Maude

And that's just the short version 😉

Down in a (Pot)Hole - Alice in Chains

Raining Blood - Slayer

Put a clear one on and let the rainbow shine through. 😎

Evidently Chickentown - John Cooper Clarke

That Smell - Skynyrd

Toiletburst 😂

Quite possibly the worst looking finish any manufacturer has ever come up with. Absolutely the most hideous colour combo burst, and then replicating it on the pickguard is another level of foul. Like watching someone be sick, and then eat it again. It's not for me, if you were wondering. 😁

Boys Don't Cry - The Cure

Whatcha Gonna Do About It - Small Faces

White Coats - New Model Army

The only issue I can see is that carrying a leather Chesterfield is very awkward in a full length smoking jacket.

There's issues both ways with PayPal. As a buyer you only want to use payment for goods (or whatever they call it) to be covered, friends and family payment is like a bank transfer, no getting it back if anything goes wrong. As a seller, they often don't want to accept PayPal 'payment for goods' as if the buyer is unscrupulous then they can dubiously claim for things like 'not as described' or damage. Trust, or lack of, works both ways. Where is the bass? Is there a BCer local who could collect it for you, give it the once over and stay with the seller while you bank transfer the money? Then you can arrange a courier to collect it from them. I've been lucky enough that folks on here have done that a couple of times for me.

If it's good for Jah Wobble...

That's the only upgrade I can see to what I use now. NUX Mighty Plug plugged into whatever bass suits, headphones into Mighty Plug, phone (music) bluetooth'd to Mighty Plug if needed.

Linoleum - NOFX

Underneath The Arches - Flanagan & Allen

I got a set to go on a four string as they're so cheap (only play 4's now), I might string one up BEAD though.

Hanging Around - The Stranglers

What is it about 42mm you don't like? That sounds like a stupid question and I prefer a narrower neck too, but it turns out for me it's the narrower string spacing I like and the actual neck isn't a big deal. I've made new nuts with narrower string spacing for a few of my basses that had wider spacing than I'd ideally like. I works really well and doesn't leave a big empty space at the sides like you'd first think. Going from 42mm to 38mm* only leaves an extra 2mm of fretboard either side of the E and G strings and you don't notice it but you really notice the tighter spacing. * The nut obviously stays at 42mm but the slots are closer together.

I had a spare hour so I pulled this apart today. I wasn't sure about it being black as according to the S D Curlee history page on Birdsong Guitars website they didn't start painting them until later on. Upon stripping I found a 'Bob Barry Guitar Repairs' sticker inside the neck pocket and the tell tale mark where it had been screwed to a holder for painting, so I think it's safe to say that this should've been natural rather than black. The refinish must be nearly 30 years old or more as the addition of the the 1 in the phone area codes happened in '95, making Birmingham 0121 rather than the 021 on the sticker. I'm going to strip the black off and see what the wood is like, then either keep it natural or possibly stain the wood black then lacquer to keep the wood grain as a kind of middle ground as I quite like the black. The pickup and bridge all mount to the neck making it technically a neck through, the full length neck then bolts into a recess in the body using a huge brass 'neck plate' screwed from behind.

I have seen people using the wire 'handle(?)' out of a bulldog clip before. Bend the two sides so that they cross each other and the little right angle ends that hooked in the clip now face each other.