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My 4 Wizards: From left to right: Bernie - Modified Sue Ryder with Trads. Lucie- Modified Squier VM 5 string with bespoke 74's. Annie- Bitsa with 64's. Jennie- Squier VM with 84's [URL=http://s1160.photobucket.com/user/apasher/media/IMG_1443.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1160.photobucket.com/albums/q491/apasher/IMG_1443.jpg[/IMG][/URL] A

My two Easts On the right is Annie a Jazz bitsa with J-Retro and Wizard 64's. on the left is Lucie a very modded Squier VM 5 string with a bespoke U-Retro and MPM 01 Piezo which lets you blend them together or not. John was a great help and very patient sorting this one. It has Bespoke Wizard 74 pickups in. [url="http://s1160.photobucket.com/user/apasher/media/IMG_1439.jpg.html"][/url] A

[quote name='BetaFunk' timestamp='1392847484' post='2373566'] He's no Lonnie. Jake plays pleasant enough music but Lonnie was not only very talented but also a pioneer. [/quote] Said with tongue slightly in cheek. It was the fact his initial material was skiffl-esk and his voice, to me, reminded me of Lonnie. However regarding pioneering I will maintain that relatively speaking he is in terms of reviving the style. A

Not going to make it Im afraid. Have fun guys A

And that old classic.................... http://youtu.be/kbvOwuqfkwI A

Iwas going to reserect the old thread about him to just say how well he's done. He has really grown on me. His new single is very good indeed. The guy is going to stick around. Good on him. A Oh and for the record hes a young Lonnie Donegan

[quote name='ambient' timestamp='1392392515' post='2368152'] Modern double sided sticky tape is very strong should be suitable. Just make sure you warm it before trying to remove whatever you end up sticking on, use a gentle heat from a hair dryer or something. [/quote] Best way is to use lighter fluid. It has an agent in it that dissolves the glue but doesn't touch finishes. I used it on a scratch plate on a fender acoustic (Kingman to be precise). Gently pull and apply. A

No worries Jose. Just let me know and glad your still liking them. Id still like to know where it originally came from! BTW what news on the control plate? Ever get that finished? A

I got one a year or so ago and they aren't the best of quality at all. They are cheap for a reason. Mine was the fretless 4 string and the dots are in the fretted position, ie between the frets so a bit tricky if your not used to it. Strap button on the heal for a leftie!! and lots of other shoddy mistakes etc. I wouldn't bother again. A

It looks like your all sorted but if your really stuck let me know and I could get them made again for you A

Ha ha!! That takes me back They are indeed a bloody good band live. Keep it up for this year Jose A

[quote name='oldslapper' timestamp='1388338214' post='2320944'] The mods you carried out on those basses were fantastic, real pleasure to play. Shame I can't make the bash this year. [/quote] Ha thanks, and Im still doing the sliding harmonics Shame you cant come. I havent done much modding since but was thinking of bringing my STAGG EUB along for people to try. A

Saw Beggs in Ellis Beggs and Howard. Excellent player. Not a bad group for the day either. A

Ill pencil it in and hope to be there again. Last year was cool. Any options for a guest speaker? A

Nice.................... Very nice indeed A

Saw it yesterday. Vast Improvement. Like Ou7shined says it was a terrible site to get around. Wonder who will win the 'Pre-amp of their choice' in the raffle? Did have a good look around and its still a work in progress with some odd links. Good to see he does Paypal now to. Or is that just too tempting!!! [size=4] [/size] [size=4]A[/size]

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1380468459' post='2225705'] Copy guitars and basses aren't really designed. If the manufacturers could get away with it, they would be identical to the thing they were copying. However some design aspects are IP protected, so those elements have to be changed just enough so they no longer infringe. Also some parts may be uneconomical to copy exactly, so an existing generic part will be used instead and the "design" modified to allow this. It's all about practicality. [/quote] I totally agree with you. I work in product design and in my field its a very small pond we (The designers) are working in and copy each other quit a bit while changing just enough to avoid legal action. Therefore I understand the processes here. However, and you said so yourself, those little details still need to be 'designed', still need to be calculated, modelled, drawn, CNC programed etc etc. While a far eastern manufacturer can take a standard Fender design and reverse engineer it and needs no external input to do that there will need to be an input from the customer (Western reseller such as Sue Ryder) regarding details such as the 'R' logo and headstock shape. Who puts all that together? Im only using Ryder as an example. Perhaps Ryder are big enough to have their own marketing dept who can sub this sort of thing to a design agency but you get the general idea of the question. The far east isnt renowned for its style and design. Its usually the West that designs things then has them made in the far east for the western market. A

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1380455193' post='2225428'] The Sue Ryder headstock is copied from [url="http://www.reverendguitars.com"]Reverend[/url] so the answer to your specific question is probably Joe Naylor. [/quote] Well I didnt know that!! But thats not quit the answer. Yes Joe Naylor designed the original but there must have been some one somewhere who decided to copy that then 'design' the SR. Before you can make anything you have to design it other wise the answer to my question would be Leo! A

Sitting here looking at my Sue Ryder and how the headstock actually looks quit nice. A recurring question recures in my mind. Who actually designs these copies? Im talking about the cheaper far eastern ones. Do these mass production factories have their own in house designers or do the western commissioners seek out western design houses? I just imagine some guy sitting on the Clapham Omnibus turning to the little old lady next to him and saying. "You know that Sue Ryder P bass that everyone was raving over a couple of years ago? Well I designed that you know". Anyone know? A

Yep its sort of 'beyond reliced' Its a pattern in itself. Give it a clear coat and it would look nice. A

Is all this a bit like the 'I before E except after C' rule? A

[quote name='Sub_Drop' timestamp='1378106181' post='2195721'] Cheers for all the replies. Mixed opinions it seems. I might have to test one out as I've got urges to buy a lot of different basses at the moment [/quote] Mine wasn't a criticism but more of an intrigued sort of 'But whats going on with..' Im interested in what that scratch plate is made of because it looks cool A

[quote name='Jimryan' timestamp='1378055186' post='2195210'] Who's having it? Who's having it?!? Only Peter Hook. [/quote] So its not Colin Moulding then? [size=4] [/size] [size=4]A[/size]

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