jonno1981

Molan is on a flight at the moment. I’m sure he’ll respond when he’s around. The original Twyford store closed some time ago, there was talk of a new showroom but I’m not sure what the current state of affairs is.

Got my copy yesterday. It’s quite a tome, it’s much bigger and heavier than I was expecting. A quick flick through and it looks great. It says he only started collecting vintage basses in 2012! Not long to acquire so many, and so many custom coloured Fenders. This features 250 of the most interesting basses in his collection, so how many does he own!

Hmm. Just had an email that they are searching for stock. The expected date has gone from April 5th to blank. I’m not holding out much hope on getting a copy.

Same date for me! Still showing as £16.44 from the original order, they can’t be making anything on that!

Frogstomp by Silverchair has some meaty bass parts. Chunky G&l tones a plenty. They were 14/15 when they recorded it, lyrically terrible but the riffs are great.

Does it work with UK mains supply?

He was a massively influential player. RIP.

I think it's a strat plus. Judging by the lace sensors and the roller nut. I think the clapton strats have a signature that's pretty identifiable on the headstock.

Feedback thread for anyone who has dealt with me in the marketplace!

Leaving feedback as a seller for Dannelson who bought a pedal from me in the marketplace. Very straightforward transaction and instant payment. Absolutely easy sale. Cheers!

Replacing a saddle falls into a standard acoustic setup for most luthiers. It’s a cost of up to £50-60 inc parts although I imagine this varies due to complications/ region etc. Ive found that trying to discuss setup issues with any seller really difficult when trying to ascertain the playability of an instrument. It’s all so subjective down to the players expectations and playing style. I’ve never bought anything described as playing well that didn’t arrive requiring some amount of tweaking that would fall into the broad category of a setup. Depending on how much you paid for it this might be one you have to swallow up. I think I would in the circumstances unless it requires any more serious tech work. Id see it as a minor investment into the potential enjoyment of owning the guitar. A luthier might well be able to make it play better than it ever did for any of its previous owners!

Mononeon’s instagram Is really worth a follow, he’s certainly committed to his playing and his image!

I’m no expert but I can think of a few things from my own experience. They had some hardware problems including a terrible nut design that kept snapping off, these are easily replaced with the latest one though. Their hardware seems to tarnish really fast compared to other brands as well. For a while they changed the neck profile to a proper baseball bat, this got reverted back to a thinner style a few years later. Ive seen a few with warped and properly delaminated necks, I couldn’t say for sure if this was down to a particular time period or if it’s just luck of the draw.

I’m reading this trying to settle a teething baby! It’s really hard to find the time around parenting and work commitments to pick up the bass and open a book. Sometimes this doesn’t happen for me until after midnight. It’s a pain but I’m really glad every time I do manage to find the energy and headspace to do it. It’s not going to be like this forever!

Ive got one of these, it’s great for low gain crunch, I keep my amp slightly fuzzy as the main sound all the time. I still use a few different fuzzes/overdrives for different textures. It’s a really versatile head and not crazy money.