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My first bass was bought new from GAK, 2009, a black Yamaha RBX374, active, dual humbucker, lovely thing. A gentleman from Perth in Scotland bought it, I was in Essex at the time, he collected it personally 😯 Sold it when replaced by a grass wasn't greener BB614 .....back then I didn't understand that having just one bass was considered bad etiquette and rude form.....and that I didn't like active basses🙃 To be honest, looking back, that RBX374 was all the bass I ever needed and, just recently I've been on a, not too serious, search for another.....they used to be on every street corner but, there seems to be a shortage of lower cost basses being advertised, plenty of higher end curtain twitchers on offer though. ......the opposite of what I thought would happen what with the music instrument binge that many went on when C19 first hit🤔

My word, that is simply stunning😍

You can buy flats for acoustics, every day is school day😎

That would be the Record thread😉

Some old school that, errm, may appear too cool for skool but, some great bass upfront in the mix... Wham Fantastic....Deon Estus, sadly passed away just last October Rio.....John Taylor Change.....Glow of Love and Miracles, Davide Romani Slave....Stone Jam, Just A Touch Of Love, the late Mark Adams Light Of The World, LOTW, Tubbs Williams RIP Michael Jackson, Off The Wall, Louis Johnson Slade, Slayed, Jim Lea (.....not on this but, has a JayDee with a tremolo😀)

A few Fender Jazz too, bit of a sly gear slut😉

Maccas BB1200, according to loudwire, over $500k with auction tip. Paul McCartney's Yamaha Now Most Expensive Bass Ever Auctioned https://loudwire.com/paul-mccartney-bass-auction-guitar-icons-music-rising-prices/ Reversed split coils on those BB1200s🤓

Interesting article, bought because it was cheap, the Harley Benton of its day. A very well regarded luthier friend of my fathers knew Mr Macca back in the day, first time I heard the words steam and pi** in the same sentence 😄. RIP Tony. I believe that adjusted for inflation, a Fender P in '63 (in UK, not Germany, lower taxes) would of been the equivalent of putting your hand in your pocket for 2.5k in todays folding😎

Dan Hawkins approach works for me. As previously said (or written) there is a LOT of stuff out there, some good, some great but, for me it's all about whom we gel with. SBL is good example, I've a gold fish type short attention span and, find the methodology and approach here frustrating, my fault not the teacher. I've discovered this gentleman and he nails for me. Zero faffing, instant gratification and good for memory jogging and light bulb moments. Works for me as I'm revisiting so to speak. I had a car prang few years back, suffered a head injury. Since had memory loss, poor concentration, headaches, insomnia blah blah blah , lost all interest in most of what I like/liked. I can sort of sympathise with you. Part of my latest rehab' is trying to get back into my music, rarely picked up a bass, guitar or erm piano since the prang... you know what I mean 😄

Hi Tom, it must be me but, how do I download one of your notations from the pick list? I select a song, a box appears with key, artist, date but, then I'm stumped. I just know I'm gonna feel a complete idiot when I know how😄

Wow, just realised I remember being so impressed by your Jermaine Jackson cover on YouTube and, here you are......Highway P bass? Thanks for taking the time and effort Huw, great work😎

Not quite sure where to post this? New Purple Bricks ad' tune jogged my memory, what was that? Then it came to me, E-Z Rollers, Walk This Land, Lock Stock 'n.... Then, find a great cover.... Then find a 432Hz version, supposedly better for the body, anyone care to enlighten me on this? Is this tuning for snowflakes or fa real? Bit of bumpf:- Music Tuned to 440 Hz Versus 432 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31031095/

Car sale? Not right, can't do it, price must be same for cash, card or transfer. That's my business. Some are charging an admin fee, hmm, that's pushing it, not been a test case of note yet😎

Interesting.😎 I have my own business and, no longer take any card payments due to the change, those 2.5%s really add up for big ticket items. I'm not alone in this.

Not had the pleasure of playing one of these JB20, I have the JB75 series. Can anyone comment on neck size of the JB20? I found the JB75 to be usual 38mm width but felt wider (?) and, deeper than say a racing snake Squier VMJ neck, as a reference. Specs say 38mm.... Neck attachment: Bolt-on Body: Poplar Neck: Maple Neck profile: Modern C-shape Fretboard: Amaranth Inlays: Dot 20 Frets Scale: 864 mm Nut width: 38 mm Double action truss rod Pickups: 2 x JB-Style single coils Electronics: 2 Volume & 1 Tone Hardware: Chrome Machine heads: Classic JB-style String gauge: 045-105 Colour: Blue Metallic Many thanks guys😎

Good post. Made me think...... at what point is an amateur a pro', when money changes hands? 😎

Not a luva of either but I do like a trans colour finish. The straight duck egg blue looked ok on those 60's and 70's Greeves/Villiers Invacars, mobility cars.

Tautology, every day is a school day. I'll be using that all weekend 😎

I want a Burgundy Mist jazz.... .....I'm quite colour blind too

😄It really doesn't work like this. That Esso garage (others are available😀) where you buy your fuel from haven't pre-purchased their fuel at a lower price. Its hard enough to turn a profit on fuel without pre-paying up front. The mark up is very little indeed, they would rather you purchased a sarnie and a coffee with double bubble returns, one reason many small garages no longer sell fuel, its simply not economically viable. On a bass 'note' the owner of my local village garage (no longer selling fuel, once played double bass in a country band😉

😎 You're welcome😄 PS same mcnach of multiple OLPs?

No, it won't, if you are in a Who tribute band. Otherwise, certainly it will hold together, plenty of old 50's Fenders about and, that Vintage will be better nailed together.

I can assure you the wholesale price of fuel did rise, sorry couldn't let that slide😄😎 Anyway back on topic, just a heads up. I see mention of different charges for different payment methods, this a breach of consumer law, has been for a while now😎

Hang on, wrong way around methinks? Weren't the original CV series built in China by Grand Reward, then production went over to Indonesia Cor-Tek?