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In no particular order... Behringer 4 channel USB mixer, vocal mic, tc electronic mic mechanic, fender CIJ Jazz bass 75, Zoom Gu1. 7t or some odd name guitar multi fx, Kent Armstrong Aria replacement pickup, ashtrays for my 75 jazz, Warwick Corvette unlined fretless. Sold off a Leo Quan Badass bridge, gave away some spares, tried to sell Aria 80s Pro SB Bass Elite but DPD lost it for a month before it made its way back to me.

B stock bargain coming up, then! Can see why it would bother you, hopefully they swap it over for you with no fuss.

When we are all vaccinated or however the world decides to right itself, if we are nearby you can have a go on mine. It's just so, so easy to play. While I "prefer" a jazz bass for playing at home I just think the Ray is the ultimate live bass.

Oi, she's mine!! That's the colour combo I'm drooling over! I had the natural body, maple board vintage 5er. Outstanding bass, especially the preamp, I never got my head around active electronics before having that bass.

Great stuff! I'm thinking of adding a pre to my Warwick Corvette fretless. It's currently passive but I think it wants that extra boost...

But surely there's an underlying sinister thing lurking with the anticipation of ripping off Cheryl Baker's skirt?

I think Songsterr might do all of those?

So looking through people's family photos there's some amazing lefty basses out there from vintage classics, great value brand new instruments under £150 and everything in between. I'm on 5 basses at the moment but there's a few more I'd love to try. I thought it could be good if we list out the basses we would love to try and if someone has one they tell us about it... Not for the purpose of buying and selling but just to know about them... So the basses I'd love to get my left hand on are: Washburn status, I love headless basses but found the Hohner B2A string spacing too tight. I also like the idea of headless but with a bit of body rather than a cricket bat. Hofner violin bass. I will have one, one day but don't have use for it in my bands. Epiphone Jack Cassidy. Very, very tempted for one of these. Fender Precision Elite from the 80s. The double P pickup with white plastic covers and gold hardware. There's something about these that I love the look of having seen one in a music shop in my teens. Harley Benton PB50. I might get one on order before Brexit... I like the 50s P style and I don't have a P bass at the mo. Westone thunder iii? the double P version. Any kind of flying V bass because... Why not? Gibson SG Bass. Very very nearly bought one years back but didn't think I needed it. Sensible decision but, you know! Sire, loved the vintage V7 I had but felt guilty about the amount I spent on a bass so sold it. Now really want a Sire again. Any Sire. They're just such great value basses and so usable in almost any scenario. Tempted by the PJ. Fender Telecaster bass. Would love to get one of these, even if they brought out a new version. Whether it's a pickup config with a single giant chrome humbucker at the neck, two humbuckers or a single coil P pickup, I just want one.

Love it Peter!! 😁 Please talk us through them, what's the blue P bass? And what do you think of the Harley PB50? Also interested in the Sire M7s... Very versatile collection there!

If Limelight did lefties I'd have had my own of this by now. Really drawn to the shape of the headstock and the pick guard and I love the chrome pickups.

I'd say the Fender for the 70s position pickup and because it doesn't look like the typical Fender style.

Yes, similar here. But it's the objective of the learning for me. I want to be a better player by learning from the more technical stuff to make my playing presence in the simpler stuff more effective.

Now seems to be the time, prices are good. For right handers at least

I had one back in around 2012. It was dreadful. An old zoom bfx 708ii was better, any newer zoom unit will be far superior

Your suggestions were Laurel and Hardy or a spaceman. Ignore what anyone else may want and stick your personality on it, if that's Stan and Ollie or a Spaceman (perhaps something NASA or Russian space programme themed?) then that's what you should do! Otherwise your putting something on there peopleay ask you about and you can't explain. Like teenagers wearing Che Guevara t shirts but they can't tell you who he is. And yes, I did make a suggestion in the same breath as telling you not to listen to anyone else 😂

There's an Aria Pro II SB bass Facebook group that has lots of knowledgeable folk on all things 80s Aria bass.

Well, all these years later you're talking about him so maybe that's what he wanted, a way of creating any kind of infamy. He could be president of the US soon... I think it's like restaurant critics who have never been Chefs and they're telling you that some French sounding thing you've never heard of, can't afford and will never taste, is not cooked right, but does their description mean anything to you? How do they even know its wrong? Why should I care?! I like it when you get interviews with musicians who praise other musicians' work. I heard Joe Elliot interviewed with Nikki Sixx and he was praising the Motley Crue album recorded with John Corabi on vocals, saying its some of their best song writing but gets overlooked because of the drama about Vince Neal. Thats an endorsement you wouldn't get from a critic, and makes me think the album may be worth a listen, rather than allowing it to just be written off as a "bad period" as it so often is.

Can't believe I'm even considering it... The bass that DPD lost for a month just going from Hertfordshire to Bristol is now wanted by someone in Australia. Luckily someone in Melbourne so not in the outback, but still.... I'm reluctant to post a bass at all these days but though I know of two left handed bassists in my area neither has responded to the ad, so... If you were selling a bass to someone in Australia what courier service would you use?

Yeah I know... I agree it is very odd to see it there. The person who sold it will have been given sweet FA compared to its value and told to feel grateful for it. Still, if you wanted it, checked it out and it was the real deal then why not buy it from there? Probably just as risky as buying off eBay

Depends if they are looking for a highly collectible bass guitar or not, I guess. If it was "the one" you were looking for and the price was right wouldn't you go for it?

When I sold some home electrical to a cash converters they took a photo of me and photocopied my ID. I bet people who are stupid enough to nick stuff are stupid enough to take the risk of getting caught like that. I also took them an electric guitar when I was a student, the way they valued it was to see what something vaguely similar sold for on ebay. They offered me less than the pickups were worth for the whole guitar. I didn't sell it to them.

My late Uncle was a massive Tangerine Dream fan. I'd love to get in to it just to get familiar with it but do t know where to start, any tips?

Sketches of Spain, Miles Davis, really helps when I've got to get stuck in to a load of spreadsheets.

My Mrs got me Guitar Family Trees from one of those cheap book remainder type shops a few years back. It's absolutely excellent and only cost a couple of quid. So if you're like me and you check ebay daily for guitars and basses that are a bit less mainstream then this book takes you through the models and the company history. Good glossy photos too and it covers brands like Hayman and so on, so it's not all Fender and Gibson. A good cheap option of you can find it, and a feel good present to give because its massive and heavy and therefore seems expensive!

I've seen on ebay ex "McBusted" Ashdown 8x10s quite a while back. They had no speakers in them.