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Damn I thought it read Foundation S. Yorks not Foundation S Yorks. The Foundation S was a PJ with DiMarzio design pickups made by Schaller. You can understand the confusion

BassBunny posted earlier about his experience with the HTR PJ 5'er in the deko thread. He's chuffed to bits with it I'm with you Tobie the standard of affordable bass available now is great.

Glad to hear your HTR is all good BassBunny. There's a fella in the " cheap 5 string " thread would like to hear your thoughts on it

Risky !! Well aye and naw, say you were looking for a Ric. Plenty of them to choose from in the US and prices hover around £1100 sometimes less. You buy the right one but get nailed by customs and pay £280 so for arguments sake it costs you £1400 but you've had the luxury of finding a good one. Most Rics I see for sale in the UK are £1500 - £1700 and you're generally limited in the time to try them or it's buying sight unseen. By playing a few over there you'll get a better grasp of what to look for faults wise. Saving £100 - £200 or maybe even £600 is still a big chunk of change.

Now that is a fine looking and sounding beastie. What a cracking way to end 2016. Yer a lucky Man.

There a fella up had the same Satellite bass at £120 for months,he don't claim 2 factories though

Just a suggestion AT. Have you tried playing with the volume as there's a marked drop in output with both HTR pickups on full. Certainly I'd no complaints about output when used independently. The PJ HTR is £95 but I don't see many Rockbass 5'er below £200,any on the bay are £300 for used.Mind John P says he don't want to throw much money at it .

Over on the Harley Benton Club it's commonly thought 4 or 5 different factories build them,the Danish fella in charge Lasse said as much a few year back. Saein definitely had a hand in at one time, my Shine VI is identical to the older HB 6 strings. OP if you want to see some great HB shorties check out blablas thread in the build diaries,he'd be able to give you an honest opinion on their quality too.

Too late Meddle ! I already know who you are

I think one of the reasons the HBs turn up as dekos so often is Thomann sell 1000s of them every month. Law of average at work. I've had some HBs for 2 year now with no problems, most bought for full price and I was happy to do so. Decent bit of kit for very little money. Remember there's 3 year warranty with them if You ever need it.

Could happen or you could try the old dodge of taking a beater out with you and bring a shiny new one back. If you do get nailed make sure you have a receipt or Customs will decide on a value,with us normally paying £ for $ an $800 (£530) bass could get valued as high as £800. You'd then be liable for 20% VAT + 3% Import Duty. Course you may get lucky in which case Good on You

Afraid I don't know any thing about Martch but first impression was It's Ali Express only written in Polish. Fodera look-a-likes,Wooten Ying/Yang a-likes,the Lemmy Ric a-like are all too familiar. Nothing to stop them getting them built in China with their logo and if the builders hear about and serve a C&D just shut up shop. I may well be wrong,just my opinion from following your link. We've a fair few Polish members on BC so ask in the general discussion section. Might be an idea just to link the home page in case it's viewed as advertising.

Wow Blue you surprise me,never took you for a fan of Morris dancing.

Blue The man's name is Berry!

Been on an early 80's kick recently,lots of SLF getting played, last few days Rat Trap has getting a go.Haven't heard it for years so I'm having fun working the parts from memory.

I bought one of these 2nd hand a few years back for £150,making this an absolute steal.

Stax for me. A very long time back Joe Hubbard recommended a Motown compilation " Chartbusters vol 3 or 5 ?" As I really only listened to punk this was a departure for me. Boy I'm glad I bought it as I started looking for Soul and R&B in the record shops,which of course lead me to Stax. Mavis Staple,Booker T,Otis,Issac Hayes ! Oh the talent is astonding. While Motown is still great as is Fame/Muscle Shoals, Stax and it's close ties to the civil rights movement give it the edge for me. Just thankful we've got all 3.

Over the years I've heard good things about Bacchus. It's hard to tell from the videos cause with your standard of playing You'll make a wash tub bass sound amazing..

Hmmm 196 ? Atomic mass of gold ? Last digits of service number ? Elephant & Castle bus route ?

Can't say I've had many garbage basses,things like my Washburn ABT aren't great but in 87? I thought it was great (1st active ). What was crap was the tulip shaped Kay out the catalogue 2nd bass and even then I knew it was junk and it was a supposed upgrade from some ancient Japanese semi hollow with 3 strings,holes covered up by plywood nailed on,a pickup nailed in and the tuner pegs were missing so I used pliers

Now that is a lovely bass there Doc J. It's interesting that Sarzo,Ellefson and Jeff Berlin all had similar thoughts - they had to be great basses that most folks could afford. I really need to get myself a Sarzo sometime. Who knows maybe 2016 is the year

Holy Moly !!! Vigier. Living proof that GAS never dies. First saw them in Guitarist 30 odd year back and wanted one ever since. Little time and even less ability mean they're far above my needs. But I still wants one