MoJo

My first bass was an 82 Squier. I’d love another but I’m not paying a grand for one

Just missed out on a JV Squier Precision, listed as a Classic Vibe Squirt for £300. My own fault, I asked for the serial number and left it two hours to check back, only to find that she’d posted a photo of the serial number on the listing. Gutted, I would have loved to have gigged that. Someone has got a right bargain

I bid £135 but got beaten by a bid of £142. My plan was to put the neck off my Tobacco Burst BB425X on it and turn it around for a quick profit leaving me time to remove the fretboard of the damaged neck and replace the trussrod

No, I didn’t. It was in Northern Ireland. Hoping one will come up a bit closer to home

Anyone on here win the auction on the BB425 with the broken truss rod?

Back before the days of Basschat or even it’s predecessor Bassworld, I only ever owned one bass at a time and played the same bass at every gig for more than a decade. Since discovering Bass forums, I have owned more than 100 basses, some for just a few days and almost always taken two basses to a gig. I play a Precision. Passive, simple electronics, installed by myself, no battery to die mid-gig. I play with a very light touch and in 42 years of playing, I’ve never broken a string. It makes me wonder if I need to take a backup bass to a gig at all. How many of you have ever had to break out the backup on a gig and why?

BB415 for £400? In the words of Aerosmith, Dream On

....that is the question. Shortly after picking up my Fender Rumble 500v3 and before having a chance to use it in anger, I bought the matching 210v3 cabinet. In the years that have followed, it has been to maybe three or four gigs and that’s not because I needed more volume, as anyone with a Rumble 500v3 will attest to, they are more than loud enough for any pub/club gig on their own. My allotted storage space for bass gear, at home, under the stairs is quite meagre to say the least, but it struck me as I was getting some gear out on Monday evening, if I sold the 210, I’d have room for two more basses in there. I know that many other Rumble 500v3 owners think the extension cab superfluous but I wondered if anyone regretted selling their extension cab and ended up buying another

I’m up for it. I reckon I could fix that. Had problems with BB truss rods in the past

And going up in price. All s/h BB414's I've bought or sold have been around the £175 - £180 mark

I've got a Vintage White BB425 and a Tobacco Burst BB425X and the burst one is my favourite finish

Fretted BB350F going really cheap on Facebook, in Leicestershire https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/161512572503477/

Dispelling the myth that plywood bodied basses are ship anchors That’s the weight of this Vester (admittedly with my Gotoh Res-O-Lites fitted)

I had a feeling recently that, since selling my Camel Journey Bass, I was missing a P-bass in my life. A Vester Stage Series P-bass came up for sale locally and I impulsively went and bought it. One could limbo under the action when I got it. The relief in the neck was almost spot on for me and the truss rod worked, so I removed the neck to fit a shim under the heel. It was at this point that I found that the body was made of plywood. My heart sank. I decided to set it up the best I could and sell it on. I got the action down low and swapped the generic cheap pickups for a Warman Stealth pickup I had in my parts case. Plugged it in and it sang. Sounded like a proper P-bass with great sustain. I've decided to hang onto now. Swapped out the Stealth pups for Wilkinson Alnico V pups and changed the pots for CTS 250k with a Sprague Orange Drop capacitor. I was ready to right this off as a piece of junk as soon as I saw the plywood but it's turned out to be a very nice instrument