Mr. Foxen

Is this the place to point out people who get someone else to drive the bid price up? Its pretty obvious when somone bids x.99 that they aren't hoping to win. Heres an example: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=330195063652&ssPageName=STRK:MEDW:IT&ih=014"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...W:IT&ih=014[/url]
Incarante is me:

catherineh5281( 82Feedback score is 50 to 99) £5.99 08-Dec-07 11:01:07 GMT
catherineh5281( 82Feedback score is 50 to 99) £5.99 08-Dec-07 10:57:04 GMT
incarante( 66Feedback score is 50 to 99) £5.55 07-Dec-07 20:52:13 GMT
catherineh5281( 82Feedback score is 50 to 99) £4.99 08-Dec-07 10:56:48 GMT
Starting Price £3.99 03-Dec-07 11:15:09 GMT

Well, I've got the white Mockingbird that used to be yours, and you mentioned wanting it back in the basses owned thread, but I think you've got something else from Lorne thats the same but better though.

[quote name='SJA' post='97189' date='Dec 1 2007, 12:28 PM']has this been discussed yet?
-Fernandes Burny-

[url="http://store.shopping.yahoo.co.jp/ikebe/0000084525.html"]http://store.shopping.yahoo.co.jp/ikebe/0000084525.html[/url]

[/quote]

Love the combo of pink and skull and crossbones.

[quote name='Shockwave' post='100484' date='Dec 6 2007, 08:06 PM']Eugene is a fantastic bassist unfortunatly he is one of the worst salesman i have ever met. But i get on with him well and has allways time to talk even though i barely buy anything from rikkaxe!

I can understand why sound control search. If you knew the amount of money that sound control lose every year in Bristol then you would understand why they do it.

I never liked drum bank, Never liked the shop and the staff are pretencious dicks in my opinion.

My fave though is electric ladyland, Steve and i are very good friends and allways lets me try his private stock out. Sure he has very big problems trying to keep the business afloat, But if we ever lose him then that would be the last in the line of proper "gigging" shops.[/quote]

They have a pretty funny combo of people in Rikkaxxe. Eugene is sitting there waiting for an excuse to play basses, at one point every bass had a sign on it saying ask for a demo. I brought my wishbass in for him to try and he sat playing it till other guy (Rich?) wandered over and cleared his throat in no uncertain terms. Selena is also in a league of her own too, I can't not smile every time I see her. Getting on with Steve in Electric Lady Land seems to involve agreeing everything is sh!t, and occasionally prompting him with something else for him to tell you is sh!t until eventually he lets you into his magic room with the actually nice instruments in.

Edit: rant spelling

Had pretty poor service in sound Control. Came in with £300 and my bass to get my first propper amp. They searched my gig bag on the way in, in case I made a switch, and asked why I had my bass, I told them. No-one ooffered to show me any amps. So I missioned to another shop, Drum Bank (which has a guitar/bass oriented bit) and the guy enthused about ashdowns till I bought one. When my driving housemate came to pick it up, he described me and the shop dude said, 'Ah, the guy with that nice Peavey bass'. Thats what we need. Also, big up Eugene in Rikkaxxe, with his bounless enthusiasm for bass. He does look kind of dissapointed whenever I buy guitar strings (for seorting other peoples instruments).

I very nearly bought a Cube100 but there was an offer on Ashdown 180-15 so I scored the more watts and used the change for a multi fx. Not convinced I went the right way whenever I need to lug the thing.

Why not take it apart a bit and have a look, since you are going to replace anyway. Worst case is you lose tone control for shipping time.

I don't get as excited by amp, but effects and basses, damn. Poorness and tightfistedness are pretty major influences though. I know I can do a lot to a cheap bass myself to bend it to my will. Electrickery is beyond me, so a good amp would cost me many pennies, but I'd be playing my hot rodded Johnson pbass through it. Cabs however are a problem, I getting the set, so far 2x12, 1x15 and 4x10.

This is local to me and I suggested the guy put it up here. I think I might have to punch myself in the nuts for not going a little into my overdraft to own a P bass the same age as me.

Apparently Solid Alder bodies too. Tempted to project, hope someone gives me the lowdown first.

Back to youtube videos, when my mates realised I was getting pretty serious at learning to play bass, they kept sending me links to youtube w***fests. I did pick up lots of odds and end of technique from using them, my time spent without any sort of band I spent practicing technique ('broadening my tonal palette' is the pretentious term I think), but not many I could actually listen to as music. One I did like though was Fingersmoran stuff, bass and drums, did enjoy that, would pick up an album if I saw one browsing. All the same people that sent me those links get annoyed when play something widdly though, which I totally enjoy, but it is generally confined to the bedroom, on my own, and my wrist aches afterward.

I totally think you should buy them this: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=160183834373&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=006"]Bass[/url] its skinny neck is ideal for tiny hands. Also, I need to buy food and pay rent.

The body wood thing is agathis vs. alder, so its eww that sucks vs. 'Fender use it' which is probably a big difference in many minds. I'm all for the second hand first instrument, no fear of chipping before you can appreciate 'mojo' that way.

D'oh, if this falls through somehow, I call.

Are they split or solid shafts? You can squeeze the split in a bit often, just done that on an Eros LP copy I was restoring.

Slice of washing up sponge with the scourer torn off under the cover.

most of the switches aren't very useful, except the one that bypasses most of the knobs, so the custom part is overkill. But for the valvey sounds of warming up a little in one button to raaaarg in the other button makes me happy. pretty much the only pedal that I consistently use, to give snarl to my solid state amp.

[quote name='jwbassman' post='95877' date='Nov 28 2007, 11:07 PM']Hi mate - did the DHA deal complete?[/quote]

Yes it did, its illuminating me with its blue glow as I type. \m/

Wow, this is being conclusive. My punchiest bass is a peavey 5-string with through body stinging, big heavy body and passive humbuckers. Taperwound strings might be a factor in this case. Think my pre butchered Westone Thunder will get the punch experiment treatment. Once I have a neck sorted, drop a bridge position MM humbucker in it, see what that does.

I used spade connectors in my little combo so I could switch to external output to my big cab. Seemed to works, was tempted to do the same inside my bass, but decided I'd prefer burn marks all over it.

I got a large bone from the butchers, left it to the chickens and ants for a while, took a saw to it, dried out the piece and filed it into a new nut. Course I was unemployed sotime wasn't much of an issue, just get a new plastic nut from the shop, about 50p (my local shop sold me two Graphtec ones for that, think they didn't twig what they were), and a needle file. Is it a sit at the end of the board nut, or a sit in a groove sort?

I'm thinking of starting up another project bass, based on a jazz body most likely, I'm looking for a real punch in the guts sort of sound, my last project was built to growl and sustain, which was pretty successful. So, what gives the punch? I've been told bolt on neck, light bridge and light body, and MM style pickup. Anything to add, experiences, details, philosophy and luthier voodoo, etc?

I have an EB180, 15", its the one with a proper needle dial rather than the led one, and it pauses when it starts up so there is no pop.

I decided to change the nut on my generic P clone, its was some soft stuff that my detuner sawed through. Also too soft to shear out by bashing the end, endedd up pulling with pliers and took a chunk out of my fingerboard too. Balls. Clamped and glued now. This thread is a reminder to take my time filing the graphtech one.

It says Fender in the description quite a lot, so if it ain't report him up real good and see if paypal will refund you.