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Squier VMJ five string - they come up here from time to time but also fairly often on eBay

Ok it's a roadworn p or highway one p for md then Would preferable board but looking unlikely

Ok thanks - the paint on the 50s one looked very different Maybe a highway one P is the way to go What about roadworn models ?

Hi Been looking at a classic 50s precision at pmt in Leeds, are they finished in nitro ? Or can someone else recommend a cheapish fender that is ?

I thought the premise of closet classic was that they looked like the original That is just fugly

Im thinking of building my own battered looking 73 style precision - has to be sunburst or maybe natural Does anyone have an idea where i can get a nitro body to wear out myself in time, or someone who does respectable relic jobs ? Just doing some window shopping, not buying immediately Thanks

Dealt very satsfactorily with mike, happy to do so again

Sadly that domain is well and truly parked

A while ago there was a guy called wes on here who made a copy of a 62 in white/tort - in Essex I think Anyone know his details, or roughly what a replica maybe slightly reliced copy of a 73 might cost ?

Very smooth transaction so happy

Royal Mail managed to completely fghk a bass I sent heavily packed in multiple layers of rigid foam blocks and bubble wrap and cardboard and then they refused all liability .

Duly corrected, there would have to be an attempt to import or distribute the item itself, or an item containing it into the US My point about laxity is still there though, I believe.

Well, they must have submitted some evidence but obviously you can't expect a civil servant to be expert in all areas that come up when reviewing patent applications. The US PATENT office is chronically underfunded.

[quote name='mcgraham' timestamp='1364460655' post='2026684'] Thanks. Yes and no. It's a complicated point both in terms of physics AND patent law, and so not black and white by any stretch. In any case it doesn't matter. From a quick search you can see they ONLY have a US patent granted, so anyone anywhere else in the world can make it and not infringe, regardless of whether the patent is sound. [/quote] Not quite true, they can sue you for infringement and you'd have to defend yourself in a US court. Whether they can afford to take action, or would bother, is another question I did this for my dissertation in my law degree. Also US patents are famously lax in their view of prior art and also the kind of things that can be patented - see diamond v chakrabarty for instance

Mine was a Paul rose, and with thru stringing He warned me the string tension wouldn't be up to much, and was right