Woodinblack

[quote name='spongebob' timestamp='1377793701' post='2191969']
Ad says that Ged used the Jazz for 'Limelight' - but he's on record as saying that he played the Ric on that, but used the Jazz in the video ('Tom Sawyer being the reverse - Jazz on record, Ric in the video).
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Yes, that is what I thought as I saw that interview the day before yesterday:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wma2NtQ1CIE

at around 4:50.

I didn't know he had used Wals for a bit though. Which is odd as I saw them on the hold your fire tour, and didn't notice.

Funny, I worked as an electronic engineer in whitehill in hampshire for 8 years. I suppose technically it was Bordon..

Welcome to the club, grab yourself a bass and learn, maybe you can be as good as <whoever>, maybe you can just be better than you were

It is almost certainly a coincidence. Ebay does the first letter / last letter on auctions over a certain amount, which means any two bidders with a user name starting and ending with the same letters will appear to have the same name. Which means it is actually quite common for two people to appear to have the same name and different feedback.

Seems legit to me.

The only bit I don't understand is why people are bidding before the last 5 minutes, but I guess that is because there is someone who hasn't bid before.

[quote name='molan' timestamp='1377722694' post='2191006']
Anything with Squier on the headstock (apart from the original JV series).

So easy to get a used version of the 'real thing', why bother with cheap copies.

Bit like Japanese versions of a Harley - never taken very seriously
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When I went to get a bass last I tried the Squire VM fretless and the Fender fretless (that was £300 more). The squier sounded better than the fender and was nicer to play. I don't really care if anyone takes it seriously, it was just a better bass

Although, maybe it because I am the type of person who wouldn't take anyone with a harley seriously!

anything beyond 5 strings. Maybe beyond four.

It's not a rickenbacker snob, I think it is just ric themselves have these things pulled. My rockinbetter advert lasted a while as I listed it on Friday evening so it went until the Monday morning until it was pulled as a copyright violation.

Brave man posting pictures though, I am sure the ric squad will be heading your way!

Sounds very much like the power amp shutting down. Does it get hot or are there any other signs? It seems that you have a different idea of a good tech!

Actually looks like a trophy plaque. Maybe someone won 'best pickup' award and someone put a neck on it?

Not really that much of a problem, the bridge pickup is a lot louder than the neck in the first place. I am going to try the cap, but I am still considering using a preamp which means I could balance the volumes properly.

Prices on ebay are pretty low, if you have a look at completed items you will find that the price of ibanez sr305 are around that. I have been looking as I am interested in the 505s or 705s, if I can get one at the right price.

There are quite a few round but I suspect they are fine. I have bought loads of instruments on ebay and haven't had any issues.

When I got my rickenfaker it was like that, except not quite like that, the step occurred half way to the first fret. So I got some replacement strings on an expensive replacement string month, when I got some DR Chromes for the fretless and some new ernie balls for the ibanez, I got some generic strings for the rock and the notch came just after the nut. Don't know why it is so short.

Report it as a fake rickenbacker, it will be down by the time the news starts!

I love the headstock design on my darkfire:

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[quote name='Billy Apple' timestamp='1376822595' post='2179411']
Wunjo in Denmark St, Londinium gets my vote. Lots of stock, very friendly and good prices.. even for central London.
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Yes, I had good service in there.

the 'If you choose to pay via PayPal then I will ask you to sign for the goods when you call to collect.' is a good idea though, I know a couple of people who have been bitten by this. Although a photo is probably better!

Like this:

[url="http://www.rickenbacker.com/pdfs/19507.pdf"]http://www.rickenbac.../pdfs/19507.pdf[/url]

I might give it a try with a push pull pot or maybe a on off switch on the tone. I might also do the stereo thing too if I am going to keep it.

It will give you 10K but it wouldn't be that linear any more

It makes perfect sense. I am a better fretless player than fretted, but only because I am really bad

Greenburst

My first guitar was a natural pine strat. It weighed a ton. It wasn't actually a bad guitar considering. Well, it was by the time I finished modifying it, but it didn't start that way.

I don't think they are selling particularly well on ebay at the moment, guitars certainly aren't. I don't think much is selling as well as it was a few years ago.

Tortoiseshell pickguards. Or anything that colour.

Actually from putting guitars on ebay, I know how very difficult it is to show flaws in a guitar as they often don't show.

Its good that he is now offering the money back, but if he had done that in the first place maybe they wouldn't have had this issue and that thread (and the other part in that thread of someone else who couldn't get his money back).

But that front horn and stomach cut area, hmm.. I could do that

OK, so it is a treble bypass like the telecaster had. That makes sense, I will give it a try.

Nothing specifically, it was actually quite nice but the problem was that it is a 4 string fretted bass, and I have an Ibanez prestige 1000 something which I play more, so it is my least used one (I also have a squire vm fretless).

I played one of the new fender 5 string jazzes and quite fancied one but due to a large number of guitars, there is very much a 'what is leaving to make space for it' thing going on at home!