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I'll throw my name in. I don't think I'll be buying anything 🤔

I failed this year... I've just bought a Palmer Pocket Bass Amp. In my defence...um, oh yes, I might be joing a band so wanted a preamp pedal with DI out (and ground lift) and for it to be usable as a 'silent' practice pedal. It ticks all the boxes. Those are my excuses and I'm sticking to them. 😁

Schroeder 1212L if you can find one. They're not very big, have a small footprint and loud. Size wise I'd say they're smaller than a Fender Rumble 210, not by much but smaller.

I really enjoyed watching the interview. Tony Levin is, without doubt, one of my favourite bass players. I'd go as far to say, if I wanted to be like any of the top players, or have had their careers, it'd be Levin. An excellent musician.

I have a 1stGen V7, one of the very first ones with a signed neck plate. It's pretty much stock. I did replace the signed neck plate with a standard looking chrome one (the signed one is in my bass bits box in a cupboard). I also put one of those rubber neck plate gaskets on. Other than that, some Schaller strap locks and D'Addarrio Chrome strings. The neck is great, it's really easy to play. Even though I've not been in a band for ages, so I don't play much, I'd have to be flat broke to sell it. 2nd Gen 'improvements' aside, when I look at the current price of Sires, mine was a steel 😁

I've never had any issues wearing my wedding ring and playing. I can't however, wear a ring on my index or middle finger on my fretting hand.

I had a Warwick Rockbass Corvette, one the early ones with the one piece bridge. I didn't have it long enough to figure out why but the way it hung on the strap the first fret felt a million miles away. That and a neck that was as thick as 2 baseball bats tied together made it the most awful and uncomfortable bass I've ever owned.

Bob Seger's Hollywood Nights. It sounded so simple, but the speed/pace of it is finger tangling.

I've got one of the first V7s. Great bass for the money. Would I buy any of the range now? No. The range is becoming a bit of a mess to me and they've gone from great quality at affordable prices to just another manufacturer at an ever increasing price. I'd probably go second hand Yamaha, Ibanez or Squier, partly due to replacement parts availability

Unfortunately not. Best to try and find a whole new set up I think.

Much like @EssentialTension I've bought nothing for the last 2 years. Neither have I sold anything

Thank you to you all. It's always good to get something of your chest here 🙂 I've told the others in the project/band/whatever that I won't be going any further with it. I'm meeting up with a friend this week that I used to be in a band with. Maybe we'll be able to get something off the ground that's a bit more focused.

I'd like a Cort A4 Plus, but I don't like the look of the bridge. It looks a faff to set the intonation on it. I'm not keen on gold hardware, or black for that matter. Natural finishes, no thank you. Although I do have a natural finish bass, sort of, that I love. It's got a heavy lacquer finish, which I should hate really, but don't. Pointy basses, not really my thing. Light colour finish. I tend to gravitate to darker colours. There's probably more.

I use AKG K52 on ear headphones. They're entry level at about £40, but I really like them.

At grassroots adult football that happens. The team I used to help with had to disband the 3rd team because players were so unreliable. Several teams I know of locally have withdrawn from their leagues mid-season because players are so flaky.