TheLowDown

Way too heavy for me, unfortunately. Also, from the basses that I have it doesn't give me anything that that I need that isn't already covered. I know what you mean by really light basses feeling toy-like, but I think 8-8-5lbs is almost like a sweet spot. I have an Ibanez 6 string that's about 9.9lbs, and that's at the maximum for a 6 string, if it had fewer strings it would be a candidate for being shown the door.

Sire's are great basses with flexible preamps and good value for money judging from mine, but from what I've read the Z3 may be a little on the heavier side for some people. Personally, though, no neck pickup no interest.

If I didn't have a 6 string I would be very tempted at that price! The headstock is what puts me off though as it's likely to weigh a ton.

This may well be true. Pints, miles etc. Feet and inches for height, arguably used by the majority of the UK population. I don't see things changing anytime soon tbh.

It's in the UK too. I still think in feet and inches (and stones and lbs for weight), and I don't know anyone else that doesn't.

I didn't gel with mine and because of the scale length I didn't find it at all ergonomic, plus I don't fancy paying extra for strings. On balance, the cons outweigh the pros.

Caution is best applied to 'deals' as many retailers bump the price up in the weeks or months beforehand and then lower them for black friday.

A bass mug https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/335021825055

Some cracking bands listed so far which happen to be amongst my current faves for the last several years, such as Haggis Horns, the New Mastersounds. More good stuff includes The Underbelly featuring Roxie Ray, Dojo Cuts, Lack of Afro,...

Pretty much anything from Incognito and Brand New heavies, such as edit: oops, just noticed that it's about the Acid Jazz label rather than genre. Should have gone to Specsavers.

I stopped selling after the forced move to 'managed payments' away from using Paypal.

Absolutely! I'm a hardcore list guy, I keep lists of pretty much everything. Possibly as a means of security.

Currently the only chocolate I eat is 100% cocoa dark chocolate, nothing added. The nutritional info shows only 2.7g of sugar per 100g.

Not surgery as such.

Absolutely not. If I was ever hung up enough on my appearance to want to use surgery to change it, I would think that the problem lies elsewhere with me. You often see people who have had surgery where further down the line, they look far worse than if they'd not had it at all when they were younger.