The Burpster

[quote name='MatthewKeys' post='1124444' date='Feb 11 2011, 10:14 PM']I'm pretty sure it's a crack in the wood, unfortunately? I have two options: 1. Send the bass back and get full 260 pound refund. 2. Accept around 70 pounds compensation for the crack, which I could use to buy a new neck. Maybe I could trade this neck and my £70 for a maple neck, is that realistic?[/quote] Matt, Pretty sure wouldnt be good enough for me. I would want to know for sure - then you can act accordingly. My opinion FWIW is get a full refund and send it back. If you are not 100% happy with it now you never will be.

is it actually a crack or a grain line or a crack in the laquer? It could any one of those from your pic. TBH it doesnt look like the right shape to be a crack I have seen in necks before..... But I'm not close enough to see it.

Blown away by what I've just bought from Tom. Top guy and reliable.

Dave = top bloke. trustworthy and reliable.

Why is it that all the decent folks that I could give a hand too live gazillions of miles away... WPD - sure its a 5 min job for someone that knows end of an AVO and soldering iron from the other!

[quote name='Duarte' post='1123786' date='Feb 11 2011, 01:02 PM']Yeah, me and a frind just decided to do it one day, so we put newspaper everywhere and chucked paint around! Cheers for the compliment. I might coat it so it doesn't chip, but I might just leave it and paint it again later![/quote] Well I like others am impressed, and you and Dave Hall (DHA amps) should pool your efforts -

Those scratches are easily enough got rid of if you do it carefully. Touch up paint/lacquer until too high - cut back to flat with wet and dry and then polish - Just like touching up car paint.

[quote name='dlloyd' post='1122206' date='Feb 10 2011, 01:01 AM']Yes! Go and act like an arse on someone else's forum and see if anyone calls you an arse! Comedy gold![/quote] SRPs post was clearly tongue in cheek - not sure such a strong riposte was necassary unless yours was too....? If so then FFS guys put some smileys on so that we know pls...!

[quote name='merello' post='1122268' date='Feb 10 2011, 06:37 AM']Bass - great! Trainers - [/quote] +1 I like the paint effect really 'street', but man oh man - blackand yellow nikes with a bk red n wht bass? What were you thinkin....?

[quote name='Grand Wazoo' post='1122132' date='Feb 9 2011, 11:47 PM']Maple with White Pearloid (wonky) blocks an'all! something like this, but without the matching colour headstock [/quote] No branier then - Pearloid. White will make it look too busy.

What wood fretboard...?

Pete, I'd add (not turning this into a vehicle thread ) that its all a bit relative when you get into vehicles with proper diff locks and not ooper dooper pretend Jap things. Tyres become the big players once the difflocks are on. for example I have pulled a Landy out of mud that my Jeep didn't get stuck in because the landy had silly road tyres on and mine had A/Ts. Therefore it could be argued that a Syncros if it had sufficient power to keep up with the Landy/Jeep in serious stuff then it could well come down to which one had the most suitable tyres for the terrain. As to being miles better than a Defender....... the only thing MILES better than a Defender off road is a Steyr Pinzgauer or any MBT.

I'd suggest a Warwick with a p/j set up or a Fender US P. Either using flatwounds will give you that warm tone.