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Warwick used to make every bass available lefty and/ or fretless. I say used to because I remember them saying that when they only made basses in Germany and a brand new German made $$ was £800. Obviously things are different now! I've owned two Warwick's: a German Streamer LX which was lovely but just not quite perfect (it's been through a few different owners and is now on Reverb at more than three times what I paid for it in the early 2000s) and a Korean made four strong fretless which sounded very good but felt a bit cheap. I played a second hand four string $$ in a music shop a few years back and it's neck was like Giant Haystack's thigh. I didn't mind the meaty neck on my 70s reissue precision but this was utterly ridiculous.

I buckled and bid on the Aerodyne on eBay...! Luckily someone else is prepared to pay more than me! Had always heard that the pickups are a weak point on these, but with a good set in I bet it's a fantastic bass.

That's the plan for my youngest. At only just threw years old he picked up two bread sticks and was air drumming, that's cute I thought... Then he crossed his arms over and I thought "oh, that's quite advanced". Somehow both my kids are left handed which means buying basses is not for me, it's investing in their inheritance.

The PA is owned by the band. The band had been going for nearly 10yrs before I joined. If I leave the band I don't take anything with me. I'm cool with that. I like it this way. If in a band someone said "right guys, I need £325 off each of you to buy some PA kit..." I wouldn't be too happy, but I've joined something established and we build up a kitty to upgrade and maintain gear. I've also had a few sets of strings paid for out of the kitty and once a year they're happy to pay to send my bass off for setups etc. At cost to the band... All this was explained to me when I joined so I'd be a bit silly to want to take out more than was agreed.

Old bands was always an equal split unless we were doing a wedding or function where one of the guitarists set up the PA and stayed on as a DJ after the set, we'd give him a larger share even though he was embarrassed to take it. Present band splits cash as follows: 50% of fee goes into the band kitty to pay for cables, PA kit, etc. The other 50% gets saved up until it's a decent enough amount to bother sharing out. All gig fees are displayed in the band calendar so you can keep track of it. Originally I thought the kitty was excessive but... I joined in December 2001, in May 2002 we played in Amsterdam. Gigs already played paid for all four of us to go on the Eurostar, two nights in a hotel and ALL food and drink while we were there. Couldn't complain with that!

Donner make a good one you can get on Amazon for peanuts. I'll be getting one soon so I can take a smaller pedal selection for my Amsterdam gig in May.

+1 they're fantastic! Great design on yours.

Double P pickups, a Warwick Buzzard or S D Curlee.... Gibson Thunderbird.... I do like the Sandberg's that are MM/P config too. Personally I play rock with a Stingray mainly. I have an Epiphone Jack Casady strung with flats for a different approach that also fits the bill.

Probably eBay fees higher if there's a higher start price? If I put a reserve on things I say in the ad "reserve is £250" or whatever just so people don't waste their time and mine.

Payday on the 15th..... 😂

Someone buy it before I do, please? I don't need it, I've got over years of GAS for one of these... But I've never seen one in such good condition priced so sensibly! No affiliation to the seller, just got five basses already and really don't want or need more!

Singer decided that we were leaving out too many big songs so rearranged the set list to start the night off big. It went well. Packed venue (the Horn, St Albans) with a great crowd singing and dancing along to everything. Sound was fantastic, just one of those nights where even the minor things that go wrong somehow work out right.

Tonight!!! Desert Penguins, The Horn, late night gig. Raucous rock to dance to.

You kind of expect this on eBay where someone has a bog standard Squier PJ up for £600 but not from a retailer.

Yowzer. Not sure they were £299 new nevermind secondhand.

Expensiver.

Having some issues with volume peaks from my bass, hoping someone can help me... I don't particularly like the compressor on my Fender Downtown Express pedal, I probably need to invest more time with it tbh, but wondering if the amp built in compressor can help me even out volume spikes from going fingers to pick and playing harder and softer? Whenever I've used the onboard compressor it's always been a bit too squashy, sucks the volume, and seems to take a bit of character out of the sound. Does anyone actually use it and can you advise a good way to get the best out of it and keep the bass sounding "natural" rather than dull and squashed?

Decent gig for a private party. Great venue, played for nice people who weren't drunken idiots and they sang and danced along. I think this is the first time I've played my Epiphone Jack Casady for a whole gig, and my forearm knows it this morning! It was also my first experience of a sound limiter and we popped it in the second song, but with the drummer having an electronic kit we just turned him down a bit and it wasn't a problem again.

I really like that. Subtle, great colours... Looks amazing!!!

I stack my cabs because I grew up watching people play through MASSIVE rigs and I feel it doesn't look right to just have one 15" speaker. It also sounds better too for me on stage.

I think so. When it was the top of the range it had the flame top and ebony board but when the V7 second generation got ebony boards too I think nobody bothered with them. The maple top makes it look very 90's to me at least. With all the new models out I don't think they've bothered with it anymore and probably also why they were such a good price for the last year.

Hypnotic shoes! Very cool

Lovely!!! Hankered after that colour for ages.... Ended up with my V9 though which may well be gigged tomorrow.

A lot would be too embarrassed to do that!! Am sure that really helped. I thought I was being clever buying the soundman a beer recently.... It wasn't, first half sound has awful 😂

That is awesome!!!! Am sure she will enjoy the experience of any half decent Beatles tribute. What an awesome thing to do together