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    So, if that happens, the strings will bypass the USA tariffs, and go directly from Mexico to (say) the UK. That will reduce salary tax income, from staff at the existing USA distribution centre - and there will be no tariff income either. So, rather than more American jobs, or tariff income, there will neither. Oh, and I have just learnt that I might be able to use Newtone strings, manufactured here in the UK, rather than the (other) American brand that I usually use. Those tariffs are certainly having an impact on the USA's economy...
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    I am enjoying this thread, and am learning a lot from it. Mostly, I am learning that there is no single correct answer - and that people are impeccably polite when debating their points. One minor plea, however. Rather than saying "we" or "our", or "here", where necessary for context, can people say what countries they are referring too? So, not "our importers here have already seen that we don't want to pay more for their products ", but "Canadian importers here have already seen that we don't want to pay more for American products" Otherwise, I am finding that I am having to look at people's profile to see where they live, to fully understand their point! Yours, with a big map, bass_dinger.
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    There's another, similar, thread on Talkbass, and my own luthier tells me that they are good basses - but Washburn does seem to have slipped under the radar, when people are considering older instruments. I have never tried a Japanese Washburn, but have instead stuck with one model, and one string layout (Bantam 5 strings). One of the advantages of the Washburn is that they are so obscure and rare, that it's nearly impossible to amass a collection, even if one wants to. Well done for rescuing the two that you have. Looking forward to seeing your B20, when you get a better photo.
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    I read about your clever solution, and did consider doing something similar, but in the end I went for a new neck. To do that: I found the original Washburn Custom Shop luthier in the USA. Sent out the old neck to him, so he can decide if it is repairable. £60 A new one was needed - $450 Post the neck back to the UK, $100 Pay tax, VAT, And I also wanted to prettify the headstock, and spent another £28 on an original Washburn Custom Shop headstock logo. £625 bought me a new neck. That's pretty much what the entire zebrawood XB925 cost me. Labour of love - because common sense would have made me sell the bits...
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    Yeah - a few years ago, I messaged you, to buy it from you, but it was already sold by the time I realised that I wanted an XB925. Dodgy necks seem to be a theme with some of the later custom shop Washburns - one of mine had a twisted neck, and I needed to have a new one made for it. However, reading about your Zebrawood XB925, and hearing your enthusiasm for the instrument, made me determined to get one - and when I ended up with two, I wanted to keep the broken one intact, regardless of cost. So, thank you for encouraging me to get some XB925s. That Washburn Family Snap is partially your doing, but I am very grateful!
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    I had the same problem - a missing saddle, from the B string. My luthier suggested that I could buy one from ebay (link below), and, as @verb says, there are different sizes. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/325082459218?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=MTGobot6TTu&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=N6aXlrGTR5O&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY Perhaps sit the replacement saddle on a blob of blue-tak, to keep it from dropping out? Edit: I too struggled to find a UK stockist, and could only find a Germany-based eBay seller.
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    That works, as a band name. Simple, familiar, quirky without being weird. And a brilliant band name when it comes to naming your albums! Sock it to me - the funk album. Pop Sock - an album of chart-friendly tunes. Sock for Christmas - the inevitable Christmas album. Lost Sock - the collection of rare B sides, demo tracks and live versions.
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    Three Day Week The Spangles. Whizzer and Chips Tracey Island My Little Nest of Vipers Raleigh Chopper Vinyl car seats. Am I getting warm?
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    This works very well, especially using two words/three syllables as the basis of the name. Not too sure about "Away Bass", but I liked Friend Clinic. Excellent work @Jean-Luc Pickguard.
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    Very good indeed. I was very pleased to see that there is tab accompanying the video, which means that the resource is player-ready. No bass on the track? Nowhere to hide for the bassist!
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    I am sure that someone out in the land of basschat.co.uk will have a genuinely broken or gutted pedal that they will otherwise throw away. Let's see if something turns up. Wow. What are the odds of that!? Definitely worth....er....tidying up that box of bits.
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    It is. Every time I want to sell it, I play it again, and want to keep it. It even smells nice!
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    I am getting a local artist in to do a series of oil paintings. Either that, or I couldn't upload the photos from my phone... Doing the photos now.
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    I am putting up for sale my Boulder Creek 5 string acoustic bass. Virtually unused, this instrument has a different bracing pattern, using two aluminium rods, and 6 points where the bracing is attached to the inside of the top. 34" scale length, it has a wonderful natural acoustic tone, and an easy to play action. Tomastik Infeld strings, that feel very low-tension. The large hole in the side wall allows the player to hear their sound. Built in tuner, with a Phase Reverse button to stop feedback. Built in tuner and EQ. Case included (but I had to replace the handle). I can arrange a courier, but would prefer collection, to allow the buyer to try before they commit to buying. I also have a Comfort Strap, that I bought for this bass, and which I am selling separately. Photos of the bass below
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    Or, perhaps, 6 identically-namec bands each with one gig, one in each of the 6 States.
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    "I've been searching through these seed catalogues for an hour now, and I still haven't found what I'm looking for. "
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    You must be "Inside". Me, I am stuck beside the coat table in the hallway. I'll send you a photo of me, to help you decide whether and how you want to greet me
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    He remembered me, and that we last met at a mutual friend's birthday party. He remembered too that he had given me a lesson. I am in shock. And I am officially Cool.
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    To my utter surprise, I made it. The place is full of groovy and hip people. I am neither. I think that I am late. About 30 years late....
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    That's today! Pretty close to me, in Swanley, too.
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    The comment "Worth getting a teacher" was for the benefit of @edstraker123, as someone who hadn't previously tried the violin. So it is interesting that @Rosie C is getting a teacher, even though we know that our friend is a proficient orchestral viola player (violist?), and had therefore used a bow before. And a mandolin will have given experience of the violin tuning. And of course, anyone who can make a recorder sound decent is clearly a musical genius! If @Rosie C needs a teacher, how much more would a beginner like myself!
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    It is terrific fun, and very rewarding to nail a line, or even a note. I feel that I have unlocked a new skill level! I am still trying to increase the "mwah" which I have done by turning up the midrange. Is there another way of getting more mwah? Lower action? Different strings?
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    Did the bridge need any adjustment? A friend of mine asked me to restring his (much cheaper) electric violin, and I saw that the bridge was not shaped to give a lower action at the A and E side. I wasn't competent enough to try it myself, so I left him to get a luthier to look at it - but as it was, it seriously impacted on the intonation. Violin is the same tuning as your mandolin, I think. I have seen a separate fretted fingerboard "cap" that sits atop a normal violin fingerboard. Worth looking at? However, it is possible to learn the intonation and the positioning by ear (and practice). Worth getting a teacher too - of all the instruments I have tried, it was the least intuitive.
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    Perhaps he has joined an interpretive mime group, and is trapped in a room for which he cannot find the door.
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    "That's a great sounding bass! I must buy one for myself, for, as we all know, new basses make us sound great. " Or is that the wrong sort of thing that is being encouraged?
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