AndyTravis

Probably adds value

If I wasn’t skint, I’d give it a go

Ah yeah. That.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/363275709866 whats the betting it turns up absolutely unusable

I sit down with a bass, get comfy, then adjust strap to suit that seated position. For pretty much everything that works. For Thunderbirds...not so much. My back is terribly fragile though.

Or sell it 😂

Bought my Sadowsky and Casady from them. Lovely.

Mild neck dive but better than the other thunderbird I had (reverse/classic) think the gibbo will be different again, set neck, mahogany etc.

Hence I shall never buy another as my spine can’t do it. Hant stopped me owning 2 Thunderbirds though 😂

Hahah. No

I actually said “take a picture, so I can see how it looks on me” - next day, was up for sale. Shame, sounded bloody great.

I like them all. but still...me and a NR thunderbird...really doesn’t work.

Yeah. Didn’t want to sell it really...but I sat with that and the Sadowsky and made a snap decision. Lasted about 24 hours on the marketplace so I didn’t have chance to change my mind 😂

Mk347 Travs bass couch...

Absolutely bonkers. Love it.

Urgh. Why’s it done that? anyhow. The 3 colours.

Ignore this one...

Aye, just wondering if you were after another 414...

You bought it?

Black 414 just on eBay £180. looks rougher than I’d want...but seems solid

I know roughly what an ash/maple jazz and precision will sound like, I can approximate most combinations in my head - everything else is nuance (pickups/pre) etc. Also, I’ve had about 6/7 basses with graphite necks and they all had a commonality...again, body wood and pickups etc will put a different spin on it. But as @Beedster stated, a good neck mated to a good body is just that - unless it’s made on spec at massive cost, mass manufacturers won’t match bodies to necks specifically. Im falling into the wormhole - I’ve been here before and I’m sure it’s a daily occurrence on forums around the world. Body and Neck wood choices and the affect the do or do not have on the sound of an electric bass or guitar. The variations come down to inconsistency of wood and how well they match bodies to necks etc. And what works for me might not work for 3 or 4 other players. An interesting experiment was when I played 3 p/j’s and sent the recordings to a few basschatters, between a £2500 sadowsky, a £2000 status and a £400 Yamaha - there was very little in it and it was difficult to pick between the 3. ”it all sounds like you...” - can’t remember if that was @LukeFRC or @bassfan I will now sell all of my basses 😯

Yeah. It will come down to the player too - apparently some very famous guitars (greeny’s LP springs to mind) are alleged to be absolute pigs...but some people seem to be able to make them sing. We used to get 4/5 American standard P and J basses in at a time - they would vary. Wood species all the same etc, weight (density?) would change resonance and therefore feel in hand and overall sound. That’s a whole can of worms though, so.