A long time ago, in a town not too far from me...   My first proper original bass was an Ibanez Roadster RS-924, from memory it cost me about £180.00 from FD&H Music on Charing Cross Road and we parted ways when I either sold it on or part-exchanged it against a Travis Bean 2000 (£375, somewhere in Lewisham).   I'd got fond memories of it, here's me, early 80s:     You may have seen Chris @umcoo posting about restoring this baby - my heart did a littl