Grahambythesea

They look excellent, hope it sounds as good.

It depends - if the workers are being paid a proper living wage commensurate with the cost of living where they are based, then maybe it’s justified. California is very expensive, my daughter happens to live in San Luis Obispo where Musicman is based and it’s one of the highest cost areas in the state. 

I’ll tell you what I want, what I really really want - Spice Girls

Would a new guitar contravene the rules, it wouldn’t be a bass after all. I haven’t bought one yet, but was seeing if I could trade one of mine for something different. Ultimately I need to reduce the number guitars as they don’t get much use and I probably only need one ( or maybe two).

Gold stainless steel - I’m not sure how that comes about?

She’s not there - Zombies

The size difference seems really noticeable. Does that make a lot lighter, I remember the early Musicians as being horrendous boat anchors.

Stay - The Hollies

Is it a genuinely old one or a relic?

If it’s the more modern sound you’re after, then it’s presumably an active. You can’t go far wrong with a Spector, the 

Korean made Legend is great value or you might even pick up. 2nd hand European made Euro or Rebop. Both brilliant.

There’s lots of self adhesive vinyl sheet/rolls on eBay but I don’t think any of it comes in tort. I am thinking of experimenting with gold.

I’ve never seen the point of modding. Years ago I changed the bridge on a Precision for a Badass and more recently had to change tuners because one broke and I fitted Hipshots which I suppose was an upgrade. 
I have thought of changing the Y tuners on my Peerless for Cloverleaf tuners just because that would make it look closer to the Les Paul Signature bass it’s based on. Haven’t done it yet, not sure it’s worth for purely cosmetic reasons.

The funky gibbon - The Goodies

How long before Gibson/Epiphone try and stop Atelierz from making those. They certainly look better for the clover leaf machine heads. The smaller bridge pickup is definitely more authentic looking. 👍🏼

One of the reasons may be the American purchase tax system. It’s charged according to the State but is you live in another you don’t pay. All prices are quoted without tax which gets added on afterwards. My daughter lives in California, if they buy from a store in New York, no tax, buy locally pay tax. What is that about, it’s nuts! 

Fire - the crazy world of Arthur Brown

Reminds me of the ‘76 I had that looked the same. Why did I trade it ?

@Simon C would a new strap break the rules? One can always use them and you’re bound to have one where the strap button hole has got worn and loose.

Making your mind up - Bucks Fizz

I can see what Ash’s problem is, he’s become colour blind. No sunburst, Olympic white, butterscotch, L.P. Blue or Fiesta Red, his world is just blackness.

Mellow Yellow - Donovan

Pulling mussels from a shell - Squeeze

There’s also an inevitability that offspring will choose something a parent does play. There seems to be a number of bass players who are sons ( & probably daughters but I can’t think of any off the top of my head) of guitar players, pianists and saxophonists. These would include Travis Carlton, Kyle Eastwood and Alec Dankworth to name but a few.

The lobster quadrille - Gene Wilder

Time after time - Cindi Lauper