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Good to be back again. I was completely lost yesterday. Some nice wee touches added. I wasn't aware we had a "like" button on the old system. ? Thanks for all the hard work done by the team. You are very much appreciated. Dave

ooohhh that's nice. Did you change the neck or did you buy it that way. Just curious why the neck was changed. Dave

In recent years i limit to circa £1k for gigging basses. My Warwick ive had since 89 and Overwater was for my 50th 11yrs ago. Those 2 never leave the house these days. Warwick was my only bass back in 89 and gigged a few times until work got in the way. I started playing again circa 2009 and never been busier. Dave

110% agree that is quite stunning.

Thanks for that @drTStingray lot of good info to think about. Might head into Glasgow Guitar Guitar for a wee test run on some of theirs. Dave

Not heard of that version. Cheers for that. Its good that there seems to be a few folks that have had the expensive Stingrays but prefer the feel of the cheaper versions with little difference in tone from them. Dave

Yes that sounds like it. So a US EBMM Sterling bass rather than a MM Sterling Ray34 if i picked that up correctly. Dave

I've recently had a wee notion for a Stingray bass but i have no idea what the different models are like. Obviously the £2-£3k versions are top of the range but what about the others like the MM Sterling, Ray34, etc Have a mate that had a MM Sterling bass and he said it had a Jazz like neck and great bass to play. Is that the same as the Sterling Stingray bass or completely different version. Also i've noticed that the 3 way switch is missing on them now. I look on MM site and they have a Sterling bass I check on bass shops and it s says Sterling Ray34 under the Musicman heading so its all a bit confusing. Can anyone offer some clarification. I do prefer a narrow slim neck like my Sandberg or Jazz basses Mates Sterling was circa £900 maybe 4 yrs ago. Dave

On FB in Burnt Island in Fife Scotland so maybe a bit too far. Not too shabby. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/2989922014465654/ Newcastle for this one https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/316798199944992/ This one's in Northern Ireland but i've heard a lot of great comments on Sire basses so might be worth checking if any nearer to home. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1235118733608972/ To be fair there are lots of these kind of bargains to be had. All the very best Dave

If you can try before buying and pay once you're happy with it. If inexperienced with basses take another bassist with you for advice. I'm usually happy with a fellow BC'ers word when buying on here. I've sold basses on FB but try to get buyer to pick up and try it first. Dave

Other option is check your local Facebook Bass gear for sale. Get some bargains on there but you do take more of a risk buying on FB. Very rarely an issue with fellow BCers Dave

Well done sir and as @Mudpup says check out BC classifieds for a decent bass. Dave

That's the good and interesting thing about your site Rob. It has quite a varied list of styles to choose from. Keep up the good work and once again many thanks for all your work so far. Dave

Well done Rob and much appreciation from me. I'm enjoying quite a few of them so far. Dave

I preferred them back then but have always followed them.

Altho i was into heavy rock in 70's my teacher gave me Little Ole Wine Drinker Me as a first song. Then Mississipi which was a chart song back then. I was starting from scratch to be fair but it was more about timing than ability to start with. Later we did songs that i brought music sheets for like Thin Lizzy and few others that have slipped my old memory now. He took me to a point where i understood how to read music but he never gave me chord structure and theory etc. Maybe he didn't know it and just thought bass was very simplistic one note songs. ?? Who knows but after 12-18mths he said there wasn't much more he could teach me. There weren't many bass guitar teachers about back in 70's that i knew off and no social media or google to search thru. Dave

Twisted Sister would have been a great show. Cant blame G&R for the fans dying tho. Dave

I had forgotten about the Rush Farewell to Kings Tour late 70's. For me that's when Rush were at their peak and an amazing display of musicianship by all. The full bands expert playing astounded me more than any other band. I was a Floyd and Genesis at the time but Rush totally surprised me how brilliant they were. Floyd and Genesis i was expecting to be good anyways Dave

Hard one but best would be either Floyd at Earls Court with the Wall first time around or Genesis Duke tour where Phil bought me lunch. Worst would be either Whitesnake cause sound was dreadful or Gabriel cause I was bored. I left within first 30mins of both gigs. Wasn't much of a fan of Gabriel back then and both Glasgow Apollo early 80's. Dave