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Hi. I started playing bass guitar in November 2024. I already knew all the power chords on a guitar and can make full chords with two hands on a piano. Once my arms were long enough at age 14, I played the trombone and achieved a grade 4 merit from the Royal Institution of Music. I played pop music on keyboards in the 90's, power pop on guitar in the 00's as an amateur, and both instruments in a wedding band after that for real money. Now I am to play bass. It is my calling. In November 2024, I happened upon a small pawn shop. Inside hung a 4 string Harley Benton TB-70. The bridge studs were coming out. I bought it and fixed it up. I plug into my Pod GX USB sound module into PC, or I have a tiny guitar combo for scratching about, monitoring on headphones or speakers. I've been practicing about an hour a day and don't feel half as awkward now. About a third of the awkwardness is still there. I've not bought an amp yet. I'm waiting to find out which world tour I get invited onto once I put some demo's out. Here it is. Big and heavy. I chose songs for practice that use different techniques. I've recorded my progress using bassless backing tracks found on the tube. It's a lot of fun. HB-70 demo 1 mp3 HB-70 Demo 2 mp3 That's my benchmark to improve from and lots of work to do. That feels like enough about me. I look forward to chatting with you. Yours sincerely Al Nico.

Just to provide context, I am a tightwad. I could pick up a 2nd hand, abused P body for not much. A 5 string P body would mean spending proper money. By the time I have dropped £450 on a body, I am entering the world of spending what a decent bass could cost if I add all the hardware. I am more than capable of talking myself into overspending. I do not even need another bass; this would just be a fun project. And you know how I feel about you calling me Shirley.

My dear boy, you should have taken orders! I would have had one!

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You can pop over and have a go on it! You know where I am.

Just to re-frame the question, why would it have to be a 4-string P body? Wouldn't a 5-string P body make the neck pocket issue pretty much go away, Shirley?

Just bought a Rickenbacker bass from Steve. Great communication, prompt delivery and careful packaging. Thank you so much!

John, who organised it, has posted pics from the night. There's a video and a couple of pics of your band. John was a sound and lights man at one of our gigs and said "where have you guys been hiding?". He's been very supportive and came along to our last gig. He's a good fella.

Aye, thought about that.... Not tried other strings as the current ones are some expensive labe lla flats.... But did inspect for kinks and all certainly looks well.... Tbh I'm wondering if heavy flats are to blame... Ta again!

You got any spare strings? I had a guy buy a Jackson Soloist from my shop years ago and I chased this buzz for about 2 days. i took the strings off to inspect/level the frets… the string had a kink in it.

Hope you enjoy it. They're supremely fast and great sounding basses for the money.

I see the Jazz G&L is available again. It`s in great condition as well and weighs in at 9.4 which is good for these.

Just received a bass I bought from @BaggyMan Great communication, keeping in touch throughout. Bass was packed well, and he scheduled the delivery to be on a convenient day for me. Thanks!

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If you are referring to my picture the top two cabs are the Trace Elliot compact 1153 and 2103X (I just took the badges off as I don't like them sideways)! And yes the 2103x had two 5 inch and two 10 inch drivers. Stingray is a translucent blue/green colour - possible my favourite colour for instruments!

I've got one of these now. They really are excellent.

My recently built Greenboy 12/6 , and 15/6, although on the 15/6 I had to move the port to the rear of the cab, and add a false floor to get the "Vox" look ! I still LOVE 15's.