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You need to summon up the strength to adjust the truss rod again before it's 'home' to stay.

Just don't mention Rick's to him!

Hopefully with the new titanium one you’ll be able to really lean into it! 😀

Until he starts using a breaker bar on the truss rod again! 😀

I messaged the guy and asked if he had any paperwork to ‘back up’ the original build claim. He gave me a name that I could approach overwater with regarding its history from 2010? Not sure that they’d give out that info, also implies he’s obtained the instrument to resell and it came with a ‘story’. He said he will apparently be relisting it soon, after some ‘work’ and new better pics

Could this become a regular series?

....... but to whom?

Congrats! Don't forget your old mates on here, we knew you before you were famous!

No I don’t think so. It’s always there, but selling multiple items from one listing requires choices, for example, if you are selling envelopes you would offer different sizes fair enough? But some people exploit this by listing a few items knowing that the cheapest will be the price shown in the listing. Bit naughty really and somewhat annoying when you are researching prices

Hmmmmm it’s the lefty bit that puts me off not the twist (love a challenge)

And you always see the cheapest price to lure you in

It’s an eBay thing. Eg You list a guitar with a case and a strap. You price each thing individually and the listing will show the cheapest item. Until you click on the drop down box and realise £3.99 was the strap? I think it’s a variation on ‘bait and switch’

I think that video has been posted before. Once by me!😁 But it's great to see it again, and it shows Mick was quite versatile

Can I ask what was your search criteria when this popped up?😀

This has to be a 'decorative*' instrument that's been modded to play, surely? By decorative, I mean hanging on the cave wall?

Careful! He may have friends in high places?

Do they know what they are buying, emporers clothes springs to mind? And what instruments that he has 'improved ' would you be happy to buy? I don't get the mental health angle? He runs a business, it's not a charity. He's not doing us any favours. I think his work should scrutinised in the same way any luthier could be on this forum?

He runs a business on Ebay, he expects people to pay for his work?. I feel sorry for his customers?

Yes, no crown. And it looks like it's been done with a file? Is this another 'big hands' modification?

I don't know what's wrong with you guys, it's obviously liquorice! Have none of you noticed that using the 12string saddle as a six string give that unique string spacing for players with hands like gorillas?

Its those little touches that are the difference between a production line instrument and a luthier enhanced one?

... and no extra charge?

How on earth is that neck to body bracket holding?

Those tuners look vulnerable?

I would love to be able to play sax. Back in the 80s everyone seemed to include a sax part 'middle eight' by Michael Brecker. Remember the then ground-breaking video Candy by Cameo using multi layering? That sax solo by Michael Brecker and the way he played the song out was nice. Maybe I'll have a poke around cash converters?