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For those interested, it is/was Pete's Black 79 bird, coil tap fitted during the Waysted era. shame that some fool put a Badass on it though.

I see he's changed the description to 79-81 which is more than likely correct as Pete only had two 70's birds between 77 and 81. The Natural which was a 76 and remained that colour. and a Black 79 which was purchased around mid 1980, which was his main bass when I saw them in 81.

Nop It's the lighting making it look Red. I've seen loads of pics with it looking reddish, but close up you can see the prominent dark wood grain on the upper front bout.

I messaged him yesterday, told him he'd be luck to get £450 for it, he replied. "I accept offers!"

Back in 2016 I asked Pete what happened to the Natural Bicentennial bird? His reply was "I don't know, one day I had it, and then I didn't" This Red one could well be Pete's Black 79. I just hope it and the Natural weren't one of the birds that were stolen.

I've found this fella on Facebook's Thunderbird bass players page and I've seen the pictures he claims are that Red bird, some date back to 1978 and all pics are of the Natural bird, there is a dark grain on the front top bought that stands out a mile.

Ibanez Iceman that was in the early 2004.

I saw UFO on many occasions between 1977 and 1981 and I never once saw him with a Red Bird. He had the same Natural Finish 1976 Bicentennial for all the gigs, apart from 1981, when he had a Black 79 Bird. his backups were Precisions.

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Oh dear. I'd best delete then

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Yep it's a sickener. That was 10 years or so ago, and looking at their YT channel there's nothing recent, they may have called it a day.

As talented as Mr Claypool and co are, If I wanted to see a Rush tribute, I'd rather go to see these lads.

A masterpiece and apt for this time of year!

Ghost - Meliora.

Thank you for the feedback Paul. This whole arrangement was your idea, and as long as you're truly happy with the outcome, that's all that matters to me. I've got to admit I was a bit worried about flimsy head stocks being at the mercy of Parcelforce handlers. lol

Not sure about that! I had the JMP Mk2 Superbass head, and a Marshall 4x15 I used to cross channels on the amp, it was a right gutsy thunderous machine.

Not sure, I purchased these from here https://www.northwestguitars.co.uk/push-fit-metal-control-knob-nb001/, and they pushed straight on with no problems.

Right then, those above will still be most likely be what you need.

These are most likely what you need.

FFS! Someone send Ms Shah a box of cotton wool to wrap herself up in, poor little lamb.

I've heard good reviews about https://www.gig.ink/

Didn't his association with this site end in disgrace?

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