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Put in in a sealed bin bag with a bowl of vinegar. Leave it for a couple of days and the smoke smell will go, although it'll smell of vinegar a bit - leave it unsealed (maybe outside on a dry day) for a few hours and it'll be fine. I did this to a Cornell guitar amp and it worked a treat.

My SGC Nanyo Bass Collection SB310 - £80 from Ebay: My Washburn XB500 - £45 from a fellow Basschatter:

It's back again! [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SGC-Nanyo-Chameleon-Green-Electric-Bass-Guitar-RARE_W0QQitemZ190371656290QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item2c5308f262"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SGC-Nanyo-Chameleon-...=item2c5308f262[/url]

[quote name='BassBunny' post='726171' date='Jan 27 2010, 11:30 AM']As opposed to this one what I got [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140372388143&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...e=STRK:MEWNX:IT[/url][/quote] Yeah, stop showing off. [quote name='waynepunkdude' post='726747' date='Jan 27 2010, 07:36 PM']I sent him a message say he had poor pictures and that his ad made my eyes hurt, I shouldn't have done but I was stuck in an abandoned mental institute in the dark (not kidding), I got this back. "sure man,i guess you're right about the ads.i'm just a little too"creative"for my own good and fairly desperate for money y'know? i know you're wrong about the photos(99% wrong anyway,almost to the decimal,based on all of my current ads statistics)because,excluding yourself,everybody has responded remarkably well to the photos and i've had no requests for more photos,where as with previous,more baron ads,i had plenty.one complaint to eighty(plus)compliments hardly feels like a failure to me.the ad got a lot of attension and,in all fairness,i probably scared most of them of personally through idol conversation.i tend to have that effect on people. a man of your inteligence may have deduced that maybe the creator of such an ad has some form of learning disability or psychological problems but,for some reason,you seem to have missed that particular bus. a trip to the opticians would probably do you wonders by the way. also try having a more comfortable lux in the room you're using your computer monitor in.having low levels of surrounding light when using your computer causes major damage to the muscules in your eys and,if you were blind,you wouldn't have been able to "help" me and,to be frank, what would i have done without you? i've sold a fair amount of stuff on here man,a lot of it for far more than its been worth,and the key to my success has been experimentation.adding,swapping,changing,editing,rewording,deleting and moving things around until it hits an apex of popularity,which my ads are never short of anyway. in retrospect,i do apprecaite you reaching out,although i don't believe your intensions,on sending the message to me,where entirely honorable/for my benefit. thanks anyway. bad feedback is feedback none the less and i like learning. if the minute percentage of the market that you reprisent to me has a problem with the ads, i will ofcourse adapt it further to accomodate. i'm serious about the opticians though "buddy" ...and the lux... "[/quote] He might not be a great photographer, but by 'eck is he a comedy genius!

[quote name='Bassassin' post='725003' date='Jan 26 2010, 12:06 PM']Funniest thing I've seen all week. Jon.[/quote] +1. If I need any really underexposed photos I'll know exactly who to go to.

[quote name='Shockwave' post='720479' date='Jan 21 2010, 08:17 PM']Considering i had a Stingray which had two of its three positions not working correctly, i wouldnt say they sounded bad, but they didnt sound correct. One tone was ultra bright and weedy and one was very dark and low in volume. Considering i had never owned a stingray before i just assumed thats what they naturally sounded like and didnt think nothing of it until someone who did know something about MM's pointed it out.[/quote] But honestly, you're being a little product specific here - if you personally tried a bass, decided to part with money for it and then started picking holes in it, then is there any comeback? It's not a new product, it's not mail order - if the buyer didn't like it then he had the privilege to walk away. [quote name='Pete Academy' post='720485' date='Jan 21 2010, 08:22 PM']I'm sorry, but you're really out of order here.[/quote] Not really. Pete, I'm not trying to be provocative - I'm just trying to find some sensible middle ground. You feel responsible for introducing the buyer and therefore you're a little biased, I understand that, but the buyer chose to part with his cash for it, it wasn't you that made the decision. If the seller sold the bass in good faith, then the responsibility is with the buyer to decide whether he likes it enough to purchase it. Anyway - my offer to rewire the bass still stands, and I sincerely hope buyer and seller find a mutually suitable result.

[quote name='eezer rudun' post='719981' date='Jan 21 2010, 11:55 AM']Having later proudly taken it to show a friend who knows stingrays very well he pointed out that it was sounding terrible on two of the three pickup settings (compared with what it should sound like..) and needed attention.[/quote]Just so we're clear, you tried the bass but someone else had to point out that it was sounding terrible? In which case, you can't blame the seller for not recognising there was a problem either. [quote]This was a costly and timely process which resulted in the discovery of sellotaped wiring connections, plus cables not soldered on at all and all pickup wires soldered to the wrong connections...[/quote] It's hardly costly or time consuming to whip a pickguard off and 'correct' any missing/incorrect/sellotaped connections. In fact, assuming the pickup/pots are correct and working, I'll happily rewire it to Musicman specs while you wait for free if you're local. [quote name='Pete Academy' post='720450' date='Jan 21 2010, 07:47 PM']He knows nothing about the workings of a Stingray 5, much in the same way that I know f*ck all about how my car works.[/quote] Not really a great analogy IMHO. I don't know how my car works either, but I know when it's not working.

I'm pretty sure CDEX can encode WAV's to mp3 using Lame.

Yet another positive experience with Beedster - bought a PJB Bass Buddy from him and he was a top bloke throughout. Cheers Chris! P

Thanks Dave, I'm suspecting the relay is playing up - it's been working again, and tapping the top of the amp causes the relay to click off and on intermittently and cutting the output. In my limited experience, I've never heard of an intermittent relay but I'll replace it and see what happens. Ta