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I've always wanted an acoustic bass.  199 lbs sounds like a good deal. 

I'm looking for a new bass today too.

It's a "year end clearance" from Topdawgz. He bought out a store that was closing. He's sold the rest of the inventory, but this bass has a technical problem, so I'm getting it as a project bass. It's a knock-off of a Fender P-bass.  I'm betting I'll just need to replace the jack and maybe the pots. But if I do that then it's no more work to put in new pickups and maybe a different pick guard. And of course make sure all the shielding and grounding is good.

Photos later, once I actually have it.

That's the coolest thing I've seen this month! Awesome!     

Have you considered scantily clad dancers?     

Milli, I grew up in the state of Pennsylvania in the US. There's a version of German spoken there called Pennsylvania Dutch. The Dutch is a misspelling of Deutsch that has persisted. Anyway, your grammar with English took me home to the good people there, including my grandfather whose first language was also German, and made me like you immediately. I hope you keep sharing your growth as a musician with us.

Please let us know if there's anything you need musically, as we have all been where you are. The same things don't help everyone, but we'll share what insight we have and maybe you'll find it useful.

Those are nice looking kits.     

Teens are the ones with free money.

Been thinking of you lately DE. That Breedlove I bought from you has been converted to a laptop steel that I'm trying to learn. It's not going well, and I blame you.  LOL! 

On the other hand, Olivia is a dream to play. I've been playing bass at church as part of a broader band. We've got a lot of folks out of the area this coming week. Only the band leader and I are available for Nov 10. We're looking at him switching from guitar to keyboard and me switching from bass to acoustic rhythm or either hybrid or finger picked. If that happens, it'll be Olivia. 

Regardless of what happens, I wish all Marines a Happy Birthday on Nov 10.

Topdown's is a Composite Acoustic brand rather than Rainsong. It's awesome in too many ways to count. But mostly, the low end when plugged in is AMAZING. It's an absolutely fantastic guitar. It may well be the best set up acoustic I've ever played. But please don't tell my Guild D40 or it may get jealous. If memory serves, Topdown bought it when he was doing a lot of traveling by car and wanted something that wasn't going to be harmed by being in a hot car all day before being pulled out to play in the evening. He got it, too.

I have played a couple Rainsongs. I liked them. I saw a couple of guys playing Rainsong guitars at a winery, and chatted with them during the break about their guitars. They both were in love with the guitars. For a touring musician, especially one doing small gigs that can go from an outdoor venue in direct sun one day to a high humidity basement gig the next, the Rainsong's have a lot going for them for someone who's gigging in a variety of environments and only has room for one or two guitars.

Upgrading components and installing proper shielding was sufficient without need for a gizmo.  But that gizmo looks pretty useful for some circumstances.     

Update on this. I've been playing every other week or so. Pretty much whenever I'm in town on both Thursday (rehearsal) and Sunday.

My fretless was giving some terrible 60 cycle hum into the mix. It wasn't getting into the house, but it was very loud and distracting in the monitors. So I checked it out and the components were cheap and there was no shielding. So I shielded all the cavities, put in new pickups, ran new wires (coax for the longer runs), did a little better job grounding at the bridge, put in a new high mass bridge, and replaced the pots and jack. The neck, body, and tuning machines are all that's left of the original, and the tuning machines are being eyed with suspicion.

After all this, it ran silently until I wanted to make noise. But once the amp was plugged into the board, hum. Plus there was some kind of signal cancelation because the bass would go silent in the monitors. The solution was to get a DI box that runs on phantom power so there's only one electric circuit involved. Boom.

Today was the first run with the rebuilt bass and new signal chain and it worked great.     

Lol. Funny comment on the blues.     

Welcome back.     

Well... Dang.

I am jealous.