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I was interested to see if the usual suspects were still winning more than a year after I stopped playing so I just checked the recent draw results and they are. If anybody is interested look out for Clarke Abernethy and Robert Parfitt and see how often they win. I'm not suggesting anything illegitimate is happening at all but would love to understand why these guys are so lucky. I'm sure there is a perfectly reasonable explanation.

Wow - just looked that up - seems I may have been one of the lucky ones.

Given the comments I do think I was lucky - and will stop myself looking at the 15% off studio items sale !

There were names that came up much more than twice - the odds would have been astronomical for so many wins based on buying a reasonable number of tickets. I enjoyed playing - it was a bit of fun for not much cash but it became so noticeable even Mrs Straker would say did such and such win again !

Guitar landed this morning ( great service and as fast as a UK retailer). Was well packaged and all working as it should. It was actually set up better than the last guitar I bought from Guitar Guitar but presumably this is a factory rather than retailer thing. £550 saved ! I like a happy ending !

Relicing should be outlawed as a crime against humanity (or at least instruments). When was the last time you went to a car dealership and paid extra for fake dents and scratches ?

I went back on my word as they've had some great items on sale over the last 2 weeks. Got some Fender ultra noiseless strat pickups for less than half price which arrived without issue and ordered an EVH Wolfgang Special which I got for £707 yesterday which is priced back at £1259 today. There is a new burgundy sparkle Jack Casady on for £500 - somebody needs to buy it before temptation gets the better of me. Wish me luck for the guitar delivery which is Tue/Wed. Paid via Paypal in case of any dramas.

I played a few draws a week draw for a good few months but noticed the same names kept coming up as winners - certainly beyond the realms of good luck. I don't think anything illegitimate was going on, just some punters presumably buying a gazillion tickets in all the good draws. It put me off and I haven't bothered since.

I reserved a used Squier Bass Vi in Antigua in my LGS on Friday based on a description of mint - went to collect it at lunchtime, had a play and it sounded fine then gave it a final once over and saw a chip out of the body near the neck pocket - was absolutely gutted. The 2 owners and tech said they'd all checked it and it wasn't there when it came in and nobody else had touched it. One suggested (half) laughing that I must have done it. I guess when you take a lot of guitars in and you're a small store that gets busy you can become a bit snow blind to defects. They offered to knock £25 off but it would have had a much bigger impact than this when I invariably sold it so didn't bother. The owner bashed it against a precision when hanging it back on the wall - I think I learnt how it might have happened !

Or simply based on our experiences which may have been different than your own.

Well for what he offered me for mine in a potential px deal I'm not convinced of that.

I understand that but where does the burden of proof lie ? If you have 30 basses for sale it doesn't look like you are just trying them and then selling them on - particularly at the prices he charges. I was interested in a Cort he had up - he wanted nearly £400 more than it went for new for in Guitar Guitar - I sent him the link but wouldn't entertain dropping the price which he's quite entitled to do I might add ! I guess he's just hoping people aren't doing research or are happy to pay which some obviously are. In his defence he did seem a very pleasant chap.

I don't think he'd take the commission hit tbh. Seems quite happy to hold onto them . Be interesting to know if Gumtree / FB marketplace now report people to HMRC as ebay now do ( I think after sales of > £1700 ) as it would look like he was a trader with so many for sale at one time and therefore potentially liable to tax,

