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That's a ridiculous price for something which has been maimed in such a way! Mind you, I bought this lovely "Fender" at a car boot some years ago... (I still haven't got the refin done.)

There was a can of WD-40 contact cleaner in the goody bag at the Screwfix Show last year. I don't think I've used it; I've still got a half-full Maplin one. It is one of a range of WD-40 products, but the name has tended to be a bit Hooverised to refer to the original penetrating oil. https://www.wd40.com/products/ (Back in the day, the bass guitar used to be called the The Fender Bass.)

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/196134833272

It is pure baloney, isn't it?

My main strap is one I had made for me by a leatherworker; it's a non-adjustable strip of leather made to my specified length with a Straplock at each end.

The unattributed "owned by", which the seller admitted was tenuous: "The owner of the boat said he bought the boat off a member of the Womble and these were left on the boat"

Good to see someone's on the case!

I've never seen this before...

Not sure it's a bargain - several have sold for that sort of money. https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=sterling+ray34&_sacat=0&rt=nc&LH_Sold=1&LH_Complete=1 There are a few offered at significantly higher prices, in the hope of people not twigging that Sterling is MM's equivalent brand to Fender's Squier.

Rare = expensive (Whether or not it's worth it!) OTOH, new ones are £600! https://www.rosetti.co.uk/rickenbacker-vintage-reissue-case-4000-bass-series

I've seen AI-generated descriptions in watch for sale ads too.

I've seen that one for sale a few times - too rich for me, though.

That description is utterly ridiculous. It's a shame the AI can't help them out by reading the headstock on this one... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/116000116589

Cheapened? Those Squier Broncos are sub-£100 instrumants!

I have a Flyte bass; I took it to the Bass Bash (you were in the room with it @TheGreek). That one now makes it 4 I have seen. I wouldn't mind a Riverhead too!

Press on the 1st and top fret and there should be a business card's gap at the 12th fret. String height is as low as it'll go without choking the notes!

How strange - just yesterday I was in a thread about another brand of bass which people say is difficult to play and I said: "I think if you've played a Jazz all your life and then swap to another brand (Warwick, Ric, etc.) it may seem odd, but that's down to closed minds rather than issues with the instruments themselves; in extremis, some folks find it odd to go from a Jazz to a Precision and in the olde days there was a thing of putting Jazz necks on Precisions."

OK - why's the Sheehan pedal downside-up?

Might be useful as a fender...

The wing separation suggests there's more to it.

You don't need to go so elaborate - check out the splitter box earlier in the thread.

This one appears to have neck-lift. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/166459748088 Hope the buyer knows how to sort it.

Hmmm - I'm about £23k short of the asking price.

Yep - that's its shortcoming.