NBD... I Need Help 😫

[JazzyJ]

Well, after weeks of deliberation I finally caved and have absolutely no regrets.

 

MusicMan Pino fretted signature (I have enough fretless basses).

This sounds immense with the flats, probably pop some rounds at some  point.

It is an expensive piece of kit but I can justify it. Cracking bass 👍.

 

 

 

[police squad]

nice score

[HeadlessBassist]

Congratulations. They're lovely basses. If you like it and it fits you like a glove, the cost really doesn't matter and hey, you may be run over by a Bus tomorrow. Enjoy it  

[Hellzero]

I don't drive a bus. 

[Hellzero]

That said, great bass, mate, congratulations!👏🏼 

[Misdee]

These look like basses someone will get a lifetime's worth of pleasure from playing. Just a really nice old-school Stingray, so much fun to be had with that. 

 

Three and a half grand-ish is a lot of money, but these basses look pretty good value to me in the current market. A Stingray Special in a nice finish is now over 3k, and compared to Fender Custom Shop basses these EBMM Pino basses are a veritable bargain. 

Edited December 10, 2025 by Misdee

[Lozz196]

Looks really nice, love the colour scheme 

[ead]

Lovely looking thing.

 

Weirdly I have just splashed out £99 on a fretless Dimavery copy of a Stingray that I intend to mod a bit to get to be a rough imitation of Pino's fretless Stingray.

Edited December 10, 2025 by ead

[ebenezer]

Very nice

[HeadlessBassist]

7 hours ago, Hellzero said:

I don't drive a bus. 

 

Hmmm... If you were driving said Bus, you wouldn't have much chance of being run over by it. 🤔

[Pea Turgh]

1 hour ago, HeadlessBassist said:

 

Hmmm... If you were driving said Bus, you wouldn't have much chance of being run over by it. 🤔

What was that bloke’s name from East 17?  He managed it.

Edited December 10, 2025 by Pea Turgh
Brian Harvey!

[Lozz196]

8 minutes ago, Pea Turgh said:

What was that bloke’s name from East 17?  He managed it.

Brian Harvey, takes a certain amount of genius to run yourself over.

[Misdee]

9 minutes ago, Lozz196 said:

Brian Harvey, takes a certain amount of genius to run yourself over.

There was jacket potato involved, apparently.

 

I met Brian, Tony and their bodyguard when East 17 were in the first flush of their success. They were what you might describe as robust individuals. It's not an act, they are genuine chavs.

Edited December 10, 2025 by Misdee

[Pea Turgh]

Just now, Misdee said:

There was jacket potato involved, apparently.

No, it was definitely Brian Harvey, but I can see what you mean.

[Bagman]

12 minutes ago, Misdee said:

There was jacket potato involved, apparently.

 

I met Brian, Tony and their bodyguard when East 17 were in the first flush of their success. They were what you might describe as robust individuals. It's not an act, they are genuine chavs.

Baked Potato or Jacket Potato? 

[Pea Turgh]

I’d say he’s quite baked.

[JazzyJ]

21 minutes ago, Lozz196 said:

Brian Harvey, takes a certain amount of genius to run yourself over.

Oh, I managed to run myself over whilst carrying out an emissions test (MOT) on an automatic vehicle which I had left in reverse gear (auto parking brake). Driver's door open, floored the accelerator, it hurt a bit 😳.

 

Back on track. ParcelForce did their best to destroy the bass. It survived thankfully. 

 

 

[Misdee]

2 hours ago, Bagman said:

Baked Potato or Jacket Potato? 

 I wasn't there, but in his explanation of how he managed to run himself over, Brian claimed to have eaten three large tuna and cheese jacket potatoes, the resulting nausea causing him to fall from his reversing car which then ran him over.

 

I cannot help think in light of that event that Italians are wise indeed to insist that cheese should never be included in seafood dishes. Brian's increasingly wretched plight since that unfortunate day is testament to the efficacy of that dietary rule.

Edited December 10, 2025 by Misdee

[tauzero]

15 hours ago, Lozz196 said:

Brian Harvey, takes a certain amount of genius to run yourself over.

 

Anton Yelchin managed it too. Both of them were following the example of Monty Python in the Upper-Class Twit of the Year contest.

[JazzyJ]

Ok, two days in now. I'm loving this bass. I do like a Stingray though.

Could well be a 2012 CAR 2 EQ up for sale in the new year.

Regarding the price of the Pino, I've moved a couple of redundant basses lately which have covered the cost of my purchase.

All is good 👍 

 

[Misdee]

43 minutes ago, JazzyJ said:

Ok, two days in now. I'm loving this bass. I do like a Stingray though.

Could well be a 2012 CAR 2 EQ up for sale in the new year.

Regarding the price of the Pino, I've moved a couple of redundant basses lately which have covered the cost of my purchase.

All is good 👍 

 

EBMM know how to make a nice bass when they want to, no doubt about that. I don't know how much Pino might use his one, but that's not really that relevant.

 

I wish EBMM and Flea would bury the hatchet and bring a Flea Signature Stingray based on his black/ rw 'Ray from the early '90's.They could have my money now.

[alyctes]

I'm a bit puzzled by what you mean by "enough fretless basses".  I have never heard of anyone in this unfortunate condition, or anywhere near it.  Please explain?

Edited December 11, 2025 by alyctes

[JazzyJ]

15 minutes ago, alyctes said:

I'm a bit puzzled by what you mean by "enough fretless basses".  I have never heard of anyone in this unfortunate condition, or anywhere near it.  Please explain?

Ok, I have two. A rather nice Rob Allen MB-2 and a lovely PJ which I aquired from @Beedster earlier this year. Oh and a DB, that's enough for now 😉.