Well, I got kind of reamed on the shipping (their promo applied to every service except UPS which was the only one which would take the larger box of this and a couple other things), but I'm hoping this is now a week or two away ...

Still waiting for them to pack the fckn thing for forwarding! I think they’re pretty busy.
Don’t let you-know-who catch you ogling the pics Pat.

When you say “all” does that include taps and isolated single coils? *Either* of the coils in each pickup?
I suspect you may end up with more wire in the circuit than in the pickups themselves.

Some things are better as surprises

I bought a “highly experienced” Tele a couple of years ago (was Sonic Blue, now Marlboro Gold) and that set me in the path of righteousness. Maybe this one will be a disaster tho.

... but I can save it, I swear! <sobs desperately>

I suppose there are a few shortscalers familiar with the Old Friends dogs home where they take hideous, stinky old dogs, give them a makeover and find new homes for them. I've realised this is my aesthetic for guitar collecting: not the pristine time capsules, but guitars who've lived so hard they a...

Alas I brought a crappy head cold home from the trip with me as well, but the bass survived its trip disassembled in a terrible old suitcase. Gotta get it back together and see what's what.
It came strung with some very old flatwounds which I'm pretty happy about!

Yeah, it’s like the solid body guitars were covered by the oddball Teisco / Guyatone / Arai models, but then the Gibson styles were cloned, and the Fender styles followed. I’ve never had a Gibson style bass and I’m loving it so far. When I get home I will be sorting out the electronics etc, looking ...

Visiting my brother interstate, flew in with carryon only, return ticket includes a suitcase. Let’s have a quick look at Gumtree. Half a day later I have this 70s beauty, for about $A100 or fifty quid. Short scale, bolt neck, early 1970s, same as the Ibanez EB3s of the period (and same factory). Nee...

Aw, thanks. I am trying to keep a lid on it (and need to sell a few) but sometimes I just can’t resist.

WELL ‘ARD

Q: what is not short-scale, but is somehow very Shortscale?
A: this mf (on its way from Shinjuku after some negotiation)

“dissociative winding”

Sweet, now you just have to practice writing “A Y” on the bobbin and you’ll make a million.

Welcome back to 2014, no pandemic, when my favourite record was HTRK's Psychic 9-5 Club , favourite film was Under the Skin and a bunch of weird stuff was happening in my life. This bass has been waiting its turn. Thru Offset I recently found this absolutely badass NB-4 which I prefer to the red tra...

ROB YOU NEED TO SUE THEM

http://www.fender.com/en-GB/squier-ele ... 50535.html

but hear me out, a kind of muted mocha brown

Choc chip

I seem to recall these are conversion necks? (i.e. that a standard Strat neck would suit the location of the bridge). Maybe that's the way to go. It sounds good and the feel and quality of the body is really nice, I guess 24" is as short as I can go. I was always curious about these and now I k...