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The Phil Lynott one is at 2 different prices depending on where you look. I'd have been sorely tempted at the lower price

The Bass Collection instruments are top class. Not 'great for the price' in my opinion, just great. The Profile was my first, but over the years I will be getting more. Not the worlds biggest Jazz fan but this one looks like a seriously sexy bit of wood and wire Congratulations.

Went to Thomann and had a peek. Noticed that for a few quid more you can get the same bag but the two bass version. Then I thought, how bulky and heavy that would be. And then I spied Thomann's own brand case which has some pretty cool features. A large storage pod which is removable, and thicker padding than the Gator. Lots of choices.

cheers mate, great review, am thinking of selling off my huge collection of hard cases to fund a couple of these.

That's the colour I'm toying with for my birthday treat. To me. From me.

Thank you!

Poifect.

This is my experience. A bass tutor asked me to run through so. e songs I knew so he could assess where I was at. I couldn't play a damn thing. Not on my own just into the open air. I needed the other parts of the song. As far as memory goes, I stop playing a tune and it's gone in a few weeks. The bonus is that it's not gone like it was never learned, it comes back noticeably faster than learning a brand new song.

Useful to have about the house I suppose, if you can get them to do the washing up and stuff. But if it had been me I'd have just as soon kept the bass.

Anyone had a bash on one of these? Care to share if you have?

Yeah! Rename it baby!

Interesting. I found the specs for the Bass Centre and it states 42mm nut width, so that's encouraging assuming it's correct. They don't have any right now though. Did you flog yours on here?

This intrigues me. Jazz body with double P pups? Do you recall what the neck was like? I love the solid big chunky neck on my Revelation P but jazz necks are a bit too flimsy for me.

I have this exact colour scheme. It's so easy to play. But the sound from it is huge! Truly insane how good it is for a sub 200 quid guitar. It's the only thing I've found to contend with HB in the value for money stakes.

Kent Armstrong pick ups are very good in my humble opinion.

I hadn't heard of them until one popped up for sale here. Very nice instrument.

That's nice work. Need to buy the bass now I know I can customise it.

Love this kind of thread. Someone just loving a new instrument. Beautiful!

Just put this lot together into a playlist as I thought it would be useful to run through every now and then. Any wedding/party dep gigs i get will most likely draw heavily from this. By the way, while we're all here, you know when we were analysing why the punter wants his weekly set chosen from a similar setlist regardless of who plays it? It just occured to me. If I go see a band, any band, and they have a couple of massive hits in their repertoire, or a song which has always gone down well with their fans, they likely play it, and usually near or at the end to send everyone home happy. I'd be disappointed if they didn't. Well your average Joe/Jo at a pub on a Friday night or a wedding reception is no different s/he just gets to hear all the favourites regardless of who wrote them, genre or whether they're 'cool'. They get Sweet Child without sitting through two hours of GnR songs they don't recognise, then they get that song off that film they like, then that one evryone knows the words to. Singing along with a bunch of other happy people is a hugely cathartic, enjoyable experience, similarly dancing while you all sing. To do this everyone needs to know the tune. Hardly surprising we end up with a set cherry picked from people's favourites. It's a bag of Revels with the disgusting coconut one taken out. Also look how long a list our little experiment threw up. There's more than one set there, so it's not as if we all play an identical bunch of songs. Interestingly I busked through a playlist on iReal Pro entitled Wedding. Almost immediately I was confronted with songs I'd never heard of and nowhere on our list. I'm going to hazard a guess it's an American list maybe? Which suggests regional and cultural differences. Be interesting to play that list to a Brit crowd and see what occured. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5r9xd8X_pqnNDSwYxSZSk2UyTRuTRU2h

Was actually yesterday. Been chatting about a couple of set up tweaks I need to implement on another thread, but I know some people are interested in taking a look. It's a Revelation, fretless, PJ configuration, with a nice chunky neck. I tried to move it on via a local guy who sells for commission from his shop, but the lockdown intervened. Whatever it was I needed to raise funds for has been long forgotten. I nearly sold it last weekend, but potential buyer had second thoughts. And I'm glad. I never really gave it a good go, but having a fretless in the armoury isn't a bad idea. Also, for what they fetch second hand I would be incredibly hard pushed to buy anything nearly as good. It's a solid, well made instrument with great pick ups and a lovely neck. So for now, I'll keep it..

Facts I should have given but didn't. I retrieved the bass yesterday. It had been locked up in our local second hand shop where I'd hoped to sell it. Today it is noticeably better. I'm assuming a Chang of atmosphere has had some impact. Also the neck does indeed look a little straight. I'll fettle and report.

How many can we discount from the list if all other strings are OK?