Aidan63

Bass Direct/Bass Bros are a reasonable driving distance from you, maybe give them a call and ask for recommendations

Lets face it most of us don't need ai's help to make us look like muppets, I know I don't

and likely for sale once fettled, at a loss or just breaking even, eh Andy ?

No red in the 434 Tobacco burst, painted headstock but not painted on the back of the maple neck, this one maybe a little lighter than those made now though

I don't know, I asked the Q on here a couple of years ago when I bought my Lionel s/h, and no one knew, you seem to need to interact with sandberg on facebook or twitter, they do come on here but not routinely, some of the members on here are tight with them, some maybe endorsees or sponsored by them. Maybe ask BassDirect they are a dealer/agent

especially as they fit one to the Ida Nielsen signature model

my bad I thought he was Canadian 🙃 he certainly comes across like a Canadian

Neither Scott or Ian are 'merican, so they maybe don't pander quite so much to the whole MAGA boutique builders thing that some from the US would; they've had them, but maybe prefer things with a bit more character/flaws - they also have personal relationships with Lull and Overwater and others; by the same token they are probably not reciprocally on Spector/Warwick or Sadowsky's radar much themselves so aren't likely to be leveraged by those brands in order to increase those companies' sales. Surely it's a good thing to have a variety of builders and products, better than a choice of only FMC and Gibson and their subsidiaries Buy British, Buy Canadian, buy European even, especially now. The UK is a big enough market to support a number of mass produced and boutique manufacturers, but if peeps keep buying from the states (and from US owned businesses) then we'll never expand those small companies here and they'll remain for the most part 1 man and a few workshop staff businesses. Crimson, Gordon Smith etc.. are growing (were growing ?) but most of the money is be made making guitars not basses. Importing instruments is bad for the local manufacturing base.

If peeps are interested in having a hang with Janek and IMA and others then you need to post in comments on Janek's YT vid I linked to a couple of posts back, as he responded to my suggestion he and Ian come on here saying he doesn't do socials and no longer has login on here or TB

Janek Gwizdala has posted this on YT - BassHang anyone..... Bass Day Europe Cancelled! | The Janek Gwizdala Podcast #325 Linky

is the original truss rod made of left hand thread bar ? Is it straight or curved ? Was the slot flat top and bottom or curved ? What's the tpi or thread pitch ? Just trying to get my head around how it worked compared to say the original Fender truss rod design, as opposed to the more modern design type Martin is using to replace it. I traded my Maruszczyk back through BD a good few years ago, never had any problems but it was incredibly sensitive to adjustment, forget your 1/4 turn adjustment, you'd move it just 5' and the neck relief would move by 5 thou

most companies use 22Awg I believe which is 0.34mm, or 20Awg which is 0.5mm and very commonly available one way to increase contact with the bridge is to fan the strands and then sandwich with copper foil to increase contact area and stop the wire being pushed into the finish/wood like is sometimes seen

Enjoyed Sungazer (Adam Neely and co.) last night at Future Yard venue in Birkenhead; great gig, plus interesting QandA session before the gig, nerding for the nerds, bass and otherwise Stood next to the FoH desk and the sound was epic, spent half the gig eyes closed bathed in 3D aural and physical music - didn't much like the venue stage lighting (really bright strips behind the stage facing forward, most bands they'd be either side/behind the drums so less visible bit this band have bass and drums either side and sax and guitar in the middle) but that was the only downside, other than price of beer, the on site food was good with vegan option and a really chilled relaxed attitude all round, had a chat with security guy, who really had an easy night. We had a chat with the promoter when we arrived, and got her business card - original music is her thing.......fyi

A week tonight taking a trip to Birkenhead to catch Sungazer

Ryan brought my PJB 800 amplifier - nice easy smooth sale, good comms over a gigging weekend for him, thank you and enjoy the sound 👍