Paul S

I have an RCF ART-732A for home use or if I need some backline/monitoring. 18kgs.

I'm shocked. A rehearsal space with a cleaner?

If remotely possible the best way forward is to go through the desk and ditch the backline completely. It is most liberating.

Maybe not that one, Mick. it's a bit tasty. There's also a Westone Spectrum for £100 BIN collection from Dartford if you are feeling adventurous.

Be interesting to see what this fetches. Don't see many double split Ps. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/234930332004?hash=item36b2f06164%3Ag%3AeLQAAOSwEmlkDhgw&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAA4ALztnQYzW0kIxkq%2F5CLPhadPXA%2BFDDpqSAqna1y8z%2FJIDo%2FsKZEAL4270VlFscp51oOC%2FH3lmiO5COTvKjXnPw9c38fS49uNcn3q0pbFuk37q6L%2BtE1lQkn1qMdNO6fwgw3gAs1jDg1khLCGnX6PGeYGfktxIwPaG9s%2ByfrV0Jya5QoQC6TAP08jpus6LLivyd2EOMLv0SXg4a2euJWgoNW2zWVQwxJyU2E0HGx48vKooLfZS%2FyOHE2jijZTgXodYk4dNNNdJMOmq%2BExCwZAmDUQU9rnNyApo%2BHyI%2BPKy74|tkp%3ABk9SR4jIx_baYQ&LH_ItemCondition=3000

And now we're back to Liz Hurley and vaseline....

Kelly Band?

My blues/rock trio are called Tore Down, after the Freddy King song of that name. We keep it in the set, of course I think it is fine, although I can think of a couple of names I prefer but it was a done deal when I joined and not up for negotiation.

And who was it mentioned Liz Hurley and vaseline in the same sentence?

Bit of a personal question, fella, and I hardly know you.

My thoughts exactly. I have them on all mine.

Some models of the Westone Concord were medium scale. Damned fine instruments, great aggressive tone from the pickups.

I have one and really like it. Lightweight, no neck dive (lightweight tuners). Compared to the EB-0 is has more bite and brightness because the pickup isn't tucked straight on the neck. You don't get the mudbucker tone but there's plenty else going on to like.

I wonder how you adjust the intonation? It looks a bit.... I'm almost embarrassed to say this... flat.

They guy from Golden Earriing had a number of odd ones - a double neck, one with a Fender neck. https://www.voxhumana.nl/content/rinus-gerritsen-signature-basses

I really fancy one of these. Supposedly fantastic build quality and DiMarzios? Time was they were reasonably priced secondhand but they seem to have soared in the last couple of years so I have probably lost the window. Plus it was mainly to irriitate the guitarist of a band I was in - to see the look of horror spread acxross his face when I strapped one of those on for a gig would have been a treat - but that fell apart years ago.

I had a serious love affair with Westone basses for a while but sold them all when my back got too bad. I had a couple of Thunder 1As (one with the old split P pickup enclosure, one with the rectangular Magnaflex) 1A fretless (that was fab) couple of Thunderjets (these were lighter with an extra fret, great modding platform if you are into stealth basses) Concord 32" scale, also the rarer than rare Pantera X790 Deluxe. And a handful of 6 strings. Until the advent of Harley Benton I reckoned these were the best value basses on the market.

I've had 2 of the Longhorn re-issues, don't recall where they were made but both had the wooden bridge, one of the '59 DC longscale and a '56 single cutaway. They were all fab but the Longhorn was the best. With both pups selected it did a passable Jazz bass burp, I always thought. There's a '59 DC shortscale model at the moment that looks lovely....

Yep. You can prepare and exercise etc and get on OK day to day then something takes you unawares and you're on the bench for a month or 3.

Here's a couple of mine. Only had the Eros a short while but I am a little bit in love with it. '76, the bridge humbucker adds a touch of magic in the blend. The HB PB Shorty had a new black pickguard shortly after I bought it and, just last week, a Tonerider pickup. The pickup as transformed it. I would say these two are going to be my gigging unit for the foreseeable.

Black, defo

Can't wait to see this done, should look the mutts.

Here's my Ric story. I'd never ever tried one but always fancied them. The sound, more than the looks, but not the clank - that mellow hollow tone you get half way up the neck. Machine Head. My problem was they are too expensive to buy on whim and I'd been put off making that kind of financial committment by all the tales of 'you've got to try a hundred before you find the one that fits'. Then a couple of years ago I was lucky enough to get a quality, early 70s MIJ Faker which was close enough to get a proper impression and I totally and utterly loved it. I loved the look, complete;ly blown away by the tone. It say comfortably in many genre, more versatile than I had been led to believe by the detractors. But heavy. Getting on for 11 lbs. I wore it for a couple of hours one rehearsal and my back hurt for the next week. Plus it has a bound slab body, something I struggle with, so I had to move it on, which was a desperate shame. I've found out that some Rics are lighter, coming in at around 9lbs, some are unbound with a forearm shamfer, but that still isn't light enough so I resigned myself to never having one. Then Davie @kodiakblair came to my rescue and sold me a Retrovibe Renegade that needed a bit of conversion work, which got done. So what I have now is a Retrovibe Renegade with generic Ric style pickups, unbound body, forearm shamfer, weighs under 8lbs. Does it look like a Ric? Kinda. Enough, anyway. Does it sound like a Ric? Kinda. Enough, anyway. It is light enough for me to wear all night, cost around £350 all in and has scratched my Ric itch.

Try something Gibson flavoured. Great for rock but completely different to Fender. Thunderbird or, if you fancy giving a short scale a go, SG or LP Jnr DC.