Billy Apple

Hi Oli What's happening? Have you got her yet?

Is she a Fenturd Precishition or a Telecrapster?

[b][size=4][size=5]'You will have lots of street cred' [size=4]... [/size][/size][/size][/b][size=4][size=5][size=4]Hahahahahaahhahhah.. How stupid does this guy think people are?! All people will think is that you sit all day with your fingers up your bumhole and then finger the neck of this poor guitar.[/size][/size][/size] [size=5][b]'and no one will ever know she aint original' [/b]....[size=4]Well apart from everyone on BC. Actually, she is an original of sorts. Just like the 'Original' one I pump out every morning while reading the racing post.[/size][/size] [size=5][size=4]What shocking abuse of a lovely guitar[/size][/size]

Have you seen this? [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/157434-for-saletrade-spector-euro-5-black/page__fromsearch__1"]http://basschat.co.u...__fromsearch__1[/url] Might be what you are really after. Edit... Oh, yes you have, Just read your post on that thread.

[quote name='retrohelix' timestamp='1318814962' post='1406519'] chavs referring to the act of relaxing as "jamming" "easy bruv, wanna go n jam at chantelle's?" "yeah safe blud, i'm on that jamming ting" [/quote] Yes. Lets jam at Chantelle's, and CHILLAX while were there. BLOOORGHH!!!... Sorry, non muso. Just gets me in a rage.

[quote name='paul torch' timestamp='1318781543' post='1406121'] Wasn't really Trying to compare him to Youth. Just wanted to put a word in for Mr Raven for his work with both Killing Joke and Ministry. The first 2 KJ albums are in my collection and are among my most played. [/quote] I thought Paul Barker played bass for Ministry, but I lost contact with them after Psalm 69?

Hang on! what's happened? last I looked it was at £275. Now it's Starting at £50! Mr Foxen, you know more about everything than everyone, what gives?

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1318777825' post='1406066'] Er, yes... I do actually sell stuff for my friends if they don't have an eBay account, or if they're having some kind of problem with PayPal, and so forth. But I would never put 'selling this for a friend' in the description. [/quote] If I ever see 'selling for a friend', it makes me think it's moody. It's an easy get-out clause from answering questions.... Erm, yes, I've been told it's a Ric, but it's not mine etc etc...

I would never think of doing anything untoward with a cat in regard of strings and basses. My cat is a god send, I lost the skinny allen key for my Badass. Luckily Scrambles' little claws are just the right size to adjust the action and intonation. He's a master at it too, although we had to have words the other day when he tried to polish my TBird.

[quote name='bottomfeed' timestamp='1318770718' post='1405966'] Boil them.... with a little salt, vinegar or lemon juice.... Presto!.... like new again... for a while anyway. Amazing how much finger gunk comes out, too... [/quote] Years ago pro player told me he boiled old strings to bring them back to life. I was on a tight budget, so I thought I'd give it a try, and it does work. Surprising the amount of gunk that comes out too. But, with the price of gas being what it is nowadays, you'd be just as well buying a new set. Never added salt or vinegar. But I did once get them mixed up with a pan of spaghetti, with hilarious consequences!

Why do people sell things for their 'friends'? Why don't their 'friends' sell it for themselves?

The thing with advise is it's free, and you can take it or leave it. But, this is mine. I'd leave well alone, this is a seriously nice and pricey bass. If you f**ck it up you might regret it, and could loose out big time if wanting to sell her on. Me, personally I like sunburst, but horses for courses. I'm assuming the current livery is from Spector, so it will be top-notch, and you would be hard pressed to match the quality. Why not sell her on and try to get a black one? If you really want her black, give this lot a call [url="http://www.simscustom.com/html/home.htm"]http://www.simscustom.com/html/home.htm[/url] . Will cost you, but it will be first class.

