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Looks like a good job, too!

Just a reminder - here's its cousin!

The Octaver on the SS seems pretty good and doesn't run out of steam when you get down to A. I do think the number of presets could be a limitation, but I don't know how many different sounds I really want, so it may not be a practical issue. At the moment it's sitting next to an EH Synth 9, which has 9 presets you have to select by turning a knob, so the SS is more usable in that way at least. The SS seems to track very well, which is its key feature. I'll be trying its programmability at some point. The link also complained about the dry sound leaking through; actually I like to run to two amps, one dry, so that's not particularly an issue. Mine is the Mk.II/facelift one - I don't know if there is any difference with the Mk.I, apart from the styling.

He might've not known that Geddy's teardrop bass was a Precision.

I've just acquired a Markbass Super Synth pedal - it seems to work really well! It doubles up as an octave pedal too.

This keeps appearing on ebay; the seller claims it "Could be used for replacing/refurbishing a nice vintage Rick", but it's had a chunk cut out of it and is a worthless piece of junk. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Original-1970s-Rickenbacker-4001-Bass-Guitar-Pickguard-Black-Nice/192500238039?hash=item2cd1e886d7:g:j1MAAOSwGvhUB5Nl (Just in case folks throw up their arms in horror, this is intended to point out someone trying to sell junk at an idiotic price, rather than promote any Ric-or-Not wares!)

It must be worth a punt at only £150.

Plus £40 in petrol for me!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1980s-Project-Precision-Bass-with-Fender-custom-shop-62-P-Bass-Pickups/142752593628?epid=14010421268&hash=item213cb7b6dc:g:DtcAAOSwNFVazLF8

And another - apparently "you would struggle to tell it from the real deal". (Well, apart from the shonky painting of the truss rod hole at the headstock.) https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Strat-Stratocaster-electric-guitar-neck-Luthier-parts-project-read-description/202285241945?hash=item2f1923d659:g:8TAAAOSwlL1arafX

So, you make a Strat neck and they you draw a circle in felt tip where the end of the skunk stripe would be! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fender-Stratocaster-Neck/253554742413?hash=item3b090a548d:g:AswAAOSwNOJayetv

Journey - you're having a giraffe! I saw them a few years back and they were awful (Whitesnake were OK and Thunder were great, so the gig wasn't a total bust). Fleetwood Mac - now there's one...

Definitely bad for your Elf!

Barefaced cheek, I tell you!

Hehe. :-)

No - I bought it as-is via a facebook group. It's actually a relatively cheap body with a wrap on the front; I guess it must be a branded one, but I don't know what. I thought it'd be kind of contradictory to put the high-end Status neck on it!

My current Frankenstein P-bass: Status Graphite neck Frankenstein body Wilkinson bridge Hipshot Ultralight machines TBD (need to enlarge the holes in the headstock first) Fender Precision pickup Yep - it really is a Frankenstein!

It was a special model released during the last Recession.

They need to make sure the weather is good! :-)

I liked them back when I was a kid. I think there was an issue with the original one with the high-back seat, so a revised version was brought out without the backrest.

Fantastic - thanks! (I'd forgotten about them too...) :-)