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Geoff purchased a Stingray from me and was an absolute pleasure to deal with. Thanks again Geoff!

Bought a Jazz Bass from Kev, great comms and bass packaged and sent securely and promptly. Top bloke and a pleasure to deal with 👍

Bought a Jazz bass from Chris. He kept me updated, it was well packaged and shipped promptly. Thoroughly recommended 👍

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I don’t really fancy reporting my own posts! 😆 Is there a way to change your account email address at all??

Me neither…just out of my price range. Maybe he’ll stick some of his y-fronts on there for a bit less 🙏

Which is why I added the ‘by that logic anyway’…but seriously, nevermind ☮️

I was being sarcastic

Which in turn are just a rebadged MIM Std series being produced in the USA. By that logic anyway…

Individual guitars should be judged on their own qualities as you can get great and not so great versions of the same thing. The classic vibes are generally really good, but the vintera should be better…better woods, nicer finishing, better electrics, tone, and if it’s important to you, more period accurate aesthetics. The aged/roadworn/relic’d thing is something you either like or dislike, but you won’t get it on a squier unless it’s a used one that’s had a really tough paper round. That said, it’s certainly the law of diminishing returns…it ‘should’ be better, but is it £800 better? As others have said, proof is in the pudding; give them both a try.

Hi all, I’m after a single vintage style bridge saddle for a roadworn jazz. Doesn’t have to be ‘roadworn’, but nickel would be good. They’re not listed on Fender’s site and the only ones I can see are on eBay, reverb etc and are in the US. Also they appear to just be the saddle and I could do with the grub screws, screw and spring as well ideally. Does anyone have any idea where I might be able to get hold of one? Thanks in advance

The ‘prototype’ thing is a bit vague…can you clarify at all? If this is a prototype, but one he has built at your request, that is something that should’ve been agreed between you prior to construction. That should involve him informing you where there might be issues eg. ‘Jazzmaster style electrics on a bass being unorthodox’ or ‘the colour might not turn out exactly how we think’ etc. That said, if he has built it from scratch for you, that in no way would excuse the scratches and finish imperfections. The only way you could excuse these as a ‘prototype’ is if it was an instrument he had previously built for testing purposes and it had seen some use before you decided to buy it.

Bought a bass from Isabass which was as described and shipped securely. Also prompt responses to messages, recommended seller

[quote name='Beedster' timestamp='1469876170' post='3101659'] My thoughts on this bass is that it's classic Fender QC once again, a few absolute diamonds likely the equal of some Pre-CSB instruments (and it sounds like a few folks on here have been lucky enough to get such examples), a few absolute dogs equivalent to the worst of the late '70s (which mine was, heavy, lacking in resonance, misaligned and faulty), and the vast majority sitting between those extremes, many of which are no doubt very playable and decent instruments. What I should have mentioned in my post was that after the PUP stopped working I took off the control plate to have a look. I did so VERY carefully. I've never seen such poor soldering, I'm not great at it but even my solder joints look infinitely more tidy and functional than did those in my bass. Guess what, while I had the circuit out, ANOTHER WIRE DROPPED OFF A POT, JUST DROPPED OFF!!! It was shocking and explained entirely why the front PUP had stopped working in the first place. Two wires off pots in less than 20 minutes from new! I dread to think what else was going to happen had I kept it I doubt I'll ever buy another new Fender. The lack of respect they must have for their customers to let such instruments through QC is quite incredible. [/quote] Weird. Mine is absolutely spotless.