songofthewind

Why does he do interviews, then?

Very stylish indeed.

Crikey.

Sorry, mate, you learned to talk Embra.

You’re right, I haven’t! But I do feel a strong affinity with Scousers. Plus, I live in the Home Counties, for my sins.

One of my great sadness’s about living in England is that folk don’t understand many Scottish expressions. I have to speak VERY SLOWLY AND CAREFULLY. And I’m definitely a lot swearier that most English people I know.

I do like the half-sucked sweetie look of the thin rounded edges. Must be hard to get it consistent all the way round. Does he use CNC?

Good work! Thanks for taking the plunge. I’m going to try that.

Ah, it looks like you’ve got a Sterling, the kind that used to be called a Sub Ray 4, but is now called a Sterling Stingray 4. Just to confuse matters. I have one of these basses, and I’ve also been looking for a replacement bridge. There are near copies of the real Stingray bridge on eBay. I got one for about twelve quid, and found that it looks better, but the string spacing is too narrow, by about 3mm at the bridge. The build quality is about the same. I attach a photo of a similar one, but with Sterling logo. I am going to try drilling or filing out the stud holes, so that I can use the wider spaced saddles from the original (as in your photo). Some folks have tried the Badass II bridge, with good results. Hope this helps!

Is it the more recent MM bridge, or the older style with the studs?

A 1964 Gibson ES335. Cherry red stop tail. I loved that guitar. I bought it for £280, and sold it for three hundred smackers, cuz I was bored or something. I can even remember the serial number. I am an idiot.

Me too. I was up In Glasgow at the weekend, even went into GuitarGuitar and eyed those Cort basses.

Cripes, where are all these BBG’s coming from all of a sudden?

Got WAAAY too many fret lines!

Stone cold bargain!