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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

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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

An Azumi, allegedly MIJ in the 1970s. I think the offset P pickup doesn't quite work with the symmetry of the rest of it, but that's probably just me. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/395961567253?itmmeta=01JE4XBWBTGCGZ3TP18H8DNX4Z&hash=item5c31260815:g:m8AAAOSwMutnTcyR&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAAwMxmj%2BiGvOveHXEBClPb29ieFt9NVZ1KncWJcGNpDh5SDiMJ%2FBxkmmfCRUVA5%2BJX2NchxBUc%2BZOmLAvledggJw0RjVv0tniG9XReNh2iXRg11MTmfR%2Bl5Lt7i%2BhWIYDnNQdDVYebpmqi2c3vUiN0Se5AGhr9LjK1I8xqOeeRCZAv7Vv610BgbfV6Bi09DErx4%2BiaBuu11DYpTkx46MqYC8kBitADdjxc7JK%2FFQGp5JF%2BZOqFRTE96wcIPhqEkpgJlg%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR_rFr53xZA

Phil Ward @philw is a double-bass guy living in Brighton and a thoroughly nice chap. He will know who's active there.

Bizarre. I wouldn't buy a £3800 bass with an AI description, for sure.

Err, what's a bass? ... Oh. Do people still do that?

Might be a good buy, for the right person. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/296820789438?itmmeta=01JCVM2GW6NQYE3XKJBJBHSJDF&hash=item451be5d0be:g:JPoAAOSw-i9nOKBo&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAA4Mxmj%2BiGvOveHXEBClPb29jcPdZS0U%2FhoxGGFDlyxhorp7wmmdS0A3yTa8oWoGF9x8QRUrt57OX5cQRTz5PBTgB2dO9ptJkipvpmeBAR7AnHfrwBCvcJBnj4D4kX2Uq%2B8BYDvIWlq%2FszaccdUOa3Jn89e3hY%2Ft9tRZgDYb2G3uh%2BOypX4R45roTG5k3HBz91I16Y%2BmpfbRl8FWF9k683o00tr9UJ0VZTkgDrVUQk46NtnLNqbnmxtGKTm5YrKb%2BFY1N09RTm%2FI%2FrTqZaoF2rt0nGbFsGcba%2FnpsfY29XlX4i|tkp%3ABk9SR5aOivTmZA

I suspect that sometimes it's because the lower "lobe" of the headstock has been broken off.

I'd missed this entirely. I'm glad it's going in the right direction. Good luck!

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