Thanks for all the replies, I will be going for just under 3 weeks to visit my brother & I love taking one to re-visit when we were younger & we used to play together.
I take the point about taking the paperwork for bringing back in to the uk. As you can see from my Profile pic I like Status basses & they are rare enough over here let alone in the US, so I usually end up taking one of mine (complete with CE sticker!).
Cheers
Steve