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Just offered the Edinburgh fella 10k cash for it. Let's see if that flushes him from his hole...........

Virtually same wording. HAve emailed the Craigslist seller.

OK, SCAM ALERT!! Check this out: [url="http://london.craigslist.co.uk/msg/2661885016.html"]http://london.craigslist.co.uk/msg/2661885016.html[/url]

Any Lothian BCers get a reply from the seller??

[quote name='rapscallion' timestamp='1321872213' post='1443801'] The sunburst looks dreadful, I've never seen a Fender body that dark by the edges. [/quote] The early productiosn were very close to two-tone. I reckon that bass in the pic is a real one, but I'm not sure that this seller has it. That decking looks familiar. John from Bravewood photographs his basses on such decking. Must go look.

Just emailed 'em for a quick visit. The bass in that pic looks the real deal: correct two-tone finish and you can clearly make out the tarnishing on the pots and bushels. Question is: do they really have that bass and, if so, is it knock-off??

Back in the '80s. Used to hit a couple of harmonics at the end of a song and 'bend' them by holding the body on my Status and pushing the neck. Did it at a gig one night and the strap broke, sendin the Status roght onto one of those old cast iron-foored mic stands, gouging the upper horn of the bass. Well fkn embarassed!

[quote name='eddiehoffmann' timestamp='1319588777' post='1416217'] Hey Lozz. After many years playing only with rounds (Rotosounds and LaBellas) my greatest discovery in recent years were the Status Half-Wound strings. I've been using them on P-Basses for a while now. They feel just like flats at the tip of your fingers and, sonically, somewhere in the middle, between rounds and flats. But it's a nice in the middle, not some over the fence, half baked in the middle, if you know what I mean. With the tone control slightly attenuated and playing a bit closer to the neck you can make them sound just like flats. I cut a little piece of acoustic foam so it fits perfectly under the strings, close to the bridge, and now that elusive Jamerson sound is right there. At the same time, with the tone control full on and with a plectrum, you still get that lovely P-Bass bite, but (in my opinion) in a much nicer way. You don't loose definition and attack, you just loose harshness. I highly recommend for you guys to give them a try. You can buy them directly from Status, they're no expensive and they always deliver mine the next day. They only make them in more regular gauges though (40-100 and 45-105). Still worth a try. They do feel stiffer than rounds, so maybe with heavier gauges it would be a bit too much for most? Ah... And I feel it's way easier to play with them than with rounds. [/quote] Couldn't agree more! I recently bought a Vintage bass from fellow Basschatter Zigmondo which cam strung with Hotwires. I swapped the neck out for a fretless Warmoth and this bass oozes tone! I have used rounds for years but have gotten used to flats again after buying a Jazz from Ishibashi which came with them on it but those Hotwires are the biz!