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I like the 2 pole piece horizontal pickup that's been added there. (Yes, I know it's a thumb rest really...)

Well, without the Fender logo & s/n, it's not worth the asking price.

Yep - I’ve been to see her a couple of times. I remember her as a wreck from my childhood.

They’ve cancelled the sale, as requested.

I agree that you do need to take appropriate care, but I have to say I’ve not had a problem selling or collecting. In this case, the seller listed it as collection only, so I guess they were ok with buyers turning up. In this case they’ve lost the sale, so they’ve made more hassle for themself. (I was going to make a day out and see the SS Great Britain.)

I think ebay/paypal want their cut, so they're happy to have the option there. I wonder if Paypal records the location of the transaction, so if it's from their house, then that would say you were there and paid. But yes, paying in advance and collecting it would not give the seller any particular protection. Since they've said in their comms they'd refund if it wasn't OK; that would cover me trotting off with it and then saying I'd rejected it and was waiting for my refund. I guess the point is that in a transaction as soon as one party starts mentioning mistrust, they've opened a whole can of worms. @Mudpup's somment about it having been sold already earlier in the year has tweaked my suspicion-o-meter a bit.

@Mudpup @Ricky 4000Yep - Bristol. @paul_c2 Nope - no mention of cash on collection, but I've previously done Paypal from a seller's place, using mobile t'internet thingy (and cash, if accepted, avoids fees). @Beedster Well, since I was planning to do a 3-hour round trip, I would be taking it on trust that they would be there. And of course, since the whole trust thing is being questioned, having got my money, they could simply say I'd been and collected it.

Well, I won an auction to buy a Warwick bass on ebay and arranged to go and collect it from the seller next weekend. I then got a payment reminder, so I messaged the seller saying I assumed that was an automated reminder and were we still on for next weekend? I got a reply: Well, that hacked me off a bit. I didn't like the premise that I should pay upfront because I might be a timewaster. I've replied to say so, and that I'm bailing from the sale. Grrr. Still, I did go and collect an Epi LP neck and body today (white), so I'll console myself with putting that together into a guitar (I have a set of pickups & hardware for it).

I was looking at that one - it's the Strat knobs and presumably MIM, but I can't remember which model had them - Squier Series?

My preferred strap is a non-adjustable one I had made, with Schaller straplocks; I find I'm happy with most guitars & basses with it. I take your point about the back-fitting strap button, but I think in my case, my only instrument with one of those was an Epi EB0 which went to a new home last week.

They were never the finest quality, I have to say. Mind you, I've just bought an Audition (yep - a Woolies spesh) guitar on ebay, so who am I to talk about quality!

Ah - the pound in your pocket...

Flaming heck, his prices are high!

Yep - the recess is more than half a screw length, so I'd need to do it right.

Rebranded or copies?

Well, with a spare couple of hundred quid and a supplier of Ric ones...

I knew I'd get the "go Dunlop!" reply 🙂 Unfortunately that's not an option and some of my basses have Schallers fitted from the factory.

I recently acquired a Warwick Corvette Pro Series bass which I quite like, but it's got a recessed straplock mechanism and I'd like to put Schallers on it like I have on my other bass. I'm guessing I could remove the current locking's fittings (a recessed ferrule with a screw through it), fill the holes with a dowel, and then drill a screw hole to fit. Has anybody done that?

I hahi hi hahi hi dig a P-bass you can syncopate any note you know I told you sooooo

Fair enough - the bloke listened and he's put a 99p start on it. (It's still illegal to sell it, though.)

I'm not sure either, but the bass isn't as old as that SAS luggage tag.

There's someone on one of the FB groups who did incinerate a Hondo II; he posted a pic of it in his woodburner...

I got a reply thanking me for the info.

I messaged him too - no reply yet.