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Getting a code from a body shop is s good shout, I'm in Cheltenham, just in the middle of a halfords rattle can respray at the minute, but it's just black

Cheers all, it's really a passing whim and probably not worth the effort/hassle/cost. No worries.

Cheers folks, I was really wondering if there was a place that could scan in the colour of the bass then knock up a spray can, like B&Q do, but they only do regular paintbrushy paint, no spray, it's only a sterling sub, so a nitro finish isn't really needed, just spray gloss of the right colour.

I'd like to refinish the headstock on my sterling sub to match the body (mint green) but I don't know how I'd get the colour. B&Q proudly advertise colour matching, but not in a spray can, halfords need a car paint code, anyone have any ideas of where I could get a matching colour spray can?

Same here in Cheltenham. Either folky acoustic guys, endless blues solos or 15 year old starting 'deathcore' bands :-/

Yeah, totally agree !

I've owned around a hundred basses and fifty guitars, and I've come to realise in recent times that I'm just as happy with more budget stuff. I used to insist on 'boutique' kit, but I just found the quality or tone or feel not always what it should be for the price. Cases in point, a Harley Benton 335 copy has become my main gigging guitar! It's replaced my amazing fender, it just is very very good; and the sterling sub bass I recently bought is easily one of the most incredible musical instruments I've ever played at any price. Much better than any I played in shops prior to buying this one sight unseen. It kinda blows away my current stingray tbh. (I've owned five or six)

Hahah, it's still gotta be salvageable. Could be a genuine deko write off job, it's sort of how my luck works!

I got a 'shipped' text

[quote name='Beedster' timestamp='1443021763' post='2871547'] I'm with you, before coming here the weight of an instrument had never crossed my mind, but if you try to sell a bass here it'll likely be the first question asked by potential buyers, often ahead of "how does it sound?". I think it's like buying cars, there's a cultural expectation of certain things be so, and if they're not, that we are somehow not getting good value for money. There are of course a whole lot of other factors in music gear that are equally at odds with logic! [/quote] This. At least until I did come across one bass that was so stupidly heavy that I finally actually did give it a second thought.

Yeah, if I don't get it it's no big tbh. We'll see

[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1444146087' post='2880655'] First time I've seen a progressive sixer go up... looks like a great deal for someone [/quote] Pulled the trigger on it last night and I've just had order confirmation on it, so fingers crossed...

Awesome!!! This takes me right back!!

Ive got the alchemy app, but I'm not sure it's a good plan live. Sounds great though. In all honesty the sounds don't have to be amazing here, having had keys players with triton, trinity, and Kronos keys in recent times I'm sure it'll be appalling by comparison. But for the very occasional spot sounds banged out by the 2nd guitarist in a placebo tribute band playing smaller venues I don't think it's too big a deal till we can find an actual keys player.

That's a pretty cool idea! I just bought a cheap Casio from Amazon, I can always return it if it's too awful!

Cheers all. I had a keys player with an sy22 in the 90's. It's pretty much the only thing on here I've recognised! I'll keep an eye on eBay, half the time I've no idea what I'm even looking at. Guitars and basses I know inside out and beyond, but this stuff: nothing.

"My computer thinks I'm gay" Too many friends, Placebo.

Thanks all, it's a complicated minefield for sure! I'll see what shows up, simple and compact and cheap is king over flexibility or sound quality here. It's only a few signature parts played very simply in an amateur tribute band that may or may not work out

I've literally no idea about any of this! I just need to press a few keys and have a couple of one finger piano or strings sounds come out! I've messaged that seller, thanks for the heads up on that, I wouldn't have even known what it was!! Sooooo far outside my comfort zone on this!

That looks like a smart thing. I'll try to find one. Thanks :-) good call.

Looks like it's a cheapo full size second hand keyboard then. Fair play.

Yeah, it's got to have piano and strings, but that's really all I need. If my iPad wasn't so laggy I'd stick it on a stand and let him use that, but it's an older model and the delay on GarageBand keys is huge!