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I strung up a bitsa P bass BEAD and it worked fine. My head couldn't handle it but the bass could!

It looks better from a short distance away... Vinyl wrapping is easy to do but hard to do perfectly. I still need to clean up the fingerboard, probably treat it with some Monty's wax or such like and then wrap the face of the headstock before refitting everything. I've got black individual string bridge pieces on order, I will transplant the wiring loom from my Harley Benton bass which is receiving an upgrade, and add in the Squire pups I bought. The tuners seem ok so they can stay.

It looks a bit different now...

Hehe not so much an argument now but... For those of you who perform a medley of covers, not a "mash up", a medley. How do you manage the whole process? Situation: we chose six songs from the same genre we wanted to medley. Now, once in a medley having everything quieten down and the drummer counts in for the next song is probably ok but managing the transitions is tricky. Took me a while to convince others that while it may be very skillful to try to manage transition from one key to another, sometimes the flow is better and the audience experience better if we just change the key of one of the songs, perhaps. We were close to giving up until moving one song half a step down seemed to unlock the whole situation. I think we could have done the whole thing differently... And we were thinking of doing another medley from a different genre. It's a good way of getting in audience favourites that are too weak to stand on their own as whole songs. So next time round how would you manage this? Would you pull out the songs you want irrespective of tempo or key? Or would you target songs in the same key or tempo or at least not far off? Would you bring it to the band with you able to play it on an acoustic guitar, for example? Interested in others' approaches. Thanks!

1967 Fender P. I have no affiliation with the seller. Import tax will be painful on this one. Fender Precision bass 1967 lefty https://reverb.com/item/85651170?utm_source=android-app&utm_medium=android-share&utm_campaign=listing&utm_content=85651170

Haha you know I was thinking about something like this but with a Spiderman type theme. Obviously this was in the back of my mind all along.

Yeah, I was thinking about going to town on it with the paint but I could also do a vinyl wrap thing, might be more successful.... I will investigate. Nothing shall happen quickly anyways

I bought some Squire pickups because the ones that came with it are dead. I've disassembled it ready to strip it down and rebuild. I think it may have been a kit bass. The paintwork is... Unusual. I'm not sure if it's gloss or emulsion. Luckily I have a power sander.

@redbandit599 sounds like a good mix of stuff to keep the night going but keep it interesting for the band too, I like it! @Lozz196 agree also, for a long time Black Stone Cherry have been one of my favourites. Unreal live too.

Yep. I don't think I will be parting with any cash to that seller. Thank you all.... My search for an EUB goes on.

Yeah it seems like an AliExpress style knock-off but it's actually not on AliExpress. Scammers absolutely everywhere and no info whatsoever about this bass in the usual places. More than likely a total scam, not even a shoddy knock off.

So... I've always fancied an EUB if not the real thing. I've never really had chance to really sit down with one and have a go, partly due to being left handed. Harley Benton do their EUB in left handed for just under £600. Then somehow I came across this... I know it will be pretty rubbish. I know it could in fact be completely unplayable. But, as a starter? https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1812776253/sound-sphere-crafts-left-hand-electric I would normally dive in for the Harley Benton but I moved house recently and I'm spending like there's no tomorrow on boring stuff, so cash is tight right now.

Though I usually prefer a set of Ernie Ball slinkies, whatever it is in the pink packet, I really believe in experimenting with different strings to make subtle differences to how you hear and feel the instrument and consequently what you play. I recently put some Rotosounds on my Jazz bass having steered clear of them for years but they sound great and they're very durable. Also some of the best strings I've used have been some of the cheapest top, Maruszczyk flats are excellent at least than £20 for a four string set, and Fender nylon wrap strings were dirty cheap but great on my old p bass. I really want to go back to flats on a jazz but I think that means a new bass....

I forgot about nylons somehow

You need two P basses. One for flats, one for rounds.