LukeFRC

Nah @Al Krow plays 5 strings

Such a shame that none of your fellow BBfans live in that little place.... (somewhere near Raynes Park zone 4 )

Awesome looking basses - odd posing of straps

I’ve seen a bundle of things easily two or three or four times what they would go for here, Japanese stuff 2-3 times what it would cost total to import from ishibashi …. And I saw one item which was probably priced about right. so do a bit of looking around …

I was going to ask what brought about that sale - hope you're ok

a couple of three way switches would be fairly cheap... if you don't want to drill holes in the front of your bass it would be possible to get 3 way slidey type switches and install them inset on the back cavity cover. I did this on an old Yamaha SG I had to add coil taps. Not an ideal situation but lets you try it without any holes on (the front) of your bass.

It’s oft repeated on US based forums that anything imported must be bad and low quality… I find it a odd view point to think that a country can’t build a simple solidbody guitar and then broadcast that view via a advanced technological device made in that country…

I always thought break angle at thr witness point, then mass/stiffness of the anchor point was more critical than surface area contact …

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All you need now is a slot polepiece L1000 - just for comparison obviously!

Did they do bound and blocks necks on precisions out of the factory?

was it you or someone else who had worked out these were the same as the Chinese Tokai or something?

There’s one of them in red some fella is selling online - I keep having to pretend I didn’t see it

till they die on you, or till you sell the bass?

man @Owen sees that and it will all get expensive

is it good for (heavy) metal?

Glad I found this thread, thats tomorrows work soundtracked... also slightly OT, I love the national but seeing them live is a weird experience... starts off as a slick stadium band, ends up with Matt as a drunken mess in the audience in a way that would have been amazing in a venue a 10th of the size, bit odd.

Aww I'm going to miss seeing the bitsas - but not the sense of regret when someone else gets them before me!

that's a good idea generally - It stops the impulse and somehow writing it down helps think it through properly too.