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NFN as they say (from the Preston area)

...played at twice the speed (good for metal).

What if you come a family rife with in-breeding and actually have 6 fingers on each hand?

I think Norman Wisdom is meant to deceive so I'm voting for Jeff Berlin if only because I don't recalling him touring as a named artist.

Looking forward to seeing the build thread on this, or hoping there will be at least some updates failing that!

@Muppet can I enquire whether the volume control on the Tone Pocket only controls the bass level? i.e. do you control the input from, say, your iPod from the unit itself?

Just seen the Tone Pocket on Reverb for £139 inc.P&P (direct from Ashdown it would appear).

I believe so. Can't quite see the s/n on your lovely bass, but mine was an M same as the OP's with a lower number so probably built around the same time if slightly earlier.

Here's a p[ic of my S/S Squier where you can see the logo. Looking at the aboive it looks like it may have been sanded off on the OP's bass.

Current collection (all 4-string): ACG Custom J-Type fretless ACG Standard Recurve fretless ACG Custom RetroB ACG Standard J-Type ACG Classic Finn 32" scale Anaconda Crusher CES-4 Fender Precision 1966 Fender Precision Highway One Fender Jazz 65RI CIJ Spector Euro 4LE '77RI Spector Euro 4LE '79RI

I thought a few of the basses on the site were a bit pricey tbh.

Whatever you do don't put it down in a dark room, you'll never find it again.

Better for metal of course.

It did have the veneer but it was really 'average' possibly as it was to be painted over. We did think the blocks were mahogany bu it was a best guess really. On the upside doing this did lighten the weight of the bass somewhat heresy or not. No idea what I was thinking with blocks and stack knobs though.

That's quite cool and deffo looks better than my random strip of sponge whose provenance remains uncertain.

Is it any good for metal?

My Antoria Jazz had the butchers block sandwich, I stripped all the paint off and finished it in Danish Oil. I say I stripped it, in reality it was Jack at his self titled Instruments Services who did the work (very nicely too). I think it came out pretty well.

https://www.musicradar.com/reviews/rikkers-classic-line-precision

We should run this again in 2 months time when we're all stir crazy, there'll be no holding back then

Made of wood, doesn't qualify.

That'll be it, can't be using wood now can we. Possibly plexiglass as a backup bass?

Black/Black/Rosewood like the Lakland above also very nice imho.

Just trying to work out what is left to like

How tedious would it be if we all wanted a pointy bass constructed with exotic woods with jazz pickups, a 4 over 1 (overly extended) headstock, randomly scattered control knobs and a tort scatchplate. Vive a difference. Sin of omission. The bass would have flashing multi-colour LEDs both side and on the face of the fretboard.

Nah, that would be one of these