Beedster

I know, it's unexpected isn't it! Mine was very nice and felt authentically vintage at a time when Fender tended to churn out instruments covered in heavy and very un-vintage coat of, I assume, poly. I think it was more authentically vintage feeling than the subsequent and numerous relic series also. It was also very light. If only I liked Jazz Basses

I've probably got one for sale somewhere mate Have a great evening Andy, imagine it's well deserved and long overdue for you both

Imagine if we all got sober, the FS forums would dry up in days

Sold pending the usual Chris

Yep, here it is, Strat style PG and Strat controls, lovely.

Thanks guys, much like the above, I have more FLs than any man can reasonably justify at the moment (three, four if you include my EUB). I'd love to keep it but I prefer the flexibility of my Fender-fit bitsas on which I can mix and match necks and bodies as the mood takes me - four bodies, four necks, it's like having 16 basses In response to a few PMs I can courier this as I have some very strong boxes and packaging. Chris

American Trad series were a hybrid of Mex and USA although I forget the finer details. They are great instruments, forerunners of the Highway One series (as mentioned by Karl in the original FS ad)? I think the one I owned a while back had a single strat-style pick-guard and no chrome control plate

Second of my basses to go in my Covid sale! A bass identical or at least extremely similar to that Bakithi Kumalo used on Graceland, and although it's probably in my head, the lines from that album do sound rather authentic on this bass (perhaps as the result of it's having won the 'Who can get the P and J pickups furthest apart on the same instrument?' competition'). It was originally white and has faded to a rather attractive (apparently) nicotine yellow over the years. Since the photos were taken the bridge was swapped for the original, I'll try to get some photos up of how it looks now tomorrow. As seems to be the case with pretty much everything that came out of Japan in the 80's, it's quality is outstanding and on a par with far higher priced current instruments. Some comments on this bass and further details from people who know more about it than I do in this thread......

Both I imagine

Glorious, what used to be called a real man's rig in the days when such terminology was permissible

Feeling quite emotional

I think there are clues

Thanks Dan, just a bass mate, although a rather special one, and as I mentioned to Andy this morning, the only bass I've ever ordered as opposed to simply bought, totally due to the photo at the top IIRC Hope all's well Chris

Prescient words Andy, sold already

Way If things pick up then I'll withdraw it, as well as the numerous other things I'm going to have to sell (I've already sold my Mesa Titan). Problem is that my work until March this year was based largely in France, so we've taken the double whammy of Brexit and Covid. I keep telling myself that it's just bass gear and that I can always buy it again if business improves and we start gigging. I also keep telling myself that what I've just told myself is bollocks and I shouldn't sell any of it in the first place