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Collier in Belgium has been making graphite necks for years. http://www.collier.be/

James Jamerson and the Funk Machine. Wes Montgomery and his Gibson L5. Mick Karn and his fretless Travis Bean and his fretless Wal(s). Toots Thielemans and his Gibson ES 175 even if he introduced the Rickenbacker's to the Beatles and in the U.K. He told me the story himself when I lent him my ES 175 for a concert because his own "Bobonne" arrived with a broken head at the show... Jaco has used lots of basses including the Guild Pilot, an acoustic bass, another Jazz Bass, a fretted Jazz Bass with a P-Bass maple neck, and so on...

I met Christoph at noon for a lunch together with @Lololita in a pizzeria halfway and he brought the fantastic bass I bought from him : a rare JP Basses Lucii 6 Fretless. The bass was exactly as described and we had a great lunch by this sunny day, talking basses and many other things. Christoph is also a top bloke, but I already knew him as we made some deals in the past. 👍

I've been able to listen to it till the end. To me way better than the original, nothing fake here. What about a Vulfpeck cover ?

I'm still laughing as it's exactly this ! Thanks @BreadBin. Even @Lololita who is an absolute fan of Iron Maiden has been laughing to this. C'mon guys (and girl), laugh a bit and recognise that @BreadBin is right. 😉

Is it what's left of my former Status Electro Fretless, Harry ? The neck... 😬

This one is in English : https://m.facebook.com/dtcbass/#_=_

"That" is what the couriers always do our parcels.😉 They absolutely don't care ! Reminds me of a combo I ordered years ago. The driver even tried to hide the forklift impact when presenting me the parcel on the side where there was no traces. In fact, the forklift went through the combo from side to side of the parcel. Nice job. As I noticed it, I refused the parcel of course, telling the driver that he shouldn't even have tried to deliver it.

I stopped when I heard the first words of the "singing". I hate autotuned voices. Too bad as it could have been something else with some soul and without all the disco clichés, like @Dad3353 already noticed.

I've bought items in the past through TalkBass and there was no problem at all from TalkBass itself and their member as long as you pay through PayPal. Don't ask an American his bank data with IBAN and BIC/SWIFT codes. 😱 The problem was simply importing from the USA. Living in Belgium, I've always had to add 50% to the total amount including the shipping fee and insurance, because over here in Belgium, customs and couriers like to add loads of taxes... These days, even if CITES has been "abandoned" for musical instruments, the Brazilian rosewood is still forbidden and the customs have a tendency to see Brazilian rosewood everywhere... That said, as we still are in the Trump days, I don't buy anything from the USA anymore. Even CD's bought in the land of "freedom" are taxed by the customs...

Having sold a lot on eBay and having to fully refund a scammer once, I started another process for everything I sell wherever it is. It's a simple one : tons of photos in huge resolution of the item proving its real condition and photos of the packing. I then upload everything to Google Drive (or whatever you want) and send the link to these photos to the buyer just after having sent the parcel with insurance and tracking number. I sometimes even add and invoice stating that the condition is known by the buyer. Problem solved for years now. And if a video is needed before concluding the sale to prove the real condition, I'll make one. Call me paranoid : no simply knowing the human deep nature and protecting myself. Scammed once, not twice.

It's a 20 years old video at the Namm show. The are all playing the Steve Bailey Aria Signature basses in their different iterations. These were derivatives of the Avante series. Very good basses in the hands of people who, for once, are not showing off, especially two of them ... as Carol Kaye never shows off, but plays. Thanks for this @EssentialTension.

So, that's you. Congratulations !

Check this if you want to see ugly basses designed by a 5 years old child and sold at delirious prices : https://ctbasses.com/photo-collection/6-string-basses

This one is not badly placed at all : https://www.fodera.com/anthony-jackson-presentation-ii-2/ And I'm a huge fan of the guy himself.

Nail varnish remover is acetone, so will damage cellulosic finishes and plastics very badly.

French fries don't work. 🤣

This one used to be mine :

Lighter fluid is what I'm using since my studies in scientific photography in the mid 80's... It's the best traces or sticker glue remover as it doesn't harm the support. We used it to remove traces on high gloss photographic paper... and sticker glue.

This guy made me special ones with a 10 cm width even including one with special radius (39.37 " or 100 cm) for an extra 10 Euros per 210 mm sanding block : http://www.luthimate.fr/fr/recherche?controller=search&orderby=position&orderway=desc&search_query=cale&submit_search= It was in early 2019. I do believe he speaks English.

Too much tea, maybe ? 🤣