Paul S

Never said they did. Just quoting someone who actually knows what they are talking about.

It could just be coincidence. My wife knows someone who worked in the sector that covered keeping the electricity sub-stations operative. In her opinion they were mostly not fit for purpose, in some cases with an infrastructure dating back to the 1950s, and given to spontaneously combusting. She always maintained that there was no way the network could sustain everyone driving electric cars, for example.

I once owned at the same time a Hofner Ignition Club and a Danelectro '56 SS single cut, which is chambered, The Dano blew the Hofner out of the water in every way so maybe consider adding one of those to your shortlist?

They are, aren't they - ventriloquist dummies. Well, maybe not so much Orville or Lamb Chop but the dolls. Did you ever see the film 1978 film 'Magic'? Anthony Hopkins cutting his creepy teeth.

Get that gridge grounded!

I believe @Happy Jack has or had one of these, maybe he can flesh it out a bit.

Tonebubbles, the new argument! Big bubbles vs small bubbles?

Maybe its my eyes but the bodies seem to be made of bubblewrap. Looking for positives, are they less likely to be damaged in transit?

I am surprised that the 'weight deniers' haven't jumped in to disdainfully suggest you simply grow a pair, eat more red meat and go to the gym. 😂 Weight is a big issue for me, as it is for many of us. A wide padded strap makes some difference but, as has been said, at the end of it all a heavy bass is a heavy bass. I recently bought a Yamaha SB-35 - a quality, rare bass which has zero re-sale value. Mainly because nobody has heard of them. Very much a heart over head purchase as I had one before and think they are brilliant. Anyway, it weighed 4.1kg - not massively heavy but a bit too much for me to comfortably wear for any length of time. I handed it over to my usual tech guy who (gasps from the back) routed out a cavity beneath the pickguard - reducing the weight by 400g, which was around 10% and has made a difference to how it feels on the strap. I believe his next move would have been using a biscuit router to delve even further into the body from the same outline but that hasn't proved necessary. Lightweight tuners can also usually save 200-300g in overall weight. There are lightweight bridges available. It all starts to add up. Or subtract down, if you prefer. I had a '79 Fender Musicmaster for a while and found both a Squier Vista Series Musicmaster and VM Mustang were more to my liking. But that's me. Bottom line - it is your bass and you know how much it makes you happy - if you really like it and are not bothered by taking a hit on the resale value - which to be fair is the bottom end of the old Fender market anyway - then it is worth investigating. You won't be destroying a priceless artifact.

Saw them around about then. Totally fab. Always thought they needed to put a more more effort in though

I only play short or medium scale these days but I used to be a huge fan of the Fury, had three at various points, including one from Davie @kodiakblair and one from Eric @FlatEric. Think P bass with very hot pickup and really slim, shallow neck - similar in feel to the Geddy Lee Jazz.