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Not sure how the £ is doing against the yen at present, but looking at those figures you could get something the same from ishibashi in Japan for a bit less. I got a 2nd hand P from there (Japan built but to US AVRI alder/maple & neck spec) a few years ago and I rate it as better built than the US AVRI62 I used to own. Hardware not as nice and i swapped out the electrics for a kiogon loom and a standard Fender 'Original' 62 PU. All in all probably cost me £700 for something that is as good as any other p bass I've played.

Google nordy bass mute- buy a strawberry mivi, some pva glue and a small strip of foam.

I didn't say he was cheap or any good for that matter- just that it seems he can make what you are after.

No! Looks good from the web page though and looks like there are enough customisation options to sort you out. I think you can make your own template and send it too.

http://www.jacksinstrumentservices.com/

Not linking because I'm not sure of the rules on that, but found at least one uk seller doing the grossman ones for £23, and to be fair they also do the nordy ones for £30 as well as a couple of other good options.

Just make sure you let your insurers know - that's another forty quids worth of kit you've got in the gig bag there ;-) Seriously though, what a shame nordstrand didn't pitch the price a little better. It's actually a cracking idea, because a lot of the other ways of doing this (including the Bassmute which I use and love) push against the strings and do cause tuning issues. This as far as I can tell doesn't, is easy to get on and off, and I'm assuming is adjustable in terms of muting depending on how far/hard you push it on?If nordy had these made in china by the thousands for 10p a throw and sold them for £5-10 not many of us would be arsed buying the foam, glue and lollipops to make them ourselves. They would become an essential part of our standard kit and they would have regular repeat business through disorganised and short sighted folk like me losing one every few months.

Brilliant job. Love the relicing - looks genuine and realistic -steers away from the all too common 'had a fight with a belt sander' look.

Was tempted until I clicked on the link and read the sales pitch. Bullsh#t is the kindest way I can describe it. If it was half the price and they just said 'stick this on and it will mute your strings without messing up your tuning' I'd probably have bought one. As it is I'm going to cut four slots in a strip of high density foam and glue it to a lollypop stick. If anyone's interested I'll do you one posted for £30 😉

Just to throw another option in. I had a great experience buying direct from Japan (ishibashi I think). Got their top of the range 62ri (alder,maple,rosewood) put a KI0gon loom and us 62ri pickups in there and its the best p I've ever played. Set up out the box was fine. Lower £ might make this a less attractive option now though as this was about two years ago.

J with ti flats, p with zingy dr rw's for me. Can't think of much I can't cover between them.

I'd go with a decent padded cover unless as said above your gear is on the road a lot. I had a flight case for a markbass combo, and frankly it may as well have been an ampeg once it was boxed up. Totally defeats the purpose of lightweight rigs IMHO.