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I’ve only got one of these left now (Stingray) but it dawned on me, of all the fretless basses I’ve owned, they’ve all been unlined. Something very ‘proper musician’ about an unllined fretless. Until I play it on a dark stage 😁

I’ve just bought back my June 1976 4001. I bought it in 1989 for £325 from DGC in Durham. I stupidly sold it in the summer of 2017 and regretted it ever since. Thankfully the guy I sold it to offered me first refusal when he was considering shifting it again. Needless to say I didn’t think twice. It’s now back where it belongs with my 1985 4003s

You don’t happen to have a circuit diagram for this do you?

Yes it was all mine at one point. I don’t own it all now, just 2 408 cabs and 2 370 amps. Its my rehearsal room and no wife.

The 1140 and 1144 are actually slightly different. The 1140 is the studio version and the 1144 is the instrument version and having owned both ya the same time and A/B them, they do sound surprisingly different. I sold the 1144 and just kept the 1140

Beautiful 😍

Me too, I had a bit of a sickness for a while but I’ve finally calmed down and have 2 370s and 2 408s. Ali McMordie was a hero when I first started playing. Hence the Guid too.

The sad thing is, it’s my rig 😂

I love Rack gear.

I’ve spent the last few years ridding myself of a large collection and distilling my basses down to basses I will gig and not be precious about and the best version of the instrument I can find. If there’s anything that niggles me about a bass it’s now gone. With that said here’s the 2 best Fenders I’ve personally played. 1978 Walnut and Rosewood and a 1973 Black and Maple.

I must admit Mike I stopped at Christmas and haven’t even looked at it since. 😞

A more rationalised ACC collection. 😄

3 rounds of filling and sanding and it’s ready for black paint and Tolex. 😐

The Tolex is the easy part 😄 This is my eleventh or twelfth re Tolex. The prep and repair is the part I don’t like. The dog is a terrified Elvis really loving but absolutely no use as a guard dog 😄

I recently acquired an Orange Bouncer Bass 1x15 from 1971 off eBay. It’s been modified in its past. The angled batten to the front inside edge has been removed at some point and then painted black. Thanks presume it’s bee part of an install as the back was still orange. Id bought the Tolex but it’s sat for a couple of months then last week I decided to buy the new corners, piping and timber and made a start. The Tolex came off without any problems whatsoever, nice large strips. Today I’ve added the timber profiles to the front and done some filling of that but the cabs had a lot of damage and will need a second fill all over to get it ready for the Tolex. The badge had also been painted black but came up ok with a soak in warm soapy water and an attack with a nail brush.