The Burpster

I'm not sure this is fair on the cars..... They loose about 50% in thier first year so even if you had a REALLY nice car by the time its 3 yrs old its worth about 30% of its original cost...... Basses just dont loose value like that, and even now in the grips of a recession they are still changing hands for sensible money OR we folks are hanging on to them and they will be worth the same out the other side...... Me....? yep basses are worth more than my car but not my guns or bike. Next year my car will be worth less than a tube of hemorrhoid cream thanks to the governments tax idiology..... so good job I looked after it and like it, as it looks like I'll be keeping it for another 5yrs.

D'ya think he was trying to pass the buck...... Maybe his mate set him up...... you know.... the old... "I reckon its worth about £500 you can keep ought you get above that" Then sit back and watch and laugh and laugh and laugh and laugh..... I've grown out of that now but its the kinda thing I used to do in my younger days.....

[quote name='phil_the_bassist' post='311418' date='Oct 21 2008, 04:40 PM']ahh, they may be sh*te, but if you get 'em all wired up together into one monster outputting BEAST, you could make some really LOUD crappy tone [/quote] Maybe get your amps painted with an 11 so you crank 'em way up!

Your kit seems a bit expensive..... try this company..... VERY very good.... (I have a couple of different pairs!) [url="http://www.ultimateear.com/"]http://www.ultimateear.com/[/url]

Hummmmmmn a Fender hemorrhoid cushion.........

[quote name='warwickhunt' post='310631' date='Oct 20 2008, 05:20 PM']The thread's gone and here's the reason why... [url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=479979"]http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=479979[/url] Turns out the seller wasn't 'the seller'! [/quote] Pah women eh..? Cant live with 'em....... Cant kill 'em..........

Pics'd be good and off to tech anyway....

[quote name='woolleydick' post='310373' date='Oct 20 2008, 12:52 PM']We already make the best basses in the world in England - Status! And I too knoweth the pink shop of which you speak - I used to live in Lincoln for 10 years before moving base to Malta/Tripoli[/quote] Wooley mi owd mate.... I agree we DO have some of the best makers in the world on these shores of ours.... but should we EVER be making Fenders? Ooooeeeeh I think not...... 1st off we wouldnt be able to lever Swampy and his tree hugging mates off the decent tres long enough to get some decent wood together to make a production run...... Oh the list is endless...... The pink shop.... Best around here bar none!

Bugger teh bass, how long must his bed be....? and where would you get a quilt that size...?

Alex, I was going to suggets a PRS but again its similar to what you have already... So struggling... Maybe an overwater or shuker.....? Someting German perhaps, Clover or Marleaux... You already have some nice beasties.... Dont s'pose you fancy my C/S active P.....? Thats certainly different to what you have!

[quote name='warwickhunt' post='309693' date='Oct 19 2008, 10:28 AM']Noticed this over on TB... [url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=479607"]http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=479607[/url] Is anybody a fan and fancy taking this opportunity?[/quote] Errr no..... not for 2.6k ! Unique? yes sentimental ? Yes Pretty? definately NOT Practical? NO

I've gotta say that looks pretty damn impressive for £285 .........

[quote name='mathewsanchez' post='309315' date='Oct 18 2008, 03:59 PM']I hope we one day see MIE (made in england) fenders... I mean who does it better than the british? I could make them in my garage! (Well I probably couldn't, but I could try) [/quote] MIE........ ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha 2 huge, belly laughs in oneday......! Excellent ! I could think of 100s of reasons some serious and some just plain hillarious whay that will and should never happen!

Does anyone know if is possible to radius the end of an X4 pick up without damaging the structural integrity of teh epoxy moulding? I have a very specific application and I believe the coils are well short of the mounting holes, so all there is, is epoxy at the ends of the pups where the mount holes are.... Anyone any specialist knowledge or is this a call to Mr B himself...? Bob.

Yep spot on that Rich.....^ Wait 6 months for a newer model to come out and these will be discounted to that £100 cheaper price tag and then they will be a good buy I reckon....

Poor lad needs some psyhciatric help..... Anyone.....?

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[quote name='EssentialTension' post='308954' date='Oct 17 2008, 10:17 PM']The predecessor of the Shergold Marathon was the Hayman 4040 and it had a circular hole in the headstock with a plastic insert with the Hayman logo on it. Maybe the early Shergolds had that too and this one has lost the plastic insert. I'd say £250 was a fair price for one of these but without original parts and bad nick, maybe not.[/quote] +1. If you're into Shergolds then its an OK price. Bargain? No. sadly they have appaling 2ndhand values considering who well they were put together. I dont like them but that does not mean others dont like them and that they do not have intrinsic value.

Where is local? The shop in Lincoln has one on stock, it caught my eye yesterday! Its black too...! Yummie!

[quote name='TheDarkReaver' post='309038' date='Oct 18 2008, 02:41 AM']Ah Music Makers, bought my first bass from there. Nice shop, not a huge range of basses though.[/quote] You know the pink shop??? Wow, how cool! I agree they dont have lotsa basses, but they do have some, and I guess most of the important ones in the up £500 bracket..... (except Rockbass) And the lovely thing for me is that they dont try to tell what you want, in fact they genuinely seem to enjoy talking to someone who has more knowledge in areas that they dont. ..... Thats why I dont mind going in and spending in there.... Oh the other great thing? Often you'll go in and they be jammin' Love it.

[quote name='benwhiteuk' post='308838' date='Oct 17 2008, 06:28 PM']The "Jazz 24" ( [url="http://www.fender.com/products//search.php?partno=0264500552"]http://www.fender.com/products//search.php?partno=0264500552[/url] ) basses are made in Korea. Apparently they're great, although having never played one, I can’t comment from personal experience.[/quote] Aaaahhhaaa it was a 5 string version of that...... Kinda purdey aint it!

Yep like he said^^^^^^^ Make sure you loosen the string off or better stil remove it, oh and PLEASE use the correct size spanner/screwdriver/ allen keys as you'll be well annoyed if you make a mess....! remember they are US made so they are AF sizes not metric.

Have I missed something somewhere? I'm pretty good at remembering stuff from the comics but I'll be jiggered if I remember anywhere seeing that they are making them in KOREA....... I went into my local music shop (the big PINK shop in Lincoln, great place BTW!) to buy my guitarist a birthday present.... and I had to look at the basses didnt I...... Well I was drawn to a new 5 string Jazz, a nice tobbaco burst and I picked it up for a twanglet. It had a gold F logo which I hadnt seen before so thought it was unusual so I flipped it over and it had a proper F serial number but "made in Korea" underneath.... Looks like we'll have to add another catagory to the debate... MIA, MIJ MIM and now MIK.... In fairness it was pretty well put togheter and felt somewhere between a MIM and MIA.... Maybe this is because they are new and QC is spot on..... Oh and it wasnt cheap either.... £760.... So wadda we think, good bad indifferent?

Not played either of the above but I do have an Ovation Viper which is a hollow body. With patience and playing around abit with stings etc you can obtain a truly wonderful tone. I guess they are Marmite basses..... (you know what I mean) Sadly the only way you'll find out if YOU like them is for YOU to try one..... All with the IMHO caveat of course.....

Bassbloke was selling a very nice 3 pup MIJ 5 string that I had for a short while... that would be around 300-350ish... Contact him......