Happy Jack

Torn between the 1720s (Bach) and the 1780s (Mozart). I'll get back to you.

As it happens, @Silvia Bluejay is in Italy right now. Unfortunately she's in Florence and this bass is in a suburb of Naples ... not gonna happen.

A quick check on Reverb immediately brings up a 1958 guitar for £8.2k and a 1962 guitar for £7.7k. Know your market. 🤑 My complaint would be that, for a £4k listing, there's ridiculously little information there. Granted, any serious collector will already know the websites to check and won't ask silly questions like "what does it weigh" and "what's the string spacing at the bridge", but by not bothering to supply any information - not even the date of manufacture 😨 - the vendor is doing himself no favours. As to buying it, my guess would be that it's a right bugger to play, weighs a (metric) ton, and offers very little tonally. But it's cool as f***, will only go up in value, and I'd certainly consider buying it as an investment to hang on the wall.

Exactly the same, buut using a set of EADGC flatwound uke-strings.

Do you actually find much difference between the pickups with the '61 configuration?

IIRC one of the factors that steered him towards the 500/1 was that (while he was in Germany) the Hofner was WAY cheaper than the very expensive imported and highly-taxed Rickenbackers that John and George bought. He liked the Hofner because he didn't want to have to use HP and get into debt.

I use a big Gator semi-rigid jobbie that I originally bought for my Mike Lull T5. A bit bulky, but deffo does the job.

... the music lives on, regardless. That was pretty much the point, wasn't it?

Well the Sharpie was invented in 1964. Just saying ...

Is it just me, or does the '10' in '1810' have a different feel about it?

Do you wear heavy rings or bracelets when slapping?

I wasn't aware that my Elf even had a fan! It's totally silent in operation. As to headroom, any venue large enough that your backline runs out of headtroom from an Elf is a venue where you'd have PA support anyway.

Srsly? I do 50 gigs a year with a rock'n'roll band and my pre-owned (small-bodied) Kolstein Busetto after three years looks nothing like as bad as yours. 🧐 I know very little about this make, and all I could find online related to someone called Dub on Basschat (in East Fife) selling his 10 years ago. To you, I imagine? What do you imagine this bass would be worth if in pristine condition? It looks to me like the only way to stabilise the condition of that bass would be a complete refin with a much stronger lacquer / varnish being used, especially on the edges. Best bet would be that the refin might cost more than the value of the bass, certainly more than the value it would add back to the bass. Looking at the damage, it looks like a worse example of the damage I have done to 3/4 and 4/4 basses when laying them down quickly on the stage as I switch to electric bass mid-set. That doesn't happen with the Kolstein because it's too shallow to lay on its side. Do you have any idea just how that damage was actually done?

Nah ... Not in the market for anything other than a reasonably-priced 320, and my Chass Collection probably ticks that box anyway.

I picked up a bass for the first time on my 49th birthday so yes, I guess I have improved since I was 50.

That price ...

We use 4no Zoom Q2n 4k video recorders, and 1no Zoom H4n audio recorder.

Stereo jack split into two mono jacks going from the Headphones Out on the PA into the L/R Inputs on a Zoom H4n. I place the recorder as near the drums as I can, so the L/R microphones on the H4n can pick up snare & hi-hat (we always mic up the kick).

Paging @Silvia Bluejay

IMHO these can't be beaten: https://www.bax-shop.co.uk/guitar-stool/konig-meyer-14044-performance-stool-black?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=surfaces&gclid=CjwKCAjw3ueiBhBmEiwA4BhspC7eN5VfvECNYAwL0wb-9BBNX9FoQDY3gNz4iKd59C07eXbzz6zv1BoCuPAQAvD_BwE Especially if you get the back-rest too. Cheap they ain't, but they'll last as long as you do and they're very well designed and well made. It's not as if you'll need to buy a replacement every few years.

Honesty is always the best policy ...

Needs more access to the higher register ...

2157 Euros (plus Import Duty & Shipping, plus VAT on the lot) and a 12-month waitlist for an instrument where the only evidence of actual craftsmanship is (might be?) the shaping of the neck? I have a Westone "The Rail" parked next to me as I type this. I think I know when I'm well off.