Count Bassy

The old Fender Stu Hamm series had a body that was prctically identical to a strat.

Most of the peole I've met over there have been great. However, when out eating/drinking I'm always aware that the person next to you my be 'Carrying'.

In case the PA packs up?

Alex Horne? Really? I didn't realise he was a comedian. Never made me laugh.

The thing with Bill Bailey is that I love his comedy - until he starts playing music and then, mehh. EDited to add: To be fair it's not just hime. I've never been a fan of music in comedy. Finales of the Two Ronnies, Spitting image etc .... all those: time to put the kettle on.

Hardly damaged, barely worth repairing. Squirt some glue down it if you must.

So, will you be selling any good stuff? (Well someone had to ask!). Actually I'm in a similar position to yourself. Barely picked up a bass in the last 6 months. Playing concertina (Anglo) more than anything these days.

It doesn't need a custom corner piece, he just needs to glue/screw a small piece of wood behind it. Problem solved.

Clean or used?

IIRC he was commenting on the margin that the landlord paid the band (of the increased take) as opposed to the margin that he was making on his beer, rather than the absolute amount, ie the band did better out of it than the landlord did..

I recall that at one time here Nigel was known for being the bassists who's name (Clutterbuck, not Nigel) sounded most like his playing.

More of a Class "F" perhaps?

Oh dear, Seems I'm getting a lot wrong today!

I know from personal experience that you need to pay for a Swiss road tax licence for your vehicle to drive into Switzerland (if they decide to stop you). Particularly galling in my case as it was a french hire car and I was only going to Geneva airport which is just over the border. Probably driving in Switzerland for less than 30 minutes, but had to buy a six month tax disc.

And Four Way Street!

Dare I mention Tom Waits? (whom I love) (Who/Whom?)

I love this chaps review style.

Yep, one of my favourites as well.

I think we're pretty much in agreement here.

My emphasis (in my head at least) was on the CNC manufacturing .. the cheap labour thing was an afterthought. I was not defending the cheap labour economies, especially when they are blatently oppressive like China, far from it, but that's how it is at the moment. However, CNC manufacturing is also cheap in the west (though not as cheap as in the Far East), especially in long production runs, and most USA Fenders (as an example) are mass produced in this way. Yes they will cost more than Far Eastern products, but I don't believe that they need to cost as much as they do.

Because churning out accurate wood and metal work on a CNC machine, especially in a cheap labour economy, is cheap. Perhaps the question should be "Why does a standard Fender* cost so much?" Probably due to profit margins. * Substitute brand name of your choice.

Thanks for posting this. I'd forgotten how good she was.

My wife used to use these on her sax,and they sounded great, but having had two fail after a couple of years each, has gone back to a mic on a stand solution.

Please, nobody take this thread seriously!