Shaggy

Strangely enough 4 of my basses are from '77, must have been a vintage year..... - Ovation Magnum 1 fretless - Gibson RD Artist - Kramer 650B - CF Martin EB-18 (potentially available.......) Loads of good choices in posts above

All round true gent and top BC-er . I contacted him about some P bass knobs in a very old ad, and blimey he was happy to send them for free (though we ended up doing a minor trade). Thanks mate!

Bought a P bass circuit from Neil - easy deal, fast despatch and he bunged in some extra pots! Top guy

Bought a P bass neck off John, absolutely couldn't have been more helpful and informative during a very smooth deal - surprised it's taken us so long to get around to a deal with us both being BC "veterans"! Many thanks mate

I think it's the top clear coat that tends to yellow, hence the older Fenders in "sonic blue" that look more "surf green" Plus most of the older basses (and players) have done much of their time in smoke-filled bars of course.........

Bought an Epi T'bird neck off Tom, following up a year old FS thread on the off-chance! Couldn't have been easier- great guy to deal and communicate with. Thanks fella!

Lovely old Gibbo, great score - put those pics on the Gibson porn thread!

Thanks ET - that's a truly excellent article! Didn't realise they were trying acrylic finishes so early, assumed it was just nitro before the change to poly

Quick Q - did early '60's Fenders have a primer/base coat under the top coat on painted basses, and if so what colour? (Top being sonic blue, if it makes a difference) Looking to make a bitsa Precision for gigging to look more or less like a '62, with just a bit of subtle relic-ing, so want to get the look right!

Bought a P pickup off Bryan; quick easy deal, great comms, ultra-fast despatch. Was a total gent when it mysteriously failed to turn up for a few days courtesy of Post Office - straight away offered full refund. I would have shared the financial pain, but thankfully the beastie turned up Cheers fella!

Buying new, have to say the Peaveys seem very hard to beat If you can stretch to a bit more, I'd def be going for this one: http://basschat.co.uk/topic/222978-fs-1979-ibanez-musician-mc924-940-fretless/page__p__2368004__hl__ibanez%20musician__fromsearch__1#entry2368004

[quote name='Jazzneck' timestamp='1393060667' post='2375665'] There's one song I've always wanted to play live on stage but it hasn't happened yet. River Deep, Mountain High. Perhaps I will, one day........ What's yours? [/quote] Lol - I've been stuck playing that one for as long as I can remember! Good song though, that you can improvise on a fair bit "White Wedding" (Billy Idol) for me - no idea why I've never been able to sell this to rest of band Edit : Oh, and "Do what you wanna do". (T Connection) - for even longer.......

I think Howard gets his p/guard sheet from WD Music, and that's certainly where I've had the most authentic "vintage" pick guards from for my Rics and Fenders As far as I know the nice old ones are nitrocellulose but the modern ones are acrylic (expect I'll be corrected!) only drawback with the nitro ones is they tend to gradually shrink and get brittle with age

Bought my Mesa Walkabout head used on US eBay for around £200 less than equivalent in UK, even with the VAT & customs handling charge - though lugging a mains transformer around rather defeats the point of having such a portable head! Been hassle free though

Mwahaha.....OP bass now mine, after a very pleasant meet up yesterday in sunny (honestly!) Aberaeron with Chris, Mrs Beedster, and the two mini-Beedsters. It's much prettier in the flesh than pics suggest, but rest assured; this bass will live and breathe again in the form God and Wal intended for it..... including re-fret of original board.