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    therealting replied to tombboy's topic in Feedback

    Bought a strap from Colin and it arrived almost before the email came through from PayPal to say that I’d paid! Measured it for me and everything. Top gent.
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    I use Mono M80 double bags for 90% of my bass and electric gigs. I was lucky to get them secondhand when they were a lot cheaper than they are now, but they are absolutely excellent and still both in great condition after hundreds of gigs each. £280 is certainly not cheap, but I typically have at least £5k worth of instrument in them at any time (either my Dingwall Super P and Super J, or my Sadowsky and 1963 Strats). I won’t skimp out on protection for my babies.
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    Ooof, that is real nice. I do not need another P..
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    My Mustang is 108cm long. My Strats are 99cm long.
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    My Mustang fits comfortably into my Mono M80 double guitar bag. I often use it for gigs where I play both guitar and bass.
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    Can I ask where you are located? Does it have much of a tone acoustically? Does it have strap buttons? Ironically I have both a Super J5 and a Super P5, but they aren’t going anywhere...
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    It can be - I believe Fender actually did a Factory Special Run in roasted swamp ash recently. There was a nice Tele on eBay recently which is fully roasted.
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    It’s not my favourite headstock either, but then I haven’t really seen a perfect 6-string Jazz headstock really. It does mean that at least it fits in a standard case, and helps a little with balance and neck dive.
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    https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/tone-talk-com/id1249845675?mt=2&i=1000396784227
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    Have now done four reading shows with this, jumping straight back in on six string after about five years, and have felt instantly comfortable. Might get a ramp made actually. Need to have a play with pickup height as the C string and B string feel slightly quiet, but am wondering if the previous owner mismatched string gauges as they don’t feel right to me.
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    John Suhr talks about roasted woods in his more recent ToneTalks podcast interview, saying the process raises the resonant frequency / tap tone of a piece of wood, moving it out of the way of normal playing frequencies and reducing dead notes and wolf tones. My 1960 Precision has had a replacement neck made in roasted flame maple, and it’s wonderful. Objectively, it’s a nicer neck than the original one on my 1964 Precision, and more stable too.
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    If you’re in South London, I only use Feline Guitars in Croydon for all my setup requirements. They’ve done setups, repairs, refrets, electronics, etc for me for ten years now and I’ve always been extremely happy with their work.
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    Oh my god.
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    There was a very interesting conversation on the recent Tone Talks podcast with John Suhr where they discuss the cost of making instruments in America, and how a lot of Americans talk about how much they want stuff to be made in America, but then balk at how much they’d have to pay for it. I think he mentioned how PRS would be in trouble if it weren’t for their SE series, etc. This is a business decision, I’m sure. I’ve visited Roger at his NYC workshop, own a Metro and an NYC guitar and have a Sadowsky preamp in another bass. I can understand why, in these times when inflation is pushing up the cost of US products, he sees the need to have something in his line that competes (and likely beats) with the likes of Fender et al.
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    After years of wanting a six-string Jazz bass and looking longingly at the likes of Bassmods and LowEnd Jazz models I. The States, I managed to pick up a KSD at the weekend. A surprisingly nice bass - I thought I’d be thrown by it being a fairly substantial bass compared to, say, my Dingwalls, but I actually found the bass fairly well balanced considering the extra tuner(s), the wide spacing and longer scale length (35”) manageable and the asymmetric neck more comfortable than the slimmer, narrower fanned-fret Ibanez Soundgear I had and sold on last year (it gave me hand cramps). Anyone owned, tried or played one of these before? I think they might be / have been made in Korea.
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    Whereabouts are you located?
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    Been looking for one for a Precision for a while now
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    That is stunning. Almost wish I had a Jazz Bass to put it on!
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    I have a couple of instruments that have been worked on by John, and he is quality! I think January is just a lean month for a lot of people - either paid early in December and waiting for January payday, or the post-Christmas gig dearth and overspending recovery, or all of the above.
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    Really wish my fretting hand could cope with the slim Soundgear necks, because these are absolutely gorgeous.
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    Damn. Would trade my MV4 for this in a heartbeat! What a beauty (:
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    PM returned. Apologies for the delay, was at work. My straps run 45” hole-to-hole (112cm), so I’m guessing this would be too long?
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    What’s the weight?
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    Interested if doesn’t sell.
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    Interested - also interested in knowing length (:
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