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On 13/01/2021 at 21:27, Dad3353 said:

Wotchit, matey; I've much stranger 'friends' that I can 'call upon'.

In the interests of transparency, as they say these days, here is a full cast list for The French Connection.

Well done that man!  It's always good when someone steps up to answer a call for assistance.

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I printed a batch 'face-down', but the pins don't come out properly; the plastics too tiny to be useful. I've done another batch, 'face-up', which is much better. It's as easy to print six as one, so I did. Here's a 'teaser' uber-short video; real-time was three hours. I'll prepare them tomorrow; it's late now. They'll be in the post soon ...

 

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Well, I've just had a knock at the door and opened it to find Michael Caine, Donald Sutherland and Robert Duvall on my doorstep. Sutherland hands me a packet (well places it on my step, stands back 2 metres and takes a photo of it) and informs me that "The Eagle has landed".

@Dad3353, these are fantastic! Thank you so much. Soooo much better than having to resort to a vinyl sticker. The white is actually fine as it is but I'm off to fish out some gold paint in a mo and paint the top surface of one.

A little sneaky peak. 

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Once again thank you, a legend indeed. 😊👍

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2 hours ago, Cato said:

That looks pure class.

Excellent result from Douglas.

Is that the restoration finished now @Maude?

Any chance of some pics?

No not finished yet. 

I've got to fit the pickups/switches/controls and then try and wire it up so it works. 

I've been a bit slack but I just haven't felt like doing it for the last couple of weeks. These badges will spur me on now so will be finished soon. 

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Excitement here also! Arrived safely this morning and I have to say I am blown away by their quality. Quite incredible. 

Here's one placed in situ on my bass, already looking a zillion times better than the previous gold vinyl decal. This and Maude's build have got me inspired to restore my bass to good working order. Watch this space. :D

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I'm loving these Hofner rebuild jobbies! For me,  they are a nice size bass, quite small and light, and the lovely neck inlays have so much character! 

I  think a mid and neck pickup placement would be well worth trying , as is often noted,  the bridge pickup doesn't yield particularly useful tones.

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