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Me too. Never played the SRH but the couple of SR's I've had have been so comfy to play and well built and finished.

It would be really nice with just a natural finish.

Don't Ask Me Ian Dury

Cannibal Kesha

So, what happened to it?

Green Onions Booker T and the MGs

All around the world Lisa Stansfield

Trouble Ry Cooder

I'm guessing that a leather scratchplate model would be one of the earliest / rarest / most valuable. Only ever seen a pic of one.

Ring My Bell Anita Ward

Highway Star Deep Purple

I cant stand up for falling down Elvis Costello

Chocolate Jesus Tom Waits

Walking spanish Tom Waits

Hi Lefty. All reviews of Alvarez stuff are good. I'd never heard of them til I came across these. There was or maybe still is a company called icoustic who fitted an amp inside the msb1 and a speaker fitted in the sound hole. Interesting but expensive I seem to remember.

This is what I'm playing at the moment. After a few years of not playing at all, I took this out of its bag a week or so ago. I haven't bothered with either of my electrics yet, just been noodling on this. The scale length is only abot 27" and the body is tiny and just over 3"deep. The label says made in China but the build quality is excellent. The satin finish is superb and it must be just about the smoothest neck i've played. It wasn't quite right when I bought it, the passive pick up was rattling around inside, so I reglued it. It had phosphor bronze strings and was tuned EADG. This gave about equal parts string noise to music. I've changed to lighter nylon tape wound strings and it is now tuned ADGC. Great fun to play.

My Yamahas. The tele shape one is a Pacifica 311s. The other orange one is an aex502. And of course the aex500n. All are gorgeous.

Teenage Kicks Undertones

Stay up late Talking Heads

Pudding time Primus

I want candy Bow Wow Wow

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Jerry was a race car driver Primus

Hi, Thanks for the suggestion guys. There are many wonderful basses available. I think I'm looking for something a bit more acoustic but avoiding the problems of many acoustic bass guitars if that makes sense. Something with a more hollow possibly deeper body and probably 30 or 32 inch scale. Something that doesn't need plugging in. Perhaps I'm a bit like a kid in a sweet shop not knowing what he wants. I've just returned to playing and seeing all those wonderful varieties out there, want them all. The bass I'm picking up most at the moment is an Alvarez msb1 which is tiny but nice to play. The scale is too short and the body too small for good tones though.

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