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All the info you need is here. https://www.neutrik.com/en/product/nlt4fx

I've an old Korg Pandora takes care of most things. Great wee thing if trying out basses or selling basses. The young fella who bought my Danelectro last Sunday had never saw one before,said I'd give him a shout if one turned up. Wow. ebay prices are scary 😃

Either last year or the year before guitar sales were 55% acoustic and 45% electric. If the buskers on my local High St are anything to go by then the ladies are mostly buying acoustics. The 2 big name acoustic builders Taylor and Martin mentioned in the Rolling Stone link.Same link also said it was based on Fender's sale of electric and acoustic guitars.

I meant to add a link to them earlier but there's a lousy signal at work. Freya no longer sell them so somebody best snap it up.

I got one from the last batch of 2017 and one from the first batch 2018. The necks changed to more of a satin sheen since 2014's gloss, they're now a wee bit shallower. I mention the batch dates because there was a factory change and the 1st lot of 2018 had teething troubles. Thomann got things fixed pronto as the PB-50 is a big seller.

Nothing wrong with the HB PB - 50, I've 4 of them. Bach over in the Czech republic sell a SC P-bass and there's a brand over in Ireland. I'm in Falkirk so if you fancy trying one of the Bentons get in touch and we'll sort something out.

Forgot about the through body stringing. Where's that fella whispering "remember thou art mortal" when I need him 😆

Have you got one of the flamed maple tops under the paint ? Really pretty with flamed maple 😃😎 I went for gold hardware (on advice of ex-friend),active preamp and Warman jazzbar pickups

It's a Peavey Zephyr. Cracking bass,gets the Americans all in a tizzy cause it's a European only model 😎

I had a Kay EB100 (tulip bass). It did go on the bonfire 😃

Those would be tough terms. I've one of every Peavey bass and the variations like 1st and 2nd generation TL-5s,4 types of Fury etc . If I sold the TL-6 I'd have a Panini sticker book with a blank space 🙁

I forgot about this one 😱 Don't know how, it's been on it's stand daring me to try playing it for about 18 months now 😁 Peavey TL-6

Can't see it being much of a problem for us Europeans,. Both Guitar Center and Musician's Friend block IP addresses from the EU in case we sue them for selling our details to tele-marketers 😁

Rare ? In 34 years I've only tracked down 4 owners of these extended board fretless Maniacs. 1 in Japan (to be expected).1 in Italy,another in Australia (his had a faulty neck and sadly the replacement sent was the 2 octave model). Last one was with a fella in Edinburgh,I never saw any photos he just offered to sell me his 😄 Danny from Bass Japan told me he'd not seen one for years. I was smitten from the second I saw the review in Guitarist mag 😎 If you're interested there's a lad in Birkenhead was the more common but still rarer than hen's teeth 2 octave version for sale. Will I get his details ?

Tapes on a P-bass ??? My favourite combo ever since I bought a set of Rotos for £5. OK it was 83 but I was stony broke 😁 If you've also bought Rotos the E is .115.pretty sure it is. There's a school of thought says the nylon will contract over time into the nut slot. Never happened with me,I filed the slot. Another thing I remember about Rotos is they have serious "thump". The thump is more pronounced than the note and takes a bit getting your ear used to it. Could be part of your trouble. La Bellas and the sadly discontinued Status tapes come in standard gauges,also have more notes than thumps 😎 I'd order up another nut if any cutting is on the cards. If you go back to roundwound just put the original nut back on 👍

I played safe and stuck mine on FB for £120 😎

I'll be surprised, and over the moon, if it reaches £140 🙂 Going to put my luthite body Curbow up for sale this weekend and I thought £90 was the going rate 😄

@jrixn1 has or had one. Maybe he'll see the tag and weigh in with his opinion.

You're right,with a wee jig Steve could get those holes bang on every time. Probably take less time 🙂 Folks have moaned about the string through holes for years and he takes not a blind bit of notice,you can bet he does it on purpose 😁

@The Greek The great thing about the negative comments is Steve's reaction to them, he doesn't care two hoots 😎No reason why he should care, he builds things his way and at his own pace. Enough folk buy them to keep him busy and those folk want see him continue. After the shop fire wiped him out,the gofundme reached 1st goals within days,locals donated tools/materials and he was back in business a month or so later 👍 BTW did you get an Ovation electric guitar vibe from that lower bout ?

@Muzz Steve drills the holes like that on purpose and for the same reason he'll fill some splits/wormholes but leave others, they're hand built $100 per string basses !! Wishbasses were built in Steve's shed with the minimum of power tools,they're meant to look rough and ready/full of rustic charm 😎 Even in his new premises with more tools he still builds the same and it works. Most of his customers,the hillbilly folks, could easy buy Chinese or Indonesian gear for less money but it goes against the "MAGA" ethos 😄 Not all are rough and ready,these 3 were exhibits in the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum. The other is a lovely snakewood Lobe over in Vienna.

My pal Rick Wilson did the renovation work on the one in the Seattle museum.

That's a lovely bit of work from Steve. Seller's asking price is well OTT,shame or I'd make him an offer 😎

Pack it in and enjoy your life. You could return refreshed, look how keen Blue is after his 20 odd year break.

Great post. If things ever go awry with my Tune Maniac I'll be having a word with John 😎 No mags to worry about, just the piezo.