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  1. Paul S
    No-one here is arguing. You said in your experience the JV basses are nothing special, my experience is different. The marketplace sets the cost. If you don't want to pay £1000 for a Fender logo JV Squier then there are plenty of folk who do. Not a problem. I had 2 JV Precisions - I kept the second, slightly later but not Fender logo, because I prefered the colour (black, rather than tobacco-burst), the weight(8lbs rather than 9lbs) and the tone (a little edgier). It is not as 'collectable' or worth as much but I prefer it.
  2. Paul S
    I see two factors at work. Collectability and worth. The Fender logo ones were only a small run and so collectable. Even if they were shite, the fact that there aren't many of them would make them collectable. But, for me, the Fender logo one I owned was better than any other Precision I have tried, including a few USA ones. Add the 'rare and collectable' factor in and that makes £1000 a pretty decent buy. What they cost at the start is irrelevant as far as I can see.
  3. Paul S
    My experience differs. I had a F logo one - the one for sale here at the moment, as it happens, and still own a slightly later one. They are the best and second best Precision basses I have had through my hands - which I am afraid to report is quite a few.
  4. Paul S
    Unless the new truss rod nut is made of dark matter it will be 9lbs on the nose. Why am I thinking of buying this back? I must be daft.
  5. Paul S
    Gosh, didn't expect to see this in the classifieds so soonn🙁 Fantastic bass. Ash is a great guy to deal with. And Leighton absolutely knows what he is doing. This really shouldn't be around for long.
  6. Paul S
    On hold 😊
  7. Paul S
    I might have more use for a wheelbarrow made from an upright bass, but watch this with interest...
  8. Paul S
    Ki0gon loom is a great call as the screw terminal mean lightening quick pickup changes and, for shaky old hands like mine, no soldering! I had a bitsa and tried out all manner of pups until I got the one that sounded right for me.
  9. Paul S
    Aside from the quality of the photos one of things I have really enjoyed about this diary is the humility and self-deprocating humour with which you have written it. No swagger or boast for a gig that, I'd wager, most of us would give our right hands to play ( ?). Which is probably why you got it. Absolutely well done (but well deserved).
  10. Paul S
    I had a Fender that had a recalcitrant A string that would pop out of the nut at the slightest provocation. making sure the winds went down as fr as they could to increase the break angle cured it.
  11. Paul S
    Doesn't cover building but I find this very useful. i
  12. Paul S
    I am Franc O'Shea, and so is my wife.
  13. Paul S
    Nothing planned, Pete. Can hold onto it if you like
  14. Paul S
    I'm even more stupid than I thought - I ventured into the loft and found all the original packaging. So - can courier this to mainland UK for £20. Further afield, please ask.
  15. Paul S
    I prefer maple for the aesthetic. I do have rosewood but prefer maple - preferably around 30 or more years old so it has started to turn that lovely honey to caramel colour. .
  16. Paul S
    Hard to disagree.
  17. Paul S
    Something like this?
  18. Paul S
    Trace Elliot head GP-12 SMX preamp, I think this is 250W but not certain. I kept hold of this old head as to my ears it was the better of the two TE heads I owned. It has an extremely fat baked in sound that I really liked. Sat in its case taking up room so decided to sell it. FIts snugly into this 'Peli-a-like' case which is pretty much indestructible. Like all Trace gear this is stoopidly loud. The fan is a bit noisy at bedroom volume but nothing serious and no-one has any business playing through one of these in their bedroom anyway.. £150 collected from South Benfleet in Essex - including the case. I'd rather not courier this. Could possibly deliver or meet for fuel costs depending upon distance.
  19. Paul S
    Selling my Hofner Ignition Club bass. Shiny black. I bought it 3 months ago during a small but intense bout of GAS, strung it with TI Flats, moved the strap pin, took off the pickguard. Still got the pickguard and screws. Weighs almost nothing. So far as I can see not a single mark on it. As they say - it is what it is. Goes thud in a variety of ways, some of them quite pleasant but I need to jettison some stuff. £200 180 £160 collected from South Benfleet in Essex or £200 £180 posted to mainland UK At this point I am not sure I want to courier it as in a rush of blood I think I chucked the box out. I need to check in the loft to be sure but that is a scary place and I need to steel my nerve to venture up there.
  20. Paul S
    Damnation, you gone an spoild it dintcha.... I always liked 'Raking The Lawn' in place of 'Breaking The Law' - seems so genteel.
  21. Paul S
    Damnation, you've gone and spoild it dintcha. 😂
  22. Paul S
    I bought one of the CIJ ones around 2010 ish. Black. Stuck a black pickguard on it (and re-named it my Panther bass ) Had the P pickup been an option then I'd probably still have it. Uber-slim neck.
  23. Paul S
    Shakatak at Maritime Room, Cliff's Pavilion, Westcliff on Weds night. They are still amazing!
  24. Paul S
    I've been watching fakers for the past month or two. There was a time not so long back when eBay would pull the ads very quickly but recently they seem to go full term, don't know why that should be.
  25. Paul S
    Utterly fantastic. Great stuff, Michael and well done for getting such brilliant gigs. Edit - Be even better if I posted this on the correct thread 😁
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