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We have a winner! It's an Epiphone Korina Explorer bass. Congratulations - you win... a shottie of it at the bash!

Heh, no. Imma gonna leave you to stew on that for a while, you'll have to wait for the NBD thread. OR I might not do one and you'll just have to wait to meet the mystery guest...

Nah, all getting colder. Clue 3: It was orignally released as a guitar, was never intended to be a bass, the bass version came decades later.

A good guess but not right! I should clarify my first clue to say that it's not currently available in any finish. Clue 2: It's made from a famous, but infrequently used wood.

Let's play a game. I've just ordered a bass and as long as the courier doesn't turn it into toothpicks, I will take it to the bash. I will give clues. I will try to make them progressively easier as we go. Clue 1: It's second hand, and not currently available new AFAIK.

The inexorable decent of the internet into the cesspool can be traced back to this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September This is not what our tech forebears had in mind.

Denmark is in the EU, so it was kind of a redundant thing to say, unless it was specifically aimed at someone... I'm at a loose end, can you tell?

When playing in the midst of a live band, I couldn't tell you what bass I was playing by sound alone. As long as I can hear myself and it sounds good out front I really don't concern myself with these kind of details, whether I'm playing my Jack Casady or any of my other, solid bodied basses. I salute those who have the skill required to have that spare processing capacity in their brains whilst playing!

That's Retrovibe's shed door...

It's always been the case - early adopters of anything "new" get shafted, that's the price of having the shiniest, newest stuff.

Heh, and I bet they've never seen a mock chop...

I know it's 47 days to go, but tonight I dragged out my holdall of ironmongery (stands) which hasn't been touched since I moved house 5 ish years ago. Pleased to report that I have enough stands for the number of basses I'm taking. Happy days Spooky coincidental fact - there's a 'Spoons song called "47 Days", but it's not about anticipating a bass bash.

Oh, f those people.

It looks very pretty and all, but it's a bit form over function for me - I'm certainly not put off by a jack socket protruding somewhat from the face - the knobs and switches stick out way more after all. Hope you get it sorted.

WD-40 is good at getting rid of sticker residue, so maybe it's also good at getting sticky rubber off of things too?

Not this again. No, you don't. You'll think you do, buy it, have it for a while, think "why did I buy this again?" then flog it off for £90 to someone else, and the cycle continues...

Some sh!tstirring going on in here today. This thread was never going to end well.

Sounds like the times we've played beer festivals - far and away the main focus of the attendees is beer, we're background music to most. Some people stuck around and listened, but most were just going about their beery business. That's OK, we knew it would be that way.

Too clever for me - it was a WTF from this correspondent here also. I just couldn't be arsed getting into another internet bun fight*. *All arguments on the internet are bun fights, regardless of the seriousness of the topic - before anyone accuses me of diminishing a very serious subject.

Careful who you attribute quotes to - @tauzero was quoting @MacDaddy...

The head is removable in my combo amp, so it can be hooked up to any cabs if necessary (or just listen to the angry little box by itself)

Quarter Pounders vs. Regular/Hot, should be an interesting comparison

£100 will buy you quite a few top end of consumer pickups if you shop around: DiMarzio Model P EMG GZR Geezer P etc Cheaper stuff - Warman maybe? Never tried them personally, but heard good things

Why do we do this to ourselves? Why do we let them do it to us? How far is "too far"? They (instrument manufacturers in general, not just Fender) seem to have a knack of extracting just the right amount of michael such that significant numbers of people don't vote with their wallets.

Yes, it's still gear. Only exceptions would be unprompted gifts or replacing broken items.