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I thought about this on the way back home and if I had to pick 3 basses that flicked my switch from this afternoon I think I'd narrow it down to the Yamaha BB1200, G&L silver sparkle Jazz Bass and the 73 Precision.

Great to meet you too and put a face to the name and my love for old Fenders has been thoroughly reignited! Glad you liked the Ripper, not everyones cup of tea but I too was surprised with them the first time I played one.

Big thanks from me too! It was a great day and I wish I could have stayed just a bit longer. So many cracking basses....

@rwillett I'm not sure what she'll do but we might bring one of the mutts along as I'm sure she'd like to have a walk around the lovely countryside. I'm sure she'd like a slice of pizza but I did promise her a Greggs veggi sausage roll from the service station en route! It's a shame that I have this operation and I'll probably won't be able to drive. Otherwise I'd bring the campervan up and make a weekend of it. Sadly, it's something my wife won't drive due to its size.

I'll be having my foot operation on the Wednesday before the bash. I'm having the metal plates/wires or whatever removed from when I had my accident. I'm not sure how immobile I'll be so my poor downtrodden Mrs said she'll drive me up there if needed. I'm hoping (and most probably hopping) it won't be too bad and I'll be able to stand on my own two feet but I might need to be seated and have basses handed to me on request to drool over. I'll still be bring my gear along. Also. If anybody wants a good (Bass Direct) shipping box please let me know as I have a couple here that are taking up space. Also, also. We are both veggies. Can't wait!!!

Recently bought Toms superb Lakland DJ. Great to catch up with Tom again and I'm very grateful for him delivering the bass in person. Top Basschatter! Many thanks 👍

Looking forward to this. Band diary has nothing booked in May surprisingly. I'll be bringing: Gibson Ripper Gibson NR Thunderbird Sandberg Electra Lakland DJ Can bring my Markbass LM58R head and 2x10 cab(s) if anybody is interested in the new lightweight stuff. Or, a smaller setup of a TC Electronic BH250 and 1x10 Epifani cab if required.

Robert bought my Greco Thunderbird. First class communications throughout which was great as the bass was shipped to The Netherlands. An absolute top guy to deal with in every way, I highly recommend! 👍

A great period for stingrays and wish I wish I wish I kept my '86 Ray but there we are. Sounds great on them tracks 👍

Until now, I've not used an active bass for well over a year so I found the preamp to be 'hot'. Loads of bass and loads of fizz to my ears. The last gig to this I did was with a Gibson Ripper and Gibson Thunderbird so the Sandbergs a bit different. I set the bass and treble knobs to the centre indent and left it there. It was great, Pbass with a bit more on top would be my simple description. The bass is active only, no push pull for active/passive.

VERY happy with this Sandberg Electra. I have owned German made ones in the distant past and I've fancied another for a while now. But to scratch the itch for the time being I recently got this Electra and I really can't fault it. I gigged it last Saturday with the intention to try it out on a couple of songs in the first set but used it throughout the whole gig.

Ben bought my Orville Thunderbird. Really great communications and a thoroughly top guy to to deal with. Many thanks! 👍

Sandberg might be worth looking at.

I've never owned the Travellers but I use two 102 Energy cabs and the LM 58r amp and there's plenty of bottom end, certainly enough for me.