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This just in: Promoter in shafting shocker!

[quote name='bass_ferret' post='355312' date='Dec 15 2008, 07:48 PM']Well I can only assume from a lack of reply to my request that there are technical issues. As databases are my day job I thought I would mention that its a good idea to do housekeeping before the database ground to a halt. That happened with bassworld and I had to help the admin to sort it. Perhaps you should think about it now. You can start by deleting all the threads with C**t in them [/quote] Which request would that be?

So...any more thoughts on this?

[quote name='skankdelvar' post='352927' date='Dec 12 2008, 05:34 PM']No[/quote] [quote name='beerdragon' post='352929' date='Dec 12 2008, 05:34 PM']No.[/quote] [quote name='Sarah5string' post='352930' date='Dec 12 2008, 05:35 PM']No.[/quote] [quote name='lateralus462' post='352943' date='Dec 12 2008, 05:45 PM']No[/quote] No

Rush without Geddy Lee's voice, the best way to listen to it

[quote name='Andyalfa' post='351758' date='Dec 11 2008, 01:49 PM']Just had the following reply from Russ Swindle at Ashdown [i]"Hi Andy, It sounds like your input and ouput pots need cleaning out - this is something you can do yourself if you're happy to open up the amp. All you need is some contact treatment oil, you can get this at Maplin (order code JP17T). Spray this into the pots and work them backwards and forwards a few times and you should find that all the scratchiness and noise has gone. Regards Russ."[/i] Pretty much echoes the advice from you bass chatters. Thanks for that. Nice little job for Saturday morning coming up. [b]Saves me putting the lights up on a wet tree, anyway[/b].[/quote] Hah, well good luck with it! Let us know how you get on.

WD-40 is a definate no, the residue from it will attract dust and is insulating so could end up making the problem worse later. You can buy cans of Servisol from Maplins which is made for this purpose, not sure about your tape head cleaner, best to be safe than sorry. I'm sure Ashdown could tell you the best thing to use, if they think that will solve the problem.

[quote name='Galilee' post='350677' date='Dec 10 2008, 01:37 PM']I suppose the bass player slot is filled?[/quote] Depends, how larruping is a Thumb bass?

Sounds like you might just need to clean the pots with some contact cleaner. You shouldn't have to service your amp yearly like you might do with a bass. Well, it is an Ashdown you have afterall

Larruped Metal! Classic Right lads, I'm off to form my new Larruped Metal band. Who wants in?

[quote name='mewsie' post='350559' date='Dec 10 2008, 12:03 PM']! what was it supposed to mean?[/quote] You tell me! It was a word used in loads of dodgy chinese guitar/bass auctions ie, 'this bass is very larruping'.

Nothing will ever beat the use of the word 'larruping' to describe a bass.

Here's a manual, not sure if it's from an early 80's model though: [url="http://www.britishaudioservice.com/inst/MK%20V%20GP11.pdf"]http://www.britishaudioservice.com/inst/MK%20V%20GP11.pdf[/url] There will definatly be people here who can be of more help!

[quote name='ped' post='349707' date='Dec 9 2008, 01:46 PM']Adding the thread to your sig is a great idea, thanks. We clearly need a better system though and I will sort it out. I[b] don't want to have a system where people can take up bad feedback with mods though as we are not responsible for any deals done on BC[/b], just read the guidelines and be very careful! Cheers ped[/quote] I think after all the nonsense going on at the moment, you should make this abundantly clear in the for sale section. What goes on there shouldn't be any of your business and you shouldn't be expected to act as some sort of ombudsman if things go wrong

