cloudburst

This topic has gone off in a direction I didn't really envisage. Here are my thoughts on the Basschat marketplace: - I paid the £20. I have no problem with the fee. I can see where some folk are coming from regarding the single sale fee and how it perhaps inhibits trading of lower value items. Perhaps it would be a good idea to retain the £20 per annum fee, but to change the single item fee to be a percentage of sale/trade value. - During the recession, many folk may be more hesitant to part with actual cash. It would be great for their GAS if they were still able to frequently trade instruments amongst each other and the rest of us in a vibrant trading marketplace. That could keep a lot of folks interested in Basschat and away from eBay, Gumtree or Facebook. Perhaps the fee structure could be reviewed in some way to stimulate this sort of trading on the site. - I'd like us to be able to buy and sell Rickenbackers again. To enable this, I'd like the moderators to moderate the marketplace and to immediately remove any content which slips through the net if John Hall asks them to (basically to be JH's occasional b*tches). I know this opinion has lost me some friends, but it's my opinion nonetheless and I'm sticking to it. - I think* I'd prefer the money generated within the Basschat marketplace to be used for maintenance of Basschat rather than development of Guitarchat. *only heard about the new site last night, so haven't had the chance to give it much thought. CB

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1371401169' post='2113393'] Me too. I`d have thought more just a sign of the times, where most seem a bit strapped for cash. [/quote] You'd think that. However, the recession has gripped us for years now, and there were still loads of ads until relatively recently. I've had a couple of cash offers of £1750 for one of my Steinbergers (which I've declined) so there must be cash around. CB

[quote name='Kiwi' timestamp='1371393030' post='2113259'] Clearly we're suffering from the lack of Rickenbacker content. Oh well. [/quote] I don't think the Rickenbacker aspect comes into it Kiwi. I can't remember there being too many Ricks for sale/trade at the best of times. It's a more general comment that the number of new adverts appearing daily just seems to have fallen off a cliff. CB

The Basschat marketplace used to be really vibrant. Some really interesting stuff came up pretty much every day, giving the site a real constant "draw". It seems now that this consistent trading has pretty much died off. Has anyone noticed this? Is it just me? Are there any other sites (apart from Talkbass) that still have an interesting marketplace? CB

Seems simply that the board software doesn't have the granularity to allow you to select "for sale", "for trade" or "for either sale or trade" when you're creating your ad. So it presents a generalised trade/sale price field, which can be a little confusing - so it's best if the seller then adds some free-form text saying "for sale only" etc. Additionally, the board software doesn't appear to be multi-currency aware so expects you to be talking in £ sterling. In this case the advertiser would have been better entering £1975 into this field and adding his €2500 figure in the following text. CB

[color=#5A5A5A][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3] As is typical of votes - you need another option: "I have had sale offers when I have said trade-only and its a bit irritating" :-)[/size][/font][/color] I've had a few folks wanting to buy my XL-2A when I'm really just interested in certain trades. Now that I made it clear in the description, that seems to have helped. Hope I'm not speaking too soon. CB

[quote name='thisnameistaken' timestamp='1371075655' post='2109651'] They are good functional studio basses but they look way too '80s for gigging. [/quote] I don't agree with this comment. But my advice to anyone who DOES think their SR5 is too 80s for gigging: screw on a clear scratchplate with a photo of a Steinberger underneath. CB

As of fairly recently... Main bass = 1988 Steinberger XL2 Backup bass = 1988 Steinberger XL2A Guess I'm boring. CB

[quote name='Beer of the Bass' timestamp='1370991724' post='2108511'] Ferret Ears! Once someone had pointed that out to me, I couldn't unhear it... [/quote] Huh? You've lost me... EDIT: oh - I get it. Ferret Ears = There It Is. But where does the bass tone come from? CB

Best tone I ever heard - Shalamar - There It Is. Do any of you know anything about how it was achieved? CB [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_3_EdxODcY[/media]

[quote name='Prime_BASS' timestamp='1370982427' post='2108355'] always seems to be a teal Ray on eBay, last I looked there was 2. [/quote] Re the Teal Rays - I noticed that too, recently! You beat me to it. Re basses coming back, I had a Fender Musicmaster that came back. And I was convinced it had gotten shorter. CB

Given the raging debate surrounding the suitability of John Hall to run the Rickenbacker (or any) company, I wondered if any of you had read this. It's a real eye-opener if you read the chain of correspondence all the way through. Not to mention some of the subsequently posted personal experiences of a couple of folk who happen to know John Hall and his wife. http://www.thezookeepers.com/ricklet.htm CB NOTE to John Hall: The above is not the opinion of cloudburst or of Basschat. It is merely a reference to a customer service incident which has previously been published elsewhere on the Internet. This post is free of Rickenbacker porn and Rickenbacker copy porn.