Al Krow

I'm afraid the Ibby Portamento 5 is an obligatory addition for any complete set. Avoid checking it out 😉

Is that completely right, though? Surely lifeless 3 /4 year old rounds are not going to be same as a set of new flats?

Good man! Going to be using it solo or with any other pedals. Amp failure! Ouch. Which one? Was it "not unexpected wear and tear" 'cos it had a fair few miles on the clock?

Fair, it would be in keeping wouldn't it?

Congrats!! I very nearly bought that bass off Paul myself! They really are superb basses. You've caught the bug** haven't you? You'll soon be surpassing my modest hoard of 3 Ibbys and Woody's stash of 6,359 which he keeps in a shed together with 6 months' loo roll and tinned bean supplies 😁 **Ibanez not the OTHER one...

I can tell that you've done a good thing getting into @walshy's supply chain! I think I'm going to have to follow in your footsteps at some point soon! Out of interest, Walshy what's succeeded the BAmp in your own line up?

Congratulations! You've gone fully Berg (well nearly, just need a Sandberg bass😁) Can't wait to hear it in action and also to get your thoughts on whether your Mesa M6 could now be relegated to back-up amp... It does look great!

But you're missing the crowning glory of the throne, surely?

And TI flats, right? Although both PJs, it should then be quite a different beast to a Yammy BB 1025 with nickel roundwounds (well at least that's what I'm telling myself to justify the spend 😁)

Not really an issue, I think all the folk who like that combo are due to be burned at the stake so the problem should go away pretty soon 😁

I can see that you and me are going to get along very well 😁 Yeh word on the street is that Warwicks were (are?) a bit of Spector rip off, but probably no more so than everyone else who found "inspiration" (aka design right theft) from good ole Leo...

Shared by @Quatschmacher - nice demo of a Sire P7 in action. Obviously would have been improved if he had a B string to rest his thumb on...

Now Elvis' tone (unlike the Daleks'), even in his final years, was still truly magical. R.I.P.

Now for the important decision of black or silver knob hardware upgrade on an antique white bass with tort PG...

As you say... 😁

@Cosmo ValdemarI was never really a fan of the Dalek tone. Lacked low end and a touch boxy in the mids. But hey, I suspect none of our audiences would notice...

In which case, you really do owe Sire to get that second bass then. Suggest you return your Yammy BB 435 and get a P7 (after you have tried mine out, of course) 😄

How did you wangle that?! Or did you simply order an extra one?

Noooooo! Don't do it Andy! There won't be enough firewood if you are going to be joining me, Sylvie and 4000 at the stake... 😁 PS tbf if folk describe that BB as brown and not orange, you won't be able to complain.

Looks like you, me and Sylvia will be plenty warm when we get tied to a stake and burned. The irony is that it will be by folk who think relic'd basses are classy. 😁

But I guess I can't complain: I spent a while discussing the P7 model with Andertons and then the guy offered me a discount based on V7 pricing and managed to send out a V7 rather than a P7 before I spotted what he'd done. Happy ending is that they're going to swap the basses to get me the P7 I was after but stick to the discounted price they had given me. So apart from the slight inconvenience and delay, it's not a bad result!

Speaking of V7s, here's "mine" complete with gig bag...

NO Silvia. You've missed the point. No matter how elegant, balanced and good looking a bass may be with white and gold hardware it's just wrong. FACT. No point arguing about it or having a different point of view 😉

Ok. Gold looks better. 😁 Or more to the point just as good.

And then you will say in response to that... You're like a married couple, you two. Lol!