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Yes, this is the way to go - a tip with a higher thermal mass is really useful for tranferring the heat. You can also add a blob of solder to the tip to really help things along. Most important though is to use a good quality flux to clean the component legs and PCB tags and again this also helps transfer heat.

Otis, can you confirm, do you mean the buzz is present from the 14th fret to the 21st fret(or however many frets your bass has) or from the 1st fret to the 14th? If it's 14-21 then it will be the action at the bridge you need to adjust not the relief in the neck. If it's 1-14 then you will need to check if the buzzing is occuring on the nut side of the note that you are fretting or the body side. If the buzzing is towards the nut(ie. behind the note you are playing) then the action at the nut is too low. If the buzzing is occuring towards the body(ie in front of the note you are playing) then increasing the relief in the neck will help. good luck

Maybe he is charging £1 per word in his listing description🤣

Thank God they are unique!!!

I just had the SB Elite I bought re-fretted for £135 by a local pro luthier: http://www.lakestoneguitars.co.uk/phone/index.html

You can replace it now... https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F153307793340 A bit over priced but you can make an offer....

did you post the right link? it is neither headless, unsual nor Chinese... 🤨

with just one pup and the passive electronics it doesnt sound anything like a Wal really. I was rather underwhelmed with mine. Also, the build quality on mine was decidely average

well to be fair you could ask for a discount based on the fact the pups have been installed upside-down 😛

I can only sumise that there are more 4 string players than 5 string players. Prices can also fulctuate wildy depending on the time of year, how keen the seller is to shift the bass, originality, if it comes with a case etc. etc. The one located in Poland is identical to the one I have, I managed to steal mine for a paultry £750.00 via ebay!!! That is no reflection on the value of this bass just an auction with collection only from the middle of nowhere...

Wasn't aware I was being stalked via eBay! Pretty sure I sold one my 4 string streamers for 1250 but not sure what that has to do with this. 4 stringers are more in demand so you can ask more for them. Also I was advertising mine internationally, with the associated risks, so again you can ask for more money.

To be fair it's a charity shop listing it

Quite, that would clearly be my only concern when buying this...

There is nothing wrong with it just over priced. It's a cracking bass but really 1000-1200 is the most I would expect anyone to pay. It probably keeps getting relisted when eBay have their promotional £1 selling fee weekends..

Ok but what about getting yourself a decent 10 string bass...

A couple of years ago is not quite 1980 when this bass was built. Things could have been very different 30+ years ago and besides, Carl Thompson is no ordinary luthier...

Been on the bay for quite a while so may be that a cheeky offer could secure it...

And yet the listing describes it as one of the best examples in the world! God only knows what a bad one would look like...

Seems like it's very well built and got some very nice hardware! A Gotoh bridge no less! Be surprised if this fufnt cone out of Japan but I am no expert.

Thanks MATE! 🙄 To be honest I actually prefer the look and feel of the vintage Warwicks (84-90) to the modern ones The current Masterbuilt range have some beautiful touches like the wooden cavity covers and tuners but the cost is a bit rough when you can score a vintage Warwick for about a third of that cost!

What an absolute beauty mate! Some really interesting grain on the body. I now have serious GAS!!!