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    Start a collection
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    Must admit I'm tempted to use Superglue, I grow my right hand nails to play acoustic and they then break the moment I start playing bass again. I wonder if there's any risks (although given Superglue was apparently developed for surgical purposes I'm guessing not, or at least low)?
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    I used to use paint on nail strengthener from high street pharmacy. Does the job just fine
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    Yes, love mine
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    All four non-singers in my band carried an SM58 on account of our singist’s perpetual failure to bring a mic to gigs
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    I’ll say it again, why’s it always the drummist? Or the......
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    Our drummist turned up to a recording session without any sticks. The manager thought it a good idea to go out into the woods and find a solution. I will never forget the moment she stood there, holding up two drumstick length twigs, saying ‘will these do’? To his credit, drummist gave it a go. Four hours later we started the recording having found a local percussionist happy to lend us his sticks. Why’s it always the drummist? Or the singer? Or the guitarist?
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    Drummer turning up without his cajon sounds like the best outcome for me Jack.
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    Without wishing to distract from the sales thread (my apologies Tom) I wish there were more such discussion here mate, it’s informative, often builds confidence among potential buyers, and in the odd occasion when it doesn’t, is probably saving at least one member a great deal of hassle. In this case, and to my mind, the discussion has made the item for sale more attractive
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    If you use PayPal and pay via Reverb you’re fine
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    Reverb is great BUT it can be frustrating as a buyer as it’s a little more laid back than eBay. Not unusual to buy something, pay for it and not hear from the seller for quite a while. I bough a guitar there a while back and got a refund because the seller said ‘it’s not a great time for me to send, might be a few weeks’. I’d take that on BC from someone I know, but not From a seller I don’t on a dedicated sales forum!
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    I know, it's unexpected isn't it! Mine was very nice and felt authentically vintage at a time when Fender tended to churn out instruments covered in heavy and very un-vintage coat of, I assume, poly. I think it was more authentically vintage feeling than the subsequent and numerous relic series also. It was also very light. If only I liked Jazz Basses
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    I've probably got one for sale somewhere mate Have a great evening Andy, imagine it's well deserved and long overdue for you both
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    Imagine if we all got sober, the FS forums would dry up in days
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    Sold pending the usual Chris
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    Have to say the third video clip was WAY better and did demonstrate musicality for sure. Bach and Jaco made me cringe though, sounded like they were played by a machine
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    I'm happy to never hear any more of the kid bassist who can certainly play fast but certainly can't play either in tune or with any musicality, it's just not entertainment. But I am SO looking forward to more from BassicBbBlues/Basslover
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    Yep, here it is, Strat style PG and Strat controls, lovely.
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    Thanks guys, much like the above, I have more FLs than any man can reasonably justify at the moment (three, four if you include my EUB). I'd love to keep it but I prefer the flexibility of my Fender-fit bitsas on which I can mix and match necks and bodies as the mood takes me - four bodies, four necks, it's like having 16 basses In response to a few PMs I can courier this as I have some very strong boxes and packaging. Chris
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    Just had the pleasure of a two-hour, albeit socially distanced, meet-up with Nik, in which we discussed all things bass, music and life. Who needs a therapist when there's guys like Nik around? Many thanks for your time mate, great to chat. Here's one of the moments we discussed; one of the great performances, and at the time rumoured to be one of the most expensive edits in movie history
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    American Trad series were a hybrid of Mex and USA although I forget the finer details. They are great instruments, forerunners of the Highway One series (as mentioned by Karl in the original FS ad)? I think the one I owned a while back had a single strat-style pick-guard and no chrome control plate
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    Good, too much stuff doesn’t get called out but should. I’ve a few nice versions of PMT I was going to post re the member in question but I’ll keep them to myself
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    Yep
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    Oh dear
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    Second of my basses to go in my Covid sale! A bass identical or at least extremely similar to that Bakithi Kumalo used on Graceland, and although it's probably in my head, the lines from that album do sound rather authentic on this bass (perhaps as the result of it's having won the 'Who can get the P and J pickups furthest apart on the same instrument?' competition'). It was originally white and has faded to a rather attractive (apparently) nicotine yellow over the years. Since the photos were taken the bridge was swapped for the original, I'll try to get some photos up of how it looks now tomorrow. As seems to be the case with pretty much everything that came out of Japan in the 80's, it's quality is outstanding and on a par with far higher priced current instruments. Some comments on this bass and further details from people who know more about it than I do in this thread......
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