bigsmokebass

Very nice! Not your typical looking lakland bass 😁👍🏻

Yes, that's a Thunderbird pickup. Nothing new really and I think the coil tapping has been used before... Could be wrong but nothing ground shattering from Gibson for basses. Still the old 3 pin bridges too, should be left in the 70's haha. In regards to the use of rosewood, pretty sure it's an industry standard now that they're posted with a CITES certificate OR they're using a different strand of the rosewood like Pau ferro or laurel (?). As for the Gibson site, I too can only see those models available but I'm sure it will soon be updated as I don't think the Epiphone site has been updated with models either.

Another member of the BB brigade, sorry 🤣 you seriously can't go wrong with one of these. They punch far above their weight for the price and the 1025x going is a beauty.

Fantastic job you've done there. Looks great 😁 What are friends for, if not for free basses? 😉👌🏻

Beautiful story and I'm so happy for you mahn! Such a pretty bass too 😁

@AndyTravisvery nice, hoping you like the BBP34/5 so I could potentially perk this off you when you sell up 😜🤣

Stew, if I ever head down that way on a little break, it would be fab to see you, hear your band and have a noodle on this beaut of a bass 😉🍻 top man! I'd love to age this bass though, get some nice "road warn" feel to it and have a great bass, at a great price and like yourself, my next go to instrument. I just love a precision bass. What sort of stuff do you play and what's your setup?

Great little basses I believe... I've said in another topic how I'd favour this over a Pino 😂 For me personally, I'd go without the covers but that's just me. If they don't get in the way, go for it.... Just make us a video as I'd love to see more of this bass and how it sounds and plays, as I am tempted myself by one😁👍🏻

Great sounding bass and a great funky little bassist for it too... Would I buy it? For a price between £2,000-£3,000... Can't say I could justify it. £1600 and I might take a bite. However, a passive Musicman is great news.. @Cuzzie I might have to put those Sandberg's on hold brother 😂😂😂

Welcome to the forum and I hope you stay for more than FX 😉

Bring back the Little Bastard or the CTM15 😂👌🏻

Ashdown just tend to making a flop with anything that isn't an amp..

Thought for a moment they started you off young 😂 bless her, she's going to be the next Ida Nielsen then? 😉👌🏻 Yeah, heavier strings will get you some nice low end rumble without your strings slacking too much and the sound of floppy strings being picked up. I'm sure as you come to upgrade you'll notice the difference with other basses and downtuning, especially going for 35" or multiscale basses. Pbass all the way though, I started off on a Westfield and loved it, can't go wrong and hope you and little Grace keep up the good work!

White kid though? If so, I swear he moved to Chester and hasn't changed. Only, he's "off on tour to America next week" looking for an acoustic that comes with a hardcase 😂😂😂

Cat approves? How are you getting on with a 6 string? What are you mainly playing on it? Looking to get one myself soon, perhaps not an Ibanez but a 6'er of sorts 😁

Some good names there 😂👌🏻 does bring back memories of when I did name my own but sadly not in the recent years have I named any... Largely due to selling most I had and seemed pointless building an unnecessary attachment to them.

On the contrary, I have named some guitars in the past but not in a long time. Just brand or model names is how I identify them now.

Naming guitar shop customers.... Now that's a game we could play. 😂😂😂 My fave was 'shitkid'/'spectrum' who used to interfere with high ticket sales with things like "have you heard this song before?"

Expensive, but worth it?

Get me a Bass Collection Bruce Thomas model for a fraction of the price and I'd be happy 😂👌🏻

Soooooo many artists 😂 poor guys. Tim Commerford for one, on top of my list.

Owned and played many short scales in my time, really enjoyed the Gibson SG basses but always found what came practical for me in bands and comfort was a long scale (built like a brick stinky poo house!) But the shorties were really fun to play. Fender Mustangs are a good one to go to, too. Some fun designs and colours 😊 There are some 'travel' or Ukulele acoustic basses as well, anything from Taylor, Ibanez, Kala and other brands, worth checking out if you enjoyed the acoustic.