck. Obvs, all of the above would be 5-string. Mark

I can kinda see the benefit in asking a question like this. I see Warmoth mentioned a lot for custom necks, so I went and priced one up for myself Neck = $377 Shipping = $140 Total = $517 Converted to GBP = £413 The above prices don't include any hardware other than frets and comes unfinished - the cheapest finish is $105 That total puts the price firmly within the range that the OP was stating, so it's not totally outside the realm of possibility that this could be a viable business opportunity. Mark

😳 Mark

If it absolutely had to be one from the list in the OP, I'd go Dingwall D-Roc. Otherwise, Sandberg Forty Eight. Both decisions purely on aesthetics. Mark

Hey @Feline Guitars, thanks for posting and commenting here, and for the links in your post. I ended up getting a pair of Schaller replacement bits that screw into the body, it turns out they were the wrong kind (because I'm an idiot) and got the newer type with the fixed hex screw. One of them actually fits my existing strap pieces. With a little management I've now got working strap locks for the new bass. Mark

This looks amazing. Piezo pickup? Mark

And here I was thinking it was an homage to the musician - post Pixies. Mark

Wow, I can't shorten Shatner's name to what it is commonly referred to. Sad times. Mark