Paul S

I'm always surprised at how cheap these Hohner B basses sell for. Like you say, they are extremely well made and sound brill.

Be rude not to.

Looks like the result of a weird genetic experiment using DNA from a ram, a giraffe and Mickey Mouse. I also used an Encore bass as the start for a mod. I had a med. scale Hondo II neck spliced into a short scale double cut Encore body and it is a corker! Ki0gon loom and an Entwistle PBXN pickup. Yummy.

A couple that I like over the originals. 'Ain't No Love' by Whitesnake over Bobby Blue Bland. 'Amos Moses' by SAHB over Jerry Reed (just) 'Ride Like The Wind' by Saxon over Christopher Cross (just) 'Hush' by Gotthard over Kula Shaker over Deep Purple over Joe South. 'Blue Jean Blues' by Jeff Healey over ZZ Top.

My best purchase hands down is my Guild B-301. Probably, for what I want out of a bass, my best purchase ever. Probably my worst purchase was a combination of various things for a little project. Years ago someone had given me an old Stagg practice combo, 20W, I think, with an 8" speaker. It lived in the loft. I decided to carve it about, mount my Trace Elliot Elf in the top bit and put a better quality 8" driver inside. P. Audio one, 200W, cost me £50. I struggled to get the front board out cleanly and managed to snap it in half, the jagged bit tore through the grill cloth. So, rather than chuck it out the window I handed it over to a mate who did all the necessary stuff, put some nice Fender-esque front cloth on it, mended the front board, mounted the Elf inside with little brackets, fixed the new driver inside. Bloody thing sounds like a radio speaker mounted in a biscuit tin 🤣 I really should know better.

Mrs S was a fan, having seen them a couple of times in the 80s, so when they were billed to play at one of those 'Jazz nights' at Kew Gardens she was keen to go, must have been late 90s or early noughties. Safe to say they blew me away. Almost unbelievably it was hard to take your eyes off August Darnell, despite the best efforts of the Coconuts. He is one of those guys that just oozes charisma, always tipping his hat or striking a pose. Very, very entertaining live band.

Tom bought my Hohner B2B in the most straightforward of transactions. Great comms, nice friendly guy. A pleasure doing business! Cheers Paul

Bought a mic stand bag from Chris in the most straightforward of transactions. Great price and speedily dispatched - a pleasure doing business.

What would constitute a lightweight body for a bass, to then add a neck, electrics and hardware and come all in at, say, 3.6kg? Asking for a friend.....

another thought. I know you are a Trace Elliot chap - I have one of these kicking about...

Clearly Victor Wooten lacked one of the first two

Pic of yours, please. it sounds lovely

That's that, then. Barefaced has a lot of fans on here. 😁

I always liked these two

That is what I was going to suggest - leave it in for a while, though. I managed to deodorise a pair of my old slippers with good old bicarb.

D!ck Van Dyke 😁

This was my ear worm this morning so I had to give it a listen. Great lyrics, always makes me smile.

Phil Lynott?

'The Wizard' was one of the first things I learnt on the guitar, the album was one of the first 'proper' albums I bought, too. Always had a soft spot for that early Heep era. Only Micky Box left

Different strokes for different folks - I love mine and find it extremely comfy to play.

I have more than I need and most of what I want. One of the 70s/80s quality MIJ short scale EB-3 copies would be nice but my world will keep turning without one. The trouble is that GAS, like Zeros, comes at you from out of the sun and will strike without warning. I'll read of something on here then move Heaven and Earth to try and get it. I'm even worse with plants.