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[quote name='thebrig' timestamp='1430234602' post='2759301'] He says [i][b]"i am not a dealer this is my new baby but my missis is making me sell it to take her on holiday , women eh you gotta love em"[/b][/i] Once she saw it, I'm not surprised! And I see he's including the polishing cloth, what on earth would that be used for? [/quote] The cloth would be to wipe your eyes with...

Truly a right mess. The scratchplate looks like it was fashioned from an old tyre. Too much information for me as well. He needs to learn how to use paragraphs!

Had a look at selling for the first time in ages. They've changed the BIN system now. I'll give it a try...

[quote name='FuNkShUi' timestamp='1429604503' post='2752991'] Yeh not keen on having to rush to get things right. Especially as we are in charge of our own sound [/quote] It's hard work doing your own sound. We did that for a while. it started to ruin the rest of the night for us. Everybody was stressed before we started! It would have helped if there was anybody else in the band (apart from one of the guitarists and I) that knew how to set the rig up etc. I always ended up with the desk next to me We never play without a rig now and mostly use the same company. If we get the timing right the PA is in and he is playing music before we arrive. We get the drummer to arrive 30mins before the rest of us so he is set up when we arrive. Then it usually goes like this - I'll get set up in 5 minutes and get the singer to go to the bar whilst the 2 guitarists talk cack for ages... and ages... and ages...

I've stopped trying to sell anything on Ebay totally. If I remember rightly, if you add a Buy it now, your auction starting price has to be 40% lower than the Buy it now? To me that means you either have to start the auction 'high' (Buy it now 'high') or put the Buy it now at a 'too' tempting price or that high there will be no chance of selling it. By the time you have paid ebay, their postage cut and paypal fees it's not worth selling anything on there. I sort of worked out that by the time I had paid all those it knocked 20% off the final selling price. That's a big fee... Also, why would a buyer pay their fees when BC has a marketplace that is far cheaper and with far less scammers!

He bought the neck from here - http://stores.ebay.com/The-STRATosphere It could well be from a Japanese Deluxe.

The sellers honest enough reply to my questions - Hi! Sorry for the late reply... The bass was originally a squier but I have changed the neck and also the pickup! This was what the bass was originally but I have added upgrades as you can see, the only original part of the bass is the body - http://www.andertons.co.uk/electric-basses/pid20675/cid682/squier-jaguar-bass-special-short-scale-bass-in-candy-apple-red.asp?LGWCODE=20675;56375;2717&utm_source=googlebase&utm_term=0328800509&utm_medium=pricecomp&utm_campaign=GoogleShopping&gclid=CP39i8P6hsUCFRHLtAodxzQABQ Thanks! I wish he had said where the neck come from though!

[quote name='FuNkShUi' timestamp='1429514488' post='2752013'] I havent got an issue being asked to turn down. We play for the venue/function/party, so if they ask you to turn down, you turn down. Where i have an issue is when we have an hour to soundcheck before the function starts and we wont have another chance to get levels right until we play, and the manager comes to tell us we need to turn down, alot, 5 minutes before soundcheck finishes. We'd been playing for 40 minutes, fine tuning the mix levels, and 5 mins before the end of our soundcheck he tells us this. Usually it would just be a case of taking everything down in equal amounts. But the problem here was we were already quiet! My amp was already at the lowest volume output, before no volume was coming out. I had to set it to as quiet as possible, then cut the volume some more onboard my bass! We aren't a rock band so being loud as hell isn't a problem, but we were asked to play so quietly our brass section didnt bother with mics. This wasn't a small party either. It was in a function hall with 250 guests. Sent us in to a small panic to be honest. It all worked out well in the end though. Had a good gig, got a few good bookings from it. But we were asked multiple times to turn up. So should this venue state no bands when they take bookings? They didn't seem keen to have one. [/quote] Wow! 40 minutes for a soundcheck? I've been playing live for 35 years and never come close to that! Luckily, we have a really good PA company now who we trust. If they says it's right after 5 minutes, it's right. Management at venues often complain that "it's too loud" etc but mostly have calmed down by the time the band is on. If the bar is busy they usually won't complain again. It's what they do!

[quote name='Bassassin' timestamp='1429568199' post='2752798'] I think that's exactly what it is. Odd, though - what happened to the "proper" body? Jon. [/quote] His feedback as a buyer is 7ish. I think 4 of them are from places that sell musical equipment and spares. Maybe the neck or body came from one of those. I've messaged him and asked when he bought it and from where, as I cant find the model. No reply as yet though...

Looks like a VM body with chrome knobs as said. The neck could be from a Japanese Deluxe - http://en.audiofanzine.com/electric-fretted-bass/fender/deluxe-jaguar-bass/medias/pictures/a.play,m.343150.html T serial and gold/black logo...