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What strings are people using on 32" scale basses btw? Have a lightly used set of long scale Elite steels on there at the moment but I don't like how the thick the windings are around the E string post, also not keen on how Elites sound these days. Unfortunately I binned all my used strings last year so have nothing to experiment with.

Yeah really happy with it, technically £64 as I ordered some new knobs and bought some white vinegar!

All clean and shiny now, might not look much different but I can promise my bin is half full of absolutely disgusting paper towels. Still need to sort a shim for the neck as the reason the pickup casing cracked was because the previous owner screwed them down as far as they'd go so they weren't too close to the strings, bridge is bottomed out so it needs the neck angle sorting. Touched up some of the headstock chips and found some screws for the truss rod cover which had been glued on. Think I'll get away with the stock bridge unless it gets any worse in which case I'll get the AliExpress one .

Eeuurrgh, this bass is pretty minging! Everything came out easily enough aside from the pickup screws which I had to Dremel a slot in as they were rounded and well past saving. Everything is having a soak tbh, years of bassist cheese and corrosion on this thing. Can see how bad the wear is on the neck and board here.

The one on mine is nowhere near that bad, just a gentle curve that could be mistaken for the bridge following the fingerboard radius. It still looks like it's affecting how low the action can go though as like that photo the hooks around the posts are warped a little bit and won't sit flush with the body. Went to move the truss rod before and it seems like that's fully working which is a relief (pun intended)

Think there's been at least two threads on this already! The body was originally a Tiger Music branded Amazon cheapy, was looking at them briefly for a potential project as they're kinda like a Warwick Fortress which is the best bass shape. EDIT: The bass with a mini practice amp, cable and strap was £112 delivered brand new. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tiger-Red-Electric-Bass-Guitar/dp/B0096CJJ2S MDP bought the body from an eBay seller who was parting one out, can't remember how much he paid (it's on one of the other threads) but it wasn't much. Then he did this to it.

Aye I've found one for around £11, looks exactly like the Epi one right down to the circular points where it was cut from the mould but with a blank rectangle instead of the Epiphone logo. Weirdly that same charity shop often gets music gear in, been Trace Boxer and Commando combos there last year. I always have a look in the window when I'm going past and got lucky!

This one is 10lb 6oz or 4.7kg in new money, definitely heavy for a small bodied medium scale bass. Balances fine though, can sit it on my right knee and it stays in the same position without any hand support. There's a fair bit of wear to the lacquer and on the edges of the board, looks like it may have seen some moisture at some point but the frets have plenty of life left in them and overall it just looks like a heavily used 40+ year old bass. Lots of little dings and dents all over, don't think it's ever had the luxury of a decent gigbag or a guitar stand! The bridge is also bowing slightly, will replace it if I end up playing the bass a fair bit, which bridge did you buy out of interest? Will be giving everything a proper clean tomorrow evening and putting it back together.

I originally did have a quick look, then walked on to do my shopping. While stood at the checkout I realised I was being an idiot so went back and bought it.

Ordered a set of these in the dark amber colour, should look a lot better and only £3.41

Measured it because it felt shorter than usual, it's a bit over 32". Feels great despite some issues with the lacquer, just makes me want to play old Sabbath tunes on it all the time which is mainly what I've been doing this afternoon.

At least if I gig it I won't be the oldest in the band any more.

Was born in November so unfortunately not!

Have removed the stars and stripes from the aftermarket knobs, they also had protruding plastic stars around the edge which I removed with a craft knife. Look like regular black speed dial knobs now, much better although I might get some dark amber ones.

Quite a nice top underneath the gunk and rust

I've sat here seething at all the posters on here snagging £20 Arias, Greco and El Mayas from car boots for years, gimme a break!

It has the hex key pole pieces, I checked that before I bought it as a bit of insurance just in case the rest of the bass was junk. The bridge is starting to bow a little but given the age it doesn't look too serious.

Plugged it in and it sounds brilliant, bought it with the intention of flipping it on eBay for a profit but want to keep it now. Don't really have anything else here that does big old school sounds as well as this. Looks like the H-1015 here, says Matsumoku apparently, made from 1980-1981: https://samick.fandom.com/wiki/H-1010#H-1015 I take it that serial number means it's from 1980? Kinda gutted if so as I was born in '81!

Been on here years and seen you lot snagging vintage bargains, well today was my day as I spotted this old thing for £60 in a charity shop window. It's a Hondo II Professional with what I assume to be a Dimarzio, no Made in Japan on the neckplate so is this Korean/Samick or a later MIJ Tokai or something? Serial is 0110454. Sounds impressively loud unplugged, looks all original (to my untrained eye anyway) aside from the janky knobs. Pickup housing has cracks but not completely broken, parts rusty and definitely showing its age but should clean up to a less ratty state and the neck is straight. Some weight to it, given the rust and the fact I found it in the port town of Fleetwood I wonder if it actually has been used as a boat anchor at some point. Obligatory rubbish car seat shots.

Just spotted a TE 1x10 cab ripe for conversion if anybody is local: https://www.facebook.com/groups/BassPlayersMarketUK/permalink/7666562323355329/

I think if you spend a more reasonable amount of money then they'll build you a proper one, my mate got the Slash sig for around £150 delivered and when he complained about the issues they knocked another £30 off. It looks the part, sounds ok and is playable with a bit of buzzing if he wants a lowish action so not a complete write-off. He mainly bought it for fun and as a bit of a wallhanger knowing full well that it might be trash, the same week he ordered it he bought a Korean Epi gold top LP off Facebook for not much more which is a solid instrument. The headless basses on there do look tempting though.

I've bought a ton of stuff from AliExpress over the years, from cheap accessories and guitar parts to electronics costing a couple of hundred, I'm currently waiting on some bits and bobs from there at the moment in fact. Last year I came very close to buying a beautiful headless 5 string as I found some reviews of the manufacturer (Mountain/ZLG although probably renamed now) and they were shocking. Like the truss rod access being incorrectly routed so it couldn't be adjusted and neck not being radiused fully before the frets were installed. A mate of mine bought a Chibson Slash copy and while it is playable there is a bump in the fingerboard, same deal where it has been rushed out and not been profiled correctly. Maybe worth the risk if you can do the work yourself.

Ah no worries, thanks anyway!

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