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[quote name='Voodoosnake' timestamp='1360073691' post='1964367'] Guys, I'm so impressed with how this has been handled. Pat on the back to you all. Its a great place is this!! Col [/quote] +1.... Great example of bringing a difficult situation to a satisfactory resolution.

[quote name='tom1946' timestamp='1352538466' post='1864294'] These are the brainchild of Mark Morgan Richards (I call him MMR) who owns the site. I've dealt with him a few times (my current jazz for sale here came from him) and he is very particular about what he buys & sells. I've never had a bad instrument from him and his limelight's seem to be very well done. I dislike anything with marks on so they're not for me. hth [/quote] +1 I queried something he had for sale recently and he came off as a good guy.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1359985601' post='1962903'] Oh good, because I was only pretending to be of assistance, as usual. [/quote]

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1359957934' post='1962454'] The days of buying basses from the US to save a few quid are pretty much over... [/quote] For the vast majority of basses I think you're right, but if I can give two example of exceptions...... About a year ago I was looking to buy the bass in your avatar (well at least the reissue '62 AVRI). It cost approx €2,200 on Thoman, which is generally a lot cheaper than Irish prices. In fact when I went to my local authorised Fender dealer they told me they could only order MIM Fender gear ...Anyway, so I spotted the in the US (Sweetwater). The total cost to my door including all fees would have be approx €1,350. I didn't go with in the end for some stupid reason. More recently I actually bought a bass from the US, a Fender Roadworn Precision. I got an ex demo model (in as new condition) from a shop with a deluxe soft case and the other bits and it still worked out a good bit cheaper than the couple of used ones that were for sale on BC at the time. I know these are probably exceptions, but I think it should always be considered as an option. Just be sure to do the maths before you make the commitment or you could get badly stung.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1359980733' post='1962777'] I have a BlackBerry too, I'll look into that later on. But now I'm missing [i]Bargain Hunt[/i]... [/quote] My last question was more of a rhetorical one....I'll get the finger out and look into that one myself!! Cheers for the help!

Thanks for the detailed response...I might just tell her to use it at home though No, I'll give this a try during the week and see how I get on. I have a work blackberry that always has connection anywhere (unlike my personal phone plan which just covers Ireland)....hopefully I can link that to the Nexus 7 too!

[quote name='dannybuoy' timestamp='1359960124' post='1962459'] By the way, if you have a smartphone you can just enable wireless tethering to share it's data connection with the tablet. This is the reason they opted to make it cheaper without its own 3G since most people already own a phone with a data plan these days! [/quote] I got the wife one of these for Christmas. Hope do I go about enabling wireless tethering?

[quote name='Musky' timestamp='1359805655' post='1960494'] All things considered, yes. But as I noted earlier there does appear to have been a shift in opinion on this matter, and in other threads others have commented that the forum seems to be less supportive than before. All inevitable as the forum grows I suppose. I can't help but think of talkbass, where there is a community of long standing members with high post counts. There are also a seemingly endless amount of newer members who like to disparage and deride others over the internet. The mods to their credit do try to keep on top of things, but inevitably this has led to a lot of rules and an outright banning of certain topics. I know this has exercised the minds of the mods on here, but I can't help but wonder if BC will end up going the same route. [/quote] Funny that....on talkbass a find a lot the high posters seem to post their opinions as fact and be almost revered by the newbies. BC is an altogether better place in my opinion....speaking as a relative newbie myself of course.

[quote name='thisnameistaken' timestamp='1359661763' post='1958522'] This is really important. If you haven't already you should contact the seller with this information and inform him that if you don't have your goods within x days you will be disputing the payment. And definitely *do* open the dispute before the 30 days if you haven't received the goods, don't be put off by anything the seller has to say. If the goods subsequently arrive then you can resolve the dispute but if you wait you are going to have a real headache getting your money back. Good luck with it and sorry to hear you've had a bad experience buying on here. [/quote] Unfortunately the buyer has since confirmed the deal was done as a paypal 'gift', so no come-back on that side. The seller being online this week pretty much rules out the chance of him being incapacitated for one reason or another. Thankfully not the norm for BC, so I hope it gets resolved soon.

Plus the euro is in the toilet...good for the majority on here but not for me!

[quote name='silddx' timestamp='1359642067' post='1958099'] I agree almost completely, except for the paypal gift bit. Paypal will just put their %s up to cover the costs of dishonest gifting. So we all pay in the end. If someone doesn't want to pay the paypal fees, they should supply their bank account details and use BACS. I refuse to use the gift option these days, although I have a couple of times in the past at the seller's request. Never again. [/quote] That's an interesting point re re PayPal hiking up their fees.....I hadn't thought of it like that before. I only learnt of the paypal gift option on BC as it happens, and wouldn't trust using it outside of BC. I can totally see how the gift option exposes both buyer and seller though. Unfortunately, the bank transfer option is a little more complicated when outside of the UK, but probably not insurmountable. I suppose the same level of trust is required there too.

