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First, go there to find all data available for your turntable: https://www.vinylengine.com/turntable-database.php?make=Dual&mdl=CS+505&sort=2&ascdesc=ASC&search=search&drive=any&motor=any&control=any&auto=any&changer=any Then on the same website, you'll find the data available for your cartridge: https://www.vinylengine.com/cartridge_database.php?m=any&mod=DN165E&t=any&sort=2&Search=Search&sty=&ovlo=&ovhi=&can=&dclo=&dchi=&stid=&masslo=&masshi=&notes=&prlo=&prhi= Finally, buy a new stylus, like here: https://www.audioaffair.co.uk/ortofon-dn-165e-replacement-stylus

And this is the trick I was told to use when I started playing double bass. 😉

And he's also very well known for being a mega cheapskate, so he bought the cheapest he could find and that was that Höfner (correct spelling), the rest is history.

If you like like challenges, there are also some fretless headless neck through multiscale basses out there too... Nothing is indeed impossible.

I guess the question is more what is a too expensive bass than what is an expensive bass, because you have to put the work done and the hardware price in balance as well as the research, patent, trial and error, prototypes and so on. So, to me, any Fender is too expensive as it's basically 2 planks screwed together and sometimes really screwed (see what I did here). I've always preferred luthier made instruments than mass production ones, because you know who you are giving your money to and you can get (almost) exactly what you want after a very long dialogue. The limit depends on so many factors that the best answer has already been given wisely: Expensive meaning simply something you can't afford.

As it's a fiver, and as I mentioned, it's named XB 500. That said, it's a quite common bass and without a serial number or a distinctive sign, it will be very hard to prove ownership... ☹️

Yes it is a Washburn XB 500.

I truly think you didn't read the entire thread, and certainly not my crystal clear posts, or maybe you didn't understand what I was talking about regarding the OP's rant. So here it is even more clearly exposed: 1. OP buys a bass. 2. OP doesn't like it. 3. OP sends it back and asks for replacement. 4. OP gets it and find it's badly bookmatched. 5. OP asks for another replacement arguing that the top is badly mismatched, not correctly bookmatched. 6. Seller says OP has to pay the return fee, because there's no fault. 7. OP starts a rant here. 8. Everybody, but me starts ranting. 9. I explained why this is inadmissible to get a free return in this case. 10. Nobody reads the thread and the arguments, but push the rant further away. 11. My blood pressure is fine, but I really can't stand bad faith.

And I was CLEARLY talking about that bloody bookmatched top, nothing else and THAT is inadmissible as there is no mention of this bookmatched top anywhere, nothing else!

Did I contest this? Absolutely not! My point of view is concerning the argument pointed out, which is a non bookmatched top, which is totally irrelevant here as this feature has never been stated anywhere by the manufacturer, aka Cort, nor the seller, aka GuitarGuitar. For any distant sale, as you pointed it out, you can return any item within the legal period, which is 14 days (or more if the seller has clearly stated it), at your own cost even if there is nothing wrong with. Should you find any real fault, then the seller MUST pay the return fee and refund (and here, a voucher is absolutely not a legal solution, only a full refund is valid) or replace the faulty item, and that's it. So why arguing over and over? I hate the top as it looks, even when it's (almost) bookmatched, but I would never ever use this argument to refuse the sale as it's legally totally irresponsible. Do you, now, understand what I've been writing since the beginning?

Okay, I give up.

Again, nobody has been reading carefully, and certainly not my post. Cort has never mentioned that it was a bookmatched top, never ever. You should all stop with this inadmissible argument. The other flaws are the only reason you'll get a full refund, so stop mentioning the top and you'll win the (legal) battle.

Is it possible to have a full picture of the bass front and back?

As I wrote earlier Macca could do it as he said he could have bought Fender when they were close to bankruptcy... That said Peter Jackson could certainly do it too.

You can add Tom Petty and these guys: https://www.hofner.com/blog/hofner-artists-4 And those bands plus many more, mostly unknown: https://www.hofner.com/blog/beatles-60s-2

I've been looking at a few of these online and none is bookmatched per se, as a bookmatched top is a surface made from two (or more) slabs of wood that are mirrored to match their grain or vein patterns, giving the impression of an opened book. This technique is used in high-end furniture, cabinetry, and instruments to create a striking, symmetrical visual effect, which is absolutely not the case for these poplar burl tops. Furthermore there is no mention of bookmatching from Cort for the Space series, but Poplar Burl 6T (6T certainly meaning 6 mm Thickness). So you better buy the one you like visually online or go to a shop and select the one suiting your specifications...

On the fun side, yes, of course.

Macca can solve this insolvency within a minute... Maybe he will.

By the way, nobody mentioned Steve Winwood so far as he is an excellent Hammond player too...

And loved it so much that I bought his two last live albums. Thanks @Leonard Smalls ! 😊

A strange cover by the late French weird pop singer Alain Bashung in 1982:

And 1 more, guys. 👍🏻

Just watching the full live session, so funky!

Great choice, that Roland FP-30X, really!