Macko1968

Half the price of a Steinberger XL2.

Was just about to post the same item - I suspect crack pipe usage.

Sold to the fat man from Middlesbrough!

There was a BIN of £1k on it which has gone now a bid has been placed.

Jeez, there like busses at the moment! [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Lakland-Skyline-Donald-Duck-Dunn-4-String-Bass_W0QQitemZ280316294219QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item280316294219&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A10%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Lakland-Skyline-Dona...A1%7C240%3A1318[/url]

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='416770' date='Feb 22 2009, 06:06 PM']Hmm.. 470 quid. Not so much of a bargain... [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=140300139906"]...especially when compared to this.[/url][/quote] Holy crap!

I once spent 3 hours drinking with Paul Simonon & never realised who he was - doh!

Agreed. I see in the questions part at the bottom one my biggest bug-bears, some moron who doesn't know when to use "except" and "accept".

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='416332' date='Feb 21 2009, 07:34 PM']The original run of DDs - four or five years ago - was basically a Glaub with an anodized guard.[/quote] Yup, basically a BG in the classic '57 two-tone P Bass trim. Dan did it as a homage to DD's early p bass he used in the MGs.

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Lakland-Duck-Dunn-Signature-4-String-P-Bass-Guitar_W0QQitemZ250377414857QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item250377414857&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A10%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Lakland-Duck-Dunn-Si...A1%7C240%3A1318[/url] Rare as rocking horse poop, I want, I want, I want.

"Great for a collector" yet it's had a new pick-up & machine heads & been re-wired .

The thing with Fender is that it’s one of the few brands that non-musicians have heard of. My old man was terribly impressed when he saw I had a Fender P, totally ignored the Alembic Mark King sat next to it, it meant nothing to him. My experience with Fender has been one of maddening inconsistency. Far too many basses still leave their USA factory with oversized neck pockets, poor fret jobs & badly cut nuts. A quick trip to my local emporium today summed it up, 5 USA models of which 2 had neck pocket gaps big enough to get a 1mm plectrum in either side. That, for me, is a sub-standard production rate of 40%. When you get a good Fender you get a solid bass that does what needs doing with no fuss - it’s just finding a good one that is tricky. I wouldn’t buy another without seeing it & playing it first. Fender may be paying closer attention to things like wood weight & contouring but their QC seems hardly any better than in the 70s. I’ve returned 3 custom shop models in the past, 1 with flaking paint & 2 with oversized truss rod channels that allowed the rod to rattle when you plucked. Compare that to Lakland, G&L & Musicman. All three seem to produce consistently good products, I’ve yet to find a dud from any of them. I’m sure they exist but they are very much an exception. In that respect Fender are trailing the field and it’s only the reputation they forged 50 years ago, when competition was scarce, that keeps them where they are. I think Fender stopped making guitars years ago & concentrated on making money instead.