TimR

They'd glue back together pretty easily. They'd at least be able to tell you whether it's likely to work. I'd rather spend £50 on someone with some expertise than two weeks in my back garden and end up with a lung disease and RSI.

Entwistle spent years and a fortune on hundreds of bases and never sounded any different.

It's almost as if the MDs know what they're doing. 🤣

After 1 or 2 shows the 'vamp' bits become pretty obvious.

Find a local door stripping company. They might dip it in with a batch of doors. They'd also give you a professional opinion on whether it would be easier and quicker to throw it in the skip and buy a donor bass off ebay. Edit: my local guys charge £35 a door.

Depends how many weddings, parties and functions you're playing down the Dog and Duck I suppose.

There is/was a 410Pro and a 411Pro. The 411 has a tweeter and 200W speakers. The 410 has no tweeter and 100W speakers.

Yes. The speakons will be wired in parallel for connecting to second cab.

Well I play other gigs as well, just not that many at the moment. The only comment I ever had about my bass was when I turned up to a Working Man's Club cover band dep with my Jackson Charvel complete with pointy headstock and the band leader took one look at it and said "Just stick to the roots - nothing flash." Not long after that I bought my current bass which looks a bit less flash and looks far more expensive than it was. Sounds like January might be an expensive month for me, currently eyeing up some £1700 basses to get rid of some cash I have lying around.

I think judging by the poll results so far it's fairly Conclusive that anything over the £1-2k mark is considered expensive. I really don't think anyone buying a £3k bass, regardless of how much money they have in the bank is thinking it's not an expensive instrument. Probably the opposite, they may be thinking I'm glad I can afford an expensive bass. I think a lot of people project what they think 'rich' people think based on some strange societal stereotyping. We know actual rich people tend to be rich because they don't waste money on expensive items if they don't need to. Probably the closest comment so far is the most expensive bass is the one that never gets played.

They would still consider it expensive.

I'd certainly not want to be spending a months wages on a bass now!

I'm going out on a limb here and guessing these are not professional level lighting fixtures.

Makes note to buy £5k bass so that I get offered more pub gigs.

That's an awful lot of variables none of which are "If I'm just doing pub gigs."

Not really. I was replying to your reply to Tauzero who said that there was too much thinking going in. Looks like there still is...

I think the point here - for me anyway - is why would I spend £3k on a bass if I'm just doing pub gigs?

I have the 5.2. You need to push the gain as far up as you can, you almost want the 'clip' light just coming on most of the time.

The question is what do YOU think is expensive. Not what does someone else consider expensive. So most of the variables disappear. All your points of reference are fixed and different to everyone else's.

Making a living from Bass will also offset tax. I'd definitely be getting a bespoke instrument made. That could well be just a load of off the shelf parts built to my spec. And a beater bass for the roadies to throw around during soundcheck.

LEDs are curent driven, don't mess around with power supplies. Get some rechargeable 1.5v batteries. They'll last for decades on a single charge.

It's going to depend on how much you earn from playing. In the 90s my wife (a grade 8 flautist) bought a flute for £8k. At the time that was more than what both our cars added together cost. My bass cost £350, a month's wages. I still have it.

It's the law of diminishing returns As basses get more expensive there's a point at which the difference to the next bass up is negligible. I then factor in what I could afford to replace from savings tomorrow. Then I factor in how long a bass lasts - my current bass is 25 years old and has probably cost me £15 a year so far. For me the figure for an expensive bass is £1500. I don't think I'd buy an expensive bass - not this year anyway, although think it is time for a new one as my current bass is approaching a point where it will soon become the Bass of Thesius.

She was born the year it was released. And she is American. I don't doubt she's not listened to it before.

I am in desperate need of an office chair - see other thread... I've re-read the rules several times and don't think it counts as a musical accessory. Its primary purpose will be an office chair... 👀