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That did occur to me, but didn’t redo it. Thanks, Douglas.

I’ve followed on Basschat the various scams this piece of filth has carried out; how he’s still walking the streets beggars belief.

Classic looks and at that price, hard to beat.

Don't know about you, but I'd have gone for the Ibanez because it looks as cool as a cool thing. The non Strat, Strat would be great for travelling, but I'm not sure about the playing ergonomics.

Nice

Love that ‘80s-tastic, crackle finish.

Frank, you are a legend. What a nice thing to do.

That reveal was very cool.

A build thread? Count me in. Oh yeah….

A whole bunch here. https://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/fender/accessories/pickups/electric/

It’s doubtful that you could do cheaper for the same level of components, like building your own guitar to the same spec is always more expensive. The pickups alone seem to be £185 for the set and everything else will be Fender branded/approved (whatever that amounts to), so will easily mount up for the other £65. I have used Allparts, WD and Northwest Guitars for components in the past.

I have ‘just’ 5 basses and 4 guitars these days, although I’m always open to more

Basses I can list easily: Yamaha BB300 Westone Thunder 3 Yamaha RBX Fender USA Jazz Fender MIM Jazz fretless MM USA SUB (later defretted) Fender USA Precision MM USA Stingray MM USA Stingray 5 Fender Roscoe Beck Signature 4 string Fender 1963 Precision Fender Roadworn (with added P pickup) Sandberg Basic VM MM Sterling Ray34 Fender Victor Bailey Acoustic Lakland 5502 Ibanez GWB35 Ibanez SR505 Ibanez SR1605 Rob Allen MB2 Rickenbacker 4003s Maruszczyk Elwood L custom, fretless (1xMM) Maruszczyk Elwood L custom (JJ) Maruszczyk Jake L Fender JMJ Mustang MM Sterling Stingray SS Guitars I don't have a list already done, but from memory and not necessarily in order: Greenburst, awful steel strung acoustic, make unknown Nylon strung Spanish guitar, make unknown Audition, twin pickup double cutaway Grantson SG Junior Generic Japanese double cutaway, similar to Audition Guyatone Strat type with drum machine built in Aria Les Paul Hofner Fut... something or other, maybe a Galaxy Yamaha SA2000 Ibanez Roadstar Eko Ranger 12 Antoria L5 copy Tokai Love Rock Tokai Breezysound Gordon Smith Gypsy Fender Strat x 2 Fender Tele x2 PRS McCarty PRS Swamp Ash Special Gretsch Streamliner PRS Singlecut SE Yamaha Pacifica Cort double cut Washburn Woodstock Tanglewood Electro Acoustic (Takemine rip off) Starfield Altair (an Ibanez alt brand) Washburn solid body acoustic Ovation Celebrity Bowlback Gibson ES335 Yamaha Super Strat Epiphone Casino Simon & Patrick Rosewood Pro Epiphone J200 Epiphone Casino Coupé Squier Classic Vibe Tele I'm sure there are others, but I can't recall them at the moment.

The son of my parents’ friends’, who was older than me (I must’ve been 11 at the time), had an Eko Ranger 6, dreadnought. It was the coolest thing I’d ever seen or heard. I’d already learnt to play a couple of musical instruments, so I already had a leaning in that direction. Once I’d seen and heard that guitar (he was into CSNY, etc) I wanted to learn. My first guitar was an awful acoustic bought on a holiday, barely playable. Then a Spanish guitar that was OK that I could actually learn properly on. I bought my first electric from a friend with my pocket money, it was an Audition brand from Woolworth’s. My parents bought me another couple of cheap electrics, once it was clear that I was going to stick with it, but my first reasonable quality electric was an Aria Les Paul (one of the famous lawsuit models), which I bought with money earned working a full time summer job. Many guitars followed and then I switched to bass and many more instruments followed. Why do I play? I have to, it’s in my bones.

That surely is a handsome beast.

I’m also guided by weight these days, especially for basses. I think, on the whole, basswood is generally light, but each instrument differs somewhat. Something that is important regarding weight, is balance. I had a Stingray that was a hefty lump, but on the strap the balance was spot on and made it feel lighter and then there’s strap width to consider, which also helps. Anything chambered is going to lighter than it’s all solid equivalent and totally hollow lighter still of course. My Casino Coupé is stupid light, but obviously not a Strat.

Nice to see that your dog is a rock fan.

Welcome to the forum. My normal recommendation for replacement hardware is Hipshot, but a set of those would be almost half the value of your Ibanez. I would probably go with Wilkinson tuners for your AX120 as they’re good quality and reasonably priced.

Gotta love a bound body, Telecaster. GLWTS &…

The Papa, he say yes!

I haven't used one either. However, Yamaha's silent double bass is reckoned to be the best EUB on the market, so I can't imagine that they'd drop the ball on the classical guitar version.

I’ve looked at the Valeton strip fx units for both guitar and bass. Hard to beat at the price.