[quote name='Shockwave' post='349705' date='Dec 9 2008, 01:45 PM'][b]I agree that IncX could have dealt with the donations better.[/b] I agree that IncX should have paid for the taxes as he would of if the bass was sent to him by jake initially. [b]To clarify[/b] what i am angry at is members that have had a problem with the situation and instead of taking the bull by the horns and contacting IncX directly about the donation issue, decided to contact moderators who have no real obligation to help, who then contacted ME to deal with it. If you notice i have tried to be a neutral party about this during the entire investigation, recovery and shipping. I have never engaged in any of the negativity that the recent threads have created, Yet i am nominated to air the views of the negative users?! WTF! So due to the attitudes and bad will that has constantly whirled around the situation i have now snapped. I am completely through with many of you, the burpster with kind words earlier mentioned i had the patience and attitude of a saint. Well unfortunatly i do not as i now cant stomach dealing with this situation anymore. I dont want to hear anything derogatory towards jake or Reouel, i dont want to heat the words Warwick, or shipping or import taxes anything. I wish now that my hand in the whole process of getting the bass to rouel was as public as it was. The entire situation could have been dealt with via PM's which i wish it had.[/quote] It clearly isn't fair to get your or the moderators involved in the matter as neither of you have any obligations to anyone.

[quote name='Beedster' post='349678' date='Dec 9 2008, 01:29 PM']Well there's gratitude for you [/quote] My thoughts exactly but there does appear to have been something going on behind the scenes involving PMs to the moderators from what shockwave has said. Regardless, that post seems very uncalled for.

[quote name='SteveO' post='349504' date='Dec 9 2008, 11:09 AM']saw this and thought 'what a great idea', but by the time i'd got to the bottom of the thread i've changed my mind. on set you're pretty much close enough to your amp to do any small tweaks, unless you're doing a stadium gig, but that's what roadies are for. at soundcheck I just shout instructions to our gitartist of which knob to tweak. Gimmick idea i'm afraid.[/quote] Letting your guitarist do that? Talk about living dangerously....

Err, right then!

[quote name='Beedster' post='349445' date='Dec 9 2008, 10:21 AM']Agreed, after about 5 years of various ebay and BC transactions without serious problem I've had several problematic transactions in the last few months, all of which related to dishonest or, at the very least, not sufficiently conscientious, sellers. I have returned two basses for being fake vintage 'Fenders' (seller's responses along the lines "well the guy who sold it to me said it was original"/"it says Fender on the headstock, how was I supposed to know", and by the way, one of these is still on ebay listed at over £2000), a neck for being simply unplayable (the owner had inflicted a DIY refret on an otherwise finely crafted vintage Fender neck but 'forgot' to mention this in the listing), and several smaller items that simply didn't work or were not what the seller described (Allen_Baker's Warwick 3.2 being a good example). There's two issues to me, firstly, the fact that the seller is less than honest in the listing, which can perhaps be the result of genuine error or naivety, and secondly the seller's response to any such issue. A failing in the first is forgivable, a failing in the second not. Most of the sellers above accepted the items back and refunded me, so failed on the first but passed on the second. Allen_Baker may have passed on the first (OK the amp [i]might[/i] have been working when he sent it) but failed on the second. Jake failed on both. It's not even face-to-face that ensures the deal, it's the degree to which the seller has demonstrated previously that s/he is trustworthy. The reason I was extremely (perhaps too) hard on Allen_Baker last week is that I don't think we use the feedback section well enough and should probably be prepared to be a little more honest in doing so. I know, from PMs on various issues, that deals on BC have gone bad, in some cases seriously so, but I don't see any negative feedback on the site about those deals? Let's face it, unlike ebay, at least a seller on here can respond and a decent public dialogue can ensue. Most people on here are reasonable, and if most of the facts emerge during any such dialogue, I imagine a level of consensus will determine the rights or wrongs of any situation (trial by jury if you like?). So guys, let's see the feedback section being used. I'm going to copy this to General Bass Discussion also Chris[/quote] I personally think that serious issues should be kept off the forum, starting a discussion about them in public will inevitably lead to lots of mud slinging, sides being taken e.t.c and really, it's no-one elses business. Also, depending on the seriousness could have an effect on things if you get the police involved (I have had one such incident). I know what you're saying though.

[quote name='skywalker' post='349439' date='Dec 9 2008, 10:12 AM']I'm not arguing. I am sure these kind of quotes are there and you can take advantage of them, but this is part of my job, I deal with all these people, and believe me 99 times out a 100 you get what you pay for, and I have seen some disasters.[/quote] Tell me more