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...but a pretty big one. They wouldn't move there if it was less cost-effective, would they? Not a chestnut you'll hear from me. But I do believe QC can suffer (*points finger at parent company*).

In addition, cheap local raw materials. Cheaper infrastructure. Cheaper loads of other stuff, probably.

Are you being serious? Why do you think Fender etc. shipped manufacturing to the Far East..?

Yeah, have to say despite my anodised comment above, I'd be sticking with white if it were me.

Yep, just like that.

Years ago I had a special edition '57RI Precision in Inca Silver, with an anodised gold guard. It looked totally sweet. I wish I'd kept it. Or taken a photo of it, even.

Lesser Boogie.

More info on the NY instance here: https://www.mycelebritylife.co.uk/music/neil-young-sells-50-of-song-catalog-to-hipgnosis/

I'd love Po & Storm's estate to sue their derrières off.

Today it's been announced that Hipgnosis have bought all - or a significant part of - the publishing to both Neil Young ($150m) and Lindsey Buckingham's back-catalogues. It's a free economy of course, but along with Bob Dylan, Jimmy Iovine, Stevie Nicks selling their stuff... I wonder where it will end...? I find it slightly depressing.

And so it continues... Today it's been announced that Hipgnosis have bought all - or a significant part of - the publishing to both Neil Young ($150m) and Lindsey Buckingham's back-catalogues. It's a free economy of course, but along with recent purchases from Bob Dylan, Jimmy Iovine, Stevie Nicks... I wonder where it will end...? I find it slightly depressing.

That'll be one of our very own Si's instruments, I think...

As far as I'm concerned, we're all just guests on Planet Aretha. https://youtu.be/k33sINjn9o0

I bought something from Phil a while ago. Nice guy.

Ah, I was looking on BBC4. Ta!

What time is it on? I can’t see it..?

They let that logo through to production. The rest of it shouldn’t be surprising 😄

More than watchable. It's astonishing.

According to his FB post, it's an Ibanez BTB 1906SM.

I've got a few new'uns in, but confidence isn't high.

I'm not going to play whack-a-mole with this thread. Keep it on the practicalities of the thread subject, or it's getting locked.

Some facts are best discussed on Twitter and Facebook.

I've removed a few posts. I appreciate it's a a fine line to walk given the subject matter, but can we stay off politics & the rights and wrongs, please? Thank you.

There’s a bigger one on the Fraud thread.

For anyone who's dealt with Tommy before, word on the gata is that he's still aiming to get back to work. Appreciate he's going to have to graft to regain confidence, but I'm glad 'cos I talked to him a lot, and got pretty friendly with him. Let's hope he's building again soon.