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Any recommendations please, especially north of the city? Used to use the guy at PMT but has now become a total ballache with the Brum congestion charge forcing me to park elsewhere and walk. I believe Jaydee is backed up with jobs at the moment. Cheers in advance all!

Was looking at an Anaconda posh J for a while, one of the far east assembled ones, really nice looking instruments and if the opportunity arose again I'd definitely have a look.

I love my red hot BB414. Also have a BB300 which is built like a tank which I don't know what to do with as it's surplus to requirements ATM. Previously owned a BB734A which was pretty good if a bit sophisticated for my needs.

It's the simplicity of it that I love the most. Where did you get the parts from?

That is a gorgeous bass 😍. Chrome.

Saw this in the local news yesterday, Mark Edwards to attempt to play bass for 60 hours straight. Holding what looks like a rather tasty looking P bass Lyte in the pic. Good luck to him, is he on basschat? https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/devon-musician-hoping-slap-bass-5832021.amp

I had my eye on this in the for sale section and am glad it's gone to a good home! I love G&L gear but what particularly attracted me about this one was the sub 4kg weight. The lack of tone control does bother me a little I must admit but not enough to put me off trying one one day. Enjoy!

Quick and easy purchase of a Tone switch from John. Great service, wouldn't hesitate to do business again in the future.

They really are such great cheap basses and they look proper rock and roll. I really think that the most recent line of BBs has lost a bit of that classic rawness. I'm convinced that my vintage white BB414 is a keeper although I've said that so many times about basses in the past....

Love that!

I was watching that one out of curiosity. A decent Indonesian-assembled bass guitar. Well worth £950. At the Ebay price above- they're welcome to it. I bet they won't even play it.

I like Scott and I've learned tonnes from him over the years but I only managed 3 minutes and 45 seconds before I had to switch it off.

I do not think that synth players should be replaced with anything. Synth players can produce sounds that non- electronic instruments can't and are a specialism in their own right. But if it was a choice between my Bach being performed by a synth player or by an orchestra I'd chose the latter. Whatever your view is as a drummer/ composer that is fine but on a forum which is supposedly for people who love bass guitars I find it surprising that I'm having to argue that, as amazing as today's music production software is, good quality live bass guitar is better than programmed, and that the role of the bass guitar in live music should be cherished and promoted.

Because if bass guitarists don't fly the flag for using human bass players who will? There are some awesome synth bass lines out there (Funkin for Jamaica immediately springs to mind) but the above Jake Bugg tune is one which clearly sounds like electric bass yet the bass player has been cut out of the picture. In a post some time back I complained about the Tower of Power gig I attended having no bass player (last minute sickness). Some on here were saying that if none of the punters notice then does it matter? Bass guitarists should defend our role and highlight the value we add to music.

Just heard this on radio 2, really nice and prominent bassline. Please don't tell me it's programmed...😟 https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=toWAlr5MIKs&feature=share

I'm pleased you're happy with it, I've been keen to hear more about these since I first watched Ed Friedland's YouTube review of the MV Jazz a while ago. They are very tasty looking instruments and I love the look of the roasted necks. I agree with the comment above regarding the price though, I think far eastern build quality is very good but the profit margins on these must be very fat indeed.

Agreed, lovely looking 615 has just appeared on ebay in a great natural finish. Highly conservative colour options on the current range of BBs. We must be due a new range of BBs soon? Last ones released in 2017. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/334064513759

I wish I hadn't seen this. GAS is on the rise once again after I thought I had defeated it. Love G&L. Hate GAS. Help.

Tremendous. He also plays with Louis Cole

Recently acquired this Taiwanese built BB300 on a whim. What really attracted me was the reverse P pickup and the 2 simple 'sucked sweetie' knobs. And the fact it just looks cool 😎 It had 1 wonky tuner and one non original one and it has a new generic but decent replacement bridge. @AndyTravis very helpfully supplied me with 2 proper original Yamaha tuners from his tool box which I have now fitted and work a treat. Now just need to spend some time with it but my BB414 is such an all round monster of an instrument that cost so very little I've decided to put some flats on the BB300 and experiment a bit to try to find a role for it. Apart from the pickup the only other thing I really notice is the neck which is really chunky, far more so than the 414. Time will tell if we bond but you'll hear about it on the BB mega thread first 😁

Andy very helpfully supplied me with some parts for my new yamaha bb300. Sent them over so me without delay, top Basschatter with whom you can deal with confidence.