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Could it be the undercover policeman from Allo Allo who is selling this?

"Gid Moaning, I was pissing by the door, when I heard two shats, you are holding in your hand a smoking goon, you are clearly the guilty potty!"

[quote name='Beer of the Bass' timestamp='1425641838' post='2709277']
I've had the five-string version of this bridge on my bass for several years and it's been fine. My only minor grumble is that the through-bridge string holes are too small for most B-strings and needed to be drilled out a little larger.
Is the chrome on the Gotoh slightly nicer looking, or do they just have better photography?
[/quote]Just placed them side by side, absolutely no difference in the finish at all.

On double checking, the cheaper one is probably a gnat's whatsit narrower at the end where the strings go through, but it really is only very slightly narrower, and wouldn't make any difference to sound and performance IMO.

[quote name='steve-bbb' timestamp='1425638853' post='2709245']
i have the one on the left (the chunkier one) on a fretless squiervmJ - the extra thickness of the base plate and the saddles meant that it couldnt be lowered sufficiently on the grub screws to a satisfactory reasonable action height without shimming so instead i channeled out a shallow pocket to drop the base plate so the surface of the base plate sits flush with the surface of the body - that was with a fretless neck but even allowing the hight of frets on a fretted neck the saddles would be all the way down to their minimum height with grub screws protruding unless of course you fitted shorter grub screws

hope this helps

im usually averse to brand naming too but the gotoh on the chunky bridge isnt really all that readable/visible unless you have a punter in the audience with a telescope in which case you could just move about it to stop him/her focussing for any length of time which might be adequate to scrutinise your hardware choices
[/quote]I have both, and I placed them side by side, the Gotoh is not chunkier, they are both the same, I think the pics makes the Gotoh look chunkier, but believe me, they are not.

I've used at least five Gotoh's in the past, and never had a problem with the base plate being too thick.

[quote name='Bassman Steve' timestamp='1425636545' post='2709211']
I have always favoured the 203 but that's because I have an aversion to accessories with names on (Seymour Duncan Basslines etc). No logic to it I accept but that's what makes me so loveable. ;-)
[/quote]Fair enough, but £50 with a name stamped on it, or £13.95 + free P&P no name, but with string-through option?

Just thought this might of interest to some.

I have put together quite a few custom basses over the past few years, mostly precisions and jazzes, and I've nearly always favoured Gotoh 201 bridges which I think are excellent, but just recently I bought a Squier VM precision off eBay for a giveaway price and thought I would upgrade the bridge, but I didn't want to spend £50 on a Gotoh 201 which would be half of what I paid for the bass, so I hunted around for something cheaper and found this at Northwest Guitar Parts.

[url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/110956107287?_trksid=p2060778.m2749.l2649&var=410139779169&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT"]http://www.ebay.co.u...K%3AMEBIDX%3AIT[/url]

I studied the pics and thought that it looked very similar to a Gotoh, and at £13.95 and free P&P, it had to be worth a punt.

A couple of days later it arrived, and it is virtually identical, but with the advantage of being string-through as well, it's very well made, (apparently in the Wilkinson factory) and an absolute bargain IMO, I will be definitely be using these from now on.

Here's a picture comparison, I have both in my possession, and there really is hardly any difference between the two.

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1425563265' post='2708630']
singles?
Sorry, I'm a little lost now
[/quote]Me too!

I took Gary's '75 P bass off him recently, top guy, great communication, a pleasure to do business with.

I love the sound and the energy of the band, but the singers voice is just too much for me I'm afraid.

Get a good frontman who can really sing, and you would certainly be a band that I would like to see.

[quote name='drewk_ie' timestamp='1424727032' post='2699812']
So I must be going through a premature mid life crisis of something of that nature... After many years of pent up GAS (pardon the pun)... I think I've reached nirvana, if that's possible...

I spent years gathering a nice little collection of pre ernie ball basses (started when I saw Simon Gallup in Orange), but have now just wittled down to two! and Ampeg rigs (hats off to Gene). Only to realise that there were so many other Amps & cabs that I hadn't tried...

And so the Gear Acquisition Syndrome kicked in... From H&H to Trace Elliott to Hevos to Genz Benz and everything in between...

Any who to cut a long storey short... Right back where I started again... Ampeg all the way...
[/quote]Please come back to us in a year's time and tell us you are still "gas free", I'd be surprised if you are!!!

