Maude

Oh hardly any then 😄. Maybe you could make a statement of how many basses bought over what time scale that could be made a sticky, so that the rest of could use it when we get 'those looks' upon arrival of a new one. 😁

Surely they're all worthy? My awful 70s Kay got the most interest out any of the ones I've done.

@Doctor J, I completely agree. Although most/all of my basses are cheapies, half have been bought as projects at a snip. I enjoy refinishing them and sorting any issues, so they are an enjoyable hobby to work on, then they are pieces of playable art, then if I really need to I can sell at a profit, win win win. People happily pay £500 for a picture on the wall, this art can be taken off the wall and played, what could be better than that? As long as the bills are paid then I'd much rather have a bass collection than a money collection.

The same thought crossed my mind. Not cashing in obviously as they're Ric's designs in the first place, but realised there's a healthy market they're missing out on. Let's see if they price themselves out of the market now.

I agree, there's a lot of people that want one.

When are you putting an order in then? 😄 I don't like to admit it as I love the look of this, but your Jack Casady will likely be a far better bass than this at a fraction of the price, and a stunner too.

I've just seen these on fb. First thing I thought was the bridge placement is going to throw the first couple of frets out into the stratosphere if it's 34",or 33.5". I understood that they wouldn't remake the 4005 as the tone isn't a popular one nowadays and the low sales would make it a non starter. This is hollow with toasters at both extremes of the playing area like 4005 though, so will sound very similar. Although the neck pickup will be in a slightly better place due to the bridge being so far up the body. It'll be horribly expensive though, I reckon.

She needs lessons from a seasoned professional, do we know anyone in the scam department? Calling Department S, is Mick there?

Don't be mean. Poor old Danielle is only enquiring for her elderly dad who hasn't got Internet. Anyway when's her collection agent scheduled to come? 😄

Copper Kettle - Joan Baez

Oooh how much do you want for it? 😁 Seriously though, that is a stunner, my favorite combo for a Precision. Well done everyone who's donated parts and particularly well done to you Jon for taking the time to do this. 🙂👍

Going To A Go-Go - Smokie and The Miracles

Now I'm Feeling Zombified - Alien Sex Fiend

Elegia - New Order

Kill Me Quick - The Hollies

One thing that I've seen a lot is people listing in the advert that they've fitted a new set of strings like it's a selling point. Apart from the whole 'not my kind of string' thing, the first thing I'll do with a second hand bass is cut the strings off. I don't want whatever the previous owner has managed to grind between the windings all over my fingers thank you very much. Usually while they're off the bass will get stripped and everything thoroughly cleansed, including the fretboard, then polished and oiled and a fresh set of strings. The funk may indeed be in the gunk, but I'm not finding it in someone else's.

Diary Of A Madman - Ozzy

You can't stop them, maybe it's best to just lay down and roll over........ ahem........ Beethoven.

Don't Touch The Bang Bang Fruit - The Meteors

I feel a great disturbance in the force! 😉

A tiny amount will make a huge difference. Imagine the neck pivoting on the outer end of the neck pocket, now lift the heel end of the neck even half a mil and think how far the headstock end will move. You definitely need to get those inserts flush or ever so slightly sunk into the neck. You can run the side of a bank card across the neck to check that they don't protrude. Don't try to counter the problem by adding a shim somewhere else, you'll just be chasing the problem around in circles. The phrase, 'If it ain't broke, don't fix it', springs to mind here, but that's no help I realise. Also it's good to learn about these things and you don't learn without making a few mistakes, I applaud anyone who gets stuck in and has a crack. Get that rogue insert screwed in more or filed flush and I'm sure things will look better. 🙂👍

It would be interesting to see how many were pre/post joining Basschat, and the timescale of pre/post Basschat. Example: Out of the 27 in my list. 6 in 15 yrs pre BC 21 in 10 yrs post BC. Not blaming anything you understand of course, oh no, it's not this bloomin' place is it!? 😁

Just to clarify, as I used DPD via Eurosender pre 1st Jan and it was great so would use again, was it DPD or Eurosender that was the problem? Would DPD not deal with Eurosender as Eurosender are based in Luxembourg, or are DPD based in Luxembourg and as such Eurosender cancelled? I'm assuming Eurosender are based in Luxembourg.

Peacock Suit - Paul Weller

Yeah the shim thing wouldn't make much sense anyway as it would've had to have been a shim at the nut end of the neck pocket to lift the headstock up. Most shims are either full pocket to keep the angle the same but lift the entire neck towards to strings, or just a small shim at the bridge end of the pocket to tip the neck backwards to lower the strings. Hope you get it sorted. 🙂👍