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Never seen one of these before. I have to say, I'm not that sorry... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/256782077282?itmmeta=01JHJSPNXNFSVX2V66W7X4WEF5&hash=item3bc9678d62:g:mscAAOSw2VtnhT4E&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAA4CodCO1vSDjg2xNOt8By6oCYFSMWSBY4OSKR%2FCmJiMn7iQ67Xt%2FaB5%2FjjvFXYlYGfXL60oK427nNElFSGv5Ft%2BqlYdHRbBVSkj1mmlqce4USsH9Cr%2FPnBq3kYkmy2bQLPL6Vp7IhmwWRXcW0oH5QinJHjLQDcCwFBStNeAsX6NMnreBHIUjaeNH0aWu3%2Bveq3nmNuk5qpKUMNagzNXcrRAhlb9trGyoRmUrPKn%2BT9vuhZpfKrAnA9PWA9tuBFhPp8zTIeTxi7PqkT%2B6rse57mx7thgGDy7ihKX5w2l%2ByQ9Ic|tkp%3ABk9SR_re2tmMZQ

Hi. I've been wondering off and on about this. I'm thinking that a certain eBayer Who Shall Not Be Named would benefit from one, for instance. Do these exist? I've had a desultory poke about on eBay and found nothing. Allparts do this but it's not really what I'm thinking about https://www.allparts.uk.com/collections/miscellaneous-tools/products/tuner-pin-drill-jig

Same. Not conventional, but it has a certain something, for sure.

The bass is not very interesting, through no fault of its own, but damn that looks odd. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/196914147733?itmmeta=01JG6V2JJZ0YEZ4S0Q4RSS97QY&hash=item2dd8ff7195:g:2uwAAOSw9gRnbdf-&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAAwMxmj%2BiGvOveHXEBClPb29gyb0L%2BGLNvGkQLQEuWd8NUBoST47PQCjHvOQHtHyvh467%2FDMQ%2F%2BDBHKgZIwFQK2NlMZpdxzPx9yPJfiYAVpHRfHAAIpxwEuu%2FL23%2FIy9gw6DARt%2FOpqB3CZ9OmQVr948bAqaOwZl0Ligr0GSGM6fbg3owZaJw7hsJSl6xVpEHywSGc%2FSW16%2Fn%2BXm7Zi8ew18swUkkk3TVmFZrZp4UBslERGuOuMdydqwOQEnMWXMJDRA%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR8ypituBZQ

Three pictures for this... only 1500 euros. It might well be a great bass, but someone needs to work on their advertising skills. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/156440495251

That wonky tuner and the asymmetry of the headstock end is the reason I suspect an accident.

Looks as if the J pickup has an earth strap running to the loom (or it might have all the wiring there). I'd definitely want to be asking about that. I'll guess the headstock has been bodged after an accident. Though given the tuners, that might be deliberate?

If there's a reappraisal, the prices will go up...

Thanks. Long way to go, though, for me. I'm just wondering if the pickup is a DiMarzio. Colour's right.

Presumably it's using a piezo pickup? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/335741842465?itmmeta=01JFTK78S3X4Z2RQ6DRR3XX7YQ&hash=item4e2bc5f421:g:7DQAAOSwdj5nZvlj&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAA4Mxmj%2BiGvOveHXEBClPb29i%2BjDSINhwOdR%2F78EIibWhm8lUQU6CiSmywzBB7bjaMxhgbbCi9CQWQ1JxzTwlNGjgTqECgw1FpIt4CRYaLx9cMddAM4QdupkESyyhbEaDn2DYET2wdqvXNrHz7y%2Fli5Fh71PIe26gmkWt3fLUjdod95okCIzkQIVW%2BovIyUw1c%2BgOmAWcySK4Mc%2Fvq3mDyQfomoam4TYIOjp%2BomSLccF8vEojBe9sZXX%2BuiV4Nt17vyu14LMlSI2TcO0hI7dPzv1Xpw8bBTaGFMzxH5c2SuqdU|tkp%3ABk9SR9CMndP-ZA

