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Yes but plugged-in, amplified solid body instruments are a more complex mix of factors than a purely acoustic one

I bought pickups from him in 1990; even talked to the great man himself before placing my order

No but I’ve had the four string version and it was awesome When I play in a band I play bass, but as I've not been in a band for 8 year's I've predominantly just been playing guitar I’m glad you’re feeling better now after that nasty six string illness

I used to hate them and think they were one trick ponies but it’s one f u c king amazing trick that it does really well it took a lowly squier vm p to tech me this. Bought on eBay for pennies as “parts or not working” but it only had a duff bridge connection sold for more than double, with a dash of seller’s remorse as a dish served cold

I use a plastic mandrel and punch set I got from Amazon - surprisingly good

It’s not that I like purple as such, I was just curious (and doubting my colour vision)

Is it going to stay that colour ? I thought you said purple finish

Possibly also the glue used in their construction - if it’s magic pixie glue it’s just better - you know, magically better

Is the wood they’re made of contributing the sound though ? Discuss ...🍿

Yes but what type of varnish ... would relic make a difference since you’re introducing weakness i think my new patented “snake oil” varnish is the absolute bomb for making your mex Friday afternoon special sound exactly like that 1957 strat you heard on a buddy holly record once, a long time ago

Would rosewood matches have been a better choice, would have been warmer sounding

What about car seat foam ? Or from sofa cushions That’s very dense - maybe boxing your amp in on most sides with that stuff would help?

You can just use polystyrene slabs or that thick foam (think it’s called sorbothane in the US) to sit your amp/speakers on

They may have a baby who naps ...

I demand that the finest popcorn in the world be served right now ... 🍿

I had a musima p bass which sounded really good in stock condition - I gave no qualms about ply

Mine was silent with stock pickups and careful copper shielding

@LukeFRC The back wooden one probably makes the grain stand out more or less (boost your wood, as it were), the front one makes the Pearl blocks stand out more and, when on full, eclipse the Sun

Nice ! My daughter would love it ... then drop It in favour of something else

They basically make you do click and collect within uk and use eBay GSP if international to be fair with their Global shipping program they’ve not lost or damaged anything yet and I send a fair bit of stuff. It’s been slow but always arrived with reasonable tracking. They got a huge Lego kit c.10kg to western Australia in just 14 elapsed days, over Xmas, in the middle of a pandemic - that’s a good test I feel if anything happens to it, it’s covered by eBay (shrug) what’s not to like ?

It’s just off the a38 near Burton there is another in south normanton actually run by Pitney bowes

Made someone laugh -awesome. Not bad for someone who’s been up since stupid o’clock doing the partner birthday thing alongside two small kids I didn’t bother ticking the boxes - y’all know my answer

So, you’re in the desert, it’s 2000 bc and you find some stones on a mountain and there’s some writing on them. Once you’ve become literate (three or so years well spent I think) you find that ... apart from some boring crap about not coveting your neighbour’s donkey, and not killing people (cos that’s like really bad okay?) one of them says “thou shalt have no other instrument than the blessed bass guitar”. Now obviously that doesn’t come into effect until God created Leo fender (through guiding the efforts of his parents naturally) and Leo himself gets around to inventing the precision bass, but it’s a fckuing commandment, okay? From GOD. How much more clear do things have to be made exactly ? Don’t fukc around with the triangle. before I get totally flamed, I’m satirising the Charlton Heston Moses movie, NOT anyone’s actual faith

I’d oil it and leave it as it is. OR get some nitro paint, mask off the edges plus say three inches in on all sides and spray paint onto the body like an anti-relic Relic fans normally take paint off, you’d be putting it right back on ... keep going and it’ll get closer and closer to showroom condition seriously you’ll never get this look again so I’d fettle it and fit everything and spend some time thinking exactly kind of paint it really needed