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Nooooo, I love The plopped. hahaha I'm not professing any of his musical output is better than the originals, but I can absolutely get behind what he does in his 'musical' career. Mark

Given the mundanity of my own, I appreciate this. Mark

I play 5-string basses. The basses I play are all tuned GDAEB (I always say it this way, I know a lot of others go lowest string first). This is a bass forum. I figured it just makes sense. Apologies for the lack of interesting story. Mark

This, with an inline 5-string, reversed headstock, would look great, IMO. Might need to change the colour to a solid bright white, with black hardware and matching headstock. (EDIT : I'd change them damn clover leaf tuners as well.) Mark

Just a quick update … I love this bass. It's so easy to play, feels absolutely comfortable to hold and play. I'm thinking about keeping this one and using my older bass for the projects I got this one for, that's how much I'm enjoying it. Such a good purchase. Mark

So, the general consensus is that I should stop being a Richard and just pay for the new bridge that I want. Which I can actually respect. I was just curious if what I wanted was feasible, which it turns out it is not. I appreciate all input in this, cheers. This one is the one I was thinking about getting, and this is the one that I found that is twice the price. However, I've done a bit more digging and it seems that Kahler actually have the one I want in stock now, so I may just buy directly from them. Has anyone here had experience of ordering bass parts from the US? Mark

😅 Please don't laugh at me. hahaha I know I'm coming at you with all the weird and wonderful, first strap locks, now this. hahaha I've found a bridge on eBay that I'm really interested in, but it's chrome when the one I really want is black. Because this one is pre-owned it's about half the price of a new one. So my question is can I remove chrome plating to have it resprayed black? Again, I'm sorry for the weirdo questions. 😂 Mark

Dude, it's heartbreaking to hear you had to sell gear because of your shoulder. I just stopped playing for the last 2.5yrs, there was really no other thing for me to do. I didn't have to sell my gear, so I held on to it. I used the time to window shop and come up with my own idea for a bass build, which I'm now in the very early stages of starting, but the shoulder is still far from being 100%, so I just have to take things very easy and listen to my body. Back to the strap locks, I'm still weighing up my options, but thanks everyone for the responses so far, you're a helpful lot here, eh? Mark

Thanks for the reply. I'll see if I can get an image of the current strap buttons on the new bass. If push comes to shove I'll have to get the same type of buttons that fit my existing strap locks, as they fit my other electric bass, and I don't really want to be swapping strap locks on the strap when switching between basses. Mark

Larkin Poe! I'me a fairly recent convert to this group - about the last year or two, but man they are good. Mark

Evenin' all, As you may (or may not!) know, I got a new bass recently. I also got a new strap. GOOD TIMES! My old strap locks don't fit the new bass. BAD TIMES. This (Amazon link) is what my old strap locks look like. Will I have to buy new strap locks to fit my new bass? The strap holder on the new bass is too large to fit the existing locks on to, is there a different lock type I can get that will fit the existing strap pegs (what are the strap holders actually called, just simply strap holders or … ?)? This is intended as a project bass but I'm really liking playing it at the moment, and neither project is anywhere near ready yet, so it'll be used as-is for the time being, and I didn't wanna have to start modding it quite so soon. Reason for this post is I can't play it sitting down. I'm 2.5yrs into a frozen shoulder, and whilst this is getting better, I think it's impacted my ability to comfortably play my basses sitting down, it's just not possible for me at the moment and I don't know when - or if - it ever will be possible again. So, all that being said, do I need to replace the 'pegs' in the bass, or is it possible to get locks that'll fit the existing fittings? Mark

The very first NBD I've ever posted! So, I got a new shiny today. 😊 It was bought for a project I'm working on (more about this will for certain be posted about here at a later date), then I realised I could actually do something else that I have been thinking about for a very long time, so it's now a two project item. The neck is much much nicer than I expected it to be. It's lovely to play. I haven't changed the strings yet to my preferred flatwounds. So here it is, my new (to me) Ashdown Lodestone Primal Artist 5-String … See the full album over on Flickr. Mark