[quote name='KevB' timestamp='1424696868' post='2699202']
Could do one set as ACDC and the second as LZ. There might be a decent number of people who are fans of both?
[/quote]That's exactly what we are considering, not sure whether it will work though.

[quote name='James Nada' timestamp='1424636417' post='2698640']
Can I suggest AC/LZ as your name?
[/quote]I like!

My new covers band acquired a new singer last week and during our first session together, he said he can do Bon Scott and Robert Plant, we all thought, yeah right!
So we burst into Whole Lotta Of Rosie followed by Rock & Roll, and he absolutely nailed them both, so we are now considering being a Tribute band for both, as well as doing covers under another name.

Learn't a few chords about 1961 aged ten, but was never really that good on guitar, and then I started listening to a lot of the early ska/blue beat, Otis Redding and Sam Cooke etc.. plus early Mowtown, and would just listen to the bass lines and think wow! then came the great rock bands with bassists like John Entwhistle, Jack Bruce, Ronnie Lane playing music I really loved, and that was it for me, I borrowed £15 off my older sister and bought a 2nd hand Burns Sonic bass at the age of 15, formed a band with a few mates, but we never ever gigged, I swapped the bass for some fishing tackle, and that was that until about eight years ago aged 55 when I was talked into playing bass for a make-shift band, I've been playing my bass ever since, and trying to make up for wasting about 45 years of my life.. I have played in bands ever since, but I just wish I had carried on from the beginning.

Whilst camping with four mates in 1974, I pulled a girl one evening, went back to her place and returned to the tent three days later having spent a wonderful time with a beautiful young lady.

The only thing that spoilt it was, she had just bought Tubular Bells and insisted on playing it for the whole three days!

[quote name='Alec' timestamp='1424103706' post='2692645']
We'll all tell you to buy what we've got/like.

Both amps will do a great job.

In the end, only you can decide the one that works for you - and a lot of it might well come down to the look/features/form factor at least as much as the sound.
[/quote]you talk a lot of sense Alec.

I think I will stick with the GB Shuttle 9.2, I know it's a great amp, I guess I'm just suffering from a bad case of GAS!!!

Others might disagree, but I really like this.

[url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fender-Limited-Edition-Sandblasted-Precision-Bass-Crimson-Red-Transparent-229-/251838644492?&_trksid=p2056016.l4276"]http://www.ebay.co.u...=p2056016.l4276[/url]

I see someone has actually made a bid, just wondering what he is going to do with it!

If only all sellers would be this thorough, no need for any lengthy description re condition, as you can see exactly what you are getting from the pics.

I have been using a [b]Genz Benz Shuttle 9.2[/b] with [b]2 x Genz Benz Shuttle 2x10 cabs[/b], and have been very pleased so far, but last week we rehearsed in a studio that was owned by our drummer's friend, and in there was a [b]TC Electronic RH750[/b] going through a [b]TC Electronic RS212 cab[/b] and a [b]RS112 cab[/b], and I thought it sounded great.

So I would be interested to hear the views of anyone who has tried both, and whether the [b]TC Electronic RH750[/b] would sound as good going through my two [b]Genz Benz Shuttle 2x10 cabs[/b], or would it need the [b]TC Electronic cabs [/b]as well to get the best out of it?

[quote name='Bassassin' timestamp='1423578251' post='2686546']
Yet he still has a 100% positive feedback score. Wuh?

J.
[/quote]Yes, I noticed that too, how does that work?

Oh Dear!!!

Seller Refused To Send Item & Respond To Requests - Ebay Case Found In My Favour

Not received , had to get refund from ebay !!!!

Only received refund for one of the three items bought from this seller

Never received item , no reply to emails

[quote name='itsmedunc' timestamp='1423514084' post='2685840']
I'm getting obsessed with this, the serial numbers are wonky and I'm sure the tuners are wrong too. Oh dear, hope I'm wrong because somebody has bought it!
[/quote]To be quite honest, that is why I started the thread, it just doesn't seem right, but I'm no expert so I'm sure it is fine.

[quote name='itsmedunc' timestamp='1423510285' post='2685761']
Guitardater says[i] 2005/2006. [/i]It did originally come up as unrecognised but I'd forgotten to select the country of origin!
[/quote]Thanks

I tried finding out which model it is by the serial number, but it came up as unrecognized.

I thought the specials were later than 2005, could it be a Highway 1?