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I don't see any basses on that settee. 😂 Mark

I've been playing bass for over 30 years and what you say is where I still am. Then again, I'm quite happy being at that point and I just play for my own enjoyment not needing to play with others, so unfortunately I can't assist with your query, but just letting you know you're not alone in the boat in which you find yourself. Mark

@MacDaddy, not an entirely invalid assumption these days, sadly. Mark

William Shatner is set to release a new album later this year, featuring a number of handpicked musicians. I've been a follower of his musical output for some time. He's done some really interesting stuff over the years (some might put that "interesting" in inverted brackets 😂), but his 2004 album Has Been is a really good album. William Shatner to Release Metal Album Featuring 35 Handpicked Musicians Mark

What's going on here with the finish between the pickup and bridge positions? Is it just some weird reflections in the paintwork, or … ? Mark

I have just figured out the simple, yet achingly beautiful main hook from the Angelo Badalamenti composed tune Audrey's Dance, from Twin Peaks. Mark

That is indeed very red red. I like that. Mark

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Today I have been marked SAFE from having to buy a Rick Savage bass from Reverb. 😂 Mark

Found the below just now on Instagram, seems to be a post from the official Schecter Instagram account, from August last year, so not nearly as new a development as what I thought … https://www.instagram.com/p/DNtZoLqZHaV/ Mark

Riffing on the 'Weeds' theme : Pulled by the roots. Mark

Yeah, they were just customs, many many different finishes, but as you say, no actual signature model. Mark

Just checking the Schecter website page for listed artists and he's not on there, so this must be a very new development if he's an official user of these now and not Jackson. Mark

That's new. I saw the bass on one of the videos that was posted from the latest Vegas residency, I never twigged that it wasn't his usual Jackson though. Mark

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I tried to find the Spider-Man paint job, but failed, so perhaps I either imagined it or just mis-remembered, but yeah, that TRON paint job was pretty nice I thought. Mark

Have you tried fitting your D string to the G position and seeing if that fits? If it does you have your answer re thicker gauge strings. Mark

These have been all over my Fb feed for ages. I really haven't see anything that made me sit up and go 'wow'. They did custom TRON and Spider-Man paint jobs which I liked. They do have some very nice finishes. Mark

Yep, you've just highlighted the main criticisms of this bass from everyone else, even the reviewers that I've seen have the exact same issues, not just people on Reddit going 'WTF?!?' 😂 But I don't hate the Jackson headstock, similarly for the scratchplate and bridge (I actually really like that bridge), I'll admit the scratchplate gave me pause at the start, but I got over it pretty quickly. As @Cornwall Steve said, it's a bit quirky looking, but in this case, I think it all works. Mark

Right? All the reviewers I've seen that approached this bass was with trepidation and caution, only to be really impressed with it. Yes, it may just be a Jazz/Precision bass, but every review I've seen of it have all been positive with particular mention of the range of tones that it can produce. I'm just really curious about them, and I don't hate the styling of it, it just needs to come in at a good price and I'd get it. Mark

Unpopular opinion incoming 😅 For the price range suggested I'd wait for one of the rather snappily titled Jackson X Series Concert Bass CBXNT DX V's to become available. There's one in white on Reverb but it's in the US, so you'd have to pay loads more in import fees and tax and duty and tariff and it just wouldn't be worth it, but I've wanted one of these basses for a long time. They were heavily discounted at some point in the past but I just missed that. I still keep a vague lookout for them at decent prices, but I've not seen any. Mark

These baseplates are things of beauty. Mark

I saw this one pop up on my Fb feed, I've been waiting for this thread to appear since then. Mark

We may have had this one, but … Def Leopard. 😃 Mark

If used for a musical instrument, tone wood? Mark