BaggyMan

do I get the prize for the most random thread yet?

didn't they do a guitar version too

Its getting hard to get the whitworth standard af truss rods these days...a dying breed.

Today I have learned many things. The good folk of said bass chat are satisfyingly deranged, opinionated and probably nice people to drink beer and break stuff with I also have a fairly well fleshed out business plan (apart from funding, premises, design, talent..) to establish a guitar company who first product willl be the aforementioned mythical beast that is the shitenbacker banana boat gaylord. We should have a competition, and design it by committee, what could go wrong eh? Oh yeah and something to do with p basses and that.

Haha the p bass format I went for was with a jazz neck, and I also have built a Jazz, and have a Lakland jazz. As for the Shitenbacker the Mk1 are quite collectable these days

ill put you name into the free draw for the Shitenbacker Bananaboat Gaylord IV

oh i wasn't going for the hate/love p bass thread, far from it, i was musing over the ever changing market when one day the massively complicated exotique wooded through neck style is king then the collective morph over to simplicity (and then I guess creep back again. ) Don't get me wrong I have owned pretty much every type of bass 'cept gibson (just dont like 'em, trendy or not) or any of the the uber expensive makes.

Seen this comment come up on a number of bass themed youtube videos. The P bass is the bass is now the bass of choice. Seems that conventional wisdom is now that after 'all these years' that good ol' Leo hit the nail firmly on the noggin. The p bass sits sonically at the best place in the mix cutting through where other basses fail. Now I have owned many, many .....many basses and they all have their character, good n bad points and most recently started building bits basses up out of choice parts. What model ? first one was a Jazz next three..p basses. A few years ago seemed that the active bass was king, ever more elaborate tone shaping designs to define the nuance of the very soul of your sound. But is it me or is the elaborate, complex, bass becoming niche? So, what has changed?? why is the p bass, possible only through electrification more complicated than a stick, suddenly in the zeitgeist?

I have used Parcelfarce through Interparcel who are chasing them...lets see who blinks first..

They appeared to have attempted delivery and the recipient wasn't there, signed for it themselves (isnt that some kind of fraudulent activity..) and marked it as delivered. The recipient returned home to find a note saying that the parcel (which is of course a cardboard box at least 4 feet long) was left behind the dustbins. Where in any delivery agreement does it state that packages will be self signed and abandoned?. This was obviously visible as it has now completely disappeared. Parcelforce have a lot to answer to here. Its could be that they never left it at all and its back in a depot someplace. Whatever their reasons none excuse these actions. Frankly I am shocked by the situation as it stands. I can only hope it 'turns up' with a search at their depot. Anyone sees a Vester clipper, with some light mods out there flag it please..its nicked.

Seems to be a rather large component of the hobby that bassists are compelled to build a bitsa bass at some point (usually then being sold at a loss). I for one have built loads just for the fun it it. Currently have two or three in various states of creation.. (just finished a p bass, have a jazz type and modded a Warwick clone Vester). So, what have you been up to?

i have bought and sold a bunch of basses on ebay, from plain janes to absolutely wacky. (G.A.S is a terribly expensive hobby) When the exchange rate was in our favour the US was a happy hunting ground. (lakland skyline from a self confessed 'polka emporium music shop" for £350 anyone?). I have a pretty good idea of prices i guess. Just thought the market seems very slow on here at the moment. I have tried selling my Warwick corvette, Dingwall and Maruszczyk (concerned that some are perceiving them as having bad re-sale values....) to little or no enquiries whatsoever...not even 'thats too much' slap downs or 'I had one of those' affirmations . Its all excellent kit yet stony silence except for the Warwick and the chap bailed out for personal reasons (obv not a market thing..). Just bemused. As for pricing it it that unreasonable to want to sell an as new £1400 bass at 30 to 40% off?? The vintage market is something else and the rarity of JV Squier has almost created its own eco-system. But the £500 to £1000 market seem sluggish for anything other than a boutique fender clones or a fender with the crap kicked out of them. One other observation... is the 5 string falling more out of favour now?....seems to be. Oh yeah and my three are...5 stringers.