AndyTravis

Magic. Give me a shout when you realise you could’ve had a bitsa instead and I’ll knock something up to swap 😉

It’s now no longer available...tell me you did?!

Is it any good for metal though?

Really am guys, especially now I know what the eq on the bass does in line with the amp. need a foot switch next 👌🏻

Ssh. Keeps the prices down innit...

It was a “caption this...” thing on Facebook. I’m sure the person who won it sold it on for £50 the first chance they got.

Also we had to replace tickets all the time. I approached the MD with Hand written swing tags - we spent hours a day producing price tickets for stuff. The vat changes, fluctuating strength of the pound vs dollar, costs of fuel affecting delivery charges (at one point we paid £5 a guitar on Fender and £8 a guitar on Epiphone/Gibson) it was fecking soul destroying. The MD said ‘no - it’ll look crap’ All the big companies took turns upping prices, eventually, the store manager just used to spend days on end typing new prices onto tickets.

There’s a lovely 800 which is very similar for sale in the marketplace. Buy it so I don’t have to 😉

Bah humbug. I suppose 1 set is worth a shot - not used them for years.

Are they rough as a bears derrière like Rotosound?

Buy the cheaper one and a butterfly sticker. Nobody would know 😉

I left the guitar selling game in 2015. It was always mega hard, and I know guitar shops get slated on here and there’s poor service everywhere etc. Thing is, if retailers with own brand product are struggling you’d better believe anyone re-selling like guitar shops are. In America they ran the MAP (minimum advertised price) System, meaning retailers all advertising the same price and you choose your buying experience and the retailers apply their desired discount. Think Yamaha and Fender got into bother over trying that in the UK. There’s no money in selling music gear - very poor margins and nice retail space is expensive to run. apart from strings and an amp, I’ve not bought new since leaving MI retail (in fact I bought a Breedlove and Sandberg from GBBL when drew ran it - but that was a sale price/px deal)

Oh god, these. When I worked in a shop we signed a big dealership with ESP/Selectron and got 4 of these as part of that. They were incredibly bad. We sold 2 at full retail believe it or not. We then had one on display for about a year and ended up selling it for £399 or some such price. The fourth was used in a giveaway.

Not the most offensive thing I’ve ever seen.

I’m in negotiations, but cites and shipping may have stopped it dead. erm. the bb1100 and 350f (1987) feel very similar, the 300 (1984) has a very different neck profile (like a D) and the 414 feels like a stingray neck finish and has that “dry” quality to it. the 200 was sent to the wrong end of the country but should be here Monday - before I sort it and get ready to send out (I don’t need a 200 and a 300) sound wise, they’re all a bit different with the 1100 being active, 300 a reverse P, 414 passive and 350f fretless. I suspect the 1600 would be closer sound wise to the 414.

I admire your style - I think my amp Has all this covered, but see how I’m fixed on payday, might entertain one.

Dun dun derrrrrrr!

https://www.facebook.com/groups/689090051102626/permalink/2251731851505097/?sale_post_id=2251731851505097 didnt take long

There’s a guy on Facebook who seems to have loads of old bits. He lists them once in a blue moon. Let me go digging.