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Meeting with the band tomorrow, I'll give it a thorough test then.

First impressions: HB have upped their packaging game further. Never had a bass of theirs broken in transit, can't imagine it will ever happen now. It's feather light. Don't ask me to weigh it, I just pick it up and it's obvious if it's heavy or light. It looks and plays beautifully. No I'm not looking for silly niggling faults so don't ask about irrelevant details because I don't have any answers for you. Very happy.

Tracking says Monday. .. parcel has arrived!

I was going to sell mine, but the second hand price has collapsed so spectacularly, I've changed my mind. It's not hurting sitting in its case, and who knows, one day there might be a comprehensive instruction course and I might learn to use it.

I haven't tried it yet. There was something in the email about tracking number not working until it cleared customs. "Please note, the tracking details will not be recognised until the package has cleared customs and arrived in the UK which normally takes around 3 working days."

That's what I went for. Irresistible.

Ah yes. That'll do it.

Perfect fit!

Cort make great basses don't they? It's a bit of a marmite look, but I'll bet it's one of those looks amazing in the flesh regardless of what one might expect from a picture

Oooh. Gorgeous! Love that colour 🤩🤩🤩

Very nice. Cool gig too, wouldn't mind playing this.

Someone here had one. Liked it I seem to recall.

I wish I'd bought the one that sold here, but couldn't justify it

Wow! Better than the American Sound!! I gave gigged the American Sound as a preamp and it was fantastic. I shall collapse like a soufflé in a cupboard soon. Whether I can afford it or not

Ooh. May have popped up too soon for me, just accidentally bought a bass.

I would like to try one of these. Only ever had one Laney amp and it wasn't for me at the time, ages ago now though. But I have a few smaller powered heads already. I think maybe I'll keep my eyes open for one of the bigger ones.

Just want to get my mitts on it. As interesting as all this theory and different ideas are, there's only one thing matters to me. Playing the bass. I have no doubts about the quality, I've played enough HBs to know there's nothing to worry about there. The only thing can spoil it for me is if it doesn't feel right. Only one way to find out. Playing the bass.

n = the space taken up in my room by one bass. r = the available space in the room t = the total number of basses in the room. Currently r = t

I've used a ton of options but the Joyo Badass Bantam head is really good. Why any better than the rest? Bluetooth. Connect your phone to it wirelessly, wherever you are in the room you can play along or use metronome app or whatever other rehearsal tool apps you like. Headphone 🎧 friendly too.

Getting excited for this. Not has a new bass for ages. Got to sell one now though (stupid rule).

Yep those J basses will hold you down in a storm

I'd be happy to take a run at this if no one else has it.

I think HB got a reputation for heavy basses which can still apply, but only in very few cases. In fact only one of my HB collection is really lumpy.

Each to their own. I like it exactly as it is. Wouldn't work for me if it was a lot smaller.