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'Arry has his own Seymour model now as the QP wasn't really anything to do with him. That just happened to be spec'd for the first Japanese signature. But this pile of arse should have had at least the sig pickup in it. And the right bridge.

If I did get another one, then the other would get an EMG P-X. That's my other favourite P pickup!

In my ongoing quest for the perfect shortie strings I stuck a set of La Bella IMA signatures on my Lionel. I really like the feel of these on my 34 scale Sandberg but the tension of the set is a bit high in regular tuning, but on a shortie they feel perfect. The Lionel has full sized machinehead posts so there's been no string damage winding them - the strings are groundwound rather than a flat and still very round feeling to me, but with much lower string noise than most others. Very reasonably priced at Bass Direct as well - I will be getting more of them. I asked IMA himself on IG about other options and he tells me that there won't be other gauges coming (boo!) but short scale versions are expected (yay!). So for basses with smaller string posts it looks like some will become available.

I play my SL Lionel a lot more than my SL TT4 these days. Sometimes I wonder about selling the TT4 and maybe getting the TT Lionel version instead so I still have P and J options. Or just another P Lionel. I seem to be moving away from J sounds in general.

I like him a lot. Nice to see irreverent and often self deprecating stuff in an age of “I’m the best” shite.

I put a set on a shortie as well. Also very nice!

Sandberg’s online shop won’t ship to the UK since the “thing” so if you want a different ‘guard it will have to be a special order via a UK dealer. Or get someone else to make one.

Thank you!

My youngest daughter likes to wind me up by expressing "her personal truth" about things. I blame her mother.

4: I nearly have that reaction to The Beatles - but it's not the music as such, it's JL's whiny voice. I think L&M were stellar songwriters and I have a massive collection of covers by other artists. I love the songs. I just can't help thinking how much more popular they would have been with a real singer....

Everything sells if the price is right for the current market conditions. Everything. Even a Lost Prophets album only signed by the singer (who shall not be named) will sell at the market appropriate price. That may not be the same value as you place on the item so you have a choice of dropping the price or being patient or adding value - such as tuners. There's loads of strat and tele type necks on ebay - a quick look will show that the ones with tuners are only a little more expensive - not really covering the cost of the tuners themselves - but they do sell a lot easier because it reduces hassle for the buyer. The ones without tuners often sit there for ages or sell for a pittance.

Send it back. It doesn't seem to have the things that would actually make it a bongo. It's just a 5 string you don't like at this point.

Extract from an interview with Nile Rodgers: