Ricky 4000

Yeah, it can be great, but on the other hand, there are more risks for a newbie if the used bass happens to have been used and abused (worn frets, snapped or rounded off screws, knackered tuners, dodgy pots, iffy jack socket, warped neck, twisted neck, seized truss rod - followed by snapped truss rod adjuster) ... I do agree with you personally, but then I have more than one bass, and a "project" bass is an interesting hobby for me, rather than a big disappointment / royal PITA. 👍

Best of luck with it. 👍

He's not been right since I accused him of various hate crimes - for a joke. 😄

I dunno. Is "wag" Scottish for tosser? 😛

Thanks Ray. Your Avatar is still the best on BC! 😀

You're such a bastard.

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You're lucky if you get one with the bridge screwed on straight. Literally. That's not being sarcastic. They're still cool though... actually they're more cool with the faults. 😃

I agree with you. My honey is 13 years younger than me. As somebody wise once said "you gotta make 'em laugh". It's awful that we have to justify ourselves to @Teebs though. He is such a hate criminal about these things. 😔 😃

Just saw this was ending soon on the 'bay, and thought I'd best check there was a cheese-based thread about it! Is it "collection only" from Cheshire or Wensleydale? 😀

Too late. Soon as I bought the car, the girl used that picture for a "crash for cash" claim against me. She's saying I rammed into her from behind... 😕

Maybe... needs a coat of varnish. 👍

Are you being sarcastic? I'm going to buy it anyway, and if it was painted by somebody with "special needs" - all the better! 😃

Wholly worth having a bit of forearm flesh removed to fit the Rickenbacker, IMHO. 😃

I don't think Rics have ever looked "ahead of their time", while the Allegro looks (to me), better now than it did back in the day... maybe that's the same as the Fender Performer Series?

That and picnic tables on the back of the front seats. Tell your friend he's awesome. 😎

Possibly! Here's Jean, having a day off with his mrs... she's clearly very fond of him:

Don't think I ever drove one, but I remember the square steering wheel (and hydro-elastic suspension?) ... and the VDP version, with all that burr walnut veneer... was it one of the first hatchback cars though?

Bernie is totally good looking. Have you seen the cool little beard he's sporting this year? Alternatively, I do wonder what Jean Tod's Mrs sees in him... Fair one, me too ... but the analogy stands on grounds that it was a suddenly modern design, that didn't last long in production.

I like that Martin - only because it reminds me of a custard tart.

And would definitely fall over if you stood it against your amp. John Hall never made such a daft looking instrument.

I'm gonna go right out and say the Fender Performer was the Austin Allegro. 😄 Did you know they also made a guitar called the "Fender Swinger"!? 😬

Ahh, I'm with you now... puts a whole new angle on "sparking up". 😮

On a point of information: I don't think a naked flame is required for spontaneous combustion. That's what's so f**king cool about it! 😃