2026 Gear Abstinence Thread

[Geek99]

On 17/01/2026 at 17:41, Richard R said:

 

Please don't disembowel yourself with a bass - Imagine the headlines!! 😱

 

(And the pain, the mess, and the effect on your poor wife of course. But mainly the headlines in the Sun)

Use a guitar instead, they are without any value and by covering it in blood and intestines no one will want to play it, which is an ideal scenario 

[Stub Mandrel]

When a man is tired of buying basses, he is tired of life.

 

 

 

 

 

Edited Tuesday at 00:14 by Stub Mandrel
A crab is a red fish that walks backwards. Damn I think I have Boswell and Johnson muddled up.

[tauzero]

I have sacrificed myself for the sake of finding out about the M-Vave Blackbox. I don't think I can get away with claiming it as a Tier 2 as it can be used for both bass and guitar, and I'll be using it for bass (and possibly guitar too).

[Richard R]

Looks quite fun - let us know how you get on with it.

[Richard R]

On 20/01/2026 at 00:13, Stub Mandrel said:

A crab is a red fish that walks backwards. Damn I think I have Boswell and Johnson muddled up.

 

Apparently Spanner Crabs are red and  walk both forwards and backwards rather than sideways. 

[Stub Mandrel]

Had a VERY close call today. Went to A-Strings to buy a strap button (essential repair) and a set of strings (consumables). Took my brothers...

Played two really nice basses, either of which I would have been happy to bring home, an Epiphone EB3 and a Squier Classic Vibe Bass VI. The latter was set up really well and was actually a delight to play, especially fingerpicked like an acoustic guitar. The EB3 needed some work on the nut and action, and the neck pickup was weak (it could be raised) - but the mudbucker didn't sound muddy, just rich and lots of girth 🙂

So with one brother determined to get me to buy one and the other not exactly trying to dissuade me, I thought hard about this thread and a rather obvious timber join on the Bass VI.