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Kongo sold me his unused Dr. Parts (Dr. Farts ) neck. Smooth transaction and good with the old PMs. Cheers man. Rich.

Pablo is now the proud owner of in all likelihood the very first VT Bass to hit these shores. As usual he keeps it real and is a pleasure to deal with. Cheers man. Rich.

Absolutely no idea why but I bought a cheap Coaster off the crapbay. [attachment=25969:_BSEkYOw...PRv____3.jpg][attachment=25966:_BSEke3w...UGow___3.jpg] [attachment=25964:_BSEk_DQ...WrqQ___3.jpg][attachment=25967:_BSEkRe_...f1P____3.jpg] The seller advertised it as his old "road worn" back up bass. Sadly it turned out to be a fake up job - you can still smell the paint on it. I was under no real illusions when buying it but looking at the pics I couldn't help hoping that it might have been genuine... but no... it's the result of white emulsion, 60 grade paper and a Stanley knife. The neck has had a reddish brown clay like material rubbed into the chipped areas in order to age it (odd considering how nicely it has aged naturally) and for some unfathomable reason they have run a blade down the skunk stripe to chip up the finish. In an email to the seller before he sent it I offered the option of removing the neck for transit. He came across as knowledgeable and agreed with the neck removal idea. In a surprise move he neglected to take the strings off either the neck or the bridge to ship it so upon opening the box I was greeted with an unmanageable, connected, squirmy mass of wood and wires. The gold anodised pg is a big old fake up too. I fired the neck on and plugged it in and (although quite quiet) it has a very recognisable P sound and plays reasonably well. Definite potential here. noticeable issues... Fret buzz after 12th fret. So the guff in the ad about "low action all the way along the neck" wasn't an exaggeration. A quick trussrod adjustment didn't fix it but I get on the case better later. Bridge is offset (hence the quietness) and needs repositioning to bring the strings dead-centre to the pole pieces. Tuners and screws are loose - I popped a small amount of wood glue down the holes the 1st night I got it - this should take up the slack sufficiently. The tuners themselves just need striping and rebuilding. Let's see what fun we can have with it.

Cheers. Yeah I do tend to get a bit into lethal wrapping.

Robert bought my '80s drum machine off me. Quick transaction, super guy to deal with. Cheers man. Woot I'm your 1st feedbacker.

Trippy.

[quote name='Beedster' post='494732' date='May 21 2009, 10:30 PM']Well I've a set of Fralin split coils that are pretty [b]awesome sounding[/b]. Passive but powerful. Bloody expensive though [/quote] +1 I wired mine for passive or with OPB-3 9v/18v at the flick of a switch. Sweet.

Et Voilà! The custard mystery is solv-ed! This guy's more of a retard than we though.

The old one are included - no wires on them obviously. It does come across a touch "Ooh I'm a bit bungling and I don't know what I'm talking about..... honest guv'nah" though.