Back in the fold ...

[Snakum]

Sold my pair of USA Tribute Ts when I quit playing and got rid of everything a couple years ago. All my guitars ... all my basses ... every amp.

Started playing bass again three months ago, almost by accident (got a text from an old bandmate from back in the day). Built a cheap Strat pretty quickly and started to get my fingers back in shape for little strings. Last week my lovely wife bought me another USA Tribute T in Iced Tea Burst and I love it. A bit more work than the first two from '17 but it's sorted now.

 

[Snakum]

Was a little disappointed with the bowed pickup rings but every Tribute in the store had the same problem. And I'm gonna have to reverse the E string saddle for perfect intonation. There is also a slight offset on the board where it meets the neck on the bass side, but I can live with it.

My first two from '17 were perfect.

But got it set up. Sanded the edges for faux binding, and put a toggle ring on it so it looks like the real thing. Plays like a Les Paul should and looks like one, too.