Recent content by kdn1

All the free saxes were taken in my first year of junior high band...a bass was hanging on the wall, a beat up EB3 Japanese copy...and that was that!

Swiss Army Bass

Thank you all for the quick replies - didn't mean to start a flame-war on the topic of "to relic or not", so I'm sorry if I triggered those who are detractors. It was bought "new", so return is an option. My main concern was the QC - was this intentional or not in the process (for those who...

Question regarding the relic job on the Fender JMJ Mustang - I appreciate the work that goes into replicating JMJ's original Mustang; however, I'm not sure if the flaking on the side of the fretboard is part of it or just a problem with the finish. I just picked this up this weekend and the...

Awesome bass! Thanks for meeting me halfway, @JoePlaysDaBass!

Awesome trade! Always a pleasure working with @AK3000.

Dangerously close to ripping a hole in the Bass-Time Continuum!

Not sure if it's an improvement (speaking as a survivor of grade-school recorder concerts), but I give you...the Bag-less Bagpipe:

Junior high school band teacher...when all the sax positions were taken right away, she pointed to the bass in the corner (Mann SG copy). And Steve Harris, as a 13 year old metal-head in the early 80s. My first bass was a $50 Rogue P-bass copy my parents bought at a garage sale, which served...

To quote Lemmy, the chase is better than the catch (in many cases)...and because I'm sensitive to the bass-ecosystem, I often play catch and release. I see all the same reasons posted that I would have noted...but primarily...I play them, therefore I am, and "he who dies with the most basses...

Yup - stock strings… so far loving what they bring.

NOS = New Old Stock, so unblemished and waiting for my blood, sweat and tears…my time and playing to get it there!

Indeed! Just not installed yet, but soon.

Sold a bunch of things to get my dream bass, a few years late to celebrate my 50th…I guess the next best thing to remortgaging my house for the real deal…my new Fender Custom Shop ‘51 NOS Precision.

From the Pad of Jackie Treehorn...