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38 minutes ago, Hobbayne said:

Well! She never PM'ed me.

Hmmph! 😡

Me neither!😡

You need to summon up the strength to adjust the truss rod again before it's 'home' to stay.

1 hour ago, Paddy515 said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hm73-8bGj3g

 

This guy sets up loads of guitars and puts the videos up on Youtube - really informative.

Just don't mention Rick's to him!

1 minute ago, Bridgehouse said:

Steady now - wasn't me guv'nor. 

I blame the rubbish German engineered truss rod. They are notorious for their cheap shonky engineering and use of cheese for metal..

Hopefully with the new titanium one you’ll be able to really lean into it! 😀

Just now, Teebs said:

Glad it's mended though

Until he starts using a breaker bar on the truss rod again! 😀

I messaged the guy and asked if he had any paperwork to ‘back up’ the original build claim. He gave me a name that I could approach overwater with regarding its history from 2010? Not sure that they’d give out that info, also implies he’s obtained the instrument to resell and it came with a ‘story’.

He said he will apparently be relisting it soon, after some ‘work’ and new better pics

Could this become a regular series?

On 04/12/2019 at 21:05, Richard R said:

I was intending to use it as my Basschat secret Santa,  as it's not a musical instrument and someone would have had to use it as their avatar for January. I am actually glad it's been sold.😉

....... but to whom?

Congrats! Don't forget your old mates on here, we knew you before you were famous!

3 minutes ago, NikNik said:

Is this a new thing? I don't recall seeing this before.

No I don’t think so. It’s always there, but selling multiple items from one listing requires choices, for example, if you are selling envelopes you would offer different sizes fair enough? But some people exploit this by listing a few items knowing that the cheapest will be the price  shown in the listing. Bit naughty really and somewhat annoying when you are researching prices

Hmmmmm it’s the lefty bit that puts me off not the twist (love a challenge)

1 minute ago, oldslapper said:

Weird.

On my phone it shows 2 options on a drop down menu, $349 guitar with case or $249 without the case. 

And you always see the cheapest price to lure you in

2 hours ago, NikNik said:

Whilst not bass-related, I spotted this ebay auction this morning for a Chinese-made Les Paul. The price states £190.74.....but the default option for this auction appears further down and states that price is for the case only!  If, in your excitement,  you hit the BIN, imagine your surprise three weeks later on receiving an empty case!

 

Caveat Emptor, and all that, of course. I put the link into another browser to see if anything changed but case is the default option. Description says nothing about drawing buyers' attention to the options. Shonky movers.

 

Les Paul Auction

It’s an eBay thing. Eg You list a guitar with a case and a strap. You price each thing individually and the listing will show the cheapest item. Until you click on the drop down box and realise £3.99 was the strap? 

I think it’s a variation on ‘bait and switch’

I think that video has been posted before. Once by me!😁 But it's great to see it again, and it shows Mick was quite versatile

1 minute ago, threedaymonk said:

Like a tone so transparent you can see through it, and the option to adjust the pickup placement to wherever you with?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Customised-electric-bass-guitar-with-black-shoulder-strap-and-green-lead/362794743231

Just don't worry about the head dive, questionable intonation (the Strat body must be too short for the scale length, right?), and general mechanical unsoundness of the wood at that neck joint.

Can I ask what was your search criteria when this popped up?😀

This has to be a 'decorative*' instrument that's been modded to play, surely?

By decorative, I mean hanging on the cave wall?

On 22/10/2019 at 23:00, spectoremg said:

Let's hope 'our friend' doesn't see this. 

Careful! He may have friends in high places?

29 minutes ago, DoubleOhStephan said:

 

Great thing about ebay is every customer gets to give an honest report on the item they've bought and it's there for everyone to see.

Probably worth having a look at his, as all of his customers seem happy 🤷🏻‍♂️

 

Do they know what they are buying, emporers clothes springs to mind? And what instruments that he has 'improved ' would you be happy to buy? I don't get the mental health angle? He runs a business, it's not a charity. He's not doing us any favours. I think his work should scrutinised in the same way any luthier could be on this forum?

He runs a business on Ebay, he expects people to pay for his work?. I feel sorry for his customers?

1 hour ago, Meddle said:

That fret is flat on the top!

Yes, no crown. And it looks like it's been done with a file? Is this another 'big hands' modification?

On 26/10/2019 at 14:19, lemmywinks said:

Raisins! It has to be!

I don't know what's wrong with you guys, it's obviously liquorice!

Have none of you noticed that using the 12string saddle as a six string give that unique string spacing for players with hands like gorillas?

15 hours ago, NancyJohnson said:

Its those little touches that are the difference between a production line instrument and a luthier enhanced one?

3 hours ago, NikNik said:

That's a Dremel burn, I'd wager.

... and no extra charge?

How on earth is that neck to body bracket holding?

Those tuners look vulnerable?