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Denis bought my SKC Bogart, and was a pleasure to deal with from start to finish. Great communication, immediate payment, a really friendly guy to deal with. Buy/sell/trade with confidence.

I'd like to know what happened to the rest of the old bike he used to make this...

Everything looks better in a rural setting. Except that.

Now that's thorough. I particularly like the bit of duster fluff caught on the tuner screw head in picture #5...

I just bought a lovely 36" scale Bogart headless from green, and it was a flawless transaction - very friendly, with great attention to detail, he even called me from Germany to check he had the format of my address correct before posting. The bass also came superbly packaged, well able to withstand anything the shippers could throw at it! Buy/sell/trade with complete confidence.

Let me preface what I'm about to say by pointing out that one bad experience will invariably bring others to light, and I'm sure most Barefaced customers are very happy, but unfortunately I had a similar experience to artisan. I emailed Alex a couple of times before placing an order, and he reponded very quickly to my questions. However, once I had ordered and paid for the cab, it took a good deal longer than quoted to arrive, and like artisan I had to constantly chase Alex for info on its progress. When it did arrive, initally I very was pleased with it, but sadly the HF horn in the cab failed on only its second outing. I emailed him that night (at that time there was no other means of contacting him - I see there is now a phone number on the website) and Alex called me the following morning (a Saturday) but his response was that I must have done something to have caused it to fail, which I hadn't. On the evening in question I was playing with a corporate function band in a large venue on the south coast with a large PA and full onstage monitoring, so the cab wasn't being pushed even vaugely hard. I've had enough experience of equipment to know that this stuff can just happen sometimes, but his tone was not helpful. I returned it to him a couple of days later for repair, however his general demeanour, coupled with the fact that my confidence in the cab was now a bit shaken, prompted me to return it under his 'one month trial' offer, but it took almost a month and a couple of reminder emails before I finally received a refund. All that said, he's clearly a very knowledgeable guy, but IMHO his business would fare much better if he handed over customer service to someone else, and concentrated solely on the technical side. All of the above was a couple of years ago, so hopefully things have changed, but due to my experiences, I certainly wouldn't buy a Barefaced product again.

[quote name='Dusty' timestamp='1421276492' post='2659442'] Ok, so it's about time I shared my collection as it stands at the end of 2014. A few have come in & a few have gone this year but this is what I have right now (Six I think) !!! and still looking for a 44-51 Precision/ Tele bass As the Black BG went out, the DJ came in!! [/quote] Very nice! You realise what you're doing, don't you? I'm going to have to add to my collection now!

[quote name='BigBeatNut' timestamp='1420179339' post='2646382'] Funnily enough, a 4-76 has just been listed on talkbass. [/quote] Well spotted... and the correct model number seems to be 4-76 as you say, not 44-76 as I suggested. A bit pricey once you factor in shipping and import duties, but very nice! http://www.talkbass.com/threads/1998-us-lakland-4-76.1125000/

[quote name='Prime_BASS' timestamp='1419762106' post='2642430'] Was there ever a 4 string version? [/quote] There was, the 44-76, but they are equally rare. Worth looking around for, though!