Maude

Ouch!

Not sure. I've bought individual strings to make up my own sets but they were rounds. I just assumed they did the same with flats, maybe not then. Sorry.

Fatty Fatty - Clancy Eccles

As you've mentioned the Quarter Pounders, maybe the Entwistle Neo pickups might suit, and not break the bank trying. I've always said the PBXN is very similar to a 1/4 pound P but even more modern sounding. Still definitely P but not vintage P. I also have the JBXN's in a jazz and really like them for same reason, powerful and foucussed. Don't let the low price sway you, they are very good pickups, just not traditional vintage sounding.

Front the other current string ID thread, Dunlop have black silks at both ends, LaBella only have them at the nut end.

Just to add, LaBella sell individual strings on their website. 🙂

Labella flats have black silks. I'm not sure if they all do but their set for Hofners do. Beware though, I needed a replacement D string as it snapped fitting it (LaBella replaced FOC) but it had a grey silk, so they might've changed them all now. A black sharpie soon matched it too the others though.

Sounds like a plan. 🙂👍

Personally, if I was going to do anything with that I'd use nail varnish, well I wouldn't I'd use paint but I have access to a mixing scheme, but the point is a clear coat of any kind will seal it but not hide it, nail varnish will do both. It's completely your call as only you know your abilities. If you use nail varnish and it looks bad then it's easily removed with, guess what? Nail varnish remover. 🙂 I can't see it getting any worse if just left as it is though, it's your call. Just to add, nail varnish remover (weak acetone normally) is fine on a poly finish but I wouldn't go near nitro with it. I'm assuming that's a poly finish.

Yes clear nail varnish or superglue will seal it in and hold it all together. Any cracks will still be visable but they lose their white edges a bit, if that's how it looks now. Get a picture up but I'd guess you're over worrying about it. 🙂👍

A chip out of the finish won't normally grow by itself as such, but it'll never get better either. If catch the edges on clothing it's feasible you could flake off another little piece so there's absolutely no harm in touching it in to seal the edges again. Nail varnish is indeed great for this, easy to use, vast range of colours and not a double application of a coloured basecoat and a clear lacquer as a lot of paints would be. Superglue can certainly be used as a clear lacquer if the colour is intact, you can easily flat and polish superglue to get an 'invisible' repair as well. I wouldn't use an accelerant with the superglue though as it can cause tiny bubbles in the glue and turn it milky. Quite often nail varnish is a little soft to flat and polish, unless left for a really long time. Unless you're really picky there's no real need to flat and polish anyway, as long as you apply it nicely. Hope that helps. 🙂

Firepit GAS, or should that be a gas firepit? 🤔 😄

Police and Thieves - Junior Murvin (Robin')

Falling to Pieces - Faith No More

I've never really had any bad luck with couriers, a couple of times things have happened but we all make mistakes / have accidents sometimes. Being down in Cornwall everywhere is a long way so I use couriers a lot. I've recently bought a bass on ebay and arranged for a courier to collect it. North Yorkshire to Cornwall £12.50 including insurance as an instrument. This was DPD booked through Eurosender using the forum discount, 2 days door to door. I once received a bass wrapped in a single black bin liner, no damage amazingly, someone must have been extra careful with that one. Worst I've had was a Squier Bass vi from GAK, bent control knob, could've happened at any point in the supply chain, quickly returned and the next one was delivered in perfect shape, and a doublebass from Gedo which arrived from Germany with the fingerboard popped off, possibly courier handling, possibly manufacturing error as it was only where the glue let go.

Arabian Nights - Siouxsie and the Banshees

I was just thinking the same. Maybe I'm a soppy git but this sort of thing just warms my heart.

Never Enough - The Cure

Cross Road Blues - Robert Johnson

Coming Around Again - Carly Simon

Thanks for that, I'll watch it tomorrow. Love a bit of NMA, Stuart Morrow was fantastic with them, driving and melodic but simple and straight forward if the song needed it, and what a tone. Smalltown England, such a simple bass riff yet absolutely drives the song. Just that intro fills me with excitement.

That looks lovely already. 🙂👍

Tiny Dancer - Elton John

I prefer their early stuff.

It'll be flown over by Spitfire. Meet Smudger Smith on top of the white cliffs of Dover and settle up for delivery then. Hoorah!