Owen

It is always the way.

I have one on one of my basses. I love it.

As MattP said, Newtone Heritage strings. Your search is over.

Evrything is going to be fine. And given your geographical location you will be safe for the for sale forums due to shipping and tax.

My Overwater 6 weighs 10 1/2 lbs. I know there are heavier out there. But I have solved the weight issue by never playing it standing up. I am aware this might not answer your problem. I would go with a JMJ and be done with it. We project so much on to basses (I am the worst) but the JMJ will be functionally the same and you will make some money on the sale/purchase.

You would expect at least one of those would come out of the woodwork. Having said that, I would not sell my 4 string one. But my 5 string one is available!

I feel sad now

The items wanted section is a weird one. Every time I ask there, within 24 hours, someone has come up with it. Do people scour it constantly?

That is not fair. You know exactly what to expect from a Scottish summer.

If I had more money than sense then I would happily drop 5 figures on a bow. A really nice bow is a joy. I would also get chests like Bowspeed have. They look lovely.

Do what you feel. I have owned one and realised that I REALLY like doing a side to side vibrato. This does not work well with roundwounds and fanned frets. Adapting to the fanned frets was easy peasy.

This has enabled me to look at my collection of bass guitars in a new light!

Yeah, we will be needing more pictures. I owned one of those once. I probably should still own it. Ho hum.

Wow. That is quite the box if you buy it for peanuts and load full fat NAM captures in there!

He is not playing, he is just trying to maintain balance.

I must admit, I am all for an elbow that is up when playing standing. I could show you lots of pictures of me being too lazy to do it, but if I am doing any kind of "proper" playing requiring dexterity, then a dropped elbow (for me) puts all sorts of strain on my wrist and forearm. I know you are experiencing pain elsewhere but bodies are funny things and will telegraph pain from different places while they try and compensate. Keeping things in balance is imperative (maaan!). I would reccomend standing in a room with an experienced teacher. It is entirely possible that you have zero interest in playing the Bach unaccompanied 'cello suites at pitch so do not need to be paying top whack for years to come. One or maybe two lessons will give you the physical pointers you need.