LukeFRC

I would bet you a pint it’s the same guy

That’s not a difficult thing to work out! the name is a registered trademark... https://trademarks.ipo.gov.uk/ipo-tmcase/page/Results/1/UK00002427731 the owner of that trade Mark is easily searched and pops up with a fella who builds basses still under a different marque https://www.anacondabasses.co.uk/about-anaconda-basses

I have no idea what a Ostinato is!

Free Spotify have started Christmas adverts already

Exactly- if one person can do it it must be possible. I don’t think he’s cornered the market, in so much be the only person doing it

You know how people have their idea that they could make a mini business if they had the time - working out how to make really good cellulose tort would be mine.

I’m pretty sure most of us on here arent at that kinda level where we could demand the mix be based around a specific sound...

Depends what you want... if you want it to sound like a Precision or Jazz bass or Stingray where the pickup has an inbuilt sound to it - and 60 years of recorded music has taught us that's what a bass sounds like. Accruate and uncoloured piezo bassed system or something ... might sound wonderful and really flat clean sound... but fitting it into a mix where we would expect it to go?

You are buying the bass- what are you after? Then tell overwater and see what they recommend. If you’ve sat and played half a dozen overwater with different pups then ignore this... the problem with research about gear via the Internet is it’s basically a set of contextless opinions where everyone has a different idea in their heads- and also usually don’t talk about the strengths in what they don’t like. there’s also a massive difference between say what you would want if you were in a metal band compared to doing jazz sessions. Overwater to me go into a sub set of makers who are renowned by pro bass players for years - and to my ears make fantastically consistent even sounding instruments that dont have any crazy eq baked in, and because of that will fit in most any mix for whatever is needed. I see the flat sounding uncoloured nature of the overwater I’ve heard as a massive plus point. Sure it might sound boring at first - but the ability to fit in a mix in an unpretentious solid way? Priceless. go to a DIY store and the drills are all fighting with each other with all the colourful features they have - go to a trade store and they seem almost simple, uncolourful pro tools to consistently deliver day after day.... what would I do? Ild ask what I wanted. And unless I had a positive “I want this sound” i would go with the Overwater.

That does look nice

Looks fun- are there two people in biohazards suits in the front row?

I guess it's generally a quieter bass then?

I don’t want to buy your Yamaha Andy

I have no problem with negotiating- I think it’s to be expected and even encouraged. But I’ve already stuck a price on it - come at me with your thoughts in response to that then! “best price mate” isn’t even normally an offer to buy, it’s the ‘I’m ignoring your price and want a cheaper one’ before I’ll even offer you anything. If I’ve got a bass advertised for £1000 - ild rather be low balled - at least if someone comes and offers me £500 it’s either “that’s all they have” - which is fair, or they disagree with my valuation - also fair. In my experience “What’s your lowest price mate” is often followed by a offer lower than that anyway

that looks very good

see I don't mind that, I can always tell you to F off, or up it to Monster munch or something .

this really annoys me. "I'm too lazy to actually make you a lower offer - but I want you to lower your asking price" I've no problem about lower offers, I can just say no, or make a counter offer - but "what's your best price" is just lazy and grrrr

Hi - welcome to the forum. Bit of an odd first post... its cash converters- there’s decades of posts on basschat of stolen guitars being found there Or similar shops... the famous example being Scott’s Moollon being sold by cash generators...

It looks lovely - it's defiantly the second nicest bass in that pic!

or even log in in private mode

how does it know? If you clear your cache will it work?

if you're looking for bang for buck... see if @warwickhunt still has the Hughes and Kettner Bassbase 600 he was selling a while back. I would throw that in there as an option, not as sexy and desirable as EBS but I like the H&K sound. (I've got the QT600)