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The 435 I had was unusually good, I’d tried quite a few and this one was special. I also paid a fair bit to have the fingerboard rolled, and had the frets levelled and dressed by my favourite techs at Feline Guitars, so it is a bass in as-new condition that plays way better than a new one. I got an early 90s mk1 TRB-5P with John East electronics on this very forum, the bass I dreamed about as a teenager after falling in love with a Abraham Laboriel’s playing. We couldn’t afford it at the time, but my dad managed to negotiate a crazy good price on a floor-model TRB6 that was my first bass and that I still have (and have upgraded with a Glockenklang pre).

Having sold my 435 last week to finance an upgrade to a dream Yamaha, I am sadly now BB-less too. @Happypants seems very happy with it though!

Haha! Well here’s the 64. Restored by John at Bravewood in Cornwall:

I’m very lucky to have two pre-CBS Precisions, which have solved my old-school P gas pretty much completely. This is my 64, running DI through my Noble: For a more modern P sound, my Dingwall Super P5, my Sadowsky NYC P/J and my recently acquired Yamaha TRB-5P all sound absolutely phenomenal. The first two have the Sadowsky pre, the Yamaha has a John East. The BB435 I sold recently also sounded incredible.

Do you have a link? Can only find the 1000SMS

Yes, the photo is there every time we visit, but the point is we don’t get the same new thread every two days.

I have a Strat body in a similar colour, still trying to decide what to have but thinking tort.

Nigel sold me a Glockenklang pre - easy transaction, thanks so much!

Jason bought my BB435 in a quick, easy, socially distanced transaction. Thanks mate, enjoy her!