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Close to it..maybe a few mm further forward. Definitely better quality than you would expect from a £500 rep bass.

Don't go - Yazoo

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She works hard for the money - Donna Summer

Penny Lane - Those lovable Liverpool lads

That tuning requirement could be a deal changer for some...the current owner for one.

Has anyone else seen the Celeste on Gumtree? Advertised for £1 the seller is holding out for what they consider sensible offers.

True - Spandau Ballet

This is what autocorrect offers instead of twatts - "Mr and Mrs Silly Billy" Twatts the way I like it - KC and the Sunshine Band

Matchstalk Men and Matchstalk Cats and Dogs (Lowry's Song) - Brian and Michael

High output active Wilkinsons are the main contender to replace the replacements. The housings will need a bit of noodling.

Personally I'd take the partial refund and spend it on some sand paper, etc . A few hours and you have a relic'ed bass. I have one of those rubber stringed basses...tuners are rubbish and the strings won't stay in tune. Fun to play though.

Someone else had a similar query recently - not sure of the outcome though. A friend who has been playing over 40 years had one and was very impressed. Not surprising really - there aren't many bad new basses out there.

Portrait of Tracy - Jaco You might have heard of him

Public Image - PIL

I was playing it for about 45mins. I like it. TBH I was a bit apprehensive about it tonally - some of the reviews on YT commented on weak pickups - having played it I must say that I disagree with those comments. Many of the videos had me torn too - some sounded excellent with a warm phat tone, others muddy and characterless. The latter are missing out on a very nice bass tonally - about 75% bass, full on mids and a tiny little bit of treble and you have a very usable phatt, funky tone - a bit reminiscent of Yamaha TRBs. As I said very usable. Neck is your modern C shape with rounded edges where it meets the fretboard and has been finished very nicely with no issues with sharp frets. Lacquered finish neck which I'm not normally a fan of - IMO they tend to get sticky really quickly - not so this one.. There's always the option of a 10 minute discussion with some wire wool if required. Now you need to remember that I paid around £300 for this - it doesn't feel like a £300 bass - doesn't sound like a £300 bass. The humbucker, despite criticisms on YT is again very usable - you wouldn't want to change this out even if you could. Typical Volume and three band EQ - you don't have to be Albert Einstein to figure this out and a useful range of tones (though I'll probably leave it alone for now). Tuners are Squier and it was virtually in tune out of the box - low B needed a little tweak but that was it. No idea of the weight but it isn't heavy and though I didn't try it on a strap it nestled nicely on my knee. Bass came with nickel wounds which will find a new home when I change to tapewounds later this week. I won't have to use a 135 low B. Fender/ Squire have cut this from their production list - possibly because it's neither a P or a Jazz - I can't understand why it didn't have a more positive following TBH. It's a very good bass for not a lot - but then there are a lot of basses like that at the moment. Certainly up there with the low end G&L, Lakland and Sire. If you have £300 to spend, you could do worse.

I don't think anybody's going to want to watch 20mins of fiddling with controls.

Arrived today - it feels like a very nice bass. Going to plug it in shortly.

Time on my side - The Stones

Obviously Pink Floyd's "A Nice Pair"

Quality workmanship - looks like a Stevie Wonder or Ray Charles model.

Guess what...go on have a guess...you know you want to. Wanna clue?? OK, it rhymes with "thucking looseness rastards". Failed to collect again - instead they sent an email saying that they had called and the parcel was unavailable. BS!! The seller has the bass with him at work at a distribution centre with security and cctv. He has forewarned security to expect the courier. Bastards just can't be rrrsed to do their job properly. Last night I spent over an hour trying to ensure collection which included a callback to me today. You will be surprised when I tell you that this didn't happen. It's like a comedy of errors - fools to the left of me, jokers to the right - P2Go / Parcelforce couldn't provide a shittier service if they tried. Back to their website shortly to give them some abuse. Thankfully the seller is prepared to drop it at the Parcelforce depot on his way home.

Massachussetts - The Bee Gees.

Needles and Pins - The Searchers