pete.young

I found when I tried to get something collected that the choice of courier was much reduced: for example DPD wont' do pickups. You could try asking the seller to arrange the courier on your behalf.

I'm a dabbler rather than a player these days. I have an FP-4, which looks like the equivalent instrument to the FP-60, one down from the FP-90 that you linked to. I've had my FP-4 for about 10 years now, it gets played every week (sometimes more than once) and is still as good as the day we picked it up. The action is superb and it has a wide range of non-piano and midi sounds. It's sort-of portable but if you need something just for home use the FP-60 might be a cheaper alternative to the FP-90. If I need portable I have a V-Accordion 🙂

As long as it doesn't leave any marks.

Mayonnaise has been known to work in this household, although it was on a couple of guitar cases rather than an instrument.

Kenny Gee. He's the ultimate in elevator music.

Would be nice if it was occasionally _somebody's_ cup of tea, though.

Not so many in Fender Japan though.

If you want super clarity, Euphonic Audio Classic i800 would be worth looking at.

Some thoughts here:

You could check out the Build Diaries forum. Many of the builders hang out there and post highly detailed descriptions of the techniques they use, and cool photographs.

Ampeg PF-50T?

If that kids bass has 'Tanglewood' written on the headstock, you did OK for £5 - normally I'd expect them to fetch £40-£50 or more.

Usually I take my BBNE2 as a spare. Which goes to show just how good these basses are. Anyhoo, it's nice to see my favourite thread title of all time make a brief return to the first page.

My 465 now has one, it's a feature of the Nordstrand preamp which replaced the long-ago-failed original. I never use it. The batteries last for years.

Tom bought a stage box from me. We met up at a mutually inconvenient service station near the M25 for a handover, shame that we didn't have more time to chat. It's been pending for a while, but was arranged at very short notice and Tom rose to the challenge with his customary panache.

Just picked up a banjo from Russ, social distancing flawlessly observed. I even got to touch the actual Binky bass! All good.

Or, play the lower note with your thumb and pop the top one.

Probably all of them. Similar story with my BB800.

I had a red one of these for a litte while but I'm pretty sure it was passive only. The neck was fantastic, the sound was like a good P should be and it was relatively light weight. I didn't bond with it, partly because of the body shape: it's squared-off in comparison with a normal contoured P and I preferred my CIJ not-for-export and my old Yamaha BB so it didn't get much of a look-in. Might be worth rubbing the lamp and summoning @Happy Jack, since he owned it at least twice and had fond things to say about it.

Get rid of both of them and buy a double bass.

That bridge looks suspiciously like the one on my Hondo Alien, except for the double saddles.

12Kg. That was a banjo, not a bass.

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