Beedster

This lot turning up at my place demanding money would scare the stinky poo out of me

Option paralysis is a great phrase @LukeFRC. But yes, I have 8 Fender-fit necks and 8 Fender-fit bodies to play with and while some combinations disappoint, others simply excel. The Enfields however are another level, I start with P-Bass each time and slowly blend in other things depending on the song, and I have to say I'm falling back in love with playing bass, fretted and fretless 👍

Great idea @carlsim 👍

Or Spandau Ballet as they were better known 👍

Want your money back? Ask yourself, how would these two guys go about it......?

My first thought on reading this thread 😆

Gigging mine for the first time in two weeks on an equally steampunk bass. Will report back 👍

I suspect that day was the day after the gig

More than a neutron star 👍

Too many underfoot hazards in most rehearsal spaces and venues for me to do that

Post Of The Year 👍

These days less than they’re asking 😕

This Plus the oldest eBay rule of all…. NEVER BUY FROM A SELLER WHO WRITES IN CAPS But yes, those screws 🤔

Go for it 👍

No we're Royal Blood and this is rick music....

As has been mentioned before, past basses and past girlfriends have a lot in common

Same seller different outlets. Different culture in Japan, but you're generally safe buying there. However, I'd have thought you'd get that (not especially rare) bass quicker and cheaper either by waiting for it on eBay.co.uk or by posting a wanted ad here

This 100%, recognise the extraordinary privilege that far from being the result of talent - lots of people are far more talented - or hard work - lots of people work harder - or 'sacrifice" (you're flucking joking me) - is simply the result in 99% of cases of luck, and get out there, be a pro, and give the audience what they've paid for. If they don't like you, grow some and win them over rather than resorting to the standard 2020s model of whinge. I did a single gig with a semi pro band (whatever the fukc that actually means), the singer of which threw a major hissy fit mid-gig because people in the 'crowd' (about 40 people in a stinky poo pub in Surrey) were talking during the set and still see it as my musical low point, the guilt of association etc (BTW this 'semi-pro singer had arrived at the gig without his mic case so had to borrow the SM-58 that i carry in my kit bag just to make it through the gig in the first place, and had the lyrics on a printed sheet in his hand. Complete prick). The sense of entitlement that oozes from so many musicians today amazes me.

Yep, my unwritten rule for how a bass should feel and play is "Like a Wal, but not a Wal", and you can only come to that place by having owned and played (a lot) one or more Wals 👍

That's a special bass 👍

All things considered I've never regretted letting a bass or amplification go, as what I have now is probably as good as I could ever need. My dabbling with some seriously nice basses from Wal, Sadowsky, Musicman, Fender Custom Shop, Rickenbacker, Status, etc, and equally good amps by Mesa, Ampeg, Aguilar, Phil Jones, Musicman etc has allowed me to calibrate very precisely the sweet spot between what I like and what I don't like and what I need and what I don't need. I now have two very different electric basses (one fretted one fretless), two very different double basses (one wood, one aluminium), and two very different rigs (one very rude Californian and one very polite Scandinavian). Do I miss all the other gear? Not really. Do I regret selling any of it? Possibly on a financial and an ego basis, but certainly not in terms of instrumental value no 👍