Killerfridge

The carving on that bass is stunning

Psh, 32% is loads! We're not in danger until we hit single digits...

True, but even as someone from Guildford, I always enjoyed popping in when down there; they always had some more obscure stuff than Andertons (i.e. Phil Jones Bass amps)

That was essentially the whole deal with the original Japanese line. They were built by his protégé in Japan to stock specs, so you couldn't get a fancy top, or chambering (or other custom options), but were otherwise "off the shelf", hand built stock. I haven't tried the German Metro series (and I'm sure they are excellent too) but I do feel like they've lost a bit of the small boutique magic

This is the earliest video I have if myself, about 18months into playing bass. I was 17 and obsessed with it and would regularly play/practice late into the night. I think I made more progress in those 18 months than I have in the last 18 years!

I'm enjoying learning/transcribing No Way by Alain Caron:

I think I would just go with the two bass option. I take a spare anyway, so just have one tuned to Eb and one to E standard

The Spector Euro RSTs with Paulownia bodies are excellent, incredibly lightweight

I fear your actual insider knowledge is going to get lost here! Interested to know if it's "not currently taking orders" or "not taking any more orders ever"

Yes, that's literally the first thing I said. But notice that it says "will support trade" i.e. will be a factor that goes in the "might be trade" column, not "is trade". It's a judgement call based on those badges

I'm fairly sure he either flubs a line, or plays a simplified version of some of the unison line somewhere near the start of Not Yet by Michel Camilo. Probably was a choice he made though, but still

I think it's an argument to HMRC, they are the arbiters of this. Like I said, they look for these badges of trade, but it's not a hard and fast rule for any of them. I think ultimately they can chose to either believe him or no. Whilst he's not selling them cheap, it doesn't look like he's trying to "flip" them as such, just not selling at a loss