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Plus it'll take me about an hour to set up my plethora/smorgasbord/I can stop anytime I want.

No complaints here with the Lekato WS-70, but maybe I'm a cloth-eared idiot.

Big knob? No idea what you're talking about...

Small update, the neck pocket has been cleaned out. Unfortunately, that means it's a tad too deep and a tad too wide. So will be building it back up with wood veneer, which should hopefully be arriving today. Also suspect that the screw holes were drilled out by hand and are at rather jaunty angles, so I'm going to check that and if it's too far out of wack, gonna fill those for subsequent redrilling.

Ooh, that's a shout. More Reverend variety, I'm all for it.

Reverend FTW. Was about to say "saves me taking a bass" but then I remembered that my Triad 4 has a 10 way switch, so I guess you (and others) might be interested in that so I had better bring it.

Just a little update to say that the bass performed very well at its first live outing. Also, it's a wonderfully comfortable bass to play. Maybe it's just me but there's a bevel cut into the top edge of the body which my wrist just sits on like it was designed for it. Someone stop me from taking a saw and chisel to all my basses

Last night, I played for the first time in about a month because of band members' holidays etc. with Nine Lives at The Butchers Arms in Inverurie. Great to get back in the saddle, I've missed it! Anyhoo, it was a really good night, quite busy, lots of folk up dancing, a couple of young bass nerds took a photo of my pedalboard and were chatting to me at half time - about my basses, how long I've been playing etc. Fridays can be so hit and miss so very happy to find the place being reasonably busy. In honour of the Prince of Darkness, we did a little three song Ozzy bit in the second set, Crazy Train, Bark at the Moon then Paranoid. That went down well. Anyway, I played pretty well, I only forgot how one song went in one bit (but we're ditching it soon anyway so maybe I was already subconsciously deleting it from my memory). I think some video was taken so if anything appears I'll be sure and share it. Gear was the Greco triple pickup LP then the DeArmond Jet Star (Wonky Boi) into the yellow and black cubes of doom.

Seems like a lot of effort to go to when you could just say "I'm buying/I've bought a bass".

If you haven't already done so, you should look into how to do setups on the bass - it's free, lots of videos show you what to do, but you'd be amazed how a tweak of the truss rod or an adjustment of the action can transform how a bass plays. And as long as you have the simple tools (allen keys 4/5mm generally for truss rod, 1.5mm frequently for bridge saddles, phillips screwdriver) to hand, it's free apart from your time.

Thanks for the followup - every day's a school day. I guess my perception is that I've only seen wenge widely used in expensive instruments where it is used as a marketing tool/flex.

Are you sure? My sources say otherwise: https://www.wood-database.com/wenge/ - "Pricing/Availability: Available in wide boards and veneer sheets. Prices are high, and are likely to remain so as supplies dwindle." https://www.timbersource.co.uk/hardwood/other-hardwood-range/west-african-wenge-timber - "High price point: It is generally more expensive than many other hardwoods due to its unique properties and limited availability." https://www.branchingoutwood.com/blog/whats-the-most-expensive-wood - hint, wenge is in the "expensive" section - OK, this article is 5 years old and maybe there has been a major wenge reforestation project in that time...

Aw man, I just cleaned out my slush on my car's MOT and the bridge. Rotten timing!

Currently debating which tuning machines to use. I do not like or rate press fit bushings, I think they're stupid and I will not fit them to a bass where I have a choice. But it's 17mm holes, and I know the majority of tuners with screw in bushings are mini sized, like 14-15mm tuner holes. Don't want to fill and redrill the holes, so what's out there for 16-17mm headstock holes? Hipshot (Licenced) Ultralite 1/2" Schaller BM Light Grover Titan Schaller M4S Gotoh GB528 All of these are rather expensive (currently leaning towards the Schaller BM Light) - do none of the "good, but cheaper" type suppliers (Wilkinson and the likes) do a full size tuner with screw fit bushings?

Big boost (and hope I don't jinx it by announcing it) but I managed to score a Hipshot A Style bridge in the States on ebag for a very agreeable price. Fingers crossed it is as described (as in the correct string spacing). Fingers crossed it gets here. Still gonna leave my wanted thread open for now... Still got a neck pocket to clean up then probably build up, so plenty to do before then...

It looks like it, but I struggle to believe that it was deliberately infilled with wenge on a neck this cheap. I'm going to assume it's a happy accident - someone picked up the wrong bit of wood...

You do know that they label the controls the other way these days, yes?

No-one was complaining because it was a six string - merely commenting on how said six string was used.

I scored a neck on Amazon and got some discount for... reasons, meaning it was less than £40 posted. It arrived yesterday and it's... surprisingly good. No ratty fret ends, truss rod works, it's a bass neck. LOL, what's going on with that stripey skunk stripe? I like it! Also over the weekend, I made a new cavity cover (or at least a template for one) Made by hand only with hand saw, surform and sandpaper. Took a while, but it fits pretty well - better than some factory made basses I've seen in my time.

My Markbass combo has top mounted controls, but I don't find it bothersome - mostly because it's stacked on top of a New York 121, so the controls are elevated to easily used territory - high enough so I don't have to bend down but not so high that I can't see the controls. But my rig is sitting flat on the deck, so I'm clearly from an irrelevant, bygone era

How big is this hall?

Funny story about that. That came about because back when I originally put this bass together, I was test fitting the tuners, got distracted then lifted the bass up. All the tuners came flying out of the holes and one of them dinged the back of the body near the cavity. So I turned the ding into a lifting hole. When life gives you lemons and all that...