therealting

In case of interest?

Personally I’d rather have the excuse to have two* basses 😉 *as if I could stick to just having two

Those Rumbles are something else, aren’t they? I have Aguilar, Epifani, Genz and Gallien gear, and I always end up taking my Rumble out.

I love the weathered, checked look - wish my Mustang had it!

I actually do the same with most things - I buy almost all my clothing secondhand (I draw the line at underwear and socks), and have a load of designer wear that I’ve purchased from charity shops, including a £400 All Saints leather jacket that cost me £25 plus £6.99 to have a hole in a pocket repaired. Also for £10k I’d rather own a five year old Audi that originally cost £40k than a brand new Hyundai. 😉

That’s why I almost always buy secondhand - I don’t lose anything if I decide to sell them on later, plus I get a bass that was originally worth twice as much as I paid (as opposed to having a bass that originally cost me twice as much as it’s worth).

I think it’s worth having both a P and a J, personally. That said, if you’re a J man, then you could always trade and then save up for a P when you can afford one.

I can also vouch for the K&K Pure Mini, but have switched over to JJB pickups over the last few years as they are just as good and a fraction of the price.

Very interesting! How much was the neck pickup? I have thought about having something similar on my Warwick Alien.

It happens a fair bit to me. It’s usually either sound engineers who say they didn’t have to do anything to my signal, or bass players in the audience. I get this the most with my Dingwall Super P5 with Sadowsky pre, into my Noble preamp DI. It is by far the best sounding rig I’ve ever had.

Makes it harder to play, but it’s worth it for the tone

Probably because there aren’t many fretless seven strings around.

Thought I’d follow it to see if it was worth a punt - £122!! They must be rare.

This was the state of my ‘64 Precision when I got her. This is her now. Life’s too short to own a bass you don’t play because you want to preserve its value. The crass analogy is that it’s like remaining celibate from your supermodel wife to keep her pristine for the next guy...

The value of the pound is not helping. Was in New York a few weeks ago, and what used to be bargains are now just reasonable buys.