Silvia Bluejay

I didn't. Enough of this now or I'll hide our exchange.

Absolutely the way to go to lift the tone of this thread.

I'm sure PMT have never heard that kind of incredibly funny joke about their company name.

Here is the promised MKIII photoshoot after the refinishing job. The front of the headstock appears to have been left untouched, except for the rounded top bit, which is the same colour as the body. Two more of the near-twins together:

It is - close-up below:

Got there first! 😉

My OCD is screaming at the absence of a B string on the one on the right... 😱

I've tidied up this bit of the thread.

Stay tuned for a proper photoshoot... 😉

Merged with the topic in Gear Porn.

I've killed the new one too.

@ped @charic we are under attack.

Killed.

With the Oxford Circus/Tottenham Ct Rd shopping area just a few hundred yards away, I think it's more like they had to dig up almost the entire road because of the new Crossrail megastation/hub nearby (TCT), and only a few buildings were deemed historic enough to be left standing.

Not offended, just bored sh!less by this stuff, and I have as much right to object to it (as per free speech) as anyone else.

As a mod, I do have to click on links, whether I think I'll be interested in them or not. Locking or deletion of this thread will basically depend on the comments added. Personally, I hope this thread will quickly sink to page 789 with no trace.

Makes sense. @dave_bass5, this has absolutely nothing to do with cancel culture or allowing art and satire, etc. Just thoroughly fed up with casual, unfunny sexism, and the article linked to above is no art. If no-one else sees this rubbish for what it is and calls it out, I will.

More of the usual unfunny, sexist sh!t that portrays women, especially wives, as complete idiots, or harridans hell-bent on denying husbands the enjoyment of their hobbies. Sad, boring, and mostly untrue. But hey, the 'funny article' doesn't suggest comparing your guitars to her handbag or shoes, halleluja! And a guitar-playing wife is totally hot! That's all right, then.

It's @Happy Jack's pride and glory! 🥰

Here it is - plenty more where these come from, if you're interested. With apologies for derailing the thread towards a non-wooden bass! Edit: all taken by me, on a black photo background and a bit of photoshopping for light and contrast.

NS Design NXT5 - maple and ebony. @Happy Jack's etched, lacquered aluminium.

Thankfully, GAS will never be killed by a choice of tones on one single bass. We need to buy all the basses the Variax emulates, one by one, and compare their sound closely with the Variax, so we have a very clear idea of which basses we have to keep because, you know, it would never do to go out and play with a poorly emulated tone. God forbid. 😉 Having said that, I do like most of the sounds on that 705. PS - nice to meet you too, Mike - enjoy the bass. 👍

I agree, and I'm not trying to open that can of worms. The Jazz bass for petite women is my contribution to the bass myths this thread is about.

Plus one to the utter rubbish of referring to one's bass as 'she'. I'm not sure if it's more sexist, creepy or plain weird. Makes my skin crawl. (Same in the case of those idiots who refer to boats, ships and cars as 'she'.) Whenever I've referred to my basses as 'he' in revenge, I've been immediately corrected - bl**dy foreigner that I am - and told it's IT in English, not HE. Oh, really? 🤦‍♀️ Short scale only for wimmin - heard that, never took any notice. BUT: - Petite lady? Get a Jazz bass, the neck is lovely and thin, you'll be fine. (Forget about the horrible, misshapen, heavy-as-hell body, though, will you). Heh.

Agree about the wonderful Ibby necks. @Skinnyman, make sure you're comfortable with tight string spacing. though (I love it, but I do have small hands). Incidentally, what's this eighth fret of which you speak? One of the advantages of a good fiver is that you can go lower, rather than higher, with your basslines, and play across the neck rather than along it. Depending on the genre, you may not need to go further than the 8th fret at all.