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12 minutes ago, Reggaebass said:

I watched it first time, it’s painful what they do to the neck 

It wasn’t edifying was it. From memory, the action at the end of the “restoration “ was awful, you would need to take a bus from the string to the fingerboard. 

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I heard about this episode, and have been looking forward to the repeat. Thnaks for the notice!

Sounds like it's not great though........... but I'll still watch or record it..

I'll categorise the repair on the following scale:

Great>Good>OK>-Bad>Awful>Even-I-Could-Have-Done-It-Better

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6 hours ago, Baxlin said:

the repair of a bass guitar owned by Hot Chocolate’s original bassist.

my ever so slightly interesting story regarding Hot Chocolates original bass player......

Many years ago my driving instructor told me that he was previously a session musician - guitar. One of his circle of friends/colleagues was the original bassist of Hot Chocolate (who basically formed the group and co-songwriter) - Tony Wilson.

My driving instructor was invited by Tony to join the group at the start ("I've written some great songs with a great singer") but declined because he had too many projects fail before.

Just think - If history had worked differently I may not be able to drive today!

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44 minutes ago, Nail Soup said:

my ever so slightly interesting story regarding Hot Chocolates original bass player......

Many years ago my driving instructor told me that he was previously a session musician - guitar. One of his circle of friends/colleagues was the original bassist of Hot Chocolate (who basically formed the group and co-songwriter) - Tony Wilson.

My driving instructor was invited by Tony to join the group at the start ("I've written some great songs with a great singer") but declined because he had too many projects fail before.

Just think - If history had worked differently I may not be able to drive today!

Or maybe you’d have been taught to drive by the guy who used to play bass in Hot Chocolate 

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2 hours ago, Chris2112 said:

Can anyone offer a short summary of what they did wrong, for someone like me who will probably never see the show? 

From memory, in order to take a dint out of the neck, he shaved the neck thinner,added unnecessary ashtray and pickup cover, but here's the list from the horses mouth..

https://flameguitars.co.uk/the-repair-shop/

 

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The neck shaving bit did make me wince, but it depends how badly that big dent on the back affected playing comfort. 

Apart from that it was a lot less bodged than I’d been led to believe - essentially a neck refin, refret, new logo (not sure why he bothered with that tho) and general clean up.

The lad wanted it as a working instrument, rather than a museum piece. 

 

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10 minutes ago, bassbiscuits said:

The neck shaving bit did make me wince, but it depends how badly that big dent on the back affected playing comfort. 

Apart from that it was a lot less bodged than I’d been led to believe - essentially a neck refin, refret, new logo (not sure why he bothered with that tho) and general clean up.

The lad wanted it as a working instrument, rather than a museum piece. 

 

I've always found the pickup cover gets in the way of playing.

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