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A bit of an Oddity then...

There's a nice glow to that fire.

So that'll be as good as a Fender then!

FYI, I recently bought this rare sought-after vintage lawsuit era guitar. It's an ugly sod and its best feature as it stands is probably the broken tuning key, which means it is unplayable.

I think that the ones which bettered the original were very few. People often quote Tokai as a sort of blanket case, but actually they did a range, so it's dangerous to extrapolate the assertion that some were better than the original to all were.

Flipping it within a week is a bit blatant, but what's been expressed here has been more a raising of eyebrows than moral outrage.

Flipping heck!

Rare lawsuit vintage pile of poo for sale!

My first bass was a Columbus Jazz, and there was a very similar Grant version. It worked for me for a year or so, 'til I bought a Rickenbacker.

aye.

Could be a coincidence, of course... https://www.gumtree.com/p/guitar-parts/squier-by-fender-neck-for-precision-bass-fretless-lined-neck-only/1332069099

A question - was it a lined neck?

I like the fact that this amazing thread is still going. x2

It's the bit just before that: "From Roger Griffin: If in fact that is Bob Vosgien's guitar, then I certainly did build it". Notice the "if" word there.

Well, I use 2 channels, so I can keep the dry signal, but it's still in unison playing the same notes. Now, if the Future Impact can add in some randomness, then that's no bad thing. But if you are having to do a dance on the pedal you might as well go for a Taurus or something; The Keith McMillen 12-Step allows you to assign 5 notes to each pedal.

It's not that I got bored of stock Rickenbackers, but...

The problem with using a synth pedal is you are effectively (haha!) replacing your bass with a synth and thereby removing the bass. If you want to add an accompaniment then you really need to start playing notes with your feet (or get a keyboard player).

I have a Boss SYB-5 and I find its tracking a bit iffy. My EH Synth 9 is a nice pedal, but perhaps more of an accompaniment (the Oberheim is very good) than the instrument per-se. My Markbass SuperSynth (SS) is really good - great tracking, good sustain, configurable via computer. Its downside is it only holds a few presets. I've not tried the Future Impact, but someone had one at a Bass Bash and it seemed rather good. The other option is synth pedals; I'm just getting to grips with a Keith McMillen 12-step at the moment.

It looks a nice guitar, but if it was made for Jimmy Page and is (tentatively) authenticated by his guitar tech, then why doesn't it belong to Jimmy Page? https://www.gumtree.com/p/guitar-instrument/gibson-1960-les-paul-custom-shop-made-for-jimmy-page-1992-sunburst/1331567300 (Either way, I haven't got a spare £20k, so I think I'll give it a miss.)

So people can sell theirs as "Rare".

Nope - if you zoom in you can see the pickup's aluminium base and also the walls of the pickup well.

I've got a 6-way switch which I'll be wiring up one bass to give 3-way single coil and 3-way humbucker.

1. It looks right to me, based on the nut slots; of course, the angle of the photo makes it appear off. 2. Yes, crikey! Can you tune that?

My '78 does and my '72 has a toggle switch.