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  1. Beedster
    ... well this is probably about as cheap as you can get something that sounds and plays like a 70's/80s Ray. In fact it's probably as low a price as you'll get a bass of this quality full stop, they really are in the same league as the 'full' Stingrays, and this one is not only as well engineered and built as Stingrays I've owned, it just feels more solid and bombproof, which is never a bad thing in a gigging instrument 👍
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    You gotta be very careful what you offer @bakerster135 Lovely lovely bass, it's a very odd thing just how the small differences in question equate do an iconic instrument. But they do 👍
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    I agree, most are easy to spot, but that's true of all deception really. But given in nearly areas of art, engineering, tech, where there are a small number of fakes that even experts struggle to find the flaws that determine it's not the real deal, there must be at least a couple of 'bad Nash/bad Limelight' type luthiers out there?
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    I often wonder how many of the basses out there are fake, despite the owners believing that they’re 100% genuine. Copying, as well as relicing/aging are now so easy to do, and the impulsivity and emotionality of many buyers of vintage instruments means that we often accept very limited evidence when buying a ‘dream’ instrument ?
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    You can bet there’s a lot more out there than those Gibsons
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    None of it was your fault or your responsibility mate. Frankly he’s an idiot, not so much for messing it up in the first place which can happen, but for not having made good since, which might have allowed me (and BC) to see it as a random deviation from normal service as opposed to a warning sign of how deep down he views his customers and his professional responsibilities 😕
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    Having looked for a very long time I speak from experience when I say that these do not come up for sale very often, which usually means they're so good once people have them they keep them. Sorry it didn't work out for you Dan, get yourself back into Modulus Flea territory again 👍
  8. Beedster
    Well I hope a BC member saw it, jumped, finds it's the real deal, and gets an early Xmas present 👍
  9. Beedster
    Live and studio, two different worlds 👍 Defo FL or FL-alike in the studio, very un-Clayton either way
  10. Beedster
    The Troubles on Songs of Innocence sounds very fretless to me?
  11. Beedster
    ......and if it is genuine, I imagine it will resurface at a significantly higher price in the near future 👍
  12. Beedster
    That's the truth 👍
  13. Beedster
    Well, they did, as per the two in the Geddy Lee book 👍 But yes, it's a mystery bass, I'd didn;t take too close a look at it just assumed it was modified to a greater or lesser degree 👍
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    Either I'm going mad or they revised the listing, but when I first saw it I'm sure it was listed at 1980. It being 1970, mint, and apparently rare, means it's probably not the latter and has been modified/refinished. Either that or a buyer got very lucky 👍
  15. Beedster
    Ha ha, no not on your setlist But just in case.....
  16. Beedster
    I hope whoever paid £5K did their homework, my gut instinct when I saw the price tag was 'I'd need a lot of provenance before paying that'. Might be a one-off in early FCS model, might be one of a very short factory run, but in either of those cases I'd expect a price tag significantly uphill of £5k, after all plenty of mint condition but otherwise standard instrument from that era get quite close to that figure as it is.
  17. Beedster
    Love to 👍 I have further good news, I just heard some fretless (surprised me as well), that's gotta be another two basses?
  18. Beedster
    That makes sense, thanks. Rattle & Hum feels very American at times also 👍
  19. Beedster
    Inspired by this thread, I'm listening to U2 today, and have to say what a damn fine listen it is, especially if you're a fan of solid power bass playing. It might just be the random playing order, but I'd never noticed before just how Americana they sounded mid-late 80s? Great gig though @police squad, I'm going to try to get to the Kent leg 👍
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    There's a little part of me that still gets angry about it 😡
  21. Beedster
    Nashville, wow 👍
  22. Beedster
    No, you’ll need six, flats and rounds for each of the above 👍
  23. Beedster
    Mesa Subway, California pedigree, light as a feather 👍
  24. Beedster
    It's gonna be a while mate, it's quite a set list to learn 👍
  25. Beedster
    ...although @Linus27 clearly does 👍
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