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[quote name='paul h' post='686394' date='Dec 16 2009, 03:12 PM']Thread summary... Dodgy handles, not satisfied with tone. Speakers need playing in a bit so the jury is out. Took a bit too much effort to sort out. Bit of bad feeling generated. And in usual basschat style this has been interspersed with people being happy to hear that some body was not happy with a product.(??? Still don't get it.) A few little personal digs here and there and somebody even managed to mention finnbass. So, no change here then. [/quote] ...and yet ANOTHER account by Bass_Ferret has been uncovered and the fact Finnbass has been brought up again is just the icing on the cake. Yeah, things have got rather silly and the usual digs have arisen again! Can I just remind everyone - WERE TALKING ABOUT A BOX WITH SOME SPEAKERS IN IT. peace ped

I am really not precious about mine any more. It's quite worn, like an old jumper, and if I knock it on a door or something I don't mind - it's as solid as a rock and has a lot of character. There used to be a time when I played an Alembic that I would be afraid to play the bass almost, but as my #1 bass has a non glossy finish and lots of nice worn areas I can just pick it up and it feels 'warm' straight away. I am much more careful with my fretless, but it's annoying because the gloss black finish and mirror fingerboard means I can see all the finger marks! I don't think I could have a main bass that I had to be especially careful with. I don't mean I willingly dent my bass or anything. I take great 'care' of it and it's my most precious possession, but I don't 'baby' it, I guess. ped

I like the Vertex - never seen one before...

Not all of it - and the company in question weren't about to defend themselves! Seriously - let's just take the review at face value and let Alex and Rob sort this out in private. ped

Can you keep your negotiations to yourselves please chaps. ped

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='684321' date='Dec 14 2009, 07:02 PM']In all honesty? Yes. I've done it before with Genz Benz. I just find it a more constructive and civil way to do things.[/quote] Whilst saying you will post a thread about poor service/goods on BC is actually now a substantial threat to any company, there is no rule saying you have to contact the company first - and this is no exception. It sounds like several opportunities arose for the situation to be rectified, and I guess Alex would have expected something to have been said on BC when the customer felt unfairly treated. Good review and quite measured, given the frustration this has caused. Hopefully things will be put right (behind the scenes) and we can all learn from it. After my last public BC complaint, Roland have even put people who can read in their warehouses, so it does work. ped

[quote name='Spoombung']That fretless is very handsome. I like Vigier basses. There was a blue beauty in that shop in Colchester last year.[/quote] Thanks - it really is a special bass but I haven't been playing it so much recently. Sometimes it's all I play for ages, though. Come to think of it, apart from earlier this evening, when I had a great jam, I haven't played much bass at all in the last few weeks!

Thanks! I'm still playing with the camera and with basically no light in the lounge I had to use ISO3200 as I have no tripod! The pic of Aryton I took myself too - though I took a picture of a picture in a book and blew it up!! ped

Here are my planks on the sofa... I have neatly cropped the wine stain out of the picture (with the other stains) ped

[quote name='headless' post='669899' date='Nov 30 2009, 12:23 PM']Hi Here are two pics, if you are interested I will take more and give you an unbiased view of the bass. Just been playing it again and it is just like butter! Best wishes, George ([email protected])[/quote] Very nice indeed. What year is it? Or the serial number? It seems like there are a few Vigier owners on here now - perhaps we need our owh thread so we can shape our piccies!!! Definitely interested in more pics of this one... ped

That's cool. I just mailed the editor to chase up the subscriptions people won at the bash....

Cool tune and nice playing - I'm off to play along myself!! ped

Let's see some PRS pics BTW!

I sold that whole bass on, with the bits attached. I think the mute and cover were removed by the next owner, but can't remember!!

[quote name='MythSte' post='670461' date='Nov 30 2009, 09:31 PM']I still think that Bacchus is the best looking bass ive ever seen Ped! :wub:[/quote] Cheers - it sounded fantastic, too. There's a track on my site with it.

Good call - but it's a bit hit and miss (not always even across the strings) and looks crap - and it's something else to lose. I think the Bassmute is a bit steep, but if you save money by buying other things wisely (like avoiding the smoke and mirrors claims of some bass cabinets and so on) then for something that just works and is a solid simple piece of kit, then it is worth it in relative terms! ped

Yeah I used to have one on my Jazz bass Really cool piece of kit (though pretty expensive - I didn't pay full price!) I would have one on my vig but there isn't any room unfortunately Cheers ped

Thanks mate!! As I said in my reply, they got my name wrong and chose an odd photo, but still!! Cheers ped

Got a scanner? hehe

Aye I would really like to see it - can someone PM me a scan? I won;t be able to get the mag until the weekend. ped

...And nice clip..

Type this to make it appear - [youtoob]UjObcEoEMa0[/youtoob] ...but spell youtube correctly!! Basically you are putting the bit after the '=' in the link in between the brackets and voila!! Just edited your post for you ped

[quote name='pantherairsoft' post='664217' date='Nov 24 2009, 07:27 PM']By the time I found what I believe was the 'Basschat stand' it was a table pushed up against the wall with about 10 tee's on it... so I'm guessing I was a bit late! :-) I agree that Randy is not a 'solo' kind of player. But look at youtube... you can see what he is capable of with a little prep!!![/quote] Probably early if anything - I didn't arrive until 4.30 and wasn't really able to get a 'stand' as such sorted!! Next year it'll be all singing and dancing, believe me. Just been a bit off the pulse recently and didn't really get anything sorted. Poor effort on my part. But I enjoyed the show!! ped