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They never did a shorter scale version of one of these as far as I know! Also states it's a 2004 model too - not sure how that lines up with the dual humbuckers - I didn't think they were an option till recently?

As I've recently got an OLP Tony Levin, which I'm very impressed by and really gelling with, I've got one beady eye on an SR5 special for my Birthday in March. Saw this and had to do a triple take at the price. Usually, a non special, would be about £1100-1300. £2500 and a description a mute would be proud of! 😂 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/266052396434?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=n-y-mlNuRNW&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=sl4fEbVkThu&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

This has been my quietest year for inbound in probably a decade. In ; Fender Jazz Bass Active Deluxe - Needed a flexible bass for functions band and always wanted a 'super jazz' and this one fit that criteria to a T. 18v preamp and Noiseless pickups an excellent combination. OLP Tony Levin - Recently picked.up. Great ergonomics and playability with a pretty funky sound. The preamp, however, is total pants. Got an inkling with some inbound EMG parts, this will become my #1. Fretless Status Neck MTD KZ5 Warwick Corvette Standard Out ; Modulus Flea Bass - too bright and angry/direct for my new band. Fender Classic 50's P - In the good tradition of Basschat of selling something inexplicably, this is mine. The best P-Bass I've ever played. Sounded phenomenal. I'm a silly billy for selling. USA Musicman SUB - Finally it left the stable after 7 years. Wasn't getting used anymore (Status neck with it). MTD KZ5 - Brilliant, just couldn't gel with this 5'er. This one had a particularly long neck being 35" scale, which is partially why the B-string was god-like. I'm not a particularly big bloke, so sometimes struggled with it after 2 hour long sets. Warwick Corvette 4 Standard - Bought from Bass Direct. Had a crack in the neck they didn't seemed to have picked up on - so went back instantly. Hope it wasn't sold to somebody else after this was discovered. 2023 should be quieter, barring placing an order for a Wal mk1, I finally feel after 20 years of playing, that I've sampled everything and realised that most basses really are very similar, and there aren't these chasm-esque differences we say there are. It's quite liberating! net in and out = 0!

Fender all the way. As much as I respect Ibanez quality, tonally, they're too Vanilla for me.

This is disappointing to see. Basschat was always above crap like this. Let's not let this descend into being like the 'other' site. Try to be respectful at all times. It's what makes this forum so good.

I used to find selling a bass, a difficult experience in my younger days, now, any bass, is as easy to sell as breathing. The realisation came with suddenly almost caring less what I played through, and that, myself as the player, is the most important part, and that they are just tools / a vehicle for that. This was definitely helped by joining an extremely busy functions band, it was a reality check for the internal deification of basses/brands and models. Basically now the criteria is ; Is it reliable? Is it comfortable? Can I get a bright and a dark sound? Anything beyond that is superfluous to me. Plus I generally think on the whole, that a bass pretty much sounds like a bass, and these giant differences we speak of between brands etc, really, when you take a step back, are not. I still like certain brands and looks, and a nice bass can be inspiring, but tbh, nothing is sacred anymore!

I can't seem to find it on the website at the moment, likely due to the hold on orders, but it was £6000 at the last check. I'm on the list for a mk1 when they open up again, and much like you, will likely sell a couple to go towards it. It's always been my dream bass, and although the pricing is absolutely mental, there isn't anything that gets in that ball park in terms of tone/sound. It will be a forever bass though, so I can justify it. . . Maybe 😄😄

With the massive rises in prices in recent years on basses across the board, I don't buy new anymore - it's not financially viable. I'd do it for a new Wal, but that's a one-off, very special instrument. I guess, at a push, maybe £1000-1200 at the absolute max, if something came along that I *had* to have new, but I'd probably just still wait to find one used. I think pricing within the industry is rising at an completely unsustainable rate (in line with the average wage and what people can afford). A Musicman Stingray is a shade off £3000 now. Boggo Warwick GPS series (that are nothing like the OG ones) are £2000+. An American Jazz bass is knocking on for £2000. People just don't have this kind of money to spare in today's climate. I know there's the argument to be had for import lines, but even then, for example, Sterling by Musicman are over £1000, Mexican Fenders are now going for over £1000. Conversely, though, budget instruments nowadays, are phenomenal in quality, playability and sound, so I guess there's still a lot of value to be had in that sense - but if you want 'the real deal' going forward, the prices will be laughably astronomic within 5 years, and closed to all but the most wealthy of us.

