NancyJohnson

Nope! Will report when it drops!

Same place I got mine!

Ack, I was just looking at the pretty pictures, not the specifics! You couldn't do any worse than signing onto the Hamer Fan Club group if you haven't already! https://www.hamerfanclub.com/forums/

This one: https://reverb.com/uk/item/88209804-hamer-b12s-12-string-bass-see-video

There's a B12S on Reverb at the moment. A bit $$$.

I suppose just to combine a post elsewhere, here's my two. They're both (apparently) 1986 models, an FBIV and a Cruisebass. In January, I had the scratchplate done for the Cruisebass. [EDIT] One of the pickups was dead on the Cruise and the loom was toast, so it has an EMG Geezer Butler PJ set on it and a John East preamp. The FBIV is pretty much stock, but I swapped out the chrome bridge and machines to like for like black units. I also had a flat jackplate made by a local guy (to rid it of the Stratocaster style one that was on it). Lovely, lovely!

Last time it was anywhere near $2.00 was over 33 years ago (just prior to the Black Wednesday Sterling crisis and the UK leaving the ERM). In truth, back then (globally) there was probably little caché in 60s-80s kit, it wasn't vintage or particularly desired, it was just old/used.

First sentence, second paragraph.

Given the current slide of the $, down over 9% since the end of January, are we approaching a golden age of buying from the US? Obviously you're going to need to factor in shipping/duties, but by way of example if you're in the US A Fender Player II Jazz bass. Guitar Center $800, Andertons £750; at current exchange prices the Guitar Center version at £600.

New (Jazz bass) neck incoming...looking for advice on machine heads. Ideally, I'd like to put a set of something that apes the long-stem Kluson style/design; I just like the visual aesthetic of these. Anyone know who makes something similar?

Well. I've pulled the trigger on a Jazz bass style neck from a Chinese seller, complete with a '70s TV logo. Maple, rosewood, block inlays. We'll see how good it is in a few weeks. If it's crap, then it's only £80 down the sh*tter.

I bought two Thunderbirds through Ishibashi without any issue.

Genius. I don't know whether Wago make a piece that will handle three individual signals; this would even obviate the necessity of breaking out the screwdriver. Simply hot glue the connector on the bottom of the pot. Something like this:

When I was putting a John East unit into one of mine I used these: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B06WGM9W7S/ref=ppx_od_dt_b_asin_title_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 The physical connection from pickup to the circuit was horrific to tighten up and it was frankly simpler to wire these into the circuit before the pots were secured to the body of the instrument. From the pickup end, I just ensured the wires were the right way round, soldered on the other side of the connector and put some heat shrink round the joint. Job done.

There's one recording that turned up that was lump-in-the-throat stuff. A guy I was in a punk band with in 1978/79 died tragically young. It was quite moving just hearing him doing ad-lib riffing vocally over the band, going 'Just swallow that rhythm maaaan, you'd better watch out 'cause this is The Crime, we're out to kill you, we are committed to you and you just remember this, we are the rebels of rock and roll and we are punk rockerrrrrrs!' Bless him.