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I'll just leave this here.

[quote name='Kex' timestamp='1464105187' post='3056592'] As i keep saying, I knew how much the VAT was and i knew how much the import duty was, my surprise was that the PO charged almost three times that to collect it. [/quote] It's a flat fee covering the administrative overhead of someone presenting the goods to HMRC, paying the duty on your behalf then collecting the money from you. It's always going to appear extortionate/ridiculous when applied to small value items, but put in perspective it barely covers 1 hour's work at minimum wage. EDIT - beaten to it, and way more eloquently.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1464042966' post='3056124'] If the only options were a P or a J bass I'd go back to playing synth. [/quote] You're clearly a sandwich short of a picnic, BRX, you heretic

How dare a sizeable group of people be interested in something other than music, eh?

[quote name='Grahambythesea' timestamp='1463935139' post='3055111'] The machinery to cut out the bodies etc can't owe them much after all this time. Let's face it, the Tbird isn't much more than an electrified plank of mahogany, minimal shaping. If they dropped the price to sub £800 I bet they'd sell them in droves and make as much profit out of volume as. They do out of over-pricing. [/quote] Let's face it, the P bass isn't much more than an electrified lump of alder with a few twiddly bits carved out of it (ooh, [i]fancy[/i]) and a stick of maple screwed into it

[quote name='Leftfret' timestamp='1463874655' post='3054725'] Here's one to stir the pot!! ... (Be honest all you Rickenbacker 4001/3 and Gibson EB players - you all come back to the fold sooner or later) [/quote] Also, you'll need two spoons to stir both those pots.

[quote name='Casablancas' timestamp='1463899669' post='3054749'] And when are they going to make a shortscale run of these basses? It would be so cool ;_; [/quote] I doubt that this will ever happen unless Jack Casady lands on his head from a substantial height and forgets how his signature bass looks and feels

I suppose it's P for me - I dislike Jazz basses more than I dislike Precision basses.

They had a fire sale of NR Tbirds and the 2014 anniversary range too. How often does history have to repeat itself before lessons are learned? I lovehate Gibson so much.

[quote name='AndyTravis' timestamp='1463773243' post='3054037'] I really want to pick one of these blue ones up, I was sent a picture by a mate who works at the shop I used to work at. The only thing putting me off was the black pickup. Don't know what I'd do to remedy that issue. [/quote] Looks pretty good in real life - it's shiny black, not the usual matt black casing.

They play very well, sound great and are super light too - a big bonus for long gigs (or playing two gigs in one night with bruised ribs). I sold my first one a couple of years ago to free up some funds, regretted it, almost bought one of the white ones but when these blue ones came along (and I saw how they actually look versus the stock images), I could resist no longer.

[quote name='The-Ox' timestamp='1463763236' post='3053947'] Anybody have one? [/quote] I'm on my second!

The majority of the pics I see online appear to have a Schaller 3D (sometimes Kramer branded, sometimes not) but I've seen pics with BBOT and even Badass bridges. A Schaller 3D would take care of string spacing, being adjustable that way.

Epiphone Jack Casady in Blue Royale... No flash...

[quote name='Romeo2' timestamp='1463342503' post='3050664'] surely makes it a [i]better[/i] instrument..? [/quote] That is your opinion, and will not be necessarily shared by your market. Having owned both an L and an M-2000 I can say with some certainty that any M I buy in the future I'd like to be left alone. As a modder myself I doubt I'd be happy with someone else's mods, mainly because they're not my mods - it's such a personal thing. I won't go as far as to say that no mod ever increases value, but I will say from extensive, painful experience that I have never EVER got the perceived (by me) value out of a mod on resale. Beware of non-reversible mods (says he who keeps on doing them ). I added a battery box to my Yamaha SBV500 when I made it active - there was absolutely no room under the pickguard for the battery and it'd be a faff to change if I had to lift the pickguard to do it. It's now got an EMG-BQC 3 band EQ in it. Does that mean it's worth £100 more that it otherwise would now? Nope, absolutely no way - because all the the majority of people will see is that I've carved a great big dirty hole in it. Yes, I think the mods improved the bass otherwise I wouldn't have done it but it'll be harder to sell now, you bunch of ungrateful philistines!

Imagine a scenario where Sean Connery is playing a character with pointy ears in Star Trek.

Sorry, I checked out about three quarters of the way through - survey got far too heavy and technical for me after the intervals bit.

Those pictures couldn't be wrong-er! These ones aren't right either (there's a green tinge to the colour which my mobile completely failed to pick up on), but they're better than the stock photos - what were they thinking? For BRX... Without flash... So, in summary, the Epiphone Jack Casady is still being made well, and it's the sparkliest and most difficult to photograph with a moblie phone it's ever been

But... but... P basses are the perfect bass design - how can any P bass have neck dive?

Regretted selling my Epiphone Les Paul (not so) Standard bass so much that I bought it back off the guy I sold it to

[quote name='AndrewJordan' timestamp='1461850909' post='3038194'] Aha! someone who owns a Ripper and an RD. Very jealous, and I have a question for you. My Ripper has been my main gigging bass for years now. I have tried many others but always go back to the Ripper because I just love playing on that neck but I am not really a fan of the body shape. The RDs quite apeal to me to but never having had the chance to try one I have always wondered if the neck feels anything like a Ripper neck? [/quote] Having spent a bit of time with both one after the other I'd say that the RD feels slightly chunkier in profile than the Ripper but that could easily be 70s manufacturing "tolerances". Nut width the same. The main difference you'll find with an RD is the whole neck is moved about half an inch along because of the relative positions of the bridge to the body end. So it feels like a bit more of a stretch when you've got the basses on the strap.

One bass? My Gibson RD Artist. My wife bought me it and it's an amazing, quirky bass which I love both owning and playing. There are others which would be a real gut punch to have to get rid of because of the work gone into making them what they are - Gibson Victory Artist and Ripper - both restored from states of dilapidation and my Epiphone Les Paul (not so) Standard tricked out with EMG goodness. But ultimately if I had to only keep one, it's the RD.

Not sure this sounds right. The amp more than likely has a min impedance of 4 ohms. If the internal speaker is 8 ohms, the extension speaker must be 8 ohms min - combined in parallel that will give 4 ohms impedance. If you connect the 8 ohm internal speaker in parallel with a 4 ohm cab you'll end up with a total impedance of 2 2/3 ohms - probably too low, unless the amp goes down to 2, but that's not common.