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I’ve been leaning towards short scale hollow basses for the last couple of years. They carry a nice woody thump that I love. Especially with a tube preamp. Gorgeous bass. I love that.

Cats loved to shred the stuff.

The fuzzy material they once loved to cover cabinets with.

Just last year I was given a Chinese Lucite bass from an old friend in California. I was given a pass on the gift , and then failed after finally finding a Batwing Harmony. Had to buy that , had been looking for one for ages. Now he did indicate previous ownership of the bass , and that did inspire the gf to purchase it. But I would not consider that undue pressure.

I’d lean towards accidental discovery. And say you have a wonderful wife.

Mostly an Aguilar TH350 these days.

Aguilar TH350 , One10 , NE-1 , big orange Gretsch

I like the little class D heads. I’ve picked up a bunch of ‘em in the 200-350 watt range.

You quickly learn leverage with a fridge. The tolex on mine was trashed from sliding it in and out of vans and dragging it up and down stairs. Today I appreciate modern lightweight cabs. And a little tube preamp.

An SVT with a fridge is an absolute misery to cart around.

Most of my 34 in basses have TI flats except for a Ray I keep fresh round Slinkies on , and an old Pbass with ancient rounds. Most short scales have LaBella flats , my Longhorn still has the factory rounds. It was also gigged a lot. They still intonate , and it thumps. I have some short scale Gibson rounds if I wish to change anything. They came on my DC LP Jr and I really liked them , bought several packs , the Jr has LaBellas at the moment , might return the rounds on that. I find I can leave flats on for years before I have any urge to change them. I’m mostly aiming for a classic old school thump. They deliver that.

Serious packing for a non standard shape.

Yes it does! Congratulations. I have a “Chan Armstrong” lucite bass and was pleasantly surprised by the build quality.

I’m visiting in Mexico at the moment , and my Facebook account has been locked up. I tried to log in using airport wifi and they are saying my account might have been hacked. I believe it’s just me trying to get into my account. Nothing has worked , this has been going on for four days now , the “help” bots have been useless. No way to actually talk to a human. Getting totally fed up.

That happens this time of year , but in the months leading into Christmas I’ve noticed that things that would have instantly sold , have been sitting. Especially in the US , but to a lesser degree our local market on kijiji as well. Things are unusually slow.