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Who are the vintage Fender experts on here? hoping for a bit of help

Similar story here, I gave up for a decade and sold all my gear ( that would sell anyway) and then suddenly found myself in a band again and the whole thing started again. The Gas is stronger second time around though. @Count Bassy I'm reading a bit of frustration between the lines of your OP, as I think you know the answers to the questions in it already. Not very profound, but if you enjoy playing, then play, whether that be at a 10,000 seater stadium or in your bedroom. I imagine your collection of gear is all bought and paid for, so if you dont desperately need the capital tied up in them or the space they take up, leave them be. I hope things work out for you and the future becomes a bit rosier. Though, me being an optimist, I already know it will be

I'm calling fake I'm afraid - that cant be The Maestro's work - the knobs are a matching set

Looking to source some maple veneer for a bass refin, anyone know any suppliers of such? Cheers

Yes.

Does anyone know a company that does this? I could only think of Andy Baxters in Leeds but unfortunately he's stopped offering the service

That looks more than good, that's excellent mate

Where's the wood from if you don't mind my asking?

How did you go about replicating the end shape of the neck/neck pocket? Is that just done by eye/feel?

Anyone have any tips and methods on how to cut mirrored plastic scratchplate material? Tried with a jigsaw (fine blade) and it shattered. Scoring with a knife didn't work either. TIA

America by Razorlight?

The Stranglers (being supported by the Buzzcocks) at Caldicot Castle last night. I'd not seen them with Baz Warne before, he's really rather good isn't he? Worked out that last time I'd seen them was 34 years ago!

Ah, cool! Come up and say hi, I'm usually hanging round the merch table somewhere

Was that you I had a (very) brief chat with at the merch table? Would have liked to chat a bit more but the table was really busy, looked like a tornado had tripped through afterwards! I did however make a mental note to tidy up my playing in the second half as there was a fellow doghouse man in the venue 😃

I have butchered a cheap bass in a similar way myself, (Cruiser Crafter) but its staying with me anyway so I'm not bovvered

Pardon my ignorance please, what do you mean by 'backlash' on the tuners?

Well well, thats an interesting idea. As a big fan of slim necks maybe I should try an experiment or two.....

How do you date the Aerodyne Jazzes? I have one but have no clue as to when it was made

As said above he's put in the hours and knows about music, can play piano, has busked, studied, and put himself into all sorts of band/musical situations in order to learn. If he was to put an album out I doubt it'd be an hours worth of the sort of blistering material that he crams into his 3 minute videos, I for one would buy it. He's achieved what I believe the majority of us on here would probably like to achieve and most likely would try if given a different life/universe, and joined the ranks of the most well rounded players on the planet at this point. Kind of a Guthrie Govan for bass. I buy his stuff too.

A memory prompted from a post up there, flew back from Ireland and on our plane was Dean Friedman. When we landed he used the urinal next to me. And didn't wash his hands

I think he is.