pineweasel

Very nice. You may not have the new body construction, but you do have the new bridge, the first one I’ve seen in the wild.

It seems the actual store closed back in 2019 and it's been web only since then: https://ivormairants.co.uk/pages/about-us On Street View the premises is occupied by a shop called Maks Guitars.

It's not unfinished, all the SBMM basses have a satin finish on the whole neck.

GarageBand is free and surprisingly capable, so start with that and see how you go. If and when you run up against its limitations you can consider upgrading to Logic or look at other options.

Give them some time. It took me a couple of weeks to get used to Fat Beams when I put a set on my Jazz bass, but I ended up liking them a lot.

Intriguing new model to celebrate Sandberg's 40th anniversary: https://bassmagazine.com/sandberg-guitars-reveals-florence-nova-bass-series/

It was documented as cut and boost in the manual: www.musicmanbass.global/1978-hangtag-manual/

This happened to me a few years ago when I bought a One10T to pair with an older One10. I think the handle was moved to the other side for the One10T. I was a little annoyed but I kept it, and it doesn’t make any difference in use. In retrospect I should have given Alex some feedback at least.

I am a fan of the Boss Katana Go. A huge variety of excellent tones from the built in amp models and effects, and bluetooth connectivity means you can play along to songs from your phone wire-free. It can also act as a digital interface to a computer. It's a more expensive option but the sound quality and convenience make it worthwhile for me.

My Marathon is lightweight too, and rather neck heavy, being an 8-string. I thought they all had obeche bodies, a wood that's about 60% of the weight of ash.

It's well worth seeing the current version of the band live, they put on a great show. Touring the UK next year.

Not the Marlowe DK, just a regular TT with aging: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tZjW7a66jQ&t=15s

Spotted on Instagram. The Superlight bodies are now being built with a swamp ash centre and paulownia wings to increase sustain and bass response. It will be interesting to hear how they sound. https://www.instagram.com/p/DPqvTr0AqZm/?igsh=ZDlrbjR0cXRnMzc0

Yes, quite normal for 70s Fenders, they just wired them like the right handlers. They did progress to wiring the pots in reverse by the 90s, but as they are tapered it just made them act like a switch. Finally in 2015 they got round to fitting reverse taper pots.

The Blackstar mini bass always looked quite nifty to me: https://www.gear4music.com/Guitar-and-Bass/Blackstar-Carry-On-Travel-Bass-Guitar-ST-White/5GY5