Doctor J

This is a path I walked before. To cut a very long story short, Josh Gemmell is the sales manager, a top man, and seems to be the only person on Earth capable of sourcing the pearloid buttons. In my case, I had Gotoh GB720W tuners but Gotoh Japan sent me to him. Send him pics in jpg format (well done Bassassin) and he should be able to sort you out. http://www.japarts.ca/

Well, somebody had to write the music 😉

You could just write your own music?

You can drill out some knobs to 8mm handily enough, no? They look like solid shaft so you should be able to bore out anything with a grub screw to fit.

Keep it simple and impress with your personality and playing, rather than gear. Bring the MPV-5 and the Jazz, but leave the Jazz in its case, there as a robust backup. If the MPV-5 is your main bass, stick to it. I've held auditions where lads were swapping over instruments and it just conveys someone who a) doesn't know what they like and b) wants to be seen to have lots of gear, neither of which are endearing. Pub rock is straightforward and unpretentious, be the same.

It's a string one can pull for a long, long time. Is Eric Clapton's music with Jim Gordon on drums twice as problematic? It goes beyond art to every facet of our privileged first-world lives. Are Boss clothes ok now, has enough time passed since they designed Nazi and made uniforms? What about Benz and BMW who made engines for Nazi bombers? Is there a passing of a certain amount of time which makes things acceptable or are some things truly unforgivable? Is the Whatsapp conversation taking place on devices made in countries with appalling working conditions and few worker rights? Where do we draw the line, indeed? If we start digging, really digging, into what is acceptable to us, we might find we subconsciously accept more than our conscious selves would like to admit.

Yeah, 55-02, make sure you try one.

Best? Only you know what is best for you. Decide what it is you want to have at the end of the process in terms of tone, ergonomics and appearance before you do anything else.

Was it hers before?

D'Addario 74T000. Wide, padded, just the job. https://www.thomann.de/ie/planet_waves_74t000_gitarrengurt_nylon.htm

I'll bet his shirts are whiter than white

The Homeball - There's a long and convoluted story how this evolved, but it's ok.

He was from Hackney, not Wigon, no? I'm deeply ashamed of that one. There's my coat, by the door.

That doesn't look like Marc Bolan at all

"Sharing cancelled by sender"

It's active. Imagine the battery crapping out on you during a nice sit down.

Shergold, I would say. https://www.vintageandrare.com/product/Shergold-Marathon-MK1a-Early-80s-White-26752 As an aside, wasn't 80's power hair marvellous?

I believe it was back in the late 60's 😅 @evan47 Another way to look at it is, you could get a small production run, hand made bass from a brand you're unfamiliar with, but who have a stellar reputation, for less than you could get a mass-produced Mexican unit-shifter with a familiar logo on the headstock. It's not an insignificant sum of money, for sure, but I would go for it, personally.

I have a few older Japanese Bacchuseses, Bacchiii... whatever. They're as good as those classic designs get, in my experience. I haven't played these newer ones but at £600 I reckon you can try it and sell on easily enough without making a loss if it doesn't work for you.

This is a pleasant surprise, I wasn't aware they had anything in the pipeline. Hopefully there's a full album coming after it.

https://reverb.com/item/33113366-ltd-b10kit-blks

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Can you get a clear photo of the inlay on the neck? With LTDs, that often has the model number therein.

He was on the right track 7 years ago. Who knows where he night be now? 😂

One of these for your low string https://www.amazon.de/-/en/dp/B000OR75QQ?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details and these for the others https://www.amazon.de/-/en/dp/B00AQBT3GK?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details Then hit it hard 😉