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    NHS has been heading that way for along time, there are queues of american style insurers want a piece of this market; staff deserting the nhs in droves and locum costs through agencies further impacting ability to deliver so further exacerbating the cycle down to destruction point next step will be fees for GP appointments as only way to retain GPs, on a pay first and means tested claim back after basis
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    CV mustang can be quite heavy as dense nato used for body, at least in my case Shame the HB isn't 41mm nut width I don't find the CV slab body at all problematic, but I always use a strap and am personally well rounded, ymmv nice colours from HB I wish the mustang control plate was easier to obtain and available in other finishes, but I guess it shows there isn't much demand for self builds of this type of instrument, easier for most people to use one of the tele guitar or bass control plates for a self build and rout accordingly
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    what brand and model tank is it ? Been watching psionicaudio a bit on YT and many tanks in amps that come in to him are similarly failed, polarity does matter as can cause a hum issue especially in some valve amps; most of current tanks are pretty poorly built iho; he tends to fit new but even the better new tanks aren't that good; there are specialists (at least in the states) who repair them and that's where he sends vintage tanks that sound good
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    What if everyone goes on strike ? okay it's not actually answering the question but....
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    You don't need saving, we should all encourage you to enjoy a build and post up your progress Though as someone with several projects waiting for time/space, weather etc... I fully sympathise
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    If you are making a short run of instruments I think it needs to be different from the offerings from FMIC, they already offer PJ in all the body shapes and sizes and cheaper than you can make them, Harley Benton have the sub Squier price pointr end of the market covered for the same thing in nice pastel colours, so I'd ask why are you even bothering to make an offering, that you'll struggle to sell at a profit and then end up remaindering out after 18 months, that's what I don't get, if you are trying to build a brand then be different and experiment like Serek and Wilcock and others, make them to a price point sure, but like Chowny are doing making/building/assembling in the UK. Reverend have built a brand on being a little bit different.
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    Hartke are now from Hicksville, I'll just leave that here😈 welcome Joel, who are you touring with in the UK ?
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    Looks nice but seriously do none of these guys ever think beyond a P and J pickup What about using B-90s or other interesting pickups like Ped has done with his mustang and others have done with similar guitars. B-90 won't be a copyright issue I'm sure, anyone can wind a 4 pole single coil pickup. It just smacks of lazy product design and development imho. ymmv of course, and yes I have almost entirely fender style pickups in my instruments, and that is why if you want me to buy something else it needs to be something else.
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    Looks like the originals had lifted and the voids have been filled with wood filler or the like; you could rout out the filler and maybe some more wood to fit new inlays or as you say just use stick on ones; stick on ones you can change the look to suit your mood, sharks fins one day, birds the next....
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    As someone else in the relative sticks who doesn't want to waste time and fuel driving about the country unnecessarily (and contributing to the traffic) I do wonder why people use Ebay as a marketplace if they are dead set against providing a delivery option, surely that's what the local marketplaces like Facebook and Gumtree are all about. I get that if you live somewhere populous and you have something that is so sought after it will fly out the door you might use Ebay (though only when you have a deal on the max fees, right 🙂) but it's the biggest international shop window and people from all over use it to find stuff they can't find locally, or they may be housebound, or for other reasons might expect delivery to be an option. I use it all the time to buy stuff that I can't get in town here (1500 peeps, good food provision, inc a butcher and a chemist and 2 takeways and a garage and builders merchant) though I could drive to Welshpool or Oswestry and buy it in a shop, but that means 20+ mile round trip, which if all I need is say a pack of water filters say doesn't make sense to me. We get generally great service from the post and couriers and the music stores mostly provide a delivery service.
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    Dan sold me trick little Noll MixPot that he advertised; all good, tracked special postage during postal strike so it made it to Wales quickly and was double boxed so arrived safe and sound; many thanks
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    fingers crossed for tomorrows lottery 😍 we all know it won't be sub 9lb 😲 only a serious buyer needs play it and feel if it's the one for them
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    a players grade instrument at more than fair price, but weirdly not listed on Reverb in the US - worth an hour trying to make a deal ? maybe.....
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    does it have the name of the neck maker on it ? Could it be the same guy (or gal ? ) carved your neck as JMJs original Mustang which was copied for the JMJ sig model; the profile code letter may also be on the neck with the date
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    And quite a few luthiers like mantoncustoms who you'll find in the affiliates section, google is your friend (other search engines are available)
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    where is the black wire for the leds coming from ?
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    ACG build such things
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    why not phone the guy at Gemini and ask if he can supply the cover separately, if they make the pickups in Wales then they have component parts
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    All string manufacturers publish on your website the string tensions of the individual string and the set total and use the same units or both American and metric and agree on standard conversion figures from one to the other It would make it sooooo much easier to find comparable strings/string sets Especially important when a set of strings is £50+ Failing to publish the data to me means you are either lazy, don't care about your customers, don't acknowledge customer intelligence or that your strings are just whatever came off the machine that day depending on who was minding the machine or what the supply chain sent you in terms of materials and you don't actually know or care what you are making
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    Worth contacting Chris May for advice I would have thought. Good luck with it
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    What guitar is it ?; have you researched the type of truss rod fitted to it ?
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    So it sounded fine through the amp the next day ? Or was that just playing the instrument acoustically ?
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    pink matches your wig 🙂
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    my seller was junqwan2 I don't think he lists anymore
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    I bought a fretless unlined PBass rosewood one, that turned out to be simply a poly coated unfretted board so had the side dots as per a fretted, nut cut as fretted and the rosewood is probably technical wood or Richlite or the like, but it works fine, plays fine once the nut was filed right, sounds okay and looks okay. And was super packaged in custom moulded polystyrene box and arrived in about 10 days with no extra customs hit. It was iirc £67
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