Maude

Stick a pair of Entwistle JBXNs and a loom in there and you've got a great sounding and playing bass. I've got a pair in an Aria J and in series it sounds phenomenal. There's also a black 1100s on Facebook for £440 which seems like a bargain.

Rain in the Summertime - The Alarm

Big Log - Robert Plant... Yes, I am childish. 😁

Up Around The Bend - Hanoi Rocks (prefer it to CCR)

Armitage Shanks - Green Day

You just abstain from buying anything bass related, unless it's for running repairs. Building new basses from already owned parts is fine. That was my plan last year. I've so many neglected projects that I didn't plan on buying anything. But then ano project popped up and I bought it. Due to even more time spent helping increasingly unwell family members I haven't even touched any projects this year.

As the saying goes, the chase is better than the catch.

I'm abstaining from the abstinence thread. Last year (this year?) from genuinely saying "I'm in", and not needing or looking to buy anything, I was out within about ten minutes. To be fare I don't think I've bought a bass since though.

The whole thing is on YouTube, not the best quality visually but that's part of the charm.

I'm just settling down to a Christmas tradition of Chas & Daves Christmas Knees Up. BB1200 loveliness.

The one that @FinnDaveis selling on here does... I think.

Yamaha BB424X 😉

My Japan 1100s has a hex nut. When I bought it there was already a very handy normal 1/4 drive 8mm (I think from memory) socket on there with a pair of holes drilled right through the sides at right angles to each other to allow you to use a small screwdriver, allen key, etc to turn the trussrod like a Stingray. It lives on there permanently. A simple, but very useful idea. To hell with it, vanity shot, ain't she perdy. 😁

£1200 this time and flew out the door.

@Eldon Tyrell Well that sold fast! I saw the sellers post this morning that he'd put your old 1200 on Reverb. Clicked the link all excited and it was already sold. Only listed last night. To be honest it was a bit steep for me as an impulse buy but must've been a fair price to sell so quickly. It did look fantastic though. 😍 https://reverb.com/item/77454231-yamaha-bb1200-1978-sunburst?publish_confirmation=true&fbclid=IwAR1QQaJQCVWpo0qeprZ_1VWP25vq_Qq1bffXV1tncjFzypePPnoJNf-1P4s

Johnny Remember Me - John Leyton

It's only a cheapy but the Eden Glowplug tube warmer does exactly what you're after. Whether you like it's sound or not is another matter but I really like it. It is fairly overdrive heavy but set low it just adds a nice growly warmth. Only downside, for me, is that it uses a 15v supply.

I too have a black Club Ignition and made a new control plate and pickguard in plain cream as I didn't like the white standard ones. With hindsight I think you're right and I totally should have just converted to a stack knob volume/tone for each pickup. I kept it standard as that's how it 'should' be but it really would benefit from actually having a normal tone control I feel. I tend to leave both pickups switches on and roll the bridge pickup volume up and down to brighten or darken the tone.

I'm really finding it hard not to contact the seller. He wants to trade it for a 2000 or 3000 but I keep wondering if he'd like an outright sale. I don't need it, I don't need it, I don't need it... ... But I want it. 😂

I confused as to how they're all Marcus Miller signatures.

Summer Fun - The Baccarudas 😉

1963 - New Order

I yours @Eldon Tyrell might be for sale/trade on the Vintage BB Facebook group. It's blurry as I've had to zoom in lots on a compressed fb image, but look at that dark bit of grain to the top left of the volume knob compared to your picture above. Yours, The one on Facebook,

If that was James Jamerson's (insert other highly regarded bass player) initials then people would be raving about how cool it is to have them etched into the wood. Just because S. P. H. didn't 'make it' should it matter? It's all part of it's history/story/mojo.

Can You Dig It? The Mock Turtles