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I've recently learned a couple of Blur basslines (Girls & Boys and Country House) and they're quite fun to play. The man makes some damned nice cheese as well.

He has an account but I don't think he's actively reading the forums.

Wake Me Up Before You Go Go - Wham!

Version 1 as it looks easier to use for string changes, although a black version would be better. The functionality would win over the colour though.

I suspect that most of the changes will be add up to the basses being a little bit better at everything, and if this is going to end up being the most expensive bass I ever buy I'd rather it be the best it could be at the time I buy it. Knowing that there's a better version I could have gotten if I hadn't been stingy (no, the MetroLine range isn't even an option so doesn't count) would just irk me every time I look at it.

There are sites in the States now taking pre-orders for August, e.g. https://www.fretnation.com/sadowsky-metro-express-basses. At just north of $1k that would imply c. £800 if the exchange rate is anything to go by, which would make these an absolute bargain.

It's been done before

Hello! Definitely don't rule out the Squiers, they'll surprise you. A Sire P5 is also worth considering.

I have heard it's going to be next month, but nothing official from either Sadowsky or Warwick.

We tried playing Regret by New Order and have never had such a negative response to a song. Admittedly that was the song where my amp failed so there was no bass in it, but apparently even allowing for that it was still unpopular.

You can absolutely join a band at 45. I joined my current (and first "proper") band at 44 last year. Join bandmix.co.uk and see what's out there.

Bienvenu!

A spam bot that joined in 2012 and posted nothing until yesterday. Even if it's a real person that's still odd.

If he'd knocked it onto himself then things might have become more interesting, albeit you have video evidence so any claim would be swiftly dealt with. Scam or not at least PL is pretty cheap.

This is where having PL insurance becomes necessary...

At least there's a red Strat in there, so you can claim some measure of authenticity!

He also put a P neck on the bass of doom as I recall, to slow him down or something

3 amps 1 cab Ashdown ABM as main amp, TE Elf as backup and for smaller gigs. Also a Vox amPlug2 but that is just gathering dust at the moment. Just the one Barefaced Two10S for now but another would be nice, as would a One10.

In general Fenders were designed so you could swap out the necks so the same should be true of Fenders and Squiers. I say should...

Nice one @Smanth, glad things are going your way!

If money, time, distance and storage space was no impediment... Sadowsky NYC vintage J in 4- and 5-string varieties 1978 Fender P or J bass (birth year bass) Music Man StingRay Rickenbacker 4003 Ampeg SVT (not sure exactly which model but one of the all-tube ones heavier than a black hole) Barefaced One10, second Two10 and Four10 ...and a house with a space large and soundproof enough to store and use all of the above without teeing off the family or the neighbours.

Nice one!