Rick's Fine '52

[quote name='Cosmo Valdemar' timestamp='1330128867' post='1553295'] Rick-haters will find plenty to chew on in this clip. It sounds to me like he's running in stereo but we're not hearing the neck pickup for some reason. [/quote] Indeed.......Sounds to me like he's got the saucepans out, I can't hear anything that sounds like a bass!!

What do we think of this? [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/270912650043?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649#ht_500wt_1202"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/270912650043?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649#ht_500wt_1202[/url] I mean £12k for a battle worn, ’64 with non-original parts is to say the least, pushing it. I mean NKR who are a shop, and known for top pricing of instruments, although they normally have top quality gear, have a gorgeous one at £8250, which means privately you’d expect to pay £6k. This has over half the paint missing from the back, and lots on the front, which is fine, and adds mojo, and shows it’s a great player, but also reduces the price. Described as having ‘some paintwear on the back’..........really? He then says the bass is ‘completely un messed around with’, but then says it has a replaced treble pot. It clearly also has missing thumbrest and covers, but more obvious, it has a badass bridge, which isn’t even mentioned (?), which could be face-fixed or even routed?! If you thought you had a 12k bass, surely you’d take the neck off to take the all-important pics? You can get a Mint ’62, or 9/10 nick stack knob for this price. I think 3-4k is more appropriate.

I've traded a couple of things on here, without any problem, and i've bought and sold on eBay too, again with no real problems, and most were foreign purchases. The down side of ebay is the double fee's. I've no problem with eBay fee's (They are a business after all, and you can't question the coverage the item gets with their service), they have a maximum £40 fee on items in the thousands which is good. However, i do resent them getting another set of fee's via Paypal (eBay owned), when someone buys your gear, although its a users choice of course. The best part of basschat though, for me anyway, is the contacts i've made, of some fab folk, people who, for the most part, genuinly know their stuff (A truly rare thing, even most 'experts' in guitar shops are very lacking in my experience!), good advice on all manner of subjects, and some humour thrown in. No-one takes things too seriously, or gets overly personal (There have been moments i've seen! ), or offensive etc, and my knowledge, and friendships have both increased to the good. Only negative is that i probably spend too much time on here, than is reasonable!! Thanks to you all, for at least keeping me away from the sh*te bright box in the corner of the room!!