Gwilym

One of my favourite Curtis Mayfield songs...

Quite a coincidence, I've just been reading her web site.

Talking of Delbert, I always loved this BB version of his song...

I don't think i bought anything to solve a problem. That might be a problem. Certainly it's a problem having way too much stuff than i can justify given how much i play now, but find it very hard to get rid of it.

https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/296744-noble-preamp-any-bc-owners/

Bamboo tube compression socks for better tone and definition.

This is a lovely bass. I got it from ebay back in about 2004 probably, and was the first basschat owner, probably! Bought from a pro musician producer based in east London who i think was the original owner. It was originally passive, but i had a preamp installed by Martin Peterson at the Gallery, although i can't remember which pre i had put in there, i think it's been changed again since then. There were Barts already in there, so they are probably the same ones. I seem to remember a lovely woody tone. Can't remember why i sold it, probably to help fund my GAS. Anyway, @molan was the next custodian. Congrats, hope you enjoy it 😊

Seems like a nice bass and not inexpensive. Why not have it done professionally rather than potentially wreck it?

This

Now that is a tune... thanks!

https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/484631-aguilar-db751-now-£1425

Not heard that version before but I've always liked Eddie Henderson's (original?) version. Also written by Alphonso Johnson according to Wikipedia.

With the added benefit that to my ears, and with my KS BT5at least, i can get a very similar tone to Stanley Clarke's sound.

This one... a Groove Shoppe GS5. The Groove Shoppe were a specialist bass gear retailer based in Long Island, NY, and designed their own basses. I think about 26 or so got made. Don't have any pictures of my own at the moment, so picture credit to the poster on the TB thread. I've had it since July 2008. More about it here https://www.talkbass.com/threads/groove-shoppe-5-gs5-review-pics-wohoo-sorta.269410/

But seriously, probably this guy...

I listened the Journey To Love quite a lot earlier this year, great record. I love the sound SC gets out of his Alembics, but having played a couple (Europa & Rogue) i suspect they are a little bit of a marmite bass, from a sound and ergonomics perspective. There was 20th anniversary bass at Bass Bros recently (maybe still there) which i remember seeing reviewed in Guitarist magazine in the late 80s and lusting after it at the time.

Obligatory post. My first "new" amp for quite some time and total overkill for bedroom practice, but YOLO. Sounds great through the ACME cabs and plenty of tone options. More present in the mids, and feels better suited to these cabs than my Tecamp Puma 1000 which sounds too polite by comparison. These rarely come up used, as I've learned from past experience, so i didn't hang around this time. Thanks @Mama Huhu for a smooth, easy and honest deal. A bonus is that my better half hasn't even noticed 😁

There's one on eBay at the moment

Wal Pro2E for £500, Wal Mach 3 fretless 5er for, i think, £1200. Should've held on to those 😂. Edit, those are what i bought them for. Sold both for a little more than that, but same ballpark, and nowhere near the crazy prices they are going for today.