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I'm curious, as someone who is reticent to trumpet my own goings on (I'm in a band but shhh, don't tell anyone!), what do you do with this information? Do you look them up? If they have music available do you give them a listen? Not having a go, I'm genuinely interested to find out how much good it does telling people one is in a band - oh, you and half the world, mate!

If it had been done right (I'm talking sliding pickup, the works) then I'd have paid a grand - it's a damn sight cheaper than a second hand original. But they've got enough things wrong here to say, no, would have had to have been < £750 for me to bite as it stands.

Also... "now"? They've been using that logo style for decades - it's on my 2004 Les Paul Standard bass...

The beauty of Epiphone getting this many fine details wrong/different in this reissue/reimagining/homage means that only the dimmest light bulb will be actively fooled by such a logo switcheroo. A Squier P bass is pretty close to being a Fender P bass in all but the smallest of details - the logo is probably the biggest difference between a Fender P and a Squier P... Also, given the orientation of the Epiphone logo - that's a lot of sanding and clearcoating to do below the Gibson logo and make it look convincing...

Found a pic of the back - no thru body stringing.

Well, let's look at the positives first 1. It's bolt on, as per the originals, so they didn't miss the point (like Gibson did in their "reissues" making it set neck) 2. Although I can't see what bridge is on there, they haven't used a three pointer, again would have missed the point (insert point banging on about the Grabber II) 3. The headstock shape is right, even Gibson couldn't manage that in their "reissues" 4. The truss rod cover is a dead ringer for the original 5. Most of the originals had full size tuners, although the shafts of these ones stick out a bit further, this is technically correct (see picture below) 6. Clear coating the headstock instead of trad black is (mostly) correct - most Grabbers had a plain headstock, but Gibson being Gibson at the time, I'm sure some Grabbers snuck out with black headstocks. 7. Bridge cover! Useless for palm muting, but a nice touch and again, technically correct. Unknowns Is it string thru body as per the originals? Negatives 1. Fixed pickup - WTF thought that would be a vote winner? Omitting the USP of the bass you are reissuing/paying homage to seems ridiculous to me. I see there's a mini toggle there, either a coil split or perhaps series/parallel. Yes, that probably does more tonally than the sliding pickup ever did, but that's by the by. 2. Pickguard shape/positioning - yeah, it's a bit off at the bottom, should follow the curve of the body's edge more closely. 3. Pickup choice - from the mounting screw layout, looks like some kind of MM humbucker with covered poles to me. If so, point missed here, as the Grabber pickup (even though it looked chonky enough to be a humbucker) was actually a single coil.

It's just community policing, random patrol, just some visibility - is it not standard practice elsewhere? A couple of them come in, have a wander around for a few mins then leave. Time enough for a bit of 'Priest tho

Worst. Headstock. Ever. Winner

You're too late - @Cosmo Valdemar already has a crick in the neck

You're on a hiding to nothing - he'll always take her side, and that mild attempt at compromise is as good as you can expect. Does it matter if you both play it? Will she bugger it up, is that what you're worried about?

I think the 3+2 is best viewed horizontally, to my eyes vertical orientation accentuates the "melted" look you describe.

Well, I'm going to fly my freak flag high for the G&L headstock and say that I think it looks great. Love the "eye gouger/bottle opener" and the CLF headstock is fine, if unremarkable.

Ok

This thread, again?

I can't even sell a £250 bass right now, it's not the prices.

I get the feeling that the Wanted forum is a bit of an echo chamber, it seems very few people go there, there's no way to bump things, so once your thread goes off the first page it's pretty much gone. I don't think I've had any success from putting a requirement up in there ever. Feels a bit like peeing in the sea to be honest.

It used to be nada fees, that's my point.

Those have been few and far between recently, the greedy tightwads. I've taken advantage of that a few times before.

Done it a couple of times. One time they knew exactly what we were up to, got a nod from them on their way out

In my experience, a blended approach is best. I like to have a set list, and it's carefully thought out and curated. I'm not afraid to change it on the night depending on what happens though. If the police enter the venue for an inspection and we're away to start a new song, you can bet your life that we'll just jump straight into "Breaking the Law", for instance... Also, no-one wants to wait for a committee meeting to come to agreement on the next song. Seen that happen before with bands without set list, cringe.

Yarp, it be slow out there.

I guess I would include anything on Portishead's "Roseland NYC Live" versus their original recorded counterparts - the addition of the orchestra does take the recordings somewhere else, in the sense that I ended up preferring them to the original output.