mikeswals

I've always hated them, I thought they were very ugly and I kept wondering what they were thinking with an egg shaped oval. These tuners first appeared about Aug 65 on the Jazz Bass, and were in full use by Oct 65, while the P bass used Klusons well into 67. Back in 2018 I ended up buying a very late 65, and it had the ovals. Still not my favorite tuners, but I like the Jazz.

I don't know if the XL letters were an acronym for anything. But the yeah it was the sandwich body; it had alder on the back half and the thin slice of walnut I think. I owned several early Czech/Euro that were solid maple, and the LX's just sounded different to me. No, XL was not 35", Spectors NS5 was already 35" by 1999, and LX's came out about 2004. Back then, the 94-98 dot inlay SSD NS5 was 34", and then changed to 35" along with the crown inlays and SS logo in '99.

after Kramker closed and Staurt started up SSD making a Spector bass again, he wasn't yet allowed to call it the NS2 name because Kramer still owned the names and logos for several more years. So Stuart called the traditional PJ bass the NS4. Around very late 98 or early 99, he got all of his name rights and trademarks back.

Very lovely looker!

I'm in the States, and I remember making a 'dumpster gold' comment once here on BC and people jumped on me that you'd get arrested. The cops here aren't going to do anything about junk thrown out (only if there's a dead body in the trash can), they have way more important fish to fry.

Also, please do not destroy those grilles. They have not been available for two decades now, and impossible to find on the used market.

I used to have a 1516 for 20 years. It was never a favorite cab, my Mesa 215 was my primary cab, and I would add the 1516 to it for bigger shows. Mine was the same era as yours from the late 80s: single 1/4" input and 3-way toggle for the horn (hi/off/low). Its a 4 ohm cab. It was never a 'master of anything' as the single EV15 didn't like alot of bottom end exertion, and despite the rating, those EVs can really only handle 200w and then fart out. I destroyed the 15 twice. I would leave the cab alone, don't cut it up. Like already mentioned, people do search for them, so just sell it.

I know I have a very rare version!

Will the UK bass makers that were using Hiscox as their branded supplied cases, still be using them though? But yes, nice to know on the retail accessory-end that they'll still be available again.

' Beauty! I used to own a midi Mk2 in shedua, looked alot like this but with chrome hardware.

Here's the two side by side: The J cover is 47mm wide, the P cover is 57mm wide

Burst & CAR

one nit pick: the chrome neck pickup cover is for a P, its wider than a J cover

I have no idea if the extra import costs are dissuading anyone else in the US or not... be interesting to see if over time it does. My newest Mk1 order arrived in the US this year at the end of April. I ordered in late 2020, so this was a 52 month wait. Fees used to be 5%, now are 15%. But not like I was going to refuse the delivery at this point.

Alembics sound nothing similar to a Wal.