I know where you are coming from, Rob, but I could present you with an alternative...
Carlo has a thread running re his own (pretty high standard but suprisingly good value) JAEBirds - he was/is willing to supply a body, loaded or unloaded, fin'd or unfin'd and you have a P... (I'll discuss sales fees later, Carlo...
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I have a (brutalised but resurected) Peter Cook Thunderbird but no band at the moment to use it in...
I also have a very bad reputation for caring for my little herd...
Oh yeah, do post some vids in the own music thread... we have a resident JAE fan in Curt/DC10bass that has his own regular trib...