We did 'Merry Christmas Everyone' by Shakey, 'Last Christmas' by Wham and 'Driving Home For Christmas' By Chris Rea, last night at a corporate gig. They were the 3 best received songs of the night! People went mental for them!

About as fake as it's possible to be!

I'd leave it as is - not all mojo has to look like an abused, nitro fender. Your bass has stories to tell, that are all yours! It looks great!

The physical town centre itself is. Outside of it, it's rural as anything - as my car journeys back from rehearsal in Bristol, in this cold snap, have attested. Squeaky bum time! With regards to the traffic - it's a bloody nightmare. Four, busy A-roads intersecting onto two mini roundabouts will cause that!

I have to disagree with this. I've sold lots of stuff through eBay as collection only. eBay has a filter that can sort by distance, it's a platform that has all types of sales on it, from delivery to collection. It's the sellers own prerogative. If you don't like collection only, then, as you have, find someone who does deliver. The platform caters for all. I also live in the relative sticks, and be it through eBay or Basschat (or god forbid, FB marketplace *shudders*) if it's an item I really want, then I absolutely don't mind going to collect it. In fact, I prefer it, as I get to see the item and there can be very little room for surprises. I know I'm likely in the minority, but the thought of buying, for example, a high value bass, from abroad, on eBay, is anathema. I want to see the bass first when that type of money is involved. And, especially so, given eBay is populated by, in my experience, a fair few melts and chancers, (although not to the degree Gumtree and FB marketplace are).

No contest. MTD KZ5 - 19mm string spacing and the best B string under £1000.

The bass-lines on his first album 'I Created Disco' are awesome across the board. 'Merrymaking At My Place' is one of my faves. Such a groove!

Those pickups in the T-Bird Pro are widely regarded as some of the best pickups in a bass, full stop. All YouTube videos I see of this bass back that up - it sounds phenomenal and if it's anything like my old T-Bird, volume is not something that will be lacking. What you see as an 'upgrade' to them, would be better served calling a 'modification'

Yep 100%. I've stated before, but, Stadium Arcadium and that song, is the precise point this band went down the s******. I can't stand that album. They stylistically started to lean over to Anthony singing (one thing you don't want him doing without a generous dose of autotune), with generic song structures. A recipe for insta-bland.

Disintegration is, IMO, the best album ever written. Start there! Head on the Door is more accessible and poppy, as is Kiss me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me and Wish. Faith and Pornography are dark and dingy (in a good way). Basically they're all excellent up until Wish. Apart from Mixed up, as others have said, it's crap.

My favourite song is Subway To Venus. I think their 'best' song, however, is Scar Tissue

I almost bought one last year. Sound and neck feel were excellent. But, I thought it was just as ugly in the flesh. That's not to crap on others choices - It's all personal, but I'd hazard a bet that's unquestionably the reason such a great bass never took off to the heights of it's stablemates.

I think maybe this thread has two sides? If we're talking what people/weekend warriors were playing and what was common in shops and on stages, then it surely has to be P-Basses and Jazz Basses through an Ashdown of some sort. If we're talking what bass embodies the era or came out and wowed people in a distinctive way, my vote 100% goes for the Musicman Bongo. It got people talking like no other bass and was the big new thing. Coming from one of the larger manufacturers too, it had coverage in a way that bespoke, coffee table type basses didn't and don't.

That's an idea. Rather go down the pedal route though! Thank you!