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  1. Shaggy
    Great score cetera 👍 looks lovely. Out of interest, were import duties / VAT comparable to shipping from the US? (ie around 20% on top). Every vintage instrument on t’bay I fancy seems to be in Japan.
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    Blimey, never thought you’d sell this one Chris, especially it being your only electric! 😳 Absolutely stunning - having owned a fretted Enfield Fusion I know that they just do any tone you could want and do it in a way that’s very intuitive, and have absolutely top notch build quality. Some really lovely birdseye figuring on that neck, too 👍 Still, I think one can add one more certainty to the Three Certainties of Life (death, taxes, and nurses) - Beedster will always acquire another Fender type electric bass...... 😉
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    The all-valve D-180 head in the last pic will shortly also be up for sale; a valve or cap playing up that I’ll sort first with a visit to the tech. Can send further pics if interested; 200W of valve hand-wired Californian goodness, unlike the 400 it only takes 6 power valves, and has a “clean” bass channel and a guitar channel that can allows really filthy distortion as it has the same cascade saturation circuit as the Mesa “mark” series guitar amps. 😎
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    They’re excellent pickups - the same units were fitted in their early-mid ‘80’s Explorer bass, and I absolutely loved mine. I don’t know who would make an exact replica, but they’re single coil so something like the Nordstrand Big Single ought to sound similar.
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    Reckon you could hold a festival chez Beedster with that “hi-fi from hell” Chris - and maybe try some fracking in your back yard too, given the low end on these cabs! 😉 Hmmmm, unless we could sort a relay.........????? 🤔
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    Whenever I see your posts Chris, I immediately see the new bitsa I want to build.....🤔 must resist........😕 great gear and prices as always 👍
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    I don’t think Cherry was a custom colour for these - I have a ‘69 Cherry EB-2DC - though I certainly wouldn’t disagree with the rest of your post. As I recall (but stand to be corrected....) Sunburst, Cherry, and Walnut were standard colour finishes, as briefly was metallic burgundy introduced as a cover-up finish when they had moisture checking problems with the standard ones,, with natural and black as special custom options. Beautiful bass in cracking condition though, and with the very desirable “Lifton” case 👍
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    I forgot that I had a custom polished alu alloy pick-guard for this, which I never fitted as I preferred it without, but it definitely looks quite special. It’s in 2 parts with a matt black backplate, but I personally prefer it with just the pierced top plate with the wood showing through. It’s very light so can be fitted with a couple of bits of double-sided tape if you don’t want to put screws into that lovely cocobolo top (and why would you? 🤔). Obviously included if wanted.
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    What truly bizarre note to find! That’s certainly a really old phone no...... I think Flateric on here knows more than most about Peter Cook
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    I’m rather ashamed to admit that my first bitsa (1980’s) - a Sting-esque natural P with fretless maple board, had a F*cker logo. Fooled everyone on first glance, but the guy I sold it to played in a gospel band and very nicely asked me to change it.
  11. Shaggy
    Lol - Diolch yn fawr JazzyB, you’re welcome to come over for a cuppa and try it out! 🙂. ‘Pure ‘60’s T’bird sound with boutique looks...... By your missus’s reckoning I’m at least ten overstocked 🙁
  12. Shaggy
    Thanks dyerseve! True words.....👍 Tell me about it; I just bought a mega-expensive classical guitar case and tuning pegs from Spain - 25 bloomin’’ % on top 🙁 Edit: bass now ON HOLD
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    This; likewise with me (see custom Thunderbird currently FS). I think the problems arise further down the ownership line, when sellers don't make it clear. It’s been done since Adam was a lad - most violins made in the 19th and early 20th century were mass-produced in Germany and Bohemia, and the great majority of them have labels purporting the instrument to be made by an Italian master; Stradivarius, Amiti, Guarneri etc, or often more cunningly lesser known Italian and French makers. They weren't necessarily aiming to be fakes (though many certainly were, that’s when relicing became a fine art too......), it was more of a tribute to the makers design that they were copying, and to give the copy more kudos.
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    That’s a good price if it really is a Bicentennial T’bird - I’ve never seen one in Pelham blue (original????) Yup, that’s the most bodged headstock repair I’ve ever seen, but should be pretty straightforward for a pro to put right. Seller should have been straight about it though.....
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    What a grumpy lot we are...... Really only one absolute turn-off for me - Black block fret markers. Ugh 😑
  16. Shaggy
    I can remember the OP question first being asked circa 1977 when the first synth drums cane in....... Personally all of my experiences with electronic drum kits have been positive for the excellent reasons given above; where all members of the band are fully electric it makes mixing at any sound level so much easier. After a solid 46 years of gigging with mainly acoustic kits I’m sure my hearing has suffered. 🙁
  17. Shaggy
    Thanks Lee - I”d very much prefer not to, as the Streamer is now my main bass and it just feels so “right”as it is - plus if the original neck was still on this I’d be asking at least £100 more. The ovangkol neck is by no means chunky, and having owned a couple of MM Stingrays the neck feels totally “right” to me on this bass. But I’ll give it a while and see what happens........🤔
  18. Shaggy
    Really great gig bags; I’ve tried most of the others but now only use this. GLWTS 👍
  19. Shaggy
    Ooh, in Swansea too......🤔 Always been partial to a big semi (f’nar f’nar....), fab Gretsch vibe on this 👍
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    Lovely - I’ve owned three Mk 1 Customs, but there’s something aesthetically so “right” about these single p/up Pro 1’s. GLWTS 👍
  21. Shaggy
    Brian bought my Martin bass - smooth easy deal, great communications, prompt payment and arranged his own courier - thanks fella! 🙂. Definitely one of BC’s good guys
  22. Shaggy
    Thanks! 🙂 Warmoth - 37.5 mm Epi T’bird - 41 mm
  23. Shaggy
    You’ve surprised me, but I’m sure you’re right! I suspect I’ve been in a parallel dimension the whole time, and kind of lost interest in genres anyway about the time NWOBHM became a thing..... 🤔
  24. Shaggy
    Thanks Skybone, these seem to have been the “Pamela Anderson” of the bass world, in being unattainable objects of desire for a certain generation of bass players whilst in their formative years....... Though my main object of desire when I started out was a Ric, as in your avatar. I’ve since been lucky enough to own 3 - still got my early ‘73 4001. 🙂
  25. Shaggy
    Having recently taken the decision to step down from 46 years of gigging, but looking for a bit of a hobby project to play with other musicians, I occasionally look at the JMB ads. Have to say I’m entirely bemused by most of the genres mentioned; shoegaze, post hardcore, alt country, sludge metal, etc. etc Whatever happened to mods and rockers? All this were fields when I were a lad, y’know......🤔
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