Prob been said, but people who write Base instead of Bass.. Morons. Oh, and yesterday I was sitting on my garden wall sanding off crap old black paint from a P Bass body I got from eBay. I'm rubbing away with P60, most the body is back to the wood, just some black left on the edges. This bloke comes along and asks.. Him 'Oh, is that a guitar body?' Me 'Yes, well it's from a bass' Him 'Is it a Fender Precision?' Me 'Yes it is. I bought it off ebay, got it for a bargain cos some donkey had covered it in rotten black paint. So I'm sanding it all off down to the wood' Him 'So what's that black stuff on it?' Donkey

What kind of bass is she, and if you've not got her yet why would you find a re-fin necessary? I've done one P bass body, and currently doing another. Just teaching myself as I go along. The only thing I can think of, is the neck doesn't come off, so you have to do the whole guitar and mask off the fretboard. Also you would lose any decal on the head. Plus when the strings come off loosen off the truss rod to compensate for the loss of tension across the neck. See what you think when you get her, as it's very time consuming. I'm sure there's loads of guys with plenty of experience doing thru-necks.. I'm sure they'll be along shortly! Good luck!

Interesting. I came across this lot, for those of you who might be looking for a change [url="http://www.watfordvalves.com/products_harma.asp"]http://www.watfordvalves.com/products_harma.asp[/url]

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1317653416' post='1392764'] Truth is, they don't need to. [/quote] Have to agree. But it's not about old and new, it's about feel and user-bility. Here's a story: I was starting to get a little bored with my P Bass, and long story short ended up buying a TBird, which I love to bits. Over the past few months I have been badgering a luthier to build me a one-off to my own spec. But every time I sit down to design something, it keeps coming out like a P bass, and the harder I try, it just looks like a P bass that I've done something silly too. It's like Mr Fender hit on something that looks good and feels right, and everything else seems like a derivative of that. Anyway, in the mean-time I've been building a P bass with bits I've got off eBay... got a body for £27! Proper Fender too, just covered in Holts touch-up. Finally got all the crap off today, and built her up prior to having the body finished. And it was like coming home. Everything felt so right and in proportion, and all so brand new. I know everyone's got their own thing, and long live it all. I love the look of Wals and ACG's, but Leo pretty much invented the wheel with the P, and if it aint bust, don't fix it. For my money, I think Fender should be doing less rather than more. Swim the pool, don't race the fellow next to you.

He would have to declare a value on the paper work with whoever he sent it with in the States. I'm surprised parcel farce have not given you a break-down. The letter I got from them showed Import Duty, VAT and admin. You are allowed to challenge Customs on the VAT, but when you ring, the first thing they ask is 'what did you pay?'. I had paid £700, but they told me they had calculated the VAT on £300, and the seller had declared £400. So it was difficult for me to argue that the £700 guitar I'd bought was now worth less than £300. I tried to argue the toss that the guitar was old and second hand, but their reasoning was the VAT had never been paid in the UK (as we don't have reciprocal sales tax with the US) regardless of age. Although, as I recall there is a route for proper vintage instruments being VAT free, but it's for really old stuff. When I spoke to Customs, I figured I'd not done too badly, it was just the parcel force admin did my nut. As I recall, I paid £90 all in. Sometimes it makes no sense tho. I bought a Hipshot Supertone bridge for my TBird from eBay, I'd asked the seller to mark it as a gift, and snottily he refused! 'We are a business!' was his email, but it turned up on my doorstep with no garnishing. I think they sit in the warehouse picking on large packages.

[quote name='daz' timestamp='1318713132' post='1405562'] I wouldnt say it was nit picking. It is what it is. Glen only played on two tracks of Never mind the bollocks, and thats that. I dont think it undermines his contribution to one of the worlds greatest ever bands. I think the fact that they never wrote another proper song after he left, says much more about his real contribution to NMTB, which certainly would not exist without him in any shape or form. Glen was the major force in writing songs. More often than not Steve Jones would sit guitar in hand waiting for Glen to come up with a (riff) idea he liked for him to spark off. I love Glens playing and some of my faves are 'Dont give me no lip child' 'substitute' 'road runner' and the few other [i]Jam[/i] tracks on Rock N roll Swindle.(an otherwise awful album in my humble opinion) This was as im sure you know, the only album Eddie Tudor Pole was on, and then only a few tracks. I saw Ten Pole Tudor, bottom of the bill supporting The Ramones and The Boys, way back when the world started, never thought much of them. I think Eddie is a way better actor than singer. When i mentioned Glens work being heard on bootlegs that were rough , i hope it wasnt taken that i meant Glens playing was rough. His playing was always solid and dextrous, and can often be heard though the fuzz of rough bootlegs. Jonesey himself admitted that in the begining only Glen knew how to play properly. His perfect rendition of the tricky bass part from the Faces song "Three Button Hand Me Down" got him the gig, no questions asked, Only much later did he find out that Ronnie Lane had played on two tape tracks and merged them together. So kudos and all that to Glen. [/quote] Well, yes, very knowledgeable and all that. But it's kinda had all the fun sucked out of what I thought was a positive thread with folk giving credit to some personal faves and unsung hero's. But never mind, thanks for all that Professor Dax.

