Maude

It's missing its battery cover apparently. I'll have to try and source one from somewhere.

It's all your doing 😁. I woke up this morning with not even a thought of buying a new bass*, then by half ten one was in the bag. A good Friday indeed! 😄 *Well not this one anyway.

There's a lot of unplugged cabs, amps, etc. Is there any link between this seemingly common problem and the average age of the Basschat member? 😁

Stylish but costly, having a new screen each time. And praying it doesn't rain while your playing. 😄

That reminds me, I pushed the windscreen out of a Mini with a hardcase once. It was a proper Mini, the screen was held in with a rubber trim, which had a beading running through it to secure it firmly. I'd put a new screen in but couldn't get the beading in (there's a special tool) so just left it out, the screen felt secure enough. I used to have a quick release passenger seat that allowed me to put my big Peavey 15" amp on the floor where the seat would be with a matching cab on the back seat. My bass, in a hardcase, would lay on top of the amp and cab. Being young and over enthusiastic about everything, I was whizzing through the country lanes, rounded a corner, met a car and had to brake sharpish. The hardcase shot forwards and pushed the screen out, and they both then slid down the bonnet and onto the road. I casually got out and put the case and cracked screen on top of the amp/cab and continued to the gig. The other driver was having a right laugh at me. The cheeky bleeder! 😄

Everything's Gone Green - New Order

I'm such an idiot. I've just been doing a little extra fettling on my recently purchased cheap Precision. I decided to give the trussrod a little tweak now it's had Chromes on for a couple of weeks, and then set the intonation properly, it was only roughly done as I knew I'd be tweaking once settled. Anyway I slackened the A and D strings and popped them out their nut slots to allow room to turn the allen key (headstock end adjustment), gave it a quarter turn and popped the strings back in their slots. Reached up to the D string tuner and gave it a couple of swift turns to put some tension back in the string and the G string exploded. Yep, that'll be the G tuner I was turning, not the D. D'oh! Anyone had any similar D'oh moments (D'ohments) when afterwards you think, how did I manage to be so stupid? 😁👍

The deed is done. It's been in the back of my mind to get a blue one for a while and at that price, we'll it would be rude not to. Comes with a hardcase too. They put it on the website for me so I could get it delivered. Didn't want to say just now in case someone else bought it. 😎👍

@andy67 you Sir are a legend. I think we're sorted but can't say at the mo, all will become apparent. 😁👍

I might give them a call when they open and see what my options are. Did it look in reasonable condition?

Pants! I'd definitely have that if I wasn't in Cornwall. Even more annoyingly my daughter flew up to Edinburgh for a concert last weekend. 😕

Depending on your 'skilz' it wouldn't be fiendishly difficult to replicate the original headstock plate, if it is indeed made how you describe. A sheet of clear pickguard material, perspex or similar, cut to shape. A gold waterslide decal (printed in mirror image), there's folks on ebay will make them for a tenner from an image. Apply decal to reverse of plate, then matt black aerosol (easier than gloss). Flip it over and hey presto.

I've got a fretted and fretless HB uke bass. They were 'Dekos' and less than £30 each, which kind put the shine on the experience. 😁

Forkin' 'ell, it's Fred Titmus - Half Man Half Biscuit

Oh great, now I want to put tort back on my sunburst P! That looks lovely. Didn't I see you're off to sunny Torquay to pick up a black/black/maple P though. P basses a plenty!

I played a BBG5S for a decade as my only bass. Great instrument. I'd still have it but I took a break and then went back to four strings.

Ain't Got A Clue - The Lurkers

Why only 7? I knew I'd saved this picture for a reason.

Weirdo -The Charlatans

Smalltown England - NMA

Lovely old bass. Troy, who does some play along vids on YouTube uses a Guild from time to time. Every time he does it sounds fantastic.

My Name Is - Eminem

Nice Legs, Shame About The Face - The Monks

Black Hole Sun - Soundgarden