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Trace Elliot gear is pro-level and beginner-priced.

Cheers! So, it's not a Rickenbacker and it's not Japanese. Possible Korean (with the Treble pickup in the right place). Is there any evidence of Bruce Foxton playing one?

Incidentally, my Chinese headless doubleneck has Retrovibe Ric-style pickups on the bass neck and will have a pair of SD pickups on the guitar neck when I get round to fitting them. It was supplied with "EMC" branded pickups, but nobody thinks they were genuine EMC parts. The original bridges were rubbish and I've replaced them too.

Did you buy it new?

I'd wager that bass has never been near Japan.

I don't think the Chickenbackers use SD pickups - they're cheapos. @Bassassin?

Aye - it was the strap buttons I first noticed.

I don’t think that’s a Rickenbacker, nor his Ibanez.

Well, only the social media we don't like.🤔 I use Facebook and have bought & sold things there, met people, chatted with distant friends & family, got local info, etc., and it's beneficial. I'm about to go out for a jam with some folks from another site. I can't be doing with the daily diary, influenzas, stupid reels, and suchlike, though. I've used Twitter for trains info and that's about it. I don't know if I have accounts on the other mainstream ones.

This site is social media.

Well, I just can't listen to Status Quo, so they're out. I bought a bass amp off Martin Turner's son-in-law on Wednesday.

I did go to Knebworth in '79. Still got the T-shirt!

Must've been 76/77?

Brand X, 801, Colosseum II - that would've been something. Gong to send you to sleep. And then a bit of Gonzo to wake you up!

Latest funding incentive for the war effort...

It's generally a good idea to push the neck to position anyway and use the rod(s) to hold it in place. (Unless they're dual-action ones.) This chap explains the reasoning. Ric documentation used to say bend it over your knee, but using a bench and clamps is probably a bit more refined. On a Ric, keep both roughly in-step, ie. don't do all on one and have the other loose. Also, on a RIc, press on the fretboard (at the 1st fret), not on the headstock (since you've got the TRC off, you can see there's not a lot of wood there to be pushing against).

Crikey - I was chatting with the bloke on the stand at the recent Bristol Guitar Show and said I didn't understand why they were there, as they're the industry standard and everybody knows Hiscox. He also let me stand on a case!

Ooooh the okey-kokey...

I've had a couple of Carlsbro amps: Singray guitar and the Bass version with the push-button tones.

I bought a Washburn Status (fretted) new when they came out; it was OK, but not great. It went when I bought a real Status Graphite (which was in a totally different league!).

I tend not to buy advance tickets for anything, as you never know what might come up to get in the way of things. When I saw this one, I thought it didn't quite add up.

Hence why you hardly ever see them for sale! 🙂

TBH, I never much connected with Wals. But now I'd have one because they are desirable. Ain't that a thing...