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[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1380745511' post='2230053'] I got my faux-gold guard from Howard, too! Very pleased. And he's restoring a Hayman 40 40 for me as well. So he's keeping busy, then. [/quote] Oh Sister Mary. forgive me. Discreet, you may not always seem of this Earth, but boy do you have taste

Um, wonder how all these American, Mexican, Japanese, Korean basses get to Britain. Must be a service station in the middle of the Atlantic. As a seller, I expect to put my back into it and thus offer courier and spend the time boxing up. As a buyer, I will now travel up to 100 miles 9previously a lot further than that). As a buyer I don't want to spend a day doing it BECAUSE THE SELLER CAN'T BE ARSED!!!!!!!!!!!!! If properly packaged in a hard case there should very rarely be a problem, so stop making excuses, it's because you can't be arsed. Fair enough, gear tart that I am I will always find a new toy to play with, just won't be yours.

And here's me thinking I'm just a grumbly male menopausal grumpy old git!

Nobody can sell anything . I have quite a few hundred quids of gig money currently burning a hole. Quite a few of the basses I am very attracted to are collection only. EG, lovely Inca silver Lakland Osbourne, £700, Swansea , 460 mile round trip. It would actually be cheaper buying the gorgeous green one in Bassgear at £800 (although for me it is a touch overpriced) Gibbo Ltd Explorer bass Cardiff, £600, be almost better getting a new one delivered at £750. Beautiful 64 custom shop 64 jazz, £1800, Stirling, not even the same piggin time zone. The list goes on. THEY ARE CUTTING OUT 70/80% of their own potential market because they can't be arsed to get a big box from Halfords (like I did on Sat) and box it up for a courier to collect. So frustrating. As you were.

I have a simplistic view perhaps. I reckon the supply situation will always help those of us who have good conditioned used ones, in terms of resale price. Just speculation though. As to why some sell? Some of us are magpies, attracted by the latest shiny thing. Them pretty ones from the Swedish company for example

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1380492660' post='2226244'] I've no idea what you're talking about. My dad used to say 'shazbat'. [/quote] Lying git

Shazbat discreet? Age being shown, nanoo nanoo

Jim is a TOP luthier.

I don't normally do this, but a copy of an update I sent by PM to Mike "Hiya Mike, just a quickie. Just thought I'd let you know I've been gigging that 75RI Jazz for the last half a dozen gigs. Loving it fella thanks so much for the deal. The irony is when I first joined Basschat I sold my original natural 74 Jazz as I thought it was too expensive and irreplaceable to gig with. Now I am completely hooked on using an almost exact replica American Vintage RI, as I started off with in the first place! Thanks again bud, all the best, Karl."

I seem to remember that was created by me during a bout of gastric 'flu.

[quote name='Green Alsatian' timestamp='1380385931' post='2224623'] Here's how it might look, without the badge - someone else has done a Newcaste P: [url="http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1034887"]http://www.ultimate-...d.php?t=1034887[/url] [/quote] SUPERB, ta

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1380382710' post='2224569'] That bass will easily do as the basis for Harris tribute axe , but if you wanted to really be pedantic then I think Steve's bass is a true white rather than the usual Olympic White , which has more yellow in it . Not sure what effect the Toon sticker will have, though - you might find the bass gives a poor performance despite costing you a fortune and provides you with year after year of dissappointment and broken dreams . [/quote] I'm used to that And thanks jezzaboy, cracking idea.

See, I have the following and I have put a mirror plate on it, but I was convinced 'Arry's was a slab and that the binding wouldn't work.[URL=http://s1354.photobucket.com/user/Karl_Altdorfer/media/EC4BD2BC_zps91b3bd06.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1354.photobucket.com/albums/q693/Karl_Altdorfer/EC4BD2BC_zps91b3bd06.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

Thanks everybody (except TheGreek and Dingus obviously) . Lot of food for thought. It's a slab body with the binding painted on and a thin chrome-ish scratch plate. The Irons bit is probably just a sticker and would be replaced with a Toon one anyway.

[quote name='skidder652003' timestamp='1380351571' post='2224056'] speak to John [url="http://www.bravewoodguitars.co.uk/"]http://www.bravewoodguitars.co.uk/[/url] [/quote] I know he's superb but I would guess around £1500 and that is more than I can afford. [quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1380353120' post='2224075'] Fender? [/quote] It's the slab body and artwork that are not in their catalogue.