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I'm impressed they went to such trouble for you. Nice (potential) customer service there.

Mine arrived yesterday. Me (mostly) likey - enough to keep it at least. Good: For the most part, well enough screwed together (but see bad/amusing points below) I like how it looks (even though I didn't win the flamed maple lottery, mine is more about wood grain than flame) Neck is well proportioned, and the satin finish is nice (couple of rough spots but acceptable for the price) The roast on the neck is light but appreciable I've always fancied a bound P bass so box ticked there It sounds like a P bass (is it possible to get that wrong these days?) Bad: Tuners are garbage (the D tuner in mine in particular is probably faulty - it gets really stiff and difficult to turn when the string gets up to tuned tension regardless of how backed off the screw in the button is) The pickup has a comically low output (when I first plugged it into my headphone amp set flat (half input gain, half volume) I thought the bass was dead, had to crank the input gain and volume up for it to be heard) A couple of quite nasty fret ends String tree wasn't fully screwed down Amusing: One of the bridge saddles was installed the wrong way round The binding is a tad "wobbly" in places But for all that, it's pretty good - certainly commensurate with its price tag of £150. Last night I addressed most of the shortcomings: Stock strings off (and in the bin) Stock tuners off (and in the bin) and replaced with a set of black Grover minis I had hoarded for years (yay for hoarding!) Bridge saddle removed and flipped round the right way Swarf removed from the nut slots Nasty fret ends ground back (tbf there were only 3 that needed attention) New strings on, full setup (needed a the truss rod slackened off a quarter turn - for a horrible moment I thought I had a high fret but it was that the neck was dead flat) It's playing really well now, I'm pretty pleased with it. The plan is to put an "interesting" pickup in there, currently eyeing up a Lace Aluma-P or a Herrick multicoil. Some pics from last night's fettling session:

"on average" - which means there will be lighter examples out there and heavier ones. So back to the retailers (when they have them available) and ask the ones who care about customer service that deeply to get the scales out for you.

Was the Dimension that much different to their regular output? They couldn't even keep that going for more than a few years. Pathetic.

I don't think a bit of paper is gear, s'all good. If that piece of paper magically becomes gear, oh well, it was for a good cause. I reckon this is reasonable.

Is this more scab picking?

I doubt you'll get anything better than an estimate if anything - wood be woody. If you look at a site such as Sweetwater in the States which publishes the weight of the actual basses they're selling (and have multiples to instantly flick betweeen), you'll find wild differences (sometimes +/- 1lb) in weight between supposedly identical basses. It's really a question for the retailer, who can weigh the one(s) which are right there in front of them, not the manufacturer. And of course, for that to happen, you're going to have to wait for them to become available.

Grolschlocks - each one comes with a free beer! EDIT - glib comment aside - the washers are strong enough for straplock purposes - they're designed to keep beer in a bottle after all.

Time for the June roundup... What a well behaved bunch you have been - only two folk dropped out last month, leaving 24 still on the righteous path of abstinence. Now that this has bumped the thread to the top, let's get the start of month confessionals out of the way... As for me, well, I know it doesn't work that way and I'm out because pedals and wirelessness but I'm currently -1 basses for the year - sold 2, bought 1. There's some sort of moral, "well, that's better than being a Nazi" thing going on there...

Why not, we invented damn near everything else

But you get people "just starting out" on 6 string, and are there many inexpensive FAAFO options?

The new Sire Z7 has stainless frets according to the specs. 5 string is £569 at Andertons. It's not out until August though, so couldn't tell you about weight etc.

I get the feeling it would be easier and quicker to list the headstocks you do like...

Not sold on FB, sold here. Only marked as sold on FB.

Song: Living After Midnight Band: Nine Lives Venue: Balaclava Bar, Fraserburgh Bass: Yamaha BB1200 > Markbass Mini CMD 121P IV + New York 121

Anyone want to post up some nicely lit pictures of theirs to soothe my anticipation/make it worse (cos it won't arrive until Tue/Wed)?

Creepy buggers!

Stop hatewatching stuff on eBay then

Heh, whoops, brain couldn't let it go. Ordered.

What is this fancy stuff? You got your own bass riser? Oooooooooh, funcy!

Just sell it! The only reason the bass hasn't upped and left of its own accord is because it has Stockholm syndrome

An odd one last night, playing with Nine Lives at the Balaclava Bar in Fraserburgh. We had to get a dep singer, as the gig was booked before we got our new singer on board and she couldn't make it. Thankfully, our previous singer agreed to step in, which is probably the best kind of dep in terms of familiarity with both the material and playing with us. We also got some new powered speakers for our PA. Gig went well, but it was a strange night - it was only moderately busy, but we had people up dancing and I could see people singing along. Yet come the end of most of the songs, nothing, nada, very little response. The floor wasn't even sticky at the end, very unusual for the Balaclava. Oh well, a gig's a gig. Gear used: Epiphone Les Paul (not very) Standard (anymore), then Yamaha BB1200, into Markbass Mini CMD 121P IV + New York 121.

It's a dead end. He's never going to deliver. This is the community you think you're helping (you're not - it's becoming a macabre spectacle, a train wreck with a viewing platform that you're building at this point) trying to help you. Please start listening to us. I honestly feel sorry for you at this point - it's like watching someone self harm. Please, for the love of your preferred deity/higher power, stop it.

I got news for you - you're the bass player, no-one notices you're there or your amp

Douglas bought my Harley Benton HB-50 and it was a pleasure to sell it to him. Prompt comms, prompt payment, everything went great. A fine, upstanding member of the community, deal with confidence!