Woodinblack

Sure it would be fine, I have had two 30" 5 string basses now and didn't have a problem with the B. I mean, how did basses ever get on when they went to the the short scale 34" from the 43" E string on a double bass? whos 6000 posts? both of us are past that

I meant the NE2. Thats nice. Yep, too much. The Ibanez EHB has 18 by default, but you can wind it in to 17.5 which is the high side of comfortable. Beyond that, however much I like it when i get it I end up not playing it. I am going the other way now, I suspect my next bass will be the EHB1005sms, which is 30-32"

I looked into it - string spacing was too wide for me and I hate the stripe thing on the headstock. Certainly nothing against yamaha (I have one of their pianos to my left and one of their flutes to my right), but none of them really grabbed me. Would certainly not turn down one like your white one, but somehow don't see me paying that kind of money! Not really planning anything currently at the moment, but you know, things come along from time to time.

I have seen you mentioning it. Doesn't seem that much of a deal as it needs a neck replacement or a lot of work. Almost picked up a 425 from the guitar auction the other day at £150, which I see that the gallery have for over £400

I take a backup, which is the hofner cricket bat, it takes no room and stays in the car. I have never really needed it, but I did once use it as I wasn't getting on with my primary bass. But for me it is just there for me to feel confident. I have spare leads, batteries. Ultimately the only things I ever really need are spare things of whatever the guitarist uses, as he is the one that forgets / breaks things and never carries a spare. Which is odd considering he brings 2 or 3 guitars and switches between them.

Phew - that was close, lucky there is a volume!

I have had that one several times a starting a long time before the reverb one, so pretty sure it isn't related.

Or you could just contact the hackers and ask them?

Yeh, that is what my other ones were, they were good for the money.

The Aroma ARG- 05 based ones. Two small dongles with jack plug and with USB sockets for power. I had some of the older type but I seemed to have lost them, and those are convenient for practices or just playing when I don't have my pedalboard.

Don't get me wrong, this isn't me knocking Primark, if you want something cheap and functional, it is a place to get something. What I am surprised at is the queue - in both Yeovil (where I live) and Bath (where i went last weekend) it was THE ONLY shop with a massive queue, all the others either had none or a very little one. This is nothing about keeping warm or stopping being arrested, you can get budget clothes of a decent quality in many places, this is a specific desire to get things from Primark.

Luckily mine is now nobbled The older SRs, certainly the prestiges all had sweepable mids. Mind you there are also some BTBs with Nordstrands in them. BTB20TH6-BT amongst others. Now I look I notice the 6 string BTBs have a decent string spacing. Might be worth checking one out.

Guessing low gloss? Every one I tried (which is admittedly less than 10) was noticeably heavier than the equivalent SR.

Love the look of the BTB, but the necks are too large for me, both width and length!

Same here, but one of them is a gibson. Its not quite as good as the indie but it is a different sound. There is a man that didn't observe their local high street on opening day a few weeks back, and the massive queues outside primark.

I would never do that. But that would also go for a Squier!

For me I am not worried about that, I don''t care who else plays something, it doesn't affect me, it is just the look of the bass. I don't mind playing a bass even though jaco did, any more than I mind playing a mustang because Status Quo did.

I played my wrongo at a gig once, and it played fine (battery drain not withstanding). I even got comments about it later Never knew why Ibanez are so hung up on that colour, so many people denied the sr505 due to it! For me, honestly it is the look. I know they must be great as people pay that much for them, and I have never and doubt I will ever had a chance to try one, but they are so aesthetically painful! I know, it's shallow 😀

on the plus side it is really easy to sand!

Well, Paulownia weighs nothing. Having said that, it does dent in a stiff breeze!

"Follow the arrows back".. umm... huh?? Sorry, I just asked a question.

As I said, you could do that, you probably can't any more. Also if he bought a house in the same year he bought the cbs strat, he would have probably made 350k and have a much better camper van, or bought Bitcoin 10 years ago and be flying to his mansion in a private jet.

I think they are a bit overstretched

What link?

You would be pretty hard pressed to get a decent return on investment with a bass, unless you got something very rare very cheap or you got lucky on some brand going crazy (sort of a Wal thing). Maybe 20 years ago when a lot of things were unwanted it would have worked, but not now so much. There are so many better options. No, historically some particular year and model of certain brands have held their value, most haven't. Even your pre-cbs fender if you work out the price now to the equivalent price when bought haven't gained much. No, if you want lots of basses, have loads of basses, if you want investments there are better places to look.