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A gloss black Yamaha RBX774 which I bought used on eBay for about £100. Only sold it fairly recently as it was sitting around unused and unloved for quite some time. Thing is, the tone was simply phenomenal and had a nice low action too (I had no idea how to setup a bass until about 3 months ago 😅) so for a first ever Bass I was pretty spoiled. The bar was set very high.

Hmm. Definitely looks like a slightly simplified BH series head. My question: if it ain’t broke, why try to fix it?

I’ve been meaning to buy this tool kit for some time.

To be fair, that pacific blue burst SR5 is a seriously handsome bass. Right up my street. Out of interest (and a slight derail of the thread) has anyone here played a Sandberg Basic? I'm attempting to work out whether it's a close enough version of a 'Ray to quell my GAS 😕

Agreed!

Wow, that’s heading into Torzal Bass territory:

Good god, that neck is pornographic.

Oh bloody hell - that is a tragic state of affairs. I guess I'm kind of spoiled to work in the theatre scene (as an actor, not usually a musician) and monitors & IEMs are totally the norm for bands in shows. Seeing as my mother's milk is scarce out of me (I'm the ripe old age of 27) I just don't harbour any nostalgia for tubes and valves.

We'll manage. Give us time...

Oooh. I was toying with the propect of one of his new VT1-Pros a while back. Didn't pull the trigger, mainly because the TC Spectradrive came out, which I have also failed to pull the trigger on. So here I am, preampless and barren.

Glorious. What did you use as a preamp? Presumably not Helix?

That brought a smile to my face! Good to hear that even a "mere" 10-incher can shake the room and strike fear into the hearts of your bandmates! It'll be a long while off yet but I really can't wait for the first time i get to use my HD32a at war volume...😈

+1 for the TC Helicon Mic Mechanic. It’s a compact single stompbox pedal, well built and does the job nicely.

Yeah I’ve noticed that too. It’s a bit of a lottery! Just means folk like us are on the edge of our seats constantly refreshing the website in case a nice deal pops up - this being a good example.

Indeed. That is some rapid depreciation!

Absurdly, there’s already a sage green Player Jaguar for sale in the preowned section of Bass Direct. I’m tempted but will hold out for a tidepool... http://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/Fender_Jaguar.html

Oh yes, @andruca the teal one with maple neck is very nice!

And I hope you deleted your Basschat account during that period! 😅 My tally is 3 electrics and 2 electro-acoustics. Hopefully a WingBass will be added to the stable late this year/early next year.

I have to wholeheartedly agree with you on that. I’m quite a fan of the Lakland headstock too.

I have to agree. The tuning pegs being “under” the headstock is no harder than “over” the headstock. If anything it’s a more comfortable arm position.

Now we’re talking! I was actually toying with the idea of putting 2 Bigmans (Bigmen?) in my MTD for a while.

I have to say I’d had no real interest or GAS for a Stingray until late last year when I paid a visit to Bass Direct and tried a couple. I was very pleasantly surprised at how good they felt and sounded. I played a 4 (Old Smoothie, 2eq) and a 5 (3eq) and both were really nice. Since then I’ve had a tiny voice in the back of my head whispering to me that I need a Stingray in my arsenal. Hmmm...