spacecowboy

Did a slightly ropey cover of Meshell Ndegeocellos Evolution on the bass this afternoon (one with flats) in case anyone still wants to hear it! https://youtu.be/DErbRehBfvM

Woah woah woah I'm far too persuadable at the moment! Don't remind me of all the options! 😉

Oh FFS really?... One with Flats... one with rounds... I'm hooked!

Fantastic outcome! Great work!

That's lovely! Forgot about this thread let me pop a couple of finished pics here!

Any excuse to post these again!! The two tone sunburst finish and gold pickguard look absolutely tremendous together!

I have one of these but in the two tone sunburst, it's made me realise that after so many years of playing and never trying one, a P Bass might be the only bass I need. As you mentioned the quality is fantastic, it plays brilliantly, and sounds superb. It's made me fall in love with playing bass all over again.

Beautiful!!

Beautiful work!

That's when it's time to haggle hard!

Yeah somewhat tongue in cheek and somewhat genuine thought. I'm lucky enough to be in the position that I want to move some saving capital in to something other than the bank, however, no one is willing to give me value (subjective) on this capital. A savings account which shouldn't be called that anymore as it's a disgrace has an interest rate below 1%, so in simple queens english its f**king useless. For around 2% I can have my money locked away for a set number of years, if I want to access to the money I lose the accrued interest and in some cases pay a fee. If this investment was 10k I'd get a grand if I'm lucky over 10 years. I might as well bust my donkey on a second job for a short period and it will result in more money over a shorter period. Stocks and shares, require management and are long term investment without a guarantee of fixed % returns or even a ROI. There really isn't a concrete way of making your money "work hard" for you today, unless of course you buy a 60 year old bass and keep it locked away for the foreseeable.

, no no no, I don't mind that responsibility, I'll take one for the team

Hmmm, share buy, lock it away, equal dividend split on sale at agreed 10 years in the future sales date...

While perusing Bassdirect this lunchtime I took my almost daily look at their original 1960's Fender Precision bass they have for sale, it's your's for the tidy sum of £14,500.00. Alot of money sure, but would it be a better investment than the same amount of money sat in a standard savings account? Currently you're lucky if you can currently get 1% on your savings regardless of the amount, sure you can get a better rate in a locked ISA or savings account, but that's by the by, this is assuming you may need access to your money at some point without losing accrued interest. Portfolios too are full of risk short term but may prove financially prudent over a 10 year period, but again this little thought is assuming no capital risk, or very very small risk. So, in illustration your bank account could give you this; (obviously market / economy dependent) Shocking returns. You could do a couple of months working evenings in a supermarket and make that 1.5k. So Do we think in 10 years time the bass would only have increased in value by 1.6k? I doubt it, would we expect it to govern a 20k price tag? Possibly, skys the limit. It's food for thought, in this market which usually see's mass value depreciation, this could prove a shrewd buy... It would probably prove an almost guarantee ROI, with a realistic profit higher than interest accrued in a bank account... On that note, I'm off to sell my car and buy it

Anything in particular? I could put something together ☺️