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[quote name='BottomE' timestamp='1322762358' post='1455615']
Welcome mate. I am in Dorset so not so far from you. I played with some guys from SA way back in the 80s. They'd basically escaped the regime and were political exiles. The BBC did a documentary on them, a programme called "Open Space". Anyway i got really excited and when the BBC turned up they didn't want to feature me as i was English

Anyway, enjoy the site its informative, funny and annoying all at the same time.
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Was that band called Day One? I saw them in Blandford, they were excellent.

Welcome
I'm (also) in Dorset.

Welcome

Might be worth pointing out, you will get a lot of people asking "where are you?" in your For Sale threads, so you might want to put a location in your profile. Good luck!

Welcome

Are the Pelham Blue EB-0s easy to find? I've never tried (been put off by the comments about mudbuckers) but I have the impression they're not common.

Welcome

PMed.

I'm not well up on Sandbergs, but this looks interesting:

http://www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/rare-collectors-sandberg-5-string-bass-guitar-serial-no003/92494429

(Disclaimer: nothing to do with me guv.)

It's not that I don't want it, it's that I prefer being able to pay the mortgage...

[quote name='Jean-Luc Pickguard' timestamp='1322148557' post='1447240']
It looks like it has a tight radius on the fingerboard which is carried over to those lovely chunky pickups, so I wonder whether is has some kind of eub capability - or is maybe designed to be bowable.
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That might also explain the rather odd position of the jack socket.

I like "There is no fretweak"

bump

The Only Ones, "The Big Sleep".

And to my great surprise, fernandobicho is also selling one here:
http://basschat.co.uk/topic/160896-kramer-the-duke-80s-vintage-aluminiun-neck-bass/

Anyone inspired by his thread could do worse than to have a look at a cheaper alternative

yes 18v.

Being sold by someone calling himself ninebobnote, no less. Nothing to be wary of there

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1321897870' post='1444205']
Can you lot get some avatar pics up, please?
It's like all these posts are from somebody with a disturbing identity disorder.
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What do you mean, "like"?

My thought was that 2x18 didn't want to mess about with couriers for a bass this cheap. I could be wrong

Problem is, I'm still four hours away... Poole, in Dorset.

[quote name='bluejay' timestamp='1321730252' post='1442579']
Aherm. Works the same with a woman too.
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I like this part of this post

(I liked the rest of it as well, but not enough to say so...)

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1321727839' post='1442520']
But the top two are in favour of different things so [u]shouldn't[/u] be conflated.
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Fixed

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1321703462' post='1442131']
This is a good point. It should be the post that is being 'liked' not the person.
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That is true. I approve of this post.

[quote name='Kiwi' timestamp='1321658065' post='1441831']
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Already we know of one member (not a mod) who created a separate profile so they could like their own posts under the other profile and then asked why we were taking issue with their posts when they were liked so many times...but my lips will remain sealed...they know who they are.
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Someone set up a sockpuppet? Really? Wow.

[quote name='Kiwi' timestamp='1321658889' post='1441836']
He doesn't get to see you have disliked him. The system is anonymous for everyone apart from admin.
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Okay, thank you.

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How do you see nationality influencing the rep system?
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If you live in (example) Malta, your opportunities to meet Basschat members are limited, and few people will trade with you ("sorry mate, UK only"). The net result of that is that people who live outside the UK will seldom have many Likes.

Okay, how transparent is this? If I decide that I want to Dislike my old opponent Dickweed70286995995, does he get to see I've Disliked him? Or does he just have an anonymous running total of people who hate him?

Generally I don't like the idea of a rating system, because IMO it tends to freeze out the non-British members.

If we have to have this, could it be arranged that the specific post which the Like or Dislike is set on is available to members generally to see?
Or maybe some sort of reason should be required when posting a Like/Dislike; that would let people link to specific posts if they wanted (and we would quickly catch on if they didn't).