EssentialTension

34" or I would still have it.

I had a car that was Cappuccino Beige Metallic.

Original of Money was Barrett Strong on Motown label in 1959. Many covers besides the Beatles. Another UK hit version was Bern Elliot and the Fenmen.

... and Chas Hodges on bass, Mick Burt on drums ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSL73EupKHQ

I like that colour despite the name.

I had one in antique ivory first time around. Loaded it with Ernie Ball cobalt flats and it sounded massive.

A guitarist I played with in the mid-1970s had a black Shaftesbury Les Paul just like that one. He had it set up with a highish action for playing slide. I recall it sounding pretty good. His other guitar was a John Birch Flying V. By the late-1970s I was in a different band with a different slide guitarist who had the very same black Shaftesbury Les Paul. His other guitar was a Fender Telecaster. That I can recall these events from 40 or 50 years ago means I know I am gettign old.

Go down your local B&Q and check the paint section. Arctic White is more like brilliant white and requires sunglasses in a bright light. Olympic White is more like magnolia, much more relaxing. Non-Fender versions of Olympic White often get called Ivory.

Bought a Mustang Bass from Clarky ... as smooth as always. Thank you.

It didn't look massively difficult, especially if you started with the correct size.

You perhaps read this at Talkbass already ... https://www.talkbass.com/threads/adding-zero-glide-to-hofner-ignition.1218476/ I'm considering it myself.

I was a teenager in the 1960s. At the time, I had no idea who the players were but Osborn was one of the bassists you heard constantly (without knowing it , of course) on much US pop music. Hence, even though I didn't take up bass playing until the early 1970s, JO had aleady influenced me. It is unfortunate that he didn't influence me more.

Here we go again ...

Ah, now you're thinking of me again. Which supermarket?

Heaven knows why?

That's fantastic. Thanks for posting.

Makes sense

Yes

That's the ones that I have on my Chinese Club ... https://www.hofner.com/guitars-basses/guitar-accessories/guitar-strings/hofner-bass-strings-flat-wound.html They are different to the Contemporary series. They are, I believe, made by Pyramid. And I have seen a close up pic of McCartney's Hofner and it appeared to have the dark green silks. https://www.hofner.com/guitars-basses/guitar-accessories/guitar-strings/hofner-bass-strings-nylon.html These black nylons have bright lime green silks. I struggled to get the E string through the tuner and so stuck to the ordinary flatwounds above. However, here in Brighton, I have spoken to a guy busking on a Chinese Hofner with Hofner black nylons, so it can be done and he sounded great.

I imagine Thomann have a longstanding agreement with Fender which grants them the right to sell Fender products within the EU, of which the UK is no longer a member state.