[quote name='thepurpleblob' timestamp='1359640208' post='1958060'] Don't ever, ever, pay by PayPal gift. It's only for cash gifts. You have no comeback at all (from PayPal). [/quote] In principle I completely agree, but everything I've bought and sold on BC has been via PayPal gift . I know it's risky, but all the people I've bought from were long established members, had lots of posts and all had good feedback. All were great to deal with. I haven't nor won't buy off the people who join (or at least appear to join) BC just to flog something. They may be genuine, but I think the BC marketplace is built on a community spirit that involves building trust with other members. Having said all this, buying basses or amps of any real value are probably the only things I'd really want the protection of PayPal for. I hope the this was all a misunderstanding and that the OP gets sorted, but I do agree with the previous posters.....once money has exchanged hands the seller has a responsibility to live up to their part of the bargain come hell or high water. There are very few excuses that would be acceptable in this particular case.

[quote name='alyctes' timestamp='1359592265' post='1957392'] I paid via PayPal, but at this stage I'd rather know the seller is OK than just assume he's a chancer. [/quote] That's very understanding of you, but the fact that 12 days after the purchase you had corrrspondence but no bass is a worry. Of course I don't know the content of the mesage, but presuming you paid by paypal for a sale you might only have 30 days in which to open a dispute. I'd bear that in mind. I hope you get sorted.

On a slightly related note.... I have a bass playing friend who was born on the day Jamerson died. I always think he might be JJ reincarnate , although he's a singer/songwriter more than anything!

[quote name='Geek99' timestamp='1359558391' post='1956612'] @pobrien_ie Possibly the recorded version [b]is[/b] Babbitt, doesnt mean that the book is wrong about Jamerson doing lots of takes. Smokey and Norman, Whitfield were such control freaks that hey may have put a Babbitt track on after jamerson did those takes because they didnt like what he did.. He did have a free hand but he did also have a serious temper and the drink didnt help it. Babbitt said he went to question the residuals he was getting and found contracts for tracks that he knew he had played on, but made out to other people, so I dont think even the players themselves know for certain. The residuals wer paid on the basis of these contracts, many of which were written out after the fact. They were known as "mock contracts" [/quote] Yeah fair point. I have the book too, but don't remember tears of a clown being mentioned. Good reason to read it again I suppose. I know Ed Friedland's R&B bass book mentions it as a Jamerson track too.

Sorry to hear that. Unfortunately I don't think there's anything a moderator can do to help. I think the T's and C's clearly state BC is not responsible. Did you use paypal or anything else that might have offered you some protection?

Yeah it was pretty lax back then, probably why the Carol Kaye claims can't be 100% discounted. I'm fairly sure that it's been pretty much agreed since that it's Babbitt though. Even the Jamerson tribute site (bassland I think) doesn't credit it to Jamerson. I'm no expert on their styles, but that would be a very restrained and structured bassline for Jamerson. Even the basic lines he played had some interesting parts. That's not disrespecting the bass line of Babbitt though..it's exactly what the song needs. And back to the track, What's Going On, was that the one he played while drunk and lying flat on his back?!

[quote name='Geek99' timestamp='1359546224' post='1956299'] Apparently he had to do about 60 takes of years of a clown, in order to satisfy the producers [/quote] I'm not sure about that. That track had Bob Babbitt on bass.....unless that's the reason why!! Also from what I've read he was pretty untouchable and got little or no grief from anybody in the early days.

Thanks! Sorry for hijacking the thread! As you were.....

[quote name='bassmachine2112' timestamp='1359389034' post='1953986'] I,ve played it in the past on Ricky,t-bird,musicman and a P doesn,t really matter just get the vibe. [/quote] This. Skynyrd aren't really a band I've ever focused on trying to emulate the bass sound too much. I think it's just a good rock sound with a great groove. Plus if you're doing the whole 2 to 3 guitar thing the challenge will just be to get a nice sound that can be heard in the mix. It's also very likely that Ed King was playing bass on the recorded version.

[quote name='bigsmokebass' timestamp='1359313103' post='1952954'] DV247 have them in the £800 region last time i looked BSB [/quote] Cool. Any idea if it's been discontinued though? It would be more of a luxury / nostalgia buy tbh!

I think Leon Wilkeson mainly used a pick on Jazzes and Thunderbirds. Could be wong though. A cool player though and played some great lines.

[quote name='Lord Sausage' timestamp='1359210207' post='1951600'] And everyone else will find this condescending! [/quote] ....and (IMO) elitist and not in keeping with what BC is about.

Not stocked by Thomann anymore. Anybody know if they've been discontinued?