Mudpup

@ziggydolphinboy

If Andertons were going to attend the Geetar side of things then maybe Cici and Lee might like to bring a pile of stuff and do some bass exclusive demos? They're always entertaining to watch on the videos, great players and would probably sell some gear for Andertons as a result

New all Italian set up. I sold all my other cabs and gigging amps and downsized to something I can use at home but will cope if i decide to start gigging again. (Also wanted a 5er to try and Andertons came up with this Markbass Gloxy at a cracking price)

The Andertons sale and the Markbass Gloxy nailed me - I had to go for it as they were going to sell out and it was a total bargain! Thank you to @neepheid once again for being a grown up and keeping everyone in line

I'm a week or so in to it and havent touched my 4 string at all. On the 5er if I sit and play finger style I seem to be adapting fairly quickly. Standing up seems to generate more mistakes so I've shortened the strap a little and that seems to help a bit - don't know why though. But if I play with a pick everything seems much harder/less accurate even if I totally lay off the B string and just play the usual stuff on the usual strings. I've been a pick player all my life! Any suggestions?

Same here - living on the edge!

You've lost me already 😂 (I'm also a new 'What's this 5 string malarkey all about then?' trainee)

I went out with a bang! New amp and cab today and the 5 string last week, It's all change at 'pup towers 🙂

I'm in too. Sold a load of stuff off in the last week and am on the way back from Bass Direct with my new cab and amp in the car. I just made the deadline ☺️

Dodgy car park bass exchange done in the depths of an Essex Tesco Superstore. Quent bought and paid for my Cort A4 bass on Sunday night and was in possession of it by Monday lunchtime. Great comms, super slick payment and a lovely guy. Recommended!

Rob relieved me of my 3u rack case. Dead simple (the transaction, not Rob!) Recommended 🙂

Way better than I will manage 🤣

3.8kg 😊

Thx muchly Rich!

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Part of my retirement from the long term band plan is to have a go at learning to play a 5 string properly without the distraction of having to play a 4 string every weekend. I've tried a couple of times before...the first one was when I swapped my old 2 band Stingray for a beatiful USA G&L L2500 a few years ago. It was lovely, built like a tank and sounded great to me. I spent a month having a go at home on it and then tried it at a gig. Got through the first set sort of ok but then chickened out and swapped back to my 4 string as I kept doing the mental fluff that is forgetting the B string wasn't actually the E string 😂. Being mainly a pick player it seems harder to adjust (If I play finger style it seems to work a bit easier for me) Attempt number 2 was earlier this year. Ongoing back issues had me trying to find a superlight bass that I could afford and liked. Tried an Ibanez EHB1505 headless in a shop and liked the sound. Didn't want to splosh that sort of cash though and 4 string versions are quite rare. A few months later the cheaper EHB1005 version popped up locally on here so I grabbed it and had another go. Great bass, lovely and light but I couldn't get on with the super flat fretboard radius and kept tripping over my fingers. It felt a bit cheap to me too. The knobs and general build mainly. Sold it. So I'm idly pooching about on the web looking at combo's to replace the gig rig and tripped over something on the Andertons site by accident. Something I never would have looked at before. But it seemed a bit of a bargain so I did more research. Hardly anyone seems to have one which also appeals to me (I like underdogs and left of centre stuff generally). The stuff I found online seemed to be quite interesting and it sounded great to me so I hit the button on it and it arrived last week. It's a Markbass Gloxy GV5 in black with a maple board. A super jazz 5 string with a VVT tone and a Mark Bass 3 band active eq all in a Precision body and possibly with the most ridiculous name ever. Classic colour scheme and a bit stealth in terms of features. It was reduced from £770 to £385 inc a decent gig bag which seems a great price to me. I've had a Sire jazz in the past and I suppose it's the natural competitor to this bass but the build quality on the Mark Bass is way better and gettting on towards my old G&L I think. I'm a week in to it and I think it's going to stick (but I've said that before...). Haven't weighed it yet but it feels light to me. They come with a basswood or alder body and mine is alder. It was well set up when it arrived but I've got the action down to stupid low and it plays really easily. Loving it so far. No pics yet but here's a pretty good demo of it in the wrong colour with a bloke who actually knows how to play