Doctor J

G&L are in Fullerton, California, but not in the old Fender building, as far as I'm aware. They started building in 79 and Fender were still in the old place until 83, or so, before they moved to Corona.

And don't forget the Telecasters which came in the late 60's which are the same as the Precisions which came in the early 50's 🙂

"Made by Fender" is a bit of a grey area, no? Something made by Cortek in Korea or Indonesia, alongside other brands, which just has a Fender logo applied at the end, isn't really made by Fender. Being really pedantic You could argue anything made since they shut down the Fullerton factory isn't really a Fender at all, just a legalised copy made by whichever corporate entity owned the brand name at the time, with the crowd pleasing logo stuck to it

The split pickup in the traditional spot. Only the pickup. It can look however it likes but the only bit that matters, the single defining characteristic, is what you hear coming out of the speaker. Brand doesn't matter a jot.

You are only waiting for the drummer to arrive?

But it's not just rare, it's super rare! They don't mass-produce these anymore! 😂

Bury the corpse again!

No downsides at all. I have active EMGs, active Ibanez, active MECs, active Levinsons, active Alembic and active Barts going into different onboard preamps. It's all good once the preamp is designed to handle active pickups. The only thing to be cautious of is some active pickups have a higher output so you don't want to boost the crap out of everything to stupid levels where you introduce clipping.

Possibly the uncoolest thing I have ever seen 😂

It's a double octave neck, it goes further into the body than most Precisions or Jazzes, so the pickup could be in the traditional position relative to where it hears the string.

It has been happening on ebay for many years too, where a seller uses someone else's pictures, but it's a very, very small percentage of genuine transactions which take place between honest buyers and sellers. One must encourage buyers to take care and perform due diligence, caveat emptor indeed, but how can that happen when sellers will cease communicating if a buyer requests something as fundamental as the serial number? 😉

I'd wager there are more buyers out there than scammers. Would your experience here be that you've encountered more scammers who would go to that trouble than genuine potential buyers?

Similarly, I wouldn't buy a used instrument without seeing the serial number first. If I asked a seller who refused to provide it, there is no way I'd buy from them. I've yet to hear a good reason why one would hide it from a potential buyer. What does it achieve other than making the buyer think you've something to hide? There is so much serial number information out there now, going from basic manufacture dating functionality to the detailed specification info the likes of Warwick, EBMM and Fender now make available. It's the best way for a buyer to verify they're actually getting what is advertised, or to fill in the gaps a lot of sellers leave in their information.

I installed a Sadowsky in an old Blade B4, replacing the original, rather quirky pre-amp. I needed to create a new hole to facilitate 4 knobs but I had a Metro many years ago so knew what I was getting and didn't see it as a risk or anything I'd ever want to undo. It's a 9V system, not designed to take two batteries, ever. The bass and treble are boost only, they do not cut. The VTC is on all the time. It's in the circuit whether running active or passive. It's a very musical preamp provided you don't overdo it. The low boost is at 40Hz, IIRC, so loads and loads of boost will do more harm than good. I love them, but the bass has to sound decent without it. It's a pleasant colouring of the tone rather than a radical overhaul.

Congrats. Looks great!

Sid Vicious would still be useless, earning a lucrative living as a surprisingly engaging corporate motivational speaker.

Having had an epiphany while hearing the band name through a delay effect, Karen would have abandoned the music industry and, through deft use of the apostrophe, set up The Carpenter's Carpenters - a bespoke woodcraft business catering to high-end Laurel Canyon tastes. They're not cheap, but you deserve the best.

Hendrix would have bought a shareholding in Floyd Rose and confused older concertgoers by not spending half the gig tuning his guitars, maaaan!

Is he one of Cobblepot's young lads, I wonder?

Proof is a two-way street. They could also walk down streets pointing at cars saying "That was stolen from me". It doesn't make their claim credible.

Alternatively, if someone is reporting a stolen instrument only after an ad goes live and have no proof whatsoever of ownership and no pictures of it outside of those in the ad, the police are not going to spend a lot of time on it.

The ad had been around for a while before I went for it, but It's really very nice 🙂

It changes every now and then but, at the moment, it's El Presidente.

Got blown up in Return of the Jedi?

Surely one is UB40 and the other is UB42?