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I still have (but don't necessarily play......) every bass I've ever owned..... 1) First - NoName Jazz (originally black, with matt silver scratchplate, then covered the edges of the scratchplate with black gaffa.....), bought at uni, with a hard case (which is still in use.....), it weighs about a stone, wasn't totally awful, but wasn't great......also found out, when it 'died' that the wires to the jack had been attached with BluTack.....) 2) Sunburst Ibanez JTKB - Unremarkable, but reliable (so not necessarily 'Milestone'....apart from taking over from NoName.....) 3) Black Epiphone Explorer - Always wanted one......so found one on eBay.....love it.....gave it a HipShot D-Tuner......gigged it extensively 4) Silver Sparkle Squier Affinity P - Always wanted a P, so when it came up for £80, snapped it up.....currently lives next to my desk for noodling/practicing etc..... 5) The Birthday Bass - Blond/Black/Maple P my father had built for my 40th - Wonderful, lives in NoName's hard case, can't wait to get it to gigs.....! (Another Milestone, loaned, not owned, Red Warwick Streamer Pro-M, used for my guest spot with the band I roadied for, my live debut, on my 21st.....!) Milestones I hope to hit.....A Ric, A '54 P, A Mustang, A Flying V, A Jack Casady....)

Ever since I owned more than one bass, I've always taken a back up.....and have I had to use it.....YES! (2x String snaps (at the same venue, a year apart.....), and total drop out (turned out to be a bad solder.....or rather someone had used Blu-Tack to attach the wires to the jack.....!) As such, I will always keep one in reserve.... I also used to swap for Drop D, then got a Hipshot, then got used to tuning on the fly.....(still play in Drop D, and got the Hipshot fitted to the Epi, but it's now back up to The Birthday Bass (along with Silver Sparkle (Squier P))

Not the best pic, but I'm not at home at the moment, so had to raid my camera roll..... Squier Affinity P, purchased for £80 from eBay..... (With it's Stablemate, an Epiphone Explorer (also from eBay...)

I've played....(more than once....) Jazz Bass (Copy) Ibanez JetKing Epiphone Explorer Squier P The Blond P I've Tried... Warwick Streamer Pro M (21st birthday guest spot, EPIC!) Hofner Viola (not a fan....too light and flimsy) EB3 (possibly a bad example, but didn't gel) Rick 4003 - I liked..... Various (cheap) Yamaha's (nah....) Plexi Bass (great, weighed a ton!) Wanna play..... 50's P Gibson/Epi Flying V Jack Cassidy Chowny CHB-2 Roscoe Beck IV Fender Mustang (or Rascal...)

My Epiphone Explorer came with a Warwick RockBag, which works pretty well..... Not sure on the model, but after a quick look at the website, the one for the 'Reverso/Buzzard/Stryker', so that may well fit the bill....

Cheers BreadBin! Now to find some superglue that hasn't solidified......!

The nut on my Epiphone Explorer has come loose, generally sitting slightly south true due to string tension. How does one glue it back in - Loctite, Araldite, PVA, Wood Glue......It is metal (Brass?) ? Does one clamp? How long before restringing......?

Kind of loving this thread, as a (very) bad guitarist, I'm going down two routes..... 1) Any Guitar........ever..... 2) Guitars I (might!) have access to (mostly via my father) This is also (in my head....) topical, as I want to do 'Coast to Coast' by Scorpions....with me thrashing out (effectively Klaus Meine) powerchords 1) Flying V, Les Paul Jr DC, Blonde Tele/Esquire, Rory Gallagher's Strat 2) White Yamaha SF500 (the OG, for me), THE Strat (his subtly modded Black/Black/Maple megalith), Shell Pink (bitsa Strat pig, apparently), the Ric 12 (bete noire handful.....but the tone.....)

Rocks (Primal Scream), Band With No Name, RoFest/Marquee in the back garden, Epiphone Explorer (into HH V-S Super Stack)

The one (or would that be two.....!?!) that come to mind for me (albeit one is a '.......and........') are.... And...... I prefer the 'Fast' Version......my old guitarist, the 'Slow'......so we were going to do a mash up of both.......until the drummer threw a tantrum and quit over not being able to go to the beach......but that is another story.....!

That colour combo kind of reminds me of Sandberg's 'Aged Roquefort' (Very nice btw)

That looks Fab! Really like the knobs (oo-er!) Got similar on (one of) my Precisions (Silver Sparkle Squier Affinity) which I liberated from my Ibanez JetKing (which now has the knurled silvers from my No Name Jazz, which has the knurled blacks from Silver Sparkle.....!)

I took my bass and (very small) combo on the bike (and motorbike) a few times......not the most comfortable experience, particularly with a helmet on....! I know trailers have been mentioned, what about one of those kiddie trailers? They generally have large (so more stable) wheels, usually come with a (waterproof) cover/roof, and harness (add some extra foam, strap the combo in...!?!) I used one when helping a friend's company set up an event at a Center Parcs (so no cars/vans...), it worked pretty well Devil's advocate, two miles isn't THAT far, why not bungee the combo/gear to a sacktruck and walk? (Also done on occasion.....)

I have two.....one of which was my audition....! 1) Around the time I'd just joined a band they were also looking for second guitarist, in comes one hopeful, Marshall 4x12 perched precariously on a skateboard.....he was clearly a bit nervous/unprepared.....and it showed.......so we had him back for another shot next practice, he'd clearly been working at it but was still not great, halfway through a song he stopped playing, hefted the 4x12 onto the board, and teetered out going 'it's not really working is it......!?!' and disappeared..... 2) I replied to an ad from a guitarist was trying to 'resurrect' his old 'rock covers' band.....but as no actual set list surfaced, I hedged my bets and went through some of my old set lists and gave them a bash......we arrange to meet up, the whole thing was basically back and forth - Him - 'Can you play....?' Me - 'I played it about X-yrs ago.....forgotten most of it though, sorry' Me - 'What about....?' Him - 'Nah.....don't like it...' Frustratingly, I had played almost all the songs he suggested, but not in ages.....so even the ones I kind of remembered were rather ropey.....had he just given me a flipping list....who knows.....!?!

The drummer quit the band because our (first) gig was in BreaM, Gloucestershire, not BreaN, Somerset, and 'he wanted to take the family to the beach.....' (Our guitarist had got us a spot on a Summer Bank Holiday Festival local to him, and all was going well......until the drummer couldn't go to the seaside.....) The nail in the coffin was when drummer then coerced the singer to leave us to reform his old band.....! (Guitarist and I were the 'Founding members' (although the guitarist said it was my band.....he'd back me as long as I didn't suggest Kings of Leon......!), he found the singer, I found the drummer, via ads/connections)