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Business relies on the ignorance of the average punter. A classic case is Debt Collection Agencies. They don't buy debt from companies/councils etc at discount prices, that's BS, they buy data. They then pretend that the "debtor" owes them money, send threatening letters, knock on the door, "can't pay, take it away" etc and that's how they they make their money. What they don't have is a legally valid deed of assignment and without that they have no claim, they are nothing more than a 3rd party interloper that has processed personal data in breach of DPA 2018. They are all part of the system. It's all covered in case law, it's all out there in the open but there's an entire industry based on criminal offence that breaches tons of legislation and Martin Effin' Lewis doesn't tell us about it. This isn't conspiracy, it's how the system works. What parcel couriers and auction houses get up to is childsplay in comparison to councils, utility companies, banks etc

Don't forget the BassChat massive!! 😆

I understand it was their instrument so can do what they like. But if I was modifying a £3k bass, I'd make sure I didn't lose any bits! 😅

Our drummer's studio is our rehearsal room and he plays bass too...his amp is a little terror running through both an orange cab and a hartke cab, sounds amazing and I'm jealous but, hey ho, at least I get to play through it every fortnight. My old Ashdown Mag 210 combo is probably still in a rehearsal room somewhere in the south, I can't remember who bought it but they said it was for a rehearsal room (my back thanks me for selling it 😁).

Say 'what'?

That's very enjoyable Steve. Something of the early Pretenders vibe about them.

There's the added complication of the goods being (in the eyes of the law) counterfeit or bearing an unlicensed trademark. It's illegal to steal and/or sell counterfeit goods and if due process is followed by police in the case that they are involved, the recovered will be assessed, categorised and if the boxes are ticked, they will be disposed of to remove counterfeit goods from the marketplace. Whether or not this particular bass will flag up as counterfeit is anyone's guess. It could slip through the net, get to the buyer and we all learn a lesson about applying decals to headstocks. If it doesn't, I guess things would have to be more like Nash Guitars.

This happens all too often, the parcel companies dispose of goods through the auction houses instead of actually doing due diligence and tracing items back and cross referencing with the lost and missing reports because to do the job properly is time consuming, requires humans, though tbf AI might help, and does not benefit their bottom line. You can be absolutely sure the auction house is indemnified by the parcel company and won't be responsible for auctioning goods which rightfully do not belong to the parcel company. Its what happens when the parcel company is owned by an overseas billionaire instead of the people of this country. And the politicians care not a jig, all is fair in the pursuit of efficiency and revenue generation. A friend of mine had 2 gearboxes disappear never to be found - doubtless disposed of via whichever auction house UPS Castle Donnington disposal passes through, and somebody got themselves 8 grands worth of very specialised transmissions/130kg scrap metal, doubtless for less than scrap price.

No worries at all thank you

Unfortunately I'm wrong - I confused the P2 with the P1. The P2 has one XLR, so in mono, connect it with a standard female to male XLR to a mixer output and you will have a balanced mono mix. For stereo you will need an adaptor to convert two mixer balanced output XLRs into unbalanced feeds that you can then connect (via a two core plus earth mic type cable) to the pins of the XLR feediing the P2 . I don't know if that is available off the shelf, but a simpler option might be to use a TRS jack to XLR male cable and plug it into the mixer headphone socket. David PS sorry for the misdirection.

I might be simplifying it but as I see it, it is all about the disposal of stolen goods... or at least goods not owned by the seller; rather than counterfeit et al.

It looks to be a real bottom-feeder amongst auction houses. Just read the way everything is worded on the website, it's all threatening and warning and fees and BS.

I wouldn't be at all surprised if Gazz wasn't a real person, just an AI bot prodding about to see what word combinations get interaction.....or perhaps is a real person doing similar.

Yeah, it's such a shame Mark puts the Fender logo on, as that could cause real issues here I feel, not least because the auction house has used the name too.

I think you missed my T2 fail after needing to get some wireless IEMs (11th Jan on page 5 of the thread).

Basschat award for the detective work. Brilliant. Just be careful that plod doesn't follow the law and dispose of the goods. That would not be a happy ending to this story. Legally standing Wellers is currently selling stolen and counterfeit goods.

Thank you very much for the info

You typed that as I did above, makes sense, almost like she fills in the gaps of the vocal parts with a bass fill.

I think bass is her main instrument or has been at times at least, I'm not sure what she instrument favours for writing or coming up with ideas for songs on, maybe all of them at different times.

I have also emailed, I think it would be of real help if we all did.

Good idea. I've done likewise; they can't ignore multiple messages... hopefully.

The mixer output to the P2 input follow the same rules as the microphone output to the mixer input, so a standard male to female XLR do the job. For stereo to your P2, you will need two mic cables and a left and a right output from the mixer. David