Aidan63

but not the 2" of string beyond the clamps

afaiu copyright is 70 years after death so only another 35 years in Leo's case Trademark can be for ever if they maintain it and protect it Copyright is lowest form of protection now available, patents have already run out after 20 (was it originally 40 or 25) years Only if they try to enforce against say PRS (SilverSky) and Paul doesn't roll over will we find out if it is effective - they have just gone after one of the cheap Chinese companies to get the ruling, but they could be say Harley Benton's (Thomann) or EastCoast (Andertons) supplier which will be interesting if it is the case and Fender try to enforce it. If multiple cases end up being brought in all the EU countries it will cost Fender a fortune

re the BD one being a refin ?, do the noticeable dark tell tell lines on the back where the 3 pieces are joined mean that heat was used in stripping the old finish or is it normal for the glue to darken over time and the join become more visible ?

Guy should be working for Fender at the custom shop, they look as good, if not better than their offerings - also shame he isn't Mexican he'd make a much better job of their relics than they do there with the generic reliced but all look the same that they do for the JMJ and the like

If they need to play live they can do some small local secret gigs and spend time with their extended families, drink the wine and polish their collections. A lot less hassle than world touring at their age. Alex is making new music still. Go Gracefully guys, you are Under no Pressure to perform big time. I can't believe their egos need it - its got to be for the money, they don't even owe the taxman. They should let the youngsters create new music and make a living.

£3.50 back in 1978 was the price of admission to my first Rush gig (Liverpool empire, Farewell to Kings tour) that's less than £30 in todays money - and it was a great gig, absolutely awesome to a 15 year old, though also depressing to see peeps only 9 years older than me with 6 albums (inc a live one) under their belt and immense musical and performance skills selling out big venues (of the day) worldwide whilst not being on the musical radar of 95% of the population. World has gone mad. How much money do they need ffs

This what David at Guitar Anatomy replied when I asked about lack of bridge wire drilling and necks are still in development, likely to be available later this year, he wrote - though they said same thing a couple of years ago when I enquired if they would ever be doing bass necks I replied that having the necessary long skinny bit and the skill to use it wasn't normally a pre-requisite for assembling instruments using painted aftermarket bodies, I don't know of any that don't have it, (including bare bodies) but I may well be wrong - I personally think it is an omission, and I'd question if peeps will want to build a short scale using a full size body, or use rail type bridges, or build headless. It will be interesting to see if the next batch have the hole drilled, but that will depend on peeps making the point to the seller.

You guys do realise FMIC is a money making business, that just happens to make instruments and the like, it is no different to making beer or cars, and the big investors that own it want their money to grow (and the business hasn't been making much money for a while) and was too slow to realise that Covid sales were an anomaly until it was too late Plenty of other business models running on making $2000+ P and J Basses and Mustangs that some peeps will buy But then why buy new when there is so much used stuff on the market to chose from, unless it is custom or in some other way unique

The couriers afaIaa do little to nothing to identify non delivered items, they don't have the staff free to do it, like opening boxes with missing labels to see if there is anything inside to identify the item (you know like P2G used to say print 2 labels and put one inside in case) they just send them to auction after a period of being 'on the naughty step' and the depots will have a KPI to clear the 'naughty step' and get back to clear decks and no outstanding deliveries. The Auctioneers might tip off interested parties, they all probably have someone who deals in musical instruments on their quick dial/email list. A friend of friend (who buys stuff at auction and churns it, specialising in furniture and quality homeware) picked up a fake '72 strat for £60 at the auction recently, we knew it was a fake, but it's a really nice bitsa made from quality parts, would have been £4-500 worth of parts, a little set up and some strap buttons and my friend has a fine playing guitar he's happy to take busking which even if lost will probably have earned him more after a month than it cost .

so roughly £1400-1500 now

The Fallout Tribute at the top of the page - that's mine Stock D'Addario ETB92, which they describe as Medium Gauge, 50,65,85,105 - nice tension I find, figures are on the website; they do do a s/s set, same thicknesses I have tried both Status and Rotosounds previously, didn't like them, the Status were lifeless and the Rotos ring sharp on the initial attack before settling back to tune, really messed my ear up as a learner, I later found out from Scott Whitley its a known issue with some s/s strings

maybe an ABY pedal in front of it with the B routed nowhere, then once you've loaded your signal and frozen it you could switch the input off ?

I'll leave this here Suno, AI Music, and the Bad Future sorry I don't seem to be able to embed YT from Edge browser, but I am not IT literate - so much stuff now seems to be dependent on doing stuff on the phone, which I don't do

sorry trying to embed/link to YT

Martin has been an absolute star to gift me a used set of short scale Black Nylon Tapewounds for my Fallout Tribute - wouldn't take anything for them, not even postage. Another credit to Baschat, and clearly a lovely person. Thank you