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They really are crazy quality. My fretless jazz was supposed to be until I save up for a more costly brand but got to be honest I don't think an "upgrade" is required at all. I really like everything Harley Benton do.

Artec Les Paul bass pickups ordered. I'm seduced by the chrome. I will get myself some Sadowsky lightweight tuners, they're lightweight but have the clover leaf, and then I am almost set. I just need to find someone brave enough to do the trickier parts of the assembly. With their being no pilot holes in the body for the bridge and the neck pocket requiring a small amount of adjustment (or maybe better to adjust the neck rather than the body...) These are jobs that need to be done at the same time by the same person to ensure I get a proper scale length for the strings. With the bridge in, neck fitted, pickups in place I'll just be missing the wiring loom and then a custom pickguard to finish it off. Might take a while to get more kit sold to find the rest of the parts and build but hoping it will all be done before Easter.

I like the fretboard. That's it. £7500 is a LOT of money.

It depends on how you transport it and how careful you can trust yourself to be. Hard case, foam lightweight case, padded gig bag, no case at all... If it's going to get chucked in a van you probably want some protection, if it's being carefully carried about and never leaving your side maybe a gig bag is enough. Whatever you do, don't take a brand new US Fender out, leaving the case in your car and think "I'll be ok carrying this back to the car to save on trips back and forth" and then tw4t it into a brick wall, removing a chunk of paint. That's not clever.

I only use the Duff chorus, does the job perfectly

Can't go wrong with a TC Corona Chorus. The onboard settings are ok but the toneprint function lets you upload any other sound you'd want or need and you can even tweak those once they're loaded onto the pedal. Also, if you play guitar too you can use it as a bass chorus or guitar chorus so it's flexible.

Other than loud, how's it? Thinking of going for one of these for my Hofner 189

Jeez why have I heard of Zoot Money??

Lovely!

Not a red head but I have used my WorkingPro 10 at gigs. Love the SWR Sound, such a shame Fender killed the brand.

Hate so say it but no matter what gear I use, and I try to use some diverse stuff, I fundamentally sound like me. Not saying I have a highly cultivated and unique sound, far from it, but the gear seems to only make a small difference. Maybe I'm just not using it right. But those small differences matter to me, even if nobody else, even in the band notices!

Won't that f things up completely? Might see if I can get an extension lead that takes European inputs and has a UK wall plug, could be a good half way option..

Contacted these guys and just got a "sorry, No". Seems to be the most rare plug in the world.

Was that on eBay?? If so I could have been bidding against you! Glad I didn't bid now. What's it like?

If it's got your endorsement I'm in!

All I know is there is a way you can declare foreign earnings of different sorts. And if you've paid foreign tax you can get a small % of that credited back by HMRC.

Wondering if this fits the bill? Can't see anything that says centre negative? https://www.switchelectronics.co.uk/products/3a-12vdc-plugtop-power-supply-powerpax-sw4414c

I went on the site recommended in the thread, they don't have one for this model unfortunately. I'm going to have another search tomorrow.

That's what came with it. It's not very good.

I'm tempted to buy a pair of Warman P pups for my Hofner 189 resurrection. If anyone has used their pickups I'd be interested in opinions. Thank you!

The EMG Select pickups sounded fantastic. Loved the sound of the one I had.