Roger2611

Personally, I would walk away from anyone not prepared to take cash on collection!

21 hours ago, PaulThePlug said:

Nice Job... Hand tools and fine skills I really like the plain look...

might have to go for the sharpie look... prolly cost more to de-dot than the cost of my Ibby 200...

Less expensive than you might think, the biggest cost to me in doing this job was importing Ebony dots from somewhere overseas, Andy actually charged me very little for the fitting work.

That was quite enjoyable and quite surprising to see Fonzi from Happy Days still so relevant to the kids in 2019! 

Thanks Andy, a fantastic job again, I know it was only a vanity thing but Bass Collection SB basses always had un-dotted fret boards and, as this is one of only two SB801's to exist, I wanted it putting back to as original as possible, I have the original black knobs in the case and the remains of the original pre-amp so if someone is really brave one day they may be able to salvage it....until then the Glockenlang replacement will have to do (yes it does sound 10 times better than the aged original pre-amps!)

Thanks again Andy!

It would be interesting to see who the seller is given their eBay name and the area they are in! Could it be a chance to meet the great man himself and pick up a nice amp....I am intrigued! 

Just have a quick hunt through Ali Express if you want to see where this seller is getting his stock and the mark up he is adding as well!

I really enjoyed it but agree with the comment above. probably not as good as the Brian Pern series

As @BassBunny mentioned, the original Japanese Bass Collection basses take a lot of beating, definite value for money still

I play in a rock band and swear by my Mark Bass LM3 / 102p Traveller set up, but, our drummer is not overly loud! There is something about the Mark Bass sound that I really like especially when paired with a Precision, I have owned and sold a Mesa D800 as I thought the MB amp sounded better. I will add that adding a 1x15 Traveller cab to the set up actually took away the sound I love from the MB amp!

The placement of the "contoured body" decal is right strange! Looking at online images it is correct for these basses but I wonder what the story is as to how it ended up there!

"Yeah right" indeed, saw that yesterday, looking at the decal I thought, yeah right that's definitely a real Fender....not!

Improved the set up on most of my basses, sold a number of guitars off (and brought more basses of course!) set about learning a couple of bass lines I always wanted to learn....and then, bang, hit a wall, no motivation to play or practice at all and I am really struggling to overcome that now!

There was a wanted add for one of these went on the other day?

Sex on Fire, no KOL it's a rash you are over exaggerating again 

Set Fire to the Rain, go on then Adele I'm still waiting

A couple for me:

Playing main support to Midge Ure at a festival some years back was an experience

Headlining a festival in front of 6000+ people was fun

Recording at Sony's Whitfeild Street Studio was a scary experience especially as the Spice Girls had recorded there the week earlier

Best of all was playing to 200 or so Downs and profoundly disabled kids at the Rocking Roadmender club night, the sheer joy on the faces of the Downs kids was absolutely priceless and is what making music and entertaining should be about!

Boomtown Rats Banana Republic was also a 1980 hit

I absolutely love my LMIII and 102T set up, I use it far more than my Mesa Boogie set up and it always draws favourable comments at gigs, if it fails I would replace it without question (mine is the Italian built 10 anniversary set with the chrome front on both amp and cab)

1 hour ago, 40hz said:

I don't find any bass boring per-se in terms of visuals but I don't like vanilla sounding basses with no character.

Since I started playing, I've always been attracted to Basses with very unique sounds (Modulus, Wal, Rickenbacker, Travis Bean, Warwick etc). Basses I don't like are usually high-end boutique, coffee table stuff, for the reason that they always sound very generic and polite, with no unique voice. I'm not saying they're bad basses at all. Same reason I don't like Ibanez, just boringly generic sounding to me. Horses for courses and all that. 

I have started getting in to the "coffee table" look in recent months, not sure why but my recent Status purchase confirmed that!

With you on Ibanez basses though, I have owned a few of the SDGR basses and have always found them very "meh" Well built, decent looking and sounding but just "Meh" overall?

17 hours ago, Lozz196 said:

Which punk band, Roger?

Acme Sewage Company.....I messaged you about them before agreeing to join them!

I had issues recently with a 1986 Telecaster I sold to a guy in Cornwall, it was described by me as "the electrics can be a bit hit and miss but everything works fine but it needs a bit of switch cleaner from time to time" It was brought at the Buy It Now price and shipped to the buyer, I get a message the day after it arrived saying the bridge pickup doesn't work and he wanted a refund of £50.00 to replace the pickup!.....I said to him that it needs a bit of switch cleaner and please don't start chopping out pickups as the guitar is totally original!

Next thing I know he has filed a claim to return the guitar saying the electric are not original and various other things are wrong with it, I spoke to eBay who advised me that he had the right to return it at my expense... so I am forced to accept the return claim and end up paying out for a return label

2 days later I get a message of apology from the buyer saying he had taken it to a shop who had confirmed all it needed was switch cleaner and that the guitar was completely original and was indeed a really nice example! He cancelled the request to return! But that is it for me with eBay, I can't be doing with the hassle and stress involved, I have ended any items I had for sale and will not sell through them again. 

It's a shame as it was a good selling site but sadly spoilt by idiots trying it on, I sold everything else via Facebook pages, once you have seen off the "I'll give you £50.00 for your £500.00 guitar" idiots, all sales went really smoothly! 

Having just picked up what looks to be quality management with the rock band I play with which had resulted in some quality gigs in the book and also landing a job with a an original old school punk band which had gigs booked at some of the most iconic small venues around the UK for this year, I have to admit I am gutted at losing out on what, so far, was looking to be my most promising year musically for 30 years or more!

At odds with @mrtcat I didn't take to my 1024x at all and sold mine on a few weeks after buying it and I know the chap I sold mine to also sold it on fairly quickly!

I found it did a Precision bass sound quite well but not as well as a Fender Precision bass (it sounded a little to transparent but not in a good way, if that makes any sense) but the killer for me was weight, mine was well over 10lbs and just too heavy for regular gig use

Rog

That is a seriously pretty bass, thankfully, one too many strings for me! GLWTS 

Possibly less the perils of paint stripper and more the horrendous job it is to remove those think poly finishes! All those nasty relic jobs on cheap Fender / Fender copies, a complete nightmare to sort out!