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neepheid

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  1. Decision P is still £879 at Merchant City in Glasgow. The listing for the new Decision P finish (black with gold pickguard) at £999 is a mistake I think, as the description makes no sense.
  2. But I can get a South Korean made Reverend which does more (ie. has two pickups) and will be excellent quality for less than £900. The grand is quite the psychological threshold to cross, so manufacturers had better provide reasons why I should. This bass doesn't provide any reasons why I should when you stack it against cheaper instruments of excellent quality which are manufactured in places with theoretically higher labour costs. Hard no from me. Sorry, EBMM/SBMM fanbois, but their pricing has been ridiculous for a while now. I'm still prising my jaw off the floor at >£1000 SBMM Rays. What is this market segment they're aiming at? The affluent cheapskate? Does it even exist?
  3. I think that's a foolhardy waste of time - but I have heard plenty times of people planning what mods they're going to do before they've even bought the damn instrument. Seems daft to me, get the thing first and see what it's like before making any decisions like that. I had half a mind to replace the pickup in my G&L Tribute LB-100 for a split MFD to make a cheapskate SB-1, but I ended up liking the sound of the stock alnico pickup just fine so I left it.
  4. To be fair, I don't think they're aimed at you. I'd imagine any official Stingray aficionados will give these a wide berth. They're for chancers like me who are interested in the idea and vague spirit of a 'Ray but are in no way interested in paying the price of USA models or the top end SBMM offerings (of which I've already opined about how ridiculous I find their pricing).
  5. At least they didn't take it out to the back yard and shoot it in the head (Big Al)...
  6. I haven't had any bother on TB, but I find it all a bit overwhelming, a bit like visiting London.
  7. What a lovely post/thread. In a world which appears to be focussed on what the individual can get out of it, it's nice to have a place like BC where, while it's not perfect (what is?) at least tries and succeeds in the most part to nurture a community spirit and celebration of what unites us (duh, it's bass). Lang may its lum reek! (That's "long may its chimney smoke", you sassenachs ). I know I sometimes put my foot in it - in my defence when I'm being sarcastic, it's usually coming from a place of humour. I know humour is subjective and mine can be an acquired taste sometimes that no-one wants to acquire. Let me take this opportunity to apologise to anyone I've offended or ticked off because I chose the wrong moment to make light of something, or took something the wrong way and ran headlong with it through the nearest brick wall. I've been here since just before it transitioned from Bassworld to Basschat, and it's always been a great source of info, cameraderie and wallet draining opportunities. I disappeared for a while - I guess I was just getting a bit bassed out. What brought me back? Someone had a question about a Gibson bass, and someone here remembered that I might have a thing or two to contribute so took the time to DM me and ask if I'd chip in. That brought me to my senses and rekindled my appreciation for this place as a community and source of support and knowledge on our weird little enclave in a world filled with guitarists. All the best to you and yours, keep holding down the low end, and I'll see you at the bar.
  8. ... and coil switching options, even on the single pickup.
  9. Hello fellow member of the RD Artist survivors club
  10. I am consistently intrigued by the concept of a multicoil '51 P pickup. When I'm done abstaining from gear this year I might give it a go in my Sire D5.
  11. Side note - Andertons have dropped the price of their stock of Sire D5s from £529 to £399. If you want some tasty '54 P-esque action, I heartily recommend them, mine's great.
  12. It is, the Modern Player series, to be exact.
  13. Sorry, I'm not getting it. Besides, "real" men play 35" scale, everyone knows that, instead of us fake men who simper around with our puny 34" scale basses
  14. What "real men play 34" scale" talk?
  15. Yup, seen it. Fortunately for my continued gear abstinence, I'd like any colour other than that dirty "not quite black". If a white one comes along at a good price, I'm in trouble
  16. Confusing recycling of model names though - the first Sterling SB14 was a fully fledged, active Sterling a la the USA EBMM model.
  17. RE: the thread title - as long as you like it what anyone else thinks, be they on BC or elsewhere, doesn't matter one jot. Enjoy your bass.
  18. Only the Z7 has that. Get a Z3? Cheaper, and no pesky J pickup to distract - less knobs too!
  19. I think you misunderstand - I'm talking about the difficulty in searching for "Vintage basses" - the adjective tends to dominate the proper noun in results.
  20. Unobtainium at the moment, sorry to report. There have been supply issues, from what I've been told, as well as some upheaval regarding which retailers G&L want to work with in the UK going forward. Hopefully it will be resolved soon.
  21. Oi! I like the Dimension, and am in no way looking for one at this time (Gear Abstinence...)
  22. Let's not turn this into an "I am Spartacus" thing
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