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Wow! Love the gorgeous maple against the darker laminates and core...you can just tell this will sound enormous

Just bought an Amp One from Brian - perfect condition (as advertised), beautifully packed, super-rapid delivery and excellent communication throughout. Brian is another pillar of our community and entirely honest and trustworthy. The conversations were great throughout - a very friendly seller and thoroughly recommended in every way - cheers!

I use Hiscox cases most of the time - lightweight and very strong. You may be able to do better that £75 too.

+1 Some fantastic Grabbers and Rippers turning up - what a joy, I don't think these basses have had the appreciation they deserve (fantastic players with a very distinctive tone). Gust0o - that G3 is astounding! Great to see one in such condition 35 years on. Shockwave, same too - a great example that will come to life with a bit of care (I'm not sure about the bridge - I know Hipshot produce a nice replacement for the 3 point found on Rippers, but I'd imagine it's the original bent plate on the Grabber)

Chris, you can see mine in post 772 (p39 I think) of the Status Graphite porn thread - the tarnish was much worse than on your bass but with some care and hard work it came up rather well (very fine wire wool I think, then plenty of metal polish)

Lovely Series II - I had the same problem with tarnish on the tuner/logo plate but removed it with some vigorous polishing (indeed, the tarnish was a problem with the laquer on the brass rather than the brass itself). I removed the lacquer entirely - the brass obviously needs more regular polishing but it's nice and shiny all over (I'd recommend Flitz - the favoured polish of Alembic users but equally good on a Status).

Some slightly better images (better than previous efforts anyway) of a Fender J special edition and an AC LG4

Not sure that anybody has touched on one of the issues embedded in the OP - my own view is that re-sale value on Overwaters is very poor indeed. I think that the same can probably be said for W&T. The instruments are rather individual (by definition with a serious custom, and just generally in the case of W&T given the basic model shapes) and this must have some impact on re-sale prices. This isn't to say that both W&T and Overwater are not great basses. I've had several Overwaters with various configurations and each was extremely well-built and beautifully finished. I find all Overwaters to be rather big and chunky instruments - a very solid feel and plenty of mass. I haven't had much experience with W&T though the basses seem to be a bit dinkier than Overwaters. I have dealt with Enrico and found him to be very friendly, helpful and knowledgeable - I'm sure he could work with you towards your ideal bass. If re-sale is/could be an important consideration, I'd honestly stay well clear of either O or W&T - some of the weakest used values I've seen (realistically, you'd seriously have to consider recovering only 40-50% after a year, especially in the current market).

Wow!!! Absolutely beautiful - the basses coming out of Paul's shop are simply fantastic - testament to his skills and extraordinary attention to detail. As an owner (of a 6 I can'tplay) I would say that, but in all seriousness, new Wals deserve serious consideration from anybody in the market for the higher expression of the bass building art. Purpleblob - yours is a fabulous example!

What a star - in a 3-way, one-city deal, Martin (MB1) paid for and picked-up an amp and delivered across town within an hour - communications were fun and extremely easy as usual. Thanks for facilitating all Martin (thanks too to Thunderthumbs as the other party in a very friendly transaction)!

Just sent an RX Microcube over to Thunderthumbs in one of the easiest and most hassle-free transactions ever. Thunderthumbs was a gentleman throughout and a pleasure with whom to do business - most highly recommended - great communications and a man of his word. The deal was facilitated by Martin (MB1) who collected the amp and delivered across town - thanks to both him and Thunderthumbs!

Just sent a lovely bass over to Germany to reside with Deepdee. Absolutely phenomenal buyer - no problems of any kind - communications were super-rapid and friendly, and the bank transfer was processed via an express service (the cash was in my account in a couple of hours). Highly recommended - a pillar of our community!

Just done a deal on an iGiG bag with Rich - it couldn't have been easier, great communications throughout and Rich was perfectly accommodating and extremely friendly - chhers Rich!

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='1328240' date='Aug 5 2011, 08:31 AM']Sorted. [/quote] Yep - spent 30 minutes playing an exotic 'bic last night, then 30 minutes on a Streamline this morning - just as much fun. There's tons of graphite left (great news for crap players like me, I can carry on supplying all the good players with reasonably-priced used basses)