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Many thanks @police squad, yes but IIRC he was pretty busy/tied up last time I enquired. I'm going to try the guy who did the work in this thread, I'm hoping he can do it without it taking months 👍

Likewise, his necks are works of art 👍

Dimarzios for you mate 👍

What a great thread and what lovely work, Gary's gonna be getting a call from me re a neck I need modifying 👍

Agree 👍

That’s real wear though, not deliberate aging from new

Not just basses, also clothes, furniture, decor, even buildings. Crazy world 🤔

Agreed 👍

Ah, thanks mate 👍

Thanks, if that was for me I try not to use tabs unless I'm really stuck, I much prefer to work it out by ear 👍

We do an album gig (rehearse an album for 3-months, gig it once and once only, and move on). I have floated Rattus Norvegicus for three reasons 1. It's a f***ing awesome album 2. We have a sublimely talented keys player 3. I'm a bass player Fingers crossed on that album, but otherwise yes, @Si600 you are a lucky man 👍

I suspect @wateroftyne hit the nail on the head 👍

Late 80s ‘Rays are vintage in all meanings of the word 👍

Hope you’ve got a string winder 👍 Time to settle varies with strings and playing volume, Spiros not the worst for sure - that prize goes to guts - but give it a few days before you gig

You lucky b******d 👏

Margate, mmmm, wonder who that was 🤔

Nice one. Re Apple ignoring your ticket, workarounds are more fun and often more useful 👍

People either hope for an impulsive buyer or expect to be haggled down, either way for a seller it always make sense to start high 👍

Ha ha, fair point, explaining why 70's Carlsbro' and H&H are rarely described as vintage, but 70's Fenders most certainly are perhaps

I think that while generalisable quantitative parameters such as 30 years can be used to define 'vintage', among musicians it more often describes a golden age, perhaps more like a wine. For example, I might be wrong but I see the word used a lot to describe 1070's Fenders/MMs/Rics - at least one of which had a golden decade in the 70's (I'll leave that up to you reader) - but less to describe, for example Carlsbro' or H&H amps from the same period, neither of which IME had a golden 70's. Probably a very subjective view

You're right Steve, none at all, likewise PayPal friends and family. If in doubt always use the standard PayPal with fees which allows you to secure a refund. This of course - ironically - means that as a seller you have to also be. a little careful who you sell to if using standard PayPal

...and amusingly I've had at least a couple of sellers say "I don't do PayPal because I don't like their morals.....". Yet they're still prepared to use the banks