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I saw a few of the Mini Makos hanging on the wall when I picked up my v2 recenty (obligatory pic below). Sadly I was too pressed for time to try other basses but they looked very interesting.

Great insn't it when a forum actively prevents you from helping somebody sell a book or two. Bar stewards the lot of them.

I've received a warning for a code #7 violation and, apparently, 2 points on my licence whatever all of that means. Thread taken down though. Sorry bud

Just added this one: https://www.talkbass.com/threads/a-good-read-with-some-wry-humour-for-gigging-weekend-warriors.1490403/

Tony very kindly responded to my plea for a short length of velcro for my pedal board. He posted off a couple of pieces almost immediately and then refused to accept any payment at all. What a gent and a credit to the forum. I am most grateful and hope to be able to reciprocate at some point.

The postman has just delivered a very interesting looking envelope. Will do pics later and some yogic flying to pass the time.

Ouch, that hurts. Did somebody run a key down the side (just to make sure the paintwork was OK)?

Good call to put the link in there @Maude . There will be young people here that don't know what Le Mans used to be like in the 60s, have no knowledge of the GT 40 , or even what Gulf fuel was I have a Gulf car for my Scalextric track:

Fingers crossed for tomorrow...

Very nice indeed.

No sign of mine yet

Review now done

So true. I'd wager that Karl has owned 82.7% of all basses ever made. Apologies, I can't be any more accurate than that.

What is also mildly weird is that we have ended up with a broadly similar set of basses (except Stingray and Gibson that just don't float any of my boats)

Just finished the book. Bloody marvelous read and highly recommended. I'm approx. the same vintage, maybe a year or two older so all the references worked brilliantly for me. Where do I do the review please?

I'm two basses down overall during lock down.

But is it any good for metal?

The Lakland is definitely the looker of the two. The Fender has the slight stealth element about it, and tbh I was wondering about sticking a pickguard on it maybe in the same style as the BBP34. A bit like this:

I feel it's too late for me now, the status of 'junkie in oblivion' was passed a while back I suspect

I didn't mean to sound uncertain or uncommitted . Had events happened in a different order, or over a slightly more extended time period, the circumstances would have different and I would have ended up with only one of the two. Either of these two without the other would have been absolutely great. It's entirely possible I might end up keeping both for while so I can try them out with the band. But if you insist on me getting a third one then I had also been looking for a Squier Standard Series Precision Bass Special which seem to have a good following.