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I’ve always thought that men in suits do more damage than men with guns.

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Coat got. 😁

I think it’s too late. There’s a GAS leak.

It’s sounds to me @bubinga5, that you have your heart set on an Xotic. You know what you have to do..

Sadowsky? Yes, I am a fanboi. But seriously, I don’t know your budget, but the Metro express basses have been very well received. And of course MM’s Jazz was heavily modified with a version of the current Sadowsky pre.

Another old fender. This time a 66 Mustang.

I don’t actually know! I’ll weigh it tomorrow and report back. Watching Sex and the City 2 (guilty pleasure) at the moment with the wife. 🤷‍♀️

I was astounded at the lightness of it. I didn’t get an NYC just to be frivolous and show off (well, a bit) but because I get a bad back, otherwise I might have got a Metro.

Roger must have his reasons, but I’m quite surprised that Sadowsky don’t do 6 string basses, not even as a full-on custom build. I’m not interested in a sixer but I’m sure they’d sell pretty well. A new Trace Elliot class D of at least 500w with a valve pre. Bass cabs that are 8/4 ohm switchable. All active basses legally obliged to have easy access battery compartments a la Stingray.

Would you believe the cardboard packaging actually weighs more than the bass. Lift up the Gator case it came in and you’d genuinely think there wasn’t a bass inside! Light as it is, it STILL plays the same wrong notes as all my previous basses.

Damn. Should I not have bought it from AliExpress? I think I know why my import bill was so much lower than it should have been. The Sadowsky invoice that customs would have looked over was $2000 short! A 1 instead of a 3! Lucky mistake or deliberate middle finger to ‘the Man’?

More pics later, promise xx

That’s cool. I’ll tell my enforcer, Brutus, to look out for you 😜

Thank you for all your likes. Much appreciated. Quick update. The bass will be with me tomorrow. Here are some numbers to help anyone else out with costings and import duty. The bass was $3199 USD, shipping was $144 USD. The tax bill, which I received electronically while the FedEx jet is actually still in the air halfway across the Atlantic (flight no. FX36, MD-11F Indiana to Stansted) came to £277 GBP which is a lot less than the £600 GBP that I had somehow arrived at. Expect pictures of the bass in several pieces soon as the UK handlers inevitably play cricket with it.

Thank you each. It took me MONTHS to decide on the colour. I very very nearly went for shoreline gold. But I wanted something that hadn’t been used on a satin before, but also something that looks ‘traditional’. As far as I know, this is the only satin in this colour. It does! I think the jazz bodies are slightly smaller than normal.

Here’s my new baby soon to be shipped to me. #8554 Pelham Blue NYC Satin.

Perfect Houseplants. One of my all time favourite collection of musicians.

My local theatre is still widely known as its original name, the Johnson Hall. It would be a suitable venue for this man because he is a Johnson.

5 months earlier than expected! Settling the balance on Monday or Tuesday then just the glorious HMRC to deal with next.

Regarding Roger Sadowsky retiring. I read somewhere that he has no plans to ever retire and he’d prefer to just keep working and die at his workbench! I wouldn’t mind putting money on that Roger is mentoring Lisa to take over.

Ultra rare Rickenbacker 4003 in Fireglo. One of only three known to exist and the only one still in playable condition. As we all know, John Hall copyrighted the design so hard that even Rickenbacker themselves were unable to legally manufacture them, and all traceable examples were destroyed.

Almost as new MIC Fodera. I have fitted genuine US Fodera pickups that I got shipped over by Vinnie, Jr. I’ll include the originals in the sale. Gator hard case.

What descriptions do you think will be seen on a Basschat of the future? I shall begin. “Up for sale is my rare example of a pre-Disney Sadowsky...”