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They most certainly are not the same. A '51 P is nothing like a '57 or a '65 or a '78 or a 2010. Subtle evolutions happen throughout the production run of many basses, like when Gibson changed the body wood of Rippers from maple to alder then back to maple. Of course, the older a bass is, the betterer it is

This thread has made me listen to them on Spotify most of the morning - nice one

Sold an Italia Maranello Z to a very excitable lass in Bradford through Preloved. No problems. It's just another Gumtree/classified ads site and all the usual caveats should apply. Any issues will be with the people you're dealing with rather than the site.

[quote name='blunderthumbs' post='1104882' date='Jan 27 2011, 11:40 AM']To anybody who can help. I have an Ashdown ABM 500w 2x10 combo, The input gain control is quite scratchy when using Can anybody advise me what to spray into it to quieten it down. I did think a short blast of WD-40 might do the trick. Any ideas ?? thanks[/quote] Servisol Super 10 or equivalent switch/contact cleaner.

[quote name='tom1946' post='1103972' date='Jan 26 2011, 04:32 PM']What have I started? [/quote] What have [i]I[/i] started you mean? [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=119976"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=119976[/url] Glad it turned out to be a reasonable instrument.

If any new bass needed a refret within 12 months then I'd say it was faulty. Either that or the user is doing it very wrong. Like fretting-with-a-claw-hammer wrong.

I've reported it to eBay (for all the good that'll do). I'm tempted to pose as a seller and kick the [s]seller[/s]tyres, seeing as it purports to be located in Aberdeen.

My own personal opinion is that I'm just happy to be heard and to hear myself on stage, anything else is a bonus and Johnny Punter won't notice either way. I've offered a DI out of my amp to a sound engineer in the past to be turned down saying (paraphrasing) "The DI in that is crap". "That" is a Hartke 3500. Is it crap? I never use it at home, how could I argue?

[quote name='KiOgon' post='1102032' date='Jan 25 2011, 01:05 PM']I can't see, you'll have to enlighten me please! All my Fender head logos are different, none like that, but here's one very similar in a book I saw:[/quote] Flick your eyes between the two back and forth - are you seriously telling me you find these "very similar"? The fonts are completely different in terms of serifs and stem widths. The kerning on the ebay one is so bad it almost reads "PR ECISION BA SS"

I've just noticed where this is located, for shame!

That reeks of fake to me. The logo alone is way wrong, and I'm sure people more expert than me will come along soon and point out other problems.

Welcome to the forum. You left the cable plugged in?

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='1100945' date='Jan 24 2011, 03:58 PM'][attachment=69874:Rich.jpg] <- embarrassing smug look )[/quote] Nonsense - quality bass face

I spotted a link to this: [url="http://www.suerydercareshop.com/brand/87/Sue_Ryder_Care_Guitars"]http://www.suerydercareshop.com/brand/87/S...er_Care_Guitars[/url] Charity shop basses with through body stringing for 60 notes? Dare I say it not the ugliest P copy headstock I've ever seen? If it's reasonably well put together then am I the only one struggling to see the down side here?

[quote name='Bassassin' post='1098463' date='Jan 22 2011, 11:02 AM']That is simply spectacular - and pretty much - no, [i]precisely[/i] - my GAS fantasy Victory. I really will have to come round, tie you up & nick it. Jon.[/quote] I'd rather you waited until I was out of the house, you kinky so-and-so

All mine are out on a rack, and I feel safe doing so - no kids and only one cat who thankfully ignores them completely and doesn't use them as scratching posts. I do (now) have a gig bag for each. Only got 1 hard case and it only fits my G&L - the rest have angled headstocks. I'd like to get proper hard cases for my Gibsons at some point - no hurry though as they always seem to be doing the rounds on eBay. I still wouldn't store them in the cases though - instruments are as much about looks as they are for playing. It does mean I have to dust them more often than I would need to if they were put away, but I love the convenience of seeing them all and just picking up and playing the one I want.

Not what you want to hear, but there will be more Bass Bashes. These guys will (hopefully) only get engaged once. You blow the engagement party off and you'll upset a heap of folk that you have to see on a regular basis whereas we'll raise a jar and look forward to seeing you next time. Sorry for being sensible, but you won't hear the end of it if you don't do the engagement party. Plus it's easier to slag you off when you're not there

Axesrus for pots/knobs

Nothing a refin wouldn't sort out. Rich and I have rescued worse. Mostly Rich, but I helped, damnit!

[quote name='absolutpepper' post='1096348' date='Jan 20 2011, 02:03 PM']You're not boring anyone. This is incredible! Good work all round guys.[/quote] Oh, no-one here, but people at work aren't quite as into it as your average BC member

[quote name='eude' post='1096078' date='Jan 20 2011, 10:16 AM']I bet some folks would be pretty dang interested though, perhaps a compressed diary thread. Your call of course, but I'd be shouting from the roof tops about that bass. I'd never heard of one before that day you showed me the one you where drooling over on ebay, that was arguably mint condition and gorgeous, but this is so much more special Eude[/quote] OK, TB thread done. You're right about shouting from the rooftops - I'm even boring people at work about it and I don't care!

[quote name='GreeneKing' post='1095918' date='Jan 20 2011, 06:12 AM']A master of understatement Have you put this on Talkbass Matt? Peter[/quote] Nah, I hardly ever post over there, just lurk. I reckon the last time I posted over there was a wanted post for a Gibson Victory Artist bass, funnily enough