I guess I should've linked where I got mine … RightOn - Mojo Series Vegan Guitar Strap - Boxeo Blue Mark

I went to the RightOn site because of this post and I found a strap that I really liked, the price I did not like. I searched around for a UK seller and found one, strap arrived today. Being a vegan strap is nice as it also gets the seal of approval from my wife (she's vegan, I'm not), and it's always nice to have spousal approval for gear acquisition. Mark

I know I'm new here and everything, so you'll have to forgive me if I'm crossing a line of some sort … but isn't this the exact job of the item? Isn't the clue in the name? Pickguard/scratchplate. No? 🤔 Mark

This. It's not a signature line, but this was the bass (and bass player) that made me pick up a bass in the first place. Mark

This is my bass, with the name I wanna try removing ... Mark

I just don't wanna have to do the whole bass because I'm concerned that removing the name might leave me with a much brighter patch of finish right on the part of the bass that can't be covered with anything to hide it. 😅 You just used T-cut on a rag, then? Mark

Apologies for the thread necromancy I have one of these basses! Is there any tips you could share for the removal of the logo from the body? Mark

I absolutely love my AB-35. I mean, I love the 4-string, but the 5 is where's at for me. I was wanting one for so long and was sooooo happy when I finally snagged the one I have now. Thanks for the welcome as well. Mark

They came as a package deal, a long time ago and for the princely sum of £150 - I say princely sum, because that amount was a full months wages for me at that time. Picked up from a newspaper ad. and I had to get a friend to drive me because there was no way I was carrying that amp head back, it weighs a tonne! Mark

Thanks for the welcomes, everyone. Mark

Hello there! Long-time lurker here, decided to make the jump and start posting. My name is Mark and I’m not going to do the cliché of standing up and saying I’m an alcoholic a bass player. I will, however, say that I play bass, but I’m NOT a bass player. (There’s a TL:DR at the end of the post for those with limited time/attention span.) I picked up my first bass when I was about 18, a pillar-box red Squier Precision 4-string. I was getting along with it just fine until one day I was playing a little too enthusiastically and swung it around and I caught one of the tuners on a wall and it bent 90º (tuner, not wall). Tried bending it back with just my hands and slipped and gashed the heel part of my thumb open, spent hrs in A&E waiting room only to benefit from a nurse prodding in the wound with tweezers pulling out tiny shards of chrome plating. So I went to a local shop for repairs (the bass, not my hand) and found a 5-string that I picked up and instantly fell in love with, part-exchanged the Squier and never looked back. I still have the 5-string, it’s a Maison 129p, which has a lovely sound when I put it through my amp (Vox AC50 head and Vox VR115 cab). Since then I’ve bought a Washburn AB-34, which is absolutely lovely but I really wanted the AB-35 (which is the 5-string version of the AB-34 4-string). I looked and waited and waited and waited for an AB-35 to come available to me and I think I’ve only seen about 3 for sale in the last 10/15 years in the UK - the first I had no money to buy, the second I almost snagged but someone beat me to it by moments and the third I actually got! Right now I’m GASing HARD for a custom Sandberg Forty Eight, either that or a custom-made from the ground up to my personal specs. (The Ashdown was bought with this in mind), and I think that will be me as far as gear acquisition is concerned. I have a Focusrite Scarlett Solo audio interface and a Vox amPlug2 AP2-BS headphone amp. I play just for me. Always have done. Came very close to forming a band with a mate once, but that ended up not happening. So, here I am. This is me. Hiya. *wave* TL;DR Name : Mark Gear : Maison 129p 5-string Washburn AB-34 Washburn AB-35 Ashdown Lodestone Primal Artist 5-string (in transit as I post this.) Focusrite Scarlett Solo Vox amPlug2 AP2-BS Vox AC50 Vox VR115 WANT : Sandberg Forty Eight 5 custom OR a custom 5-string to my personal specs. (Leaning heavily towards the custom personal.) Flickr Link Flickr Link