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Could it be built with 12mm ply, and if so, would it need some bracing?

I think it's probably a Zephyr. The Grind had a cut-out area on the lower horn for slap players to get in under the strings. Zephyrs did have contrasting woods in the body though, so I'm not sure. Grinds have through-body stringing and Zephyrs don't. Zephyr 5: Grind 5 BXP:

I wasn't going by the circuit but by https://aionfx.com/app/files/docs/l4_bass_preamp_documentation.pdf - page 3 is about the controls. I was actually looking for information on the distortion.

If only my former band was still going, I'd have the perfect excuse for that (used kazoo on Gino and for the whistling solo in Walk like an Egyptian).

The stain on the back above the battery box is because the battery box lid is missing and somebody's used sticky tape to hold the battery in. I did manage to find a replacement battery box cover for a Thumb 5 which would be just the same - I may have mentioned it on here. The stains on the front - the darkening above the pickup is maybe from an arm or a jacket sleeve, don't know about the ones around the controls that look like liquid has run down it.

No, it's linear taper.

He makes jolly good cables.

That's the mystery.

It's not fretting at the moment, but wait till someone uppercuts it.

There's very few songs I hate. Red Red Whine (in fact any cover by UB40), Perfect by Fairground Attraction (I could probably tolerate it again by now), and anything by Paul McCartney solo or with Wings.

Is there some convergent evolution of threads going on here?

I shall await your verdict with interest. One minor point - I'm not sure if the documentation is wrong or the control is backwards, but it says the Mid control on channel 2 is counterclockwise for boost and clockwise for cut.

Giving away clothing is bound to make people like you.

So it was a previous life that he did something bad in then.

I have no use for it but I would like to be able to do it. Not so much that I could be bothered to learn how to, mind. Probably less painful than uppercutting it.

AIs have to start somewhere.

ABM or Steinberger (original or licenced).

Are we back to this soft masturbating thing again?

There's more info in https://aionfx.com/app/files/docs/l4_bass_preamp_documentation.pdf

MB150 or 200MB combo then? Very compact, 12" speaker, usable for gigs if you're not playing against a hard-hitting drummer.

But did it go "NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!"? When I decided (due to it being the Thing To Do) to buy a Fender, a long long time ago, I went to Musical Exchanges in Brum and tried the three second-hand Precisions they had. The most playable of them was (fortunately) also the cheapest, probably because it was also the most battered. There was a huge variation between them despite all of them being 70s vintage (this was around 1985).

No, you should have a savoury biscuit, or maybe crisps, with g&t. Ritz or Tuc, I'd say.

There's an interesting YouTube video about how those are the work of the devil, and I think it was well argued.

And, of course, I have to spend enough to get free postage.

Yes, but of course the money has to be spent with them.