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/396162049597?_skw=bass+guitar&itmmeta=01JNVC7M38F1KPSW8MJH6EJ8HV&hash=item5c3d19263d:g:GOYAAOSwPylnm36B&itmprp=enc%3AAQAKAAAA8FkggFvd1GGDu0w3yXCmi1dTeGShRczIfuB4eBEINqVO55TaPueoTdsmOtBSAP4wIuH10W4Cruq%2FUaXk3%2BC2OtLicvt73qhHzT7IfUMOsgYravXGv2uuJosRP978tx3Z83cboq7QmjHLtfY7Q%2FerRXk9SM%2BtkDvXHcSqYi8V%2B4TGe0VYuUbtyV5wJ3X5Dk7a0jxTgfNRMLHg3TxoN8zW4oTrSCGkVHd9iPWyf8Xk%2BSXX%2FTrUuqa3JNxm3ePbI%2FZAb3joyhr0US3GAVww5%2B%2FkRYg3NYQ7BAnYqo%2BH5GGOKwwyfe07Llnahh8JHGaC1KPmDg%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR_LBnuyuZQ https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/396168958750?_skw=bass+guitar&itmmeta=01JNVC7M38FSJWA9M4JSC6Y94F&hash=item5c3d82931e:g:ryUAAOSwZcBnm32f&itmprp=enc%3AAQAKAAAA0FkggFvd1GGDu0w3yXCmi1fBfncWdWxjtpU1KeMIdI970IssmViYibp3WBVrm91EHpEpp%2Bhkxg0pCVAedjjyNqo%2FZyMu9CuoV7pqIYb%2FGfaPVCLvcaHbcoPAOGp6GhdQYWYqI1Tj%2F9HS%2FZ1QT%2FGV0xDVEgcW7Gt7oUZk8dE%2BPrfh59ua5uPvMfvO57NWYR%2FAeL48ANHevOXCx0it7BBWn9gBTt48r6xnDjAl6QkjM26qSlZM522PnNFBd8BPiZaz70enq1--PdmCXBYgfJxkgZs%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR_LBnuyuZQ

Looking at the state of this it could have done with mudguards! Do they really think somebody will pay that for it ? Wonder what they gave the seller 😄

I was interested in a bass he was selling some time ago and whilst doing research found the bass on here and it had previous serious neck issues which weren't mentioned in the listing. I had to ask and he confirmed this was the case. This really put me off as do some of the prices which are ridiculous. I also asked about a px on another bass and he wanted to give me nothing for mine yet charge top dollar for his - definitely dealer rather than bassist behaviour.

Hi All, I've had the bass for nearly a year now but from new the pickup selector switch has been really stiff and definitely needs more pressure between positions than any other I've ever known. Are they all like that or did I just get another great example of Fender Quality control ? Anything I can do to fix it other than replacement ?

I picked up a used Schecter Nick Johnston traditional strat yesterday and its mind blowingly good. I was buying it originally as an upgrade project - in the shop it sounded awful, I had planned to put new pickups in it but on getting it home I realised the pickup heights were well off. 2 minute fix and now sounds amazing and was great value for money.

Good to know as it was the RW neck that drew me to it. There was a similar strat in my LGS which was absolutely stunning and I wondered why it had taken them so long to sell it.

What a shame - such a lovely bass which has been completely neglected - maybe stored in sea water ! A snip at the price 😄 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/316340774022?_skw=pink+strat&itmmeta=01JN61JS8NJ7X7N2GQPS1C4962&hash=item49a7612486:g:LVMAAOSwB3Nnt1x4&itmprp=enc%3AAQAKAAAA0FkggFvd1GGDu0w3yXCmi1dNdLteqfnQg2BA5uBpAlIMXoc5ED5ZAJrLWpzqNrIC6Sb0tAOOcze2PoimDLyLUj0kkn34jyn5kWbOB0tj8vvlW4tt0LUUvfeC0YWFXB4eSi8YoAdWVe0zjnylWORv%2F38hEx0Cj5lIgrtG3CW2m3U0aN58BGKLEraXD308lZB2C5KOYVth4Oqeec9DMgL0x80tpKCcOQ6MWmJUtyw3d%2F070RtgCLbSS4fV7nnMzJNLL3vjnYoOnVT2QcPd9iTaSsg%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR7qUy8GpZQ

I so want to call a band Schifanoia - named after a bus stop in France ! Need a band first though !

I should have gone to Specsavers - thought it was the hot rod guitar 🤓