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  1. Paul S
    Of course, Silvia. I am dismayed that you may have been left with the impression that men are so misogynistic and shallow to believe those could possibly be a woman's only interests. I am sure you are also interested in makeup, jewelery, tanning studios, eyelashes, eyebrows, nails, washing, ironing, recipes, TV soaps ... 🤨
  2. Paul S
    Get one made, now you have narrowed down your wants list. I'm sure Andy would do something for you. Or have a play with the configurator at Public Peace, see what comes out.
  3. Paul S
    Practically giving this away, folks! More protection that a duvet cover
  4. Paul S
    This is the situation here. I recently sold a Thunderbird as I was never realistically going to be using it and she tried her hardest to dissuade me from selling it.
  5. Paul S
    Does it have the coil tap? I guess it does. This REALLY isn't doing my sellers remorse any good
  6. Paul S
    Bargain alert!! That is a terrific price for one of these. I had one for a while - lightweight, slim neck, punchy tone.
  7. Paul S
    I'm having a bit of a to-and-fro with them at the moment. I ordered a Hipshot Supertone 2 point bridge. A few days later they emailed to say it was out of stock and would I wait. 2 days later they emailed to say one was on its way as they'd had a return. It arrived in a plastic bag with bits missing - unfortunately the very bits I needed, which were the larger thread bolts. I told them this, they asked for a picture of what had arrived. Being helpful, so I thought, I included a pic of the bolt thread from the original so they could see what I was missing. I then got a fairly patronising reply saying they had sent everything as the 3 bolts were there. I got a bit snippy at that point. I'm still waiting for new stock to arrive from the USA so they can send me the missing bolts. I don't get much from them but I'd say over 50% of my dealings with them have been less than great. If I wasn't such a cheapskate I'd go elsewhere but often their prices are lower. I think the daftest one was buying a secondhand MIJ Precision 'modern style with no scratchplate, pearl finish and black headstock that was 30" scale. Lovely, not seen one of those in short scale. When it arrived it was 34" scale. I mean, really?
  8. Paul S
    Dagenham?
  9. Paul S

    HB PB-20 SBK

    Paul S replied to Mutley's topic in Build Diaries

    Not a pointless waste of time and money at all. An invaluable learning experience that has given you a sense of achievement and a lot of fun, more like. I love this kind of fiddling, myself.
  10. Paul S
    Good man. I'd put up with the aftertaste. Or, better still, use Mrs S's toothbrush when she was at work. More seriously, thanks for good report
  11. Paul S
    And now sold
  12. Paul S
    Blue sparkle and blue LEDs - now your talking
  13. Paul S
    7.5lbs would, of course, be better...
  14. Paul S
    Fixed that.
  15. Paul S
    on hold.....
  16. Paul S
    SKB or Hiscox for me. I like the fitted SKB ones out of preference - I particularly like the latches on them - but in terms of protection it is the toss of a coin.
  17. Paul S
    Been looking into the cost of a courier. The insurance is the thing - booking DHL using Interparcel is £35 for UK mainland to UK mainland but fully insured bumps it to £75. It is in a hard case and I'll pack that into a box but nevertheless I won't send it under insured. So, expensive insurance aside, that leaves collection from SS7, delivery within reason for fuel costs or meet half way. But those last options may have to hang on until restrictions are relaxed a bit as I am not sure it is within the rules.
  18. Paul S
    Yup. You've made up your mind so I won't confuse you any further with hands on, real life experience 😉
  19. Paul S
    Fixed that for you. You actually trot this out every time Squiers are mentioned. So I'll trot out, like I do every time, that my Squier JV Precision is the best Precision bass I have ever played, which is quite a few. And so continues our mutually ignored posts on the subject.
  20. Paul S
    I had one for a while and, as it happens, they are exceedingly nice. At the same time I had a Squier VM Mustang and a '79 Fender Musicmaster and the Vista was the pick of the bunch. But not £500 nice.
  21. Paul S
    I had one in the mid noughties. Sold it for £180. And it had a NOS perspex bridge that I managed to track down.
  22. Paul S
    I have decided to move this beauty on. Gibson Thunderbird in tobacco burst, very good condition. Serial number dates it to 26th January 2011 (Happy Birthday!). It is extremely lightweight by Thunderbird standards - my luggage scale hovered between 3.6 and 3.7kg, so 8lbs +/- a whisker. Superslim neck, 37mm at the nut. String spacing at the bridge is 17.5mm according to my failing eyes, shaky hands and a ruler When I got it the original 3 point bridge stood as proud as a jetty at low tide. I replaced it with the Hipshot Supertone and had my usual tech guy make a mahogany shim for it to sit on as fitted flush on the body with the saddles raised high was still not high enough for my agricultural style of playing. I think he made a pretty damned fine job of it, too. Overall it is in really great nick. A small amount of ceiling scrapeage on the tip of the headstock, a dink in the upper side of the lower bout, a teeny dink in the forward upper bout, some buckle rash. Other than that it gleams with great grain showing through. Sounds just exactly how you would expect a Thunderbird to sound. Passive but pretty hot, V/V/T controls. Comes with the original Gibson USA fitted hard case. Someone at some point changed the strap buttons to Dunlop lockable jobs - no originals when I bought it. I will put both halves of these in the case, together with the original bridge. I am pricing this to sell at £850 collected from SS7. I will courier this but fully insured this big heavy case will most likely to come out around £40 - I will confirm. UK mainland only at this stage. No offers or trades, thank you.
  23. Paul S
    These have been changing hands for crazy money recently. This one is starting low, if nothing else. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Squier-by-Fender-Musicmaster-vista-bass/124550563139?hash=item1cffcac543%3Ag%3ADzoAAOSw0PtgFC5B&LH_ItemCondition=3000
  24. Paul S
    I had one of these, different flavour to the Thunder, the pup was slightly more aggressive. They came in 32" scale and 34" scale, from the proportions this looks like a 32"? Looks like it might be a simple restoration, more time than money. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Matsumoku-4-string-Electric-Bass-Guitar-USED-Solid-body-Working/363275760202?hash=item5494ec324a%3Ag%3A7AgAAOSw5wlgFAR3&LH_ItemCondition=3000
  25. Paul S
    Fabulous stuff, Andy.
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