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I hear the Peter Kay Precision is coming also 👍

You're correct I just checked 👍

Very bling, '58 in blonde with anodised plate and gold hardware. There was one for sale on here for a few years, I was really tempted

Most parachutists have never needed a backup ‘chute….

This ^

Fender Custom Shop - or the team that became FCS - did a very short run a long time back. Lovely thing 👍

I know, it's quite amusing at times isn't it, but that's the meejda for ya 👍

Do you drive? If so when you started learning it was complex and required a lot of concentration. Over the months and years it all becomes automated to the point that you can drive for hours without realising that you're accelerating, changing gear, indicating, braking, checking mirrors etc without thinking about it. This happened because you've done it so many times. Play the parts over and over and over again and the same will happen. Two bass parts I struggled to learn were Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes and Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick. They both flow now without me having to think about them. In fact, if I start to concentrate too hard on what I'm playing when I'm playing either I'm more likely to f*** up 👍

Yep, best of both worlds, John East is a magician 👍

OK, I am now 100% an Adele fan 👍

I always take a backup bass .....

In certain light I think I can see a line where it's be refinished at the edges of the contour, but I take my hat off to whoever did it, great job 👍

Speak to Clarky about it, he's aiming to restructure the space-time continuum in the near future 👍

I must admit, I'm enjoying it. She appears to be one of the current wave of artists famous for producing relatively sad/introspective ballads while at the same time recording some much less well known up-tempo stuff (James Arthur is another god example, took my daughters to see him a while back expecting an evening of melancholy and was instead treated to some great music and some great musicianship). And yes, her voice is something else when you give yourself a chance to really indulge it. Hell of an artist. And I didn't realise it was Pino, makes sense, the playing and parts are immaculate

Ebay roulette is a good way of putting it. and if you do it late evening no matter how drunk the bidder, there's always the chance the same is true of the seller, who might inadvertently accept a stupidly low offer as the result of the booze. I've never done that of course

I do nothing but cause you pain Owen 😀

I stripped one 18 years ago as it had a custom finish that was a bit excessive. I was anticipating glorious grain, but instead I got almost white poplar. It took stain and oil well, but you can't have grainy where this is no grain. BTW, NEVER try to strip a SUB, nothing commercially available touched the finish, I ended up using a chisel IIRC

Have to say that I'm no expert but to the touch and to the eye this does not appear to have been refinished (there is some slight inconsistency in finish but not at any junction and that's more likely play-wear, it's 20-years old after all), but there is a clear and substantial contour.... It's a pretty decently done contour and the finish appears intact. I'm loving this bass more by the minute 👍

Poplar 👍

You'd know much better than I Dan, but wasn't there talk at the time that EBMM were using body blanks that had been rejected for the standard USA models, possible I guess that this started life destined to be a 'Ray but fate intervened?

You know what, I'm going to check it's not been contoured and refinished there and that I simply didn't spot it. It's certainly a very good job if so

I asked my youngest who she'd like to listen to while did did some work in the garden this morning, and my heart sank when she replied 'Adele please Dad'. OK, very few of her songs appeal to me, but wow, the box I use for music in the garden really exaggerates the bass, and the bass playing on many of Adele's songs is beautiful, and for what appear at first listen to be pretty average songs in terms of structure, also really quite inventive. Loved this line

Have a good day 👍

It's funny because while I remember that as a downside, I don't really notice it on this one, and in fact it appears to have a very slight softening of the upper edge anyway that you can see in the photos. The finish all seems consistent so I'm guessing that's how it left the factory?

Actually it does, when the basics of swimming technique are taught on land it accelerates skill acquisition once in the water 👍