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If money was no object, would you by the Fodera or a vintage Fender (I would image it would probably be early 70s for this money)?

Damn , even better value. Been eyeing your OW bass up Mr WoT

Is there customs duty / VAT / any other taxes that need to be considered for these basses. Poland are in the EU are they not?

I think it looks great. There are some nice ACGs with holly tops too, it's like a natural vintage white.

[quote name='The-Ox' timestamp='1452121098' post='2946818'] I think I am gonna try and keep mine as minimal a possible, will try and keep a max of 2 basses [/quote] Traitor

[quote name='Urban Bassman' timestamp='1450115176' post='2929763'] Seriously considering one of these myself. How are you finding it? [/quote] It's probably the best J Type bass I've played (non custom-made that it). Mine weighs around 7.5lbs and has a lovely flame maple neck. The pickups are great (passive) and the V/V/T/T set up allows plenty of variation and a nice snap with everything full on. I'm now contemplating replacing one of the volume with a pickup selector switch for even more variety. I really rate this bass and I can't see it going anywhere. I've gigged it several times and pretty much always have it with me as back up when I take my ACGs out to play.

Things moving apace now. Muppet here failed to notice the protective film on the p/g, well it was very neat So my apologies to Warwick for that completely unreasonable accusation. Mea maxima culpa. The holes definitely didn't come close to matching though, but it seems like a solution is fast being organised which is great.

Just acquired a Nate Mendel P from Chris. Great transaction, everything exactly as described, really smooth and Chris is a top bloke to deal with. Many thanks.

Ha, of course; apologies for not remembering. Too many blows about the head...

My ACGs have J East electronics in them and very good they are too. You can buy a filter preamp from Alan at ACG but the are not so cheap, however they will get you to that sound. They do pop up on here occasionally too. I actually have an ACG Jazz type bass with the simpler version of the filter preamp call an SEQ: [url="http://www.acguitars.co.uk/acg_admin/wordpress/portfolio/0200ss-j-type-4/"]http://www.acguitars...200ss-j-type-4/[/url] Have a look on the Design dropdown and click the electronic link for more info.

Is that the photos or the player Merton? I've never let my lack of ability stand in the way of acquiring ACGs. I still want to find a way to try out your ACG 'P' at some point. Lovely looking bass there Kev

[quote name='Truckstop' timestamp='1452069367' post='2945994'] Are they all ACGs? [/quote] Some of them are ACGs, but 2 definitely are not

Probably too many, but hey ho! Probably doing 30+ gigs in 2016 2 x fretless 4s 1 x fretless 5er 4 x fretted 4s but all very different in my defence

Me too, universally good experiences with SD.

I've a set of black ones in the drawer if none of the above works out.

Fender Road Worn Jazzes are great (if you like that kind of thing).

Further update from Warwick: I received and email today offering apologies, a full refund and a desire to sort me out with an p/guard that fits. This feels more like it. I will update on progress as it happens.

Both the bands I play in qualify. As to why, not sure really we are all older and wiser and more tollerant I guess. The average age of one band is c.60 and the other c.40 I guess.

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1451267031' post='2939235'] We really dont compete with the boys night out bands. And remember typically the boys night out bands don't really want gigs and are rareley persueing them. Blue [/quote] Massive generalisation with which I disagree whole-heartedly. I may only gig 25-30 times a year with one BNO group (blues and classic R&B covers) and less that that with the other (original music), but we still look for gigs. Looking at others playing in the same venues covers and tribute bands do most of the busness while people playing original music are hugely under-represented. Doesn't stop us trying though.

Try All thumbs on here. Top bloke based in Burnley who has quite a collection of SS basses as well as his own model now being produced, I have played several of the prototypes and they are fabulous. Scott is a top bloke and I'm sure would be more than happy for you to drop round to try a few things out. He has a green Chowny too, plus a few Richwoods and others I can't remember now.

I think it's mostly about the body shape but I'm not really an expert on Sandbergs tbh.

General moan in the vague hope somebody from Warwick is on here. I've been trying to get a black pick guard for my Streamer CV4 as the spec. says black for light coloured basses (mine is natural ash) and cream for darker ones. Fair enough, but my one has a cream one fitted for some reason. I first contacted Warwick via the web contact email address in September. Having heard nothing for a while I tried again via Facebook on 12 October and got a reply saking me to contact the shop directly. This I did the same day and got a response back the next day (yeah) saying they would look into it and get back to me quickly. Two months later on 12 December I sent them an email to ask for an update. I got a response back a couple of days later telling me to order one through the website (no mention of the variation to the published spec.). Having pretty much lost the will to live I coughed up the €80 for a replacement part. This finally landed on 23rd December and I breathed a sigh of relief. On opening the box not only was the pick gaurd scuffed and scratched as if it had been kicked around the floor for a while, all the holes bar one were in different locations to the original fit item, plus there were two extra holes as well. Needless to say I have contacted Warwick again but I'm not holding my breath. Maybe by this time next year.... Pretty dissappointing really for a purveyor of pretty expensive basses.