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Didn't BC do a model similar to the Hot Slapper ? Though I've a lot of history with the white BC I still prefer the Maniac on the right. Washburn Wannabes didn't quite cut it 🙂

Aye it's a pretty thing. Piezo circuit is the same as my TWB-4Z 👍 VSN Guitars in Canada are the only folk I know stock Tune,don't have the fretless ATM so it's an email to Ned telling to get one 🙂 Not sure of a price but the most expensive is a 6 string leftie Hatsun for £800. Should give you a rough idea 😎 https://www.vsnguitars.com/brands/Tune--Guitar-Technology.html

Cheers @Reggaebass I've a few US basses from the same era and in terms of design/finish etc they're pretty dated 🤣

Any I hear of and you'll get the shout Mick 😎 Already decided that Rob. The fretless Tune,Vigiers and paisley P-bass are coming. Bucket list items from back in my teens 🙂 One of the Harley Benton PB-50's will be staying too 😮 Should have room for 1 more 🤐

I do that Rob 😀 Think I might flood the market with Peaveys this year. Fancy living on the water and space is tight on a narrow boat 👍

Cheers @TheRev Saved me typing and posting photos 👍

Tune Guitar Tech in Korea offer lefties but they are a production line only outfit. They do just the 1 fretless model, it has a left hand version but it's nothing like the Tune Maniacs. https://www.tuneguitars.com/wb-page1 Tune Guitar Maniac in Japan .... I'd expect them to offer left hand,it's a luthier shop doing fancy Fender copies. Left hand basses would be a doodle. I suspect the preamp is the problem,those are PCB units. Could be a special run required for left handers.

@BassBunny Aye,there's some grand products out there for little outlay 😎

Entwistle JBXN are £42 for the pair. Instead of over-winding to increase output the super strong magnets do the work 👍 Expect some fettling to get them to fit. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Entwistle-JBXN-pickup-for-bass-guitar-neodymium-designed-by-Alan-Entwistle/333355487464?hash=item4d9d8910e8:m:ml6RunQ5q4ldDFg1P_ohc0Q Grab an EQ pedal with the change 🙂

This weekend it's been a Half Man Half Biscuit marathon 🙂

No starving bairns in your future 😃 TUNE Guitar Maniac in Japan appear prejudice against lefties 😮 Nothing in their custom options hints at left hand 😟 Good news is you can stop torturing yourself,they stopped making the extended board at least 30 year back 😊

The Thunder II also appeared as a 32" scale J/J. Think when that got released the P/J Thunder II was renamed Thunder III. Quick check on the Westone forum. 1983 the P/J Thunder II became the Thunder III

I had the plain Thunder 1,great sounding bass. Don't remember it being heavy but that doesn't mean it wasn't 👍 Heavy is defined by the individual involved😎

Though the BC Rich NJ series were built in Japan I'm pretty sure it wasn't at the Matsu factory.

The Thunder II was P/P . Same shape and construction.

Couple of my T40's weigh more as does my Cabronita slab body. It's a baw hair heavier than the pine slab body 🙂 Great balance to it on a strap, I find that generally rules out any weight concerns 👍

Aye . It was really thoughtful of the lad. Got through 2019 with only 1 bass bought 🙂 I'm the very model of restraint these days 😂 There's a series/parallel switch and a phase in/out,with the pickup selector that's 7 settings. Other mini switch is active/passive 👍 EQ is boost only. No idea why it's 18v 😃

Thought I'd get it over with sharpish 🙂 Trip from Falkirk to Hull yesterday was a success. Pleasant memories of Westone basses. Plenty of ads in the music papers,Henry Thomas on Rock School,stocked in plenty of shops. In great condition for 37 years old. There was another on ebay which was cheaper but a good pal lives outside of Hull,long overdue visit made it worth the extra. That all changed. Young lad selling it dropped his price when I suggested cash vs Reverb fees 👍 When I got there he had another surprise 😮 Because I'd drove near 5 hours he decided another 10% off was in order 😎

I've been reading Wishnevsky's book "How the Hippies Ruin't Hillbilly Music: A Historical Memoir 1960-2000". Going by the band names it was a crazy scene. Mind you with the heady mixture of dope,LSD and shine I doubt it could have been anything but crazy 😊 Interesting thing is the near complete lack of big brand name instruments. 300 pages in and so far only Gibson,1 mention (described as fosters poor ) 😂 Folks mostly played hand built items bought at the festivals or kits bought from Sears. Personally I think it's great that Steve has kept to the tradition he learned from Uncle Dave Sturgill over 50 years back.

My thoughts exactly. Saw a photo of him. Weird looking lad. Had a hit with Rick Moranis back in the 80's.

The boy's name is Scott Dasson. Gizmo is called the Badbird 😊 You're in good company,the Geddy Lee fella has one on his T-bird 😎

Bloody hell !! Has that got the aftermarket bridge from the God of Thunder fella ? Cracking bass. What a way to start the year 😎

If it's a holding photo then he's taking his time. That listing has been up for over a month.

Sure thing. It'll still be early doors over there so might be a while before I here back from him.

@Stub Mandrel My pal Rick Wilson restored one of the Tutmarcs. It's in a museum someplace. Might have been around the time he was working for George Gruhn.