stewblack

Thank you

Arrived on Friday afternoon, gigged later that evening. Not much to say, I am no longer surprised at the utter quality of Thomann's house brand. A really comfortable bass to play, light as a feather, great sound, stayed in tune - kind of ticks all the boxes

I am always quite close to this!

That's the one! I had to bung a bass in to get it post free of course

It's the cheaper if the two Thomann bags. These are fixed.

I'm in love with this. Arrived from Thomann yesterday and it's a dream.

Possibly the worst gig ever!

Good luck hope all goes well

I thought so. In my quest for ever lighter loads this appears a great option.

This . A hundred times this. Don't listen to the naysayers. You've had an idea, you want to follow it through, it sounds fun, so crack on. I took the speakers out of a crazy heavy cab once and bunged one into a smaller cab of a different make and it sounds, to my ears, way better than it used to. You take way more pleasure out if something you've created.

Made the mistake of gigging in the west country during Glastonbury weekend. The handful of folk there gathered enjoyed the band. I enjoyed my new bass, but didn't enjoy not stuffing crumpled notes into my back pocket at the end of the evening. Green King. Wonder when we'll get paid?

Should never have sold my ABM. Very happy with the RM, but the ABM was special.

Anyone been able to find one yet? May have to be a Thomann order. I'll have to bung a Harley Benton bass in to get the free postage. Ah well. https://youtu.be/gQVTSrdhZUQ

Just read the first post. Yes. It's all I have to say

They usually do walk around, in my experience. Especially as the desk is now a tablet.

Just bought a bass from Steve. All went swimmingly, he was very helpful with the delivery and an all round pleasure to deal with

Thank you so much for this. When I can commit a chunk of time to it I'll sit down and work through your tutorial. Really really helpful. Thanks again.

Oh. Well I am rather pleased with results I've achieved.

So not a compliment I surmise

Erm. Thank you? (Who is MDP please?)

Long term project, no rush, make the odd dent or scrape every now and again. It is a PB50-SB body I acquired unexpectedly. A HB jazz neck I always liked but found the body too heavy. Didn't like the remodel on the headstock done by previous owner. So I hacked the headstock even further, bunged the neck on, and voila! It was unplayable. I've heard talk of shimming, never been much of a shimmer myself, but in for a penny. So I shimmed. Can't recall what I used but when I threw it all back together it was perfect. Literally. Action, intonation, all of it. The gear gods were smiling down on me. Oh, it even sounded good. But the body was pristine. Spotless and shiny. I didn't want it that way. Never relic'd anything before so I was a little nervous as I raised the lump hammer for the first time, but it produced a very satisfying and above all believable dent. Once that was out of the way I felt happier proceeding. Anyway, here's the first pic. Headstock. Having already been altered I had little to play with, hence the shape isn't perfect. It was also too clean by a long way so once I'd applied and torn a fake decal I used a match and then a soldering iron. I also recommend a mismatched set of strings for that much used look. More pics to follow.