Newfoundfreedom

In that case, yours is a totally different design to mine, or has been modified at some point. Mine is definitely all a single piece consisting of the bridge which is then enlarged to create the whole scratch plate.

Yup. Had mine a few months now and it works flawlessly.

Seymour Duncan

Aren't the tribal plate and the bridge one whole piece? That's the whole point on Trabens. The massive one piece brass bridge to create sustain. I don't think removing the bridge from the tribal decoration plate is possible, unless you're willing to attack it with a grinder. It's all one piece.

I didn't even know anything about the Deacy amp. Very cool little bit of music history.

Mine's got Seymour Duncan pickups and preamp and it sounds gorgeous.

I agree. The Trabens punch well above their weight and sound tremendous. But the looks aren't for everyone. Mine is quite tame looking with the oval bridge that just looks like a chrome scratch plate. So I'm happy to live with it (although I rarely play it now as I've moved on to six string basses) But I think the flame bridges look extremely "tacky" and cheapen what is otherwise an excellent instrument.

You're not wrong. I'm down to my last spare set. What am I supposed to do in another five years when I put those on?

I've just been upgraded to "Mentor" 😳 Ha ha! You're all scr@wed now.

And while you're at it, drop anything else by Status Quo.

Not to mention leaving a whole load of nasty looking screw holes exposed.

Hi Dan. I love Timisoara, it's a very beautiful city. I have stayed there a few times on my road trips between the UK, and Bulgaria where I now live. I can't remember the name of it, but there's an especially nice restaurant right on the corner of the main square which is absolutely superb, and does (or at least used to) a Dracula mixed grill. Bloody lovely! 😋

Yeah I had a look at mine but I couldn't find a bloody tape measure anywhere, but it looks like standard 19mm spacing, so there should be plenty of choices for replacement bridges.

I think the bloke in the white shirt must have been her carer.

Oh, so you're the one.

I watch this guy quite a bit on YouTube. A lot of it is clickbaity rubbish with regards to the presentation and subject matter. But his playing is phenomenal.

Sorry. You lost me at Oasis. 😆

I pick my nose and finger my bass.

2 beers and a poke in the eye where I live.

That's exactly why they're to blame. Everything that comes out of Boris' mouth is a lie. So if he says there's no fuel shortages. There almost certainly is. Or at the very least, people are going to believe there is.