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But Brooks and Pashley really are British made, and it matters to some, even down to sourcing the correct tubing from the same manufacturer for the last century nearly. Whether it should matter or not is not for me to say. I was mearly commenting on it.

You'd think these big companies would have better advisors than the bloke down the pub before they suspend sales to the UK. https://www.brooksengland.com/en_uk/

Like it or not, that is the case. Brooks' image as a brand, is all about their british heritage, the same as Pashley cycles. I'm not saying I back that notion, but also can't deny it exists.

I would imagine, but that might impact on sales as buying Brooks means buying British, it's all part of the image. Similar to Fender moving all production out of America. I assume they're just trying to sort out the details and will then carry on as normal.

As that link is bicycle related, I've just seen that Brooks, the iconic British saddle manufacturer has put UK sales on hold for the minute while they work out their plan. The company was sold to an Italian one 20 or so years ago, but manufacturing has stayed in the UK, as that is what the rest of the world expects from Brooks, quality british made, leather saddles, and other goods. It seems logistically odd, but all their products are shipped to Italy, to then be distributed around the world. They now face this odd situation of shipping back to the UK, so have put it on hold. This has, for now, stopped UK cyclists buying the most iconic of UK cycle parts.

Some Like It Hot - The Power Station

I seem to remember when researching what strings would be best on my Hofner, Pyramid and LaBella seemed to be favourites. All subjective of course.

I Believe In Father Christmas - Greg Lake Only 355 sleeps to go.

Sorry to sound harsh but I'd be delighted if there was someone like ACG only 45 miles from me.

Squier VM Jaguar bass in CAR. Bought new for her son, he'd tried it twice and given up, still had the protective film on pickups and scratchplate. £100 ono including hardcase. I spent ten minutes deciding if I really needed it, then it was gone.

Sit Down - James

Goodnight Girl - Wet Wet Wet (hangs head in shame)

I Could Be So Good For You - Dennis Terry Waterman

See this is the problem with Basschat. I bought a Club as I'm not a fan of The Beatles and didn't want to have 'the Macca chat' every time I used it, I even bought a black one as the sunburst still looks very 'McCartney'. So why am I now finding myself scouring ads for a violin bass? It won't even sound any different to my Club. 🙄 😄

To be completely honest it's looking like a very good time to start enjoying the gear we've already got. I know, I know, don't slam the BC door as I leave. 😉

Yep, still 'selling' bass gear. https://www.facebook.com/groups/MusicalInstrumentsForSaleWantedUKIrela/permalink/3601759693274404/ He has got a case for sale. Let's hope he'll be attending one soon as well.

Under Your Thumb - Godley and Creme

Very kind of @TheGreek 👍. Another thing to consider when going shorter scale fretless, is that the shorter the scale, the less margin for error there is. Obviously spot on intonation is the aim but a fraction out on a 34", give it some vibrato and it's acceptable, to a degree. That same amount out on a 28" is just plain old out of tune.

['allo' allo English/French policeman ] You just need to shit slowly and loudly.

Buy direct from Warman. Their eBay listings are usually more expensive, presumably to cover the fees.

And if you want someone local to do the repair Ashdown will happily supply the schematics for your tech. I had two Perfect ten mini rigs (still got one), the ones with the metal grilles rather than cloth, one was popping the slow blow fuse. Took it someone local who got the schematic from Ashdown, traced it to an output resistor or something. Changed that and put some extra heat sink paste on something (can you tell I'm not really sure what was done?) and all was good again. The schematic really helped him pinpoint the issue.

Absolutely this. I've got one in a passive MM type bass and KiOgon made me a four position rotary switch, to match the volume and tone knob, which switches through single bridge coil, single neck coil, then both coils in series, then both in parallel. The standard pickup comes wired in series but a true MM is wired in parallel but it's simple to change, if you wanted to.

I agree that our (Britain's) obsession with 'the war' is obsurd. I watched the documentary because, as I mentioned, my knowledge on it is lacking as I'm really not into all that war stuff. It seems that on freeview you could see a program about the war every day if you were so inclined. As you say, strange. The one I watched was factual and not celebratory, and focused quite a bit on Luftwaffe flying ace Adolf Galland.

I don't want to sound childish, but @EBS_freak started it. He brought up two wars one cup..........oh hang on, that might've been a different 'docunentary'. 😉

At a complete guess (not helpful I know) I'd estimate adding 25% on top, as you used to for imports from outside the EU previously. 20% VAT and 5% to cover other fees.