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[quote name='Beedster' timestamp='1395787046' post='2406427'] Given your list above it's a Shergold. IMO the Japs of the time are good but a bit generic for a YOB instrument. [/quote] You beat me to it.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1395958589' post='2408497'] That's interesting! Do you have any pics of it? [/quote] Yes, pre-digital of course. One day I'll get round to scanning them in.

Second-hand GK MB150 or 200MB would do the job.

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1395927370' post='2408033'] This brings back all those memories of Wardour St, Tottenham Court Rd an' all. [/quote] I put a 40/40 together from parts that I bought from the Fender Soundhouse on Tottenham Court Road after Hayman had gone bust and there had been a fire there. I eventually PXed it for a Fender P, which in hindsight I'm not sure was a good thing.

To get shot of the Powerblock distortion, you either need to make up a little lead to run from the ring (I think) of the effects send/return to both CD ins or use a stereo-to-phono adaptor and a single phono to twin phono lead: You need to go from the correct side of the adaptor - that's easy to determine, you either get a noise or silence. This bypasses the "speaker sim" distortion bit.

[quote name='ubit' timestamp='1395872889' post='2407585'] Too right! I wouldn't pay anymore than a hundred for a second hand Squire [/quote] I think that would depend on whether he came with a mansion and a country estate.

Jus bought those same two GK cabs from Nick - very helpful throughout the sale and trusted me to head off with them despite my Paypal payment being held up for review. Thanks Nick.

"Oh bugger, we forgot to put in the pickup switch".

[quote name='topo morto' timestamp='1395778827' post='2406257'] Seeing all these from G4M does put me off buying anything from them... [/quote] They're not aiming at you though, they're going for the relic market.

Another Crate Powerblock user here. I have a lead to get rid of the added distortion. It's small enough to live permamently in the car so it's always there for gigs.

[quote name='theyellowcar' timestamp='1395647765' post='2404574'] Welcome to the club. You will never leave. [/quote] I did.

Looks like there's a Nady wireless included too.

Chris May brought some of the Tanglewaters to a Moffat bass bash either two or three years ago, which were from the first batch to come in. I was impressed by them - seemed very good quality.

And another.

Fleetwood Mac - The Chain. Specifically the outro.

Headstock shape seems to be modelled on the Kay Rickenfakers. It looks no better on this.

It's real, and, indeed, a bargain. Fortunately I got somewhat more for the Zephyr and the Mazeti. And I didn't put them on BC (or elsewhere) simply because I wanted to sell them in a fairly short time rather than have them hang around for ever.

Body count, surely - there were quite a few of us with headlesses. A neck count wouldn't have worked either, with Dave P's Status Plus. Good to meet a few more people and re-meet others. Special thanks to Alan for organising and for suggesting where I might be able to improve my fretless technique and Jennifer for giving me a few minutes tuition on the subject, so I now have something to work on and a clear idea of what to do. Also thanks to Sean and Sandy for the basseokey, and my apologies to them for the hash I made of "Stuck in the middle". Oh, and Mrs Zero has promised me an ACG bass for my 60th birthday, so I'd better be sure to live that long.

[quote name='gjones' timestamp='1394845141' post='2396014'] People are constantly setting of fireworks in Edinburgh. If it's not for the festival it's for Hogmanay. [/quote] A bit early for the festival, a bit late for Hogmonay, and 60 miles from Edinburgh. It was probably just to welcome us to the town, as was the howling of the pack of wolves somewhere down the high street at 8:00 this morning.

[quote name='karlfer' timestamp='1394868455' post='2396067'] Well the starting price has gone up another £500 overnight. When the bass went up on Wed/or Thurs, it was £5000 with no headstock decal. It now has headstock decals and £6499. [/quote] And all that price jiggling means that you would only get 5000 Nectar points. I'm out.

So, is that ParcelFarce or Yokel?

You can't fault the honesty of the description...

I'm typing this from the Balmoral Hotel. For anyone coming up from a southerly direction along the M6/M74, I should warn you that there are quite a lot of roadworks. For some reason, someone was letting off fireworks a bit earlier, and at 9:20 a pair of local lovers could be heard under our window screaming romantically at each other such endearments as "what the f*** are you going on about" and "why don't you just f*** off". Had haggis, neeps and tatties a little earlier and it was jolly nice. That's a lovely giant wicker man they've got in the back garden of the hotel.

[quote name='spinynorman' timestamp='1389736926' post='2337446'] I've recently inherited the two that my father owned. The oldest he acquired during WWII in exchange for a Luger pistol. [/quote] With slightly more imaginative use of the Luger pistol, he could have had it for free.

It also looks like the neck has no taper to it.