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I had a Double 4 and really liked it, especially the size. But, hellll no at the price they are now! I think that’s about double what I paid. It sounded good, very clean, but not even loud enough for an acoustic gig where there’s any type of background noise. Honestly, there’s better options for half the price unless you need it to be the size of a shoebox.

I’ve never taken a spare amp, there’s always been a solution should the need arise. It’s a good idea if you’re playing weddings and use a vocal only PA. I’ve been lucky, never had an issue. Now, I go direct and without planning it so; I’ve got my Stomp, a DI box and a DI out on my wireless unit, or my monitor which could cover a small gig, so I’m pretty well covered!

That’s really, really nice @EBS_freak. Wasn’t sure it could get much better til you mentioned the sound to light LEDs.

Most of my gigs are functions, playing covers and I use a Jazz V. However, I did it for years with a 4 string P bass. It’s perfectly doable. I’d use the octave pedal for that effect though, not to try get lower notes as it’ll likely sound rubbish anyway on the lowest notes. You’re better off just increasing your repertoire and learning popular songs and playing them as best you can with what you have for now. When you get the gig you’re after, you might feel that you NEED a 5, especially if you’re doing lots of 80s stuff. Also, many guitarists are scared of playing in Eb, so you’ll likely do all the usual Eb tunes in E anyway! Edited to say just seen the OP’s last post, great, get stuck in! Have fun with those low notes! It does put you in a better position when a singer wants to drop the song a semi tone too, which for me is far more useful than the extra notes gained.

Valve ones can be flipped to standby, maybe?

I like it too! Also, marmite on toast is top notch. I’ve got an ‘83 Westone Rainbow 2 guitar that is incredible. I’ve had it 20 years and it’s seen off a 335 and 339. They made some really good stuff.

Thanks, that’s great and terrible news at the same time! What a great looking bass. I’ve been digging Spector lately, but the 35” was a bit of a put off.

Oof, that’s a handsome bass! Are they really a 34” scale, or is that an error?

Thanks for that. The Spector doesn’t look too comfy in there. You can see it is best suited to the Precision. My dilemma is somewhat similar, I need a hard case for a Sandberg Superlight, which isn’t an outrageous shape, but the body is smaller than Fender styles and it’s made of cedar, so softer than typical, and I don’t want it rattling around as it’ll do more harm than good being in there! At the moment I use a Music Area hybrid thing which is great when I’m transporting it in the car but probably isn’t van proof.

I get what you mean @ead, it suits a P bass that could be 50 years plus very well. But, I’m really GASing for a TT5 in creme, heavy relic. I think Sandberg are probably the best when it comes to it. I love their relic jobs. Agreed on the FS section too, there’s lots of everything at the moment. Lots of high end stuff too and lots from outside the UK. I don’t know if the lack of gigs makes it a better or worse time to sell stuff.

Please let us know how you find it, I’ve been eyeing these. They certainly look the part!

Dunlop Triangles? They do them in a few materials, I like the heavy Ultex ones.

Love the look of these.

I’ve been thinking about this lately. I barely played during lockdown 1.0. I was pretty annoyed at the whole situation and had the worry of losing my main source of income; whilst accepting it was necessary of course. I did a few weird socially distanced gigs and some live streams last year and was still kind of disillusioned with it. It’s only been the past couple of months that I’ve started playing regularly again and I’m enjoying it more than I have for a while. Doing some remote stuff for people and learning music that I enjoy and find challenging to play has been a nice change. I found it really difficult to get motivated to play, and the break did me good as now I’m excited to get the bass out again every evening.

It’s close to me too! Which hardly ever happens.

Interests sake, the config I made up earlier of my old VM5 Supreme, here they are side by side. I think I prefer the new shape looks wise. Playability, agree with you ^ the newer shape is lighter, comfier and fits better. Credit where it’s due, taking that classic shape and making it subtlety your own isn’t easy!

The configurator seems much less clunky than the old one. Way better to use from a mobile. Just spec’d up a VM5 in the same finish as my old Supreme. Such classy looking basses! Think my mk1 made its way to the US.

They’re active on FB still, advertising stock, so it certainly looks like it.

Oh wow, that’s a shame! That’s a great price! I’ve hardly put mine down. It’s got all of the P bass vibes, but mini!

As long as the basses are the same price as other retailers, what’s not to like 😂 I’ve spent significantly more than 1k on a bass and not even been able to get a spare set of strings out of some!

I’m eyeing up the green/red P5 for a new gig next year. They’ve got “dirty country grooves” written all over them!