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These prices really don't surprise me... I doubt they'd have any issues selling out either and with a good slab of this going to charity then I suppose it's for the best that they max out the monies raised. I do want to go, but at £250 for standing, I'm definitely going to have to debate this hard!

Out of the 2000-3000 basses/guitars I've owned over the years, this one is the one that I severely regret letting go. A Nordstrand NX6, hand made by Carey Nordstrand before his pickups went mainstream. An unbelievable beast that I've hunted to find again but it's never resurfaced.

I've got a good number of exotic wood topped instruments - buckeye burl, camphor burl, spalted maple, quilt maple, birdseye maple, bubinga, ziricote etc. When I need to give them a once over I just use a decent furniture polish and a lint free rag. Never had an issue, always worked well regardless of the wood. I'm sure someone will be along in a moment to tell me that I've committed some kind of wood sin, but it's worked for me for 20 years on hundreds of instruments with zero issues.

Not quite your £4000 P-bass @Beedster, but on Monday a brand new bass got delivered while I was away in Scotland, it was left outside our front door in the rain. Luckily we live (as you've seen!) down a pot hole ridden 'private' road that doesn't really even look residential! So it's unlikely for things to get snatched up, but still... a new bass (the driver had no idea of value) left outside in the rain... Top work! It's little things like this, all these little 1% gripes, that are more and more prevalent in life which causes more and more anger and agitation in society and gives way to the 'anything is better than this' mindset which creates paths for the Trump and Farages of the world. IMO.

Just had this arrive... For the £230 price tag, including delivery, it's a ridiculous bargain.

The Squier straight out of the box just needed tuning, the set up was actually really quite good. Low action (could go a bit lower) and no buzz. Not plugged it in but acoustically it sounds fine and feels nice to play. A good smooth neck, no sharp frets, and the colour is far better than expected. I was expecting a really cheap black finish, but the colour has a really nice metallic finish, although black it shows as slightly silver under certain lights. Generally speaking, for £230 delivered for a brand new bass, it is ridiculously cheap. Twice the price and you'd not be disappointed, in fact 3 times the price and you'd not be disappointed. (Assuming it sounds decent plugged in that is!)

They're there for you and your legendary toe fetish!

As much as my trip up to Glasgow meant I missed the delivery of the Squier Jazz 6 I'd ordered from Thomann near 3 months ago, (I knew there was a wait...) it did give me the opportunity to meet a fellow BCer and relieve them of their Ibanez SR1306! So, I shall be leaving Glasgow shortly to return to Essex with an SR1306 in tow and a Squier Jazz 6 waiting to be unboxed upon successful completion for the 8 hour drive! I'm looking forward to plugging them both in and giving them a good set up and running through an amp! For now, here's a quick snap of the Ibanez, quite a tasty little beast. Excuse the toes...

Mine arrived yesterday... Typically while I'm away on business! Looking forward to seeing if it's a cheap steal or noticeably cheap. Unpacking tomorrow will tell all!

You're thinking of Pat Todger... I don't go by that name anymore since quitting 'the biz'.

Well... reviving an old thread here! Just bought an Ibanez SR1306 from Cameron today. He kindly delivered it to my hotel (nothing seedy going on...) cash was exchanged and the deed was done! Given it a quick set up while, plays really well! Looking forward to getting it home to Essex and blasting it through an amp! 🙂

Well... reviving a SUPER old thread here! Just bought an Ibanez SR1306 from Cameron today. He kindly delivered it to my hotel (nothing seedy going on...) cash was exchanged and the deed was done! Given it a quick set up while, plays really well! Looking forward to getting it home to Essex and blasting it through an amp! 🙂

Warwick have been doing this for some years. Hard to spot, but you can see the USB in on the back of the control panel.

Ken Lawrence builds absolutely fantastic instruments. I've played a few and they are of the absolute highest quality. Personally I love the look, totally get that some won't! I played the below some years ago... an incredible beast.

That would take every country on earth to do that otherwise people will do what The Rolling Stones did in the 70's and simply leave the country that charges them 98% tax after a certain threshold to move to a country that doesn't.

PMT don't have a particularly strong used sales department unlike GuitarGuitar or Andertons. PMT probably don't actually want to take in much used stock and will only do so for a high profit margin or the ability for a quick flip. My advice is not to take offence by low offers, the item is yours to do with as you wish, simply decline their offer and move on. They're under no obligation whatsoever to offer you what you want, it's their business, they can offer you want THEY want to pay and you either accept or decline.

My personal favourite Alembic*: *built 'off the books' by an Alembic luthier at the Alembic workshop as I understand it.

Alembic Tea is £1,200 a cup by the way...