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[quote name='grumpyguts' timestamp='1461921096' post='3038704'] Will be doing it again I hope, just got to think of a band name. [/quote] [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1461921470' post='3038706'] I suggest 'The Chapel Hat Pegs'. [/quote] What a stand-out idea!

My recollection of Marlins is that the hardware was made out of an alloy which scored somewhere between 'Cheddar' and 'Red Leicester' on the cheese hardness scale.

[quote name='therealting' timestamp='1461155227' post='3031923'] You need to try them, honestly. The Epiphone 339s are pretty good for the money, but honestly the Custom Shop 339 is probably the best value Gibson there is. [/quote] Speaking of which, just seen a [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/282093-all-original-gibson-custom-shop-es339-2010-vintage-sunburst-50s-neck/"]gorgeous sunburst 339[/url] on sale on BC. NOTE: I have no affiliation to the seller!

[quote name='pineweasel' timestamp='1461845823' post='3038120'] Looks like this place in Bournemouth have them: [url="http://www.southernukulelestore.co.uk"]http://www.southernukulelestore.co.uk[/url] I tried a Kala U-Bass at Duke of Uke in London and it put me off buying one. Too expensive for what it was. [/quote] Not sure I want to be seen going into a ukulele shop! Looks like Ms Axe and I are off to Bristol today...

Thanks for the heads-up chaps. I would really want to try before buying, which would necessitate a trip to either Bass Direct or the Gallery. Anyone know of other bass uke stockists in the South? EDIT: Just found that Hobgoblin Music in Bristol have a couple of Ashbury (budget brand - not Ashbory) bass ukes in stock.

Follow these simple steps to accelerate your bass's ageing process with hardly any effort: (1) Make yourself some sleeves out of sandpaper. (2) Fix a small lump of concrete to your belt buckle with grip-fill. (3) Wear them whenever you play your bass. (4) Round up all the old keys from around your house and chuck them in your bass case or gig-bag

I certainly don't miss old transistor amps. They were cack.

[quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1461774207' post='3037556'] I mean, the funky one about f**king his girlfriend while she sits on the sideboard with her feet in the drawers lacks a certain [i]resonance[/i] under the circs. [/quote] Or indeed the one about getting it on with his sister.

Hello BC posse, I am considering a hollow uke style fretted Kala U-bass and I wondered what action and intonation adjustments they had. Or are they built spot-on so that adjustments are unnecessary? Off you go...

Have fun, and make sure the audience knows you are having fun. If you do happen to play a bum note, everyone else will be too busy having fun to notice.

It's in good condition. Apparently.

Paul bought a phone from me in a hassle-free transaction. 'Nuff said

Love it.

[quote name='Bobthedog' timestamp='1461498060' post='3035104'] The funny things was his favourite was......... my cheapest bass - the Fender P with D'Addario Chrome flats! [/quote] Nothing odd about that - I have 2 and I'm contemplating a third!

I have a 'vintage' 73 Precision, and a modern 63 RI Precision. The build quality on the modern one is better by a country mile.

[quote name='4stringslow' timestamp='1461408699' post='3034380'] I've never sold one. I only have two basses (a Fender P and a Fender J) but I happily play them both and don't feel the urge to buy any more. This approach must have saved me loads of money over the past 30 years or so [/quote] Are you sure you're in the right forum? This is a GAS forum for GAS-afflicted people!

(1) Lack of use as above. (2) Coming home with a new bass, looking at the old bass, thinking 'I won't be playing you any more'. Unfortunately (2) has led to me selling a bass that I now wish I still had!

[quote name='MoonBassAlpha' timestamp='1458231663' post='3005836'] So, what happened when you put the bass through it? [/quote] Sorry for the late reply - you could hear it, but the lowest notes were not very loud and/or ran into distortion very quickly. There is now a bass version available.