Jimbilly

mine is a twin for that one, just a bit newer, more original but a bit beatup. It doesn't fit in my spare Hamer (Special) case, which is interesting.

Yes! you have to make those things very clear. When selling a bicycle, I always put the size in the header and as the first line of the text, I used to put the size any old place in the description, but no one reads the full text of the ads and I would often get a response asking about the size ("it's right there in the text!"). I could probably 'hide' damage by just describing it a few lines into the description. I often put 'firm' next to the price, which hardly anyone regards as real, but I think it cuts down on some of the ridiculous lowball offers.

It's always a good move to compare the spouse to the wife of a foreign dictator

I've also given up on Craigslist, and switched to FB, I flip guitars pretty regularly, and the occasional bicycle. Craig's is almost dead, but there are people who don't use FB so it is worth cross posting if you have time. I had another bad trade offer last night (a LOW end Ibanez geo and 200 for a nice but hfc priced bass I have), I just respond "not looking for any trades right now, sorry" I think I will start including "no trades" in my text. But I did actually get a decent trade offer that I took a month or two ago, although I'm still trying to sell that guitar I took in trade. Trade offers that aren't laughable are very rare. I have started included "local (my city) meetup only please" which has actually been very helpful. It's helpful to have a friend to vent to, and to talk to about how to respond to the knuckleheads. Nearly everyone I have dealt with is very cool, - my luck is probably due to run out. Here's a snip of a trade offer that made me laugh that I got a few months ago, I declined the offer.

There's a post on Reddit from 2 years ago, about why Cali's are so expensive. Most of the reply's are sensible, but one guys post really cracks me up "It's for the Hamer enthusiast. These people exist. There are maybe 10 of them in the wild".

I've got a couple of not Hamers that had a some sharp ends off the edge of the fingerboard, just a little bit sharp. I did some careful testing with a small rounded 'needle file' from a set of files I got from Harbor Freight years ago. It went much faster and easier than I had thought. I don't think anyone but a real pro could tell or would care that I did it myself. this looks like the file set I have https://www.harborfreight.com/12-piece-precision-needle-file-set-4614.html?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=21901739426&campaignid=21901739426&utm_content=173216738631&adsetid=173216738631&product=4614&store=51&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwqIm_BhDnARIsAKBYcmu1x58IDUEDmoUSS73DZLsiAoVRX22kXDU2embZ_CRPMvW5fUL2EMkaAlZXEALw_wcB

I had a Epi LP Custom not long ago, I think it was a '23 model, made in China. It was good, much better than the Epis I flipped 10-20 years ago, I showed it to a trusted friend with good taste in guitars, he agreed. My experience with Indonesian builds has been positive, an Ibanez BTB that I had zero complaints about, and I've currently got two Ibanez Premiums (which are made in Indonesia), and they are very very nice. I would have higher expectations of newer production, over older builds.

I'm pretty sure the last new bass I bought was my '97 Cruise V (deluxe; with emg's, and 2tek), it was new 'dated' inventory and heavily discounted, probably in about '99. Prior to that a similarly dated/ and more heavily discounted Cali Standard, almost hfc approved cheap for that red one. I sold it to someone here for something nearly equally stupid like $500, quite a while ago. That awesome little music shop that is now long gone was always discounting something, or had really interesting used gear, a GC casualty. I still have the Cruise V, and it's not leaving anytime soon.

I don't buy any guitars or basses I can't at least get my money back out of, so I *always buy used. I enjoy hunting for used gear to keep or flip and there's no reason to 'overpay' for anything. I also try not to keep anything that's depreciating. The exception to this rule over the past 25 years is the Eart headless (made in China) I got about 2 weeks ago, they're about 10% higher priced than earlier this month, but still pretty stupid cheap, I don't regret getting it, I think it was $319 free shipping off Amazon, - stupid cheap is the exception.

If you have one of those solder removal tools, my old one has what looks like a turkey baster bulb on it, one of those makes removing the old jack from the pcb pretty easy, worth the investment even if you rarely use it

I'm guessing it might give an acoustic a more Taylor-ish sound, which is desirable to many, and should be easy to "tone down"? The Eart headless I got on the weekend has them, so I've had two low price guitars with ss frets now, so smooth, and a little 'bright' sounding I think I would like them on most basses

makes me think of the Smokey and the Bandit Trans Am, in a good way, - very cool guitar

The Eart available from Amazon showed up for my birthday (don't waste your birthday toy requests). So far it has been quite fun, and I can sit on the couch and play when needed. The fretwork is impressive: level, smooth and well intonated. Nice medium neck, about 6 pounds even. The pickups sound good and are well balanced, and somewhat vintage-ish, I was a/b ing it with my old Tokai LP yesterday, but my ears have poor short term memory. Surprisingly, the output is quite a bit lower/quieter than my other guitars (maybe 20% less loud?), but it sounds good, the pup ohms read 15.85 for the bridge and 7.25 neck, 5.02 combined. It stays in tune and is fun to play. I was a bit surprised by how much I have used the headstocks as a reference point. Also a pleasant surprise, it sits nicely on an old regular guitar stand. For $319 + tax, it's hard to not recommend one of these.

still available!?!?