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' timestamp='1318688998' post='1405245'] Did you pay them for delivery to your door? Or did the seller pay another courier to deliver it to your door? Important contractual difference they'll pull if they lose or destroy it. In this case, I'll cheerfully pay for it, if they invoice me for it, because I have no contractual obligation with them currently. [/quote] As far as I was concerned I had paid the shipping on top of the purchase price, and the seller thought as much as me, that it would arrive at my address. Maybe I wasn't clear, when I paid the admin charge they sent it on its way with no additional postage. But if I had gone up to Customs and excise direct and paid them, parcel force would have not touched it again. Although there is no method of paying the VAT over the phone to customs, which is what customs want, so parcel force do it all and sting you £8. The amount is such you end up thinking 'I can't be bothered with this', so you just end up paying to get it over with, and parcel force know this. Call me dumb, but I thought paying for something that you had not asked for, or entered into a contractual agreement for, was extortion. And the bit where they said pay the admin fee or it stays here, was blackmail. But don't get me started, when I renewed my car insurance I discovered that Broker makes a commission from the policy, and then charges an admin fee too! But, the insurer will only deal thru Brokers. Just a f**king racket..... Anyway, I digress. I hope you get this sorted soon, really looking forward to seeing the new acquisition in all her glory.

I had this issue when I got a guitar from the states off eBay. They told me that they had paid the taxes already on my behalf to customs and excise, and the admin fee was for doing this. I said I'd never asked them to do this, which they said I was welcome to travel to Coventry and pay customs directly myself, thus avoiding the admin fee. When I said I've paid for delivery to my door, they said I had only paid for delivery into the UK, and it was down to them if they then carried it onwards to my address. Just felt mugged. Rip-off Britain.

the tele looks cool as. the jags not bad either

[quote name='steve-soar' timestamp='1318360378' post='1401191'] Rainy from Discharge. [/quote] Always loved the quote from the first (I think) Discharge album.. 'Cal Rainy Bones, thanks to no f**cker!' Pure Class. How about the bass at the start of 'The Serenade is Dead' by Conflict? Not sure who played it, but a classic.

[quote name='daz' timestamp='1318361922' post='1401231'] Glen Matlock only played on two Never mind the bollocks tracks. Steve Jones played the others (in a power chord root and fifth fashion, as per his guitar work) when it became clear that Glen was not going to turn up, despite being paid up front by Malcom Maclaren. It was Glen's two fingers to the people who never stood by him. He spent those two days in various pubs staying out of the way so he couldnt be found. He admits all this himself in his autobiography. For several years the rumour was that he had turned up and played on the album, because everyone knew Sid didnt do it. Even Johnny Rotton thought this had happened, as he was only there to put his vocals on top, he just assumed that Glen had turned up, and slagged him off for it. But it was just a dumb rumour the same as the one that stated that [color=#000000]Chris[/color] Spedding played on NMTB as well as behind a screen when on tour playing live!! The truth of who played on the album is also confirmed on [url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Classic-Albums-Pistols-Never-Bollocks/dp/B00007DWOQ/ref=sr_1_1?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1318361722&sr=1-1"]The Classic albums DVD [/url]for Never Mind the B0llocks, where the band and the producer Bill Price talk us through the album track by track. The [size=4]spünk[/size] bootleg has a few more of Glen Matlock's tracks with some early Denmark street recordings on it and a live track from 1976. Glen's work can still be heard on a load of early bootlegs though most are rough. [/quote] That seems a bit nit-picking, but, OK, He turned up and played on only two tracks of the 'Never Mind the Bollocks' Album. Which was certainly two more tracks than I (or anyone else, apart from Jones and Matlock)) did. I've not read his autobiography, I just got my information from what Glen told me himself, but maybe the truth got in the way of a good story. There was a guy around them at the time called Ed Tudor-Pole, he sang on a couple of post-Lydon tracks, who I did some work with, and his comments certainly concurred with Glens'. Anyway, still a great unsung hero in my book, and a bloody nice guy to boot.