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The main issue I had with mine was that it was too big for me. The fact that it doubled up as a free workout was just a bonus; I used to hump two Marshall 4x12 and a Burman valve amp around in those days.

I think we're into the "Is a supercar really worth 10x a Mondeo" territory. I guess there are many factors and I don't know the skill, expertise, product demand, man-hours required, and so-on involved. How many instruments do they make a year? If it's 10, then £15k is not going to furnish a lavish lifestyle, whereas if it's 1000 then they're probably doing very nicely!

I think ebay would take it down, as it's not a genuine auction.

I didn't use it full up on my board (I wasn't after that much distortion!), but the shop did it just to compare.

OK - found it!

It was on this tour... The pedals are clear to see at 1:10.

(Actually, I have a Nathan East tone shaper pedal unit thingy somewhere...)

I saw him once - I remember he had some Moog Taurus pedals, but I don't recall what his bass was.

Oh - I hadn't noticed them. 😎

The Ric ones are standard Schaller fit - I have normal Schallers on other guitars too and my strap has Schaller fittings. Beware of the cheap copies - some of them don't push-on (the Schallers have a slight bevel on the locking pin. As far as the button+screw ones, Grover make good ones (branded Quik-Release) and Fender did them for a while. The knurled ones are the older style (and they are the same part as the mute height adjusters!).

I'll update you if that happens...

The Ric strap buttons are single-piece with threaded bolts rather than the more common button with a screw. They fit Schaller Straplocks (I think they may even be made by Schaller?)(as are the Ric machines). There are two folks who are making high quality Ric replicas - I've been contemplating getting a custom build, but I've just bought a Ric barebones body/neck to which I am going to add all non-Ric parts (bar Strap buttons, jack plate, and TRC).

The sofa's alright.

I don't know about value, but I could walk past a Yamaha without even noticing it was there.

Yep - smells as fishy as an old kipper.

He's including the picture of the logo, so he is describing it as a Fender.

Rickenbacker gave Macca his, as I recall.

The SB1000 was probably the best Japanese bass ever made. I had an SB700 in the 70s/80s.

I picked up a Darkglass Vintage Microtubes a month ago, but it was bloody noisy BUZZZZZZZZZZ!!!! Even with the input muted (at the tuner). So, I took it back out of my pedalboard. I went back to Wunjo and they put it alongside another Darkglass one; with all the knobs turned up full, it buzzed too. So, I got a refund. (Thanks to Wunjo for their great customer service!)

They're both ugly.

I've got an Aria PE Elite guitar - it's quite nice. OK, so it's not an original 70s PE-1000, but I'll manage to live with the disappointment.

He is, however, including pictures of the Fender logo, which comprises part of the item details.

Too much - I was talking with someone about a white one of those last year, but they wanted more than I wanted to pay.

They keep appearing on the Ugly Guitars fb group.

It was funny, though!