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Fugazi has always been one of my favourites. Seen them a couple of times in the Fish era, one time a new years eve gig in the Barrowlands when Fish started singing Script form the middle of the crowd! The remastered version of Script from a couple of years back is so much better than the original pressings, really brings out the drums and bass.

i’ve got a 5 string in pearlescent white that may be for sale if there’s any love for it? Had it since 1990ish says BASS COLECTION produced by SGC nanyo made in japan on electrics cover. Sno. 910994. im a newbie on this site and i’m struggling to upload photos

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Yes, time for me to pull mine from the ads section and just keep enjoying it!

Yes, it cost extra to develop and is a smaller run so unit price is higher than the regular which has been produced en masse and was designed 10 years ago.

Ooh, that looks just the ticket, if the string spacing is as you say it is. Hmm, but I‘m in Europe and get whacked with import duty. I‘ll definitely keep an eye out for one of those over here - thanks for pointing this out 👍

I would imagine up-and-coming young players with some coin are buying the hell out of the Charles Berthoud signature model.

Just going on the sheer number of big name artists using Schecter, I've got to think it's not a lack of famous players that are a problem for them - though a lot do seem to be hard rock or metal players. I don't think I've seen a Schecter in a physical shop but still, I own two and a good friend of mine owns another herself. Mine are a Riot 4 Aurora Burst and an SLS Evil Twin, both lefthanded. They're both great instruments, particularly the Evil Twin. My friend has a C-5 GT in purple and it looks and feels amazing (for a righthanded instrument). I guess the reason so many manufacturers build Fender-esque instruments is because those general shapes are so baked into the cultural psyche that people expect them and so it's a relatively easy money-maker, especially if you can do it cheaper and with just a touch of modern features to put your own twist on proceedings.

Any idea why the VIP is €50 more than the normal case?

When I joined the internets some 20 years ago, nobody would care if you did anything to a 1978 Fender. The consensus was that pre-CBS instruments were the gems, to be preserved in as-built condition if possible. Some early CBS-era instruments were also seen as good, but you had to hunt them out. Then the Overton window shifted. Stuff from the late '60s and early '70s suddenly had the potential to be good, on occasion. You had to find the one in ten that played as nicely as a hallowed pre-CBS gear. Interesting that stuff from the peak wilderness years of Fender is now considered valuable enough to cause some pause before modding. Then again, London's Calling, Rocket to Russia, No more Heroes etc is all stock '70s P Basses...

I hope never to find out...

I'm sooo tempted to order one of the last few blue ones from Anderton's. There were seven available this morning. I don't need it, but £149 is such a ridiculous deal... 🤔

So do I, but it cost a lot more than £200.

My '90s Epiphone Rivoli had a nice meaty neck on it, from memory. Not uncomfortable, but not the half pool cue necks that turn up on some shortscales. One of the few basses I regret selling.

Whilst flats don't suffer tonally once they've lost the new zing (which I'm always glad to see the back of), I find the intonation deteriorates after a few years, especially on the low E. When I remove them, I find minute dents in the windings caused by the frets. I suppose once they've bedded in, they don't move or stretch, so the same part of each string contacts the frets every time you play. That probably doesn't do their ability to vibrate cleanly any favours.

I'd rather have a Stargazer than a Ricky. I loathe the Rickenbacker shape.

Soak Lonely - The Police