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I desperately wanted a Tune Maniac but with little cash bought Washburn instead, if the Nanyo Bass Collections were out I wasn't aware of them. Started with a Force ABT B-20 in a kind of oyster/ivory finish. It was replaced with a Bass Collection. Years down the line nostalgia struck.

He's the designer but it's G&B in Korea who build them, they ship them to the NBE factory too. Bit weird that, Roswell (another Korean outfit) supply NBE the Spector pickups. You'd think they'd use the same place for both.

A very welcome P-bass neck arrived from Ross this week. The man's a credit to BC 👍 Thanks Pal.

Bloody shame this one. Started well by using pine, and going with the 51 style headstock. All downhill after that 😃

Peavey's website carries zero info for most of their overseas products. Afraid I can't give you much. Fury II's were Korean builds from 1999 to 2003. Preamp is +/- 8Db for bass,mids and highs.

The Cramps - Smell of Female.

Taking a chance with that since cafes are "takeaway only" just now. Have to say I'm perplexed by this . " Bassist who lost everything, (partially) opens cafe while hospitality industry teeters on the brink of collapse." For a bass player, the lass has terrible timing 🤣

I've bought a few pickups from Dave. he's a top man. Last pickup was an over-wound split single coil. Not a big deal except I wanted it wound to 29.9k ohm. Dave was up to the challenge, run a few questions my way then he was all set. 4 days later I was installing the pickup. That's the cap value used on the Peavey Fury and Patriot (P-bass clones) and folks rave about those. The G&L LB-100 also had a .022uf cap.

Saw a post by Steve concerning Peavey Zephyr/Grind pickups. Having some small experience with Peaveys I chipped in with a few options. Couple of days later I spotted his "wanted" ad. 2 pairs of Peavey pickups were posted down to him the next day 🙂 Comms were great, payment was prompt and he had the courtesy to let me know when the goodies arrived. In my book that's a very satisfactory BassChat deal. Smashing bloke, one I hope to do business with again.

Normally 22 AWG.

Bought a Harley Benton neck from Geoff last week. Hassle-free transaction 👍

No,not a good bloke. He picked up the T-40 for £300.

Think this might be the same lads with the £1300 Peavey T-40 🤣

Had the pleasure of dealing with Paul this week. Have a stack of timber almost dry enough for bass bodies. Those bodies will need bridges, Paul just happened to be selling a Fender one. The matter was done and dusted in a couple of messages 🙂 Bridge arrived in no time and I find he's only gone and slipped a 2nd bridge in the parcel . What a great fella 😎

What do you say to trade for a Hohner Jack bass ?

Aye , during a lockdown 🤯 Nutters, they deserve to make just that £40 👍

@shine182 This might be of interest. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PBASS-PRECISION-BASS-GUITAR-BODY-FINISHED-IN-ANY-FENDER-COLOR-YOU-WANT/224311804781?hash=item343a06836d:g:TGgAAOSwnwpfae7z The folks in Spain buy the body you want from guitarbuild.co.uk, give it a nitro finish of your choice then send it on to you. Prices are fantastic.

I know quite a few lads over in Germany rate guitarbuild highly.

Good folk, bought a few necks from them now. Well impressed with the quality 👍

Got some chrome knobs on the way from Mike. Absolute doddle, deal was done in a couple of messages. Cheers Mike.

@Newfoundfreedom Next folks will be complaining when more European outlets just stop trading with the UK.

So you won't be using Thomann because UPS billed you £50 😧

For some reason I always forget about those Internationals or "Peavey DynaBass . International Series" if addressing it by its Sunday name 😀 Pickups in Zephyrs and International are the same size with the same colour coding and are 4 wire humbuckers in series, dare say they are same part . Empty shells are available for them, I've one in front of me just now👍 Instead of going the EMG road, you could grab a couple of empties and post them to one of the pickup folk for a custom build. It's surprising how affordable that can be 😎