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Someone on the tv said, 'don't buy it as an investment, buy it because you love it. If you love it, someone else will' I think this is a good philosophy. I have several old guitars and basses and I love them. They are all very good instruments in their own right. It helps when coming to sell them. I have played many vintage gibsons and fenders that were average at best. I wouldn't touch them with a barge pole. Some people would pay silly money but a great guitar will always sell. I bought a 1989 PRS custom 24 signature series (hand signed and numbered by Paul) 13 years ago. I paid 1500 quid. I admit I bought it unseen on ebay as an investment. 1500 was dirt cheap but actually I was lucky. It is a fab instrument. I have several instruments worth much more than I paid for them. A lovely nest egg for when I retire. But I still play them down the boozer when I can

Talk to Rob Green at Status. I'm sure he'll be able to help

I saw it in the west when it opened. Justin Lee Collins and Shayne Ward. It was very good. The film, well I watched it again the other night. Truly awful

Here's a gratuitous picture of my wife's Bravewood '63 in Daphne blue. Un-reliced and unplayed these days as she's not gigging atm. The limelights look incredible too

Fret wire looks pretty thin on mine and it's from the first batch too

yep, I saw him with whitesnake in 1984. Mel Galley, John Sykes, Jon Lord, Cozy Powell.

it is intriguing

did the bass job go to someone else?

what's yours?

I've just got to the point when Verity gives in. So far an excellent read which could only ever have been written by someone who has done a lot of gigs in covers bands. Good work @Dave Vader

I had a Hartke HA-3500 for sale and Nathan asked how much the courier would cost. We did the deal and he paid immediately. Perfect, great comms too. Deal with confidence

@hiram.k.hackenbacker could you forward that email to me please as I have one of the first batch of F;ea sigs too (although it's seems to be fine) I had a Trussrod failure on a WHUFC Steve Harris bass but that was in warranty and was replaced with no problem

I have had speakon issues in the past too. My ampeg would cut out and then work. One gig I had 2 cabs plugged in a one was cutting out. I changed speaker cables to jack to jack and have not had the problem since. I put it down to the speakon connector

may I enquire who the band is? You have a very organised way of work there. When I have to learn stuff, I make a playlist and have it in the car, on my PC and listen to it massively. I learnt 30 Jam songs in 2 weeks once When is the audition? The Capo software looks interesting

it's amazing really, we've probably been to each others gigs at some point

I lived in st margs most of my life, been in Deal nearly 4 years. I havent tried the frog n scot yet. Deal has certainly changed in the past few years, with all the DFLs but it has brought a raft of new bars and 'I saw you coming' shops lol.

strangely not playing friday or saturday but there is bound to be something on at Cin Cins. (depending when you were last about it may have changed it's name) The Stag in Walmer will have something (glam rock band, not seen them yet) Bound to be something cool at The Lighthouse (was the Lord Nelson) How long since you left the mighty Deal?

welcome, I live in Deal too!!

It's a mighty fine bass, from Mr Bravewood. He is a massive Sting fan too

If I may just post this in here It also has the same pickup that Sting uses

yep, it's all I used for two years, I did about 80 gigs on it and I love it. I'm not playing much bass these days but I have it in my office and had a noddle on it last night before I went home. Lovely bass

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fender-FSR-Special-Edition-Limited-70s-P-Bass-Natural-Maple/173268753115?epid=20014464213&hash=item28579f5adb:g:H~0AAOSwA-NbxyAt:rk:47:pf:0 in Essex