Waddo Soqable

Duude.. You're buying a shooter then..

Karma - Schmarma ( .. how much Karma do you get for 300 squid anyway ? )

On a slight tangent, doesn't the bloke from The Fortunes play an upside down bass with the strings still the "wrong way round"?

Mate, change the strings over and flip it.... ( you might have to buy a cheapo little file or hacksaw blade for the nut from Toolstation or something too...)

Bass sorted... Then you've still got 300 nicker to spend on "liquor & drugs" as Mr Pop would say... 😁

Assuming the shop's busy-ish.. You could always ask to try the bass of your choice, then subtly meander towards the door... And do a runner..

Well you pays your 300 squid and you takes your choice! As per the original question if I had to schlepp down the shops reasonably available to me, and buy a bass to gig tonight, I'd still grab a Squier and crack on with it 😁

If its got to be bought over the counter it's also going to depend where you physically are. If you are near somewhere like GAK or G4M you'll have a fairly wide choice

You'll be the right one....

No contest, Squier P of some sort

M. Gibb did some very cool stuff, (despite how naff I might think the BGs) I picked one of his myself 👍

Stupid.. and disrespectful.. Learning 4 ( presumably "oldie" ) songs isn't going to be that taxing is it..

Under the Milky Way, the Church

There's got to be loads, just quickly off the top of my head this minute.. Spanish Bombs, Clash.. You should be Dancing, BGs.. Everlasting Love, Love Affair.. Nervous System, K. Joke... Reptile, The Church.. Unguarded Moment, ditto... Heart like a Wheel, Human League.. Lebanon, also H. League

Black spirit based leather dye I've used on wood before with success.

Hells Bells, AccaDacca

Club Country, Associates

Or Rickenbackers, or anything humorous, or.........

I'm quite fancying a try out of a T-bird now. .. not for "slap" I hasten to add (spits on floor and makes sign of cross)

Now that's quality entertainment 😁 Merv Griffin does a great version of "I've got a luvly bunch of coconuts" somewhere on YouTube...

An im' smokin tab's an drinking beers' ( wheres' @Dad3353 an his apostrophe police when you need em')

Dance with a Hole in Your Shoe, Chip Taylor

Yep you'd get a right bollocking from old Andre Preview if you tried all that in the London Symphony orchestra..

Genuinely old instruments aren't necessarily "better" certainly, a lot of it is hype to massively inflate the prices these things seem to go for. Back in the day I've had a few Fenders that were really duff and sounded crap, a couple of P basses and a Jazz spring to mind, these were "pukka vintage" by today's standards and would doubtless cost a packet. Now the low spec Squier PJ I got recently plays and sounds way better than any of that lot did, and if I had to choose between them purely as a playing instrument, I'd stick with the Squier.

Forever and Ever, Dennis Roussos (in a dress)