Conan

Maybe people you are neutral about or new members that you have not yet made your mind up about? Mine is 5310. Singer is a relatively new band member, and although I like him, I wouldn't call him a friend. The drummer is a mate and also a work colleague 🙂

You forgot to mention the handles...

Depends. If you play on biggish stages, and move around a bit, and want to be able to hear yourself other than through monitors or in-ears...

Interesting discussion about tolex and customer service, but isn't all this somewhat hijacking the thread?

Not at all! Good luck in sourcing one if you decide to go down that path. Essentially, the Vintage was two of the original Compacts in one box. Unbelievably light for the sound they produce - and strongly built as well!

Don't the Nate Mendel signature P basses have a J neck? Another cheaper possible solution... They get very good reviews too

Have a trawl through the classifieds for an old Barefaced Vintage. A 2x15 cab that is a one handed lift (for me anyway) and is wide enough to sit a "proper" amp on top. I used to have one and it sounded great, but was just too big for the stairs in the practice room we were using at the time... I'd have another like a shot, but there are not that many around and people tend to hang on to them as they are so good...

Ah. Apologies, I misunderstood your OP

Sorry. Facetious comment rather than trolling attempt. Inti (an ex-member on here) took musical snobbishness to elevated (?) heights, to which we mere mortals could only aspire in our dreams (or nightmares). We clown-whores can only... Er, no, wait - he was a git.🙄😁

Inti? Is that you? 🤔

Not trying to be funny, but if your bass is lovely why deliberately damage it? Buy a Roadworn as well? 🤔

Could you get one of those for three grand at the moment? Most of the ones I've seen for sale are well over £4000...

Lovely! Although I think you were much more sensible buying it second hand. I wonder how much less you paid than the original buyer...

You could buy a number of decent-good basses for £3000 or less... Having seen the quality that is available now in the under-£500 sector, you could buy an instant collection!

Update - after buying a used bridge on here, and finding that it didn't quite fit, I came up with a much simpler (and cheaper) solution. I took a junior hacksaw to the two offending intonation screws (the G and D strings) and shortened them by about 7mm. Result - perfectly intonated! I'm actually rather proud of myself as I am no engineer or even a handyman!

It's not unusual to have a crush on Asians...

Stone Temple Pilots. Some interesting bass lines courtesy of Rob Deleo

My first deal with the legendary Beedster, and it went as smoothly as everyone else's has! Sadly, the bridge I bought from him (and he posted to me) doesn't quite fit my Sire, which is entirely MY fault, not his, as it was exactly as he described. Note to self - measure things properly next time!

I take it you had to get the body filled and re-drilled to attach the Gotoh? The Sire bridge has six screw holes along the rear edge of the base plate. I have managed to source a bridge with a similar (hopefully exactly the same) arrangement of holes!

Fair point, but I have no intention of stringing the bass through the body. I've never had a bass with this option before so wouldn't miss it. Having swapped the strings on my Sire from "through-body" to "through-bridge-only" (or whatever the term is!) I found no difference in tone, volume, sustain or anything else. Other people's experiences and opinions may not agree of course....

Having just purchased one of these second-hand, I just wanted to add my two penn'orth. As others have said, the sound from these basses is very good. The preamp is an incredibly powerful monster that needs careful and subtle handling, but can produce a vast range of tones. The neck (on mine anyway) is very nice - quite a shallow profile, and nice and wide to accommodate the 18mm spacing (which, again, I like). Weight is not bad at all. Mine comes in at bang on 10lb, which is not bad for a fiver. Nicely balanced too. Tuners are OK. One feels a little loose, but it holds tune well and has a smooth action (as they all do). It would be really nice if the truss-rod could be adjusted without removing the neck, or, at the very least, the scratchplate! It's a cheap bass, but that just seems daft! However, I am having problems with the bridge. When the bass arrived last week, I needed to do a bit of a set-up but just couldn't get the G string (and to a lesser extent the A) to intonate properly. The intonation screws reached the limit of their travel too soon and would not allow me to bring the saddle back far enough! What on earth is going on there?! I thought it might be because the bass had been strung through the body, but having changed that, it made no difference. To be fair, it is not the most attractive bridge on the market, but I don't care too much about that if it does the job. The problem is that it doesn't! So, I've just bought a replacement from Beedster of this parish, to see if that deals with the intonation issue. To be continued....