I can see what's been done to the pickup arrangement (presumably the original failed and this has been botched in) but the bridge is odd. Maybe something I'm just not familiar with? Or is it half of something? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/146287995825?itmmeta=01JFTK78S2ZGA7QDVGR68TT3M3&hash=item220f71abb1:g:5dYAAOSwedBnaAji&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAAwMxmj%2BiGvOveHXEBClPb29gmXzKkBCd6QDJp3BXwuzD7pDuIodB1eKhJFqtlx6QgU8ngXOqUKSyLJ%2BbsJ484syvwfv00R9VDxdHD%2Bl71VFWjfL0Pte5oCiujlyT8o1%2FSY1IrV91alGiuPXyCXgac%2BDDFmhaOK6fPhefOpqwyPXNaNmfhWbMEtFgjPwT8gBG%2FsbvRtFLCmhoCn9DILzFZKEsh%2FGB4e1PG8gF8TwZEbBERzWmEbc0qhfE%2BvBPnkYwLKA%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR86MndP-ZA

I am

Thanks; that sheds a lot of light. I am amazed at their QC, given the date and the potential organisational and logistic problems.

This is what happens when you're running out of pretty veneer. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/326374031422?itmmeta=01JF8SST6Y6HH2WXDHA7G8VJBN&hash=item4bfd68803e:g:9KAAAOSwV-BnYJb-&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAAwMxmj%2BiGvOveHXEBClPb29iBfovosKD5slLb%2BNe40u9RquWxhPsJsSu9ianxUCj%2F13w97X0q430G70UmIJYCzk3hbTPpzXiIDkAG9gnopaBbgdMgWGFWdzfJgddAxxYL%2FDsYKngb8yLppoDRs%2BOKjvdUEB3T0CXTzfg2%2FT%2B58v92IyiyAmqKUENMaepVsrQ2STqFnoRUTLRqvqxVFvYz0scQYg14Nbx6YoczERMxq2MxD9jliDKxGbu2nte1kXn60g%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR8qj55n6ZA

Not many of these out there, though they aren't as rare as the seller claims IMO. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/387735676550?itmmeta=01JF8SST6YQGMTV23RM3EN5ZPX&hash=item5a46d8e686:g:yegAAOSwwchnYKc0&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAAwMxmj%2BiGvOveHXEBClPb29jyMhPE5QL0cdwHrrBu2j2mT3YpF7PGDw%2FEDWZ9V8HBumfv1%2BH5zdeM3XuvuFsvW2h9bjuiMfXuBp1JqjIig1IwoEqJFqLZOB2nMNYkXxWKzewZaqd0c1jkG%2BBXIVSb2g4eS43bf0Hak4dD%2BUYOXZliBdgxGObTzQg6XKKwGkyjR5veeCGPrgj0lFtOz0cqLCxjPYHOJrd4Wa4Rt16Tqr51PXML7YLXcN7epZbZiUCZfA%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR8ij55n6ZA

I bought strings from Gareth. As always, all is as advertised, prompt and well packaged. A pleasure to deal with - as always. Thanks Gareth

Ignorantly, I'd suggest that's a duff circuit component, in much the way that two-pickup basses need some balancing circuit or other (told you) to keep the output volume more or less similar as you change the balance between the pups.

For me those are spelling. But "240" means the punter didn't even look at it.

I hear you. Though some people really struggle with correct spelling, so I'm less cut+dried about that than I used to be. But the claim that it's a "240"... dear oh dear.

True, but that's what we seem to call it, so...

You'd think they would check the basics before posting, really. Electric and acoustic, my a**e. And they could have looked at it to see what was written on the headstock... (Looks like they got the AI to set the price, too.) https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/365270391827?itmmeta=01JEEG44NF1PK7A8SB3H62PXCB&hash=item550bcfdc13:g:HvYAAOSwmNNnUfCj&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAA4Mxmj%2BiGvOveHXEBClPb29gozPtaA5BYzFDe4Ql8azKq9qvrHfZtiAKwVb1MxwFVTZi8p0SRFMqfChAlUi6NZ3ea%2BTMTUjuxt4jkPFcKSwbMvLXiq0RVDtFADkF4AcdrUc5ZbZ43jMIySmLNut7piD3wyNOD0uD9p%2FVyLiqGuNqMWvitXrc%2BJSOhilwh%2FHO9%2F4%2B3o2liWkVIn3zcrHRVhfxhPyc2ppDJ61wW09HNXtVYgi9k022VYb3Wb%2BnG33l5qE6lht4yHKuJOWOd1Ha0eHjzAN8nWrf4Oaq%2BnxW3DfGF|tkp%3ABk9SR-jKkNDzZA