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It certainly looks nice. Sounds like a result

Hofner, possibly, with that wide control-panel horn?

[quote name='Painy' timestamp='1491054668' post='3270200'] Mrs Painy is a pharmacy dispenser which means standing for prolonged periods on a hard floor which can often lead to these kinds of problems. In the pharmacy they provide pressure mats (like small rubber gym mats) to stand on which help prevent it. Bananas may help as a source of potassium. Your doctor may also be able to prescribe quinine if needed but all the above is generally good advice. [/quote] Quinine is bad for you; I'd avoid it unless you've been prescribed it. The FDA (in the USA) has posted advice saying it shouldn't be taken unless prescribed, and not for leg cramps. [url="https://www.fda.gov/Drugs/DrugSafety/PostmarketDrugSafetyInformationforPatientsandProviders/ucm218202.htm"]https://www.fda.gov/...s/ucm218202.htm[/url] Edit: UK medical/pharma people (including Mrs Painy) may disagree; I don't know. But if the official US government medicines agency says it's not a good thing to take, it's probably worth avoiding.

I keep wanting to defret one

[quote name='alyctes' timestamp='1495579755' post='3305111'] Just as well. Horrible. [/quote] I should clarify, having actually read the description. Technically it's really interesting. Fibreglass body and magnesium-alloy neck... that would be interesting to play. And I hadn't realised they were so rare. Still a capital-B Bad look though.

[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1495560236' post='3304853'] You don't see these for sale very often. [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mid-80s-Staccato-MG-Bass-Guitar-Original-Hard-Case-Pearl-White-/132196649956?hash=item1ec788cbe4:g:oHUAAOSwurZZHdWh"]http://www.ebay.co.u...HUAAOSwurZZHdWh[/url] [/quote] Just as well. Horrible.

Too loud, man.

A Peter Hammill fan, I see

Squier P went for £142. It's pickup only so it might be back

[quote name='Grangur' timestamp='1494683824' post='3297850'] He say it has "done me good over the years".. How can a bass player of a few years standing, not know the spelling of "Fender"? I'm also amazed at the time you hear of folk selling basses where "a mate left it round 'ere" is the explanation for them having it. How many times has ANYONE here left a bass with a mate and simply not bothered to pick it up? [/quote] I'm probably never going to reclaim the banjo I loaned to an ex-guitarist, TBH. But it's not a bass... It does say she's posting on behalf of her son, as well.

Would Status Hotwire make one? They used to do custom strings, IIRC.

Talk to philw about his Jaguars... I'm sure he'd be pleased to sort you out