BetaFunk

These Good Samaritans must trawl eBay and Gumtree day and night with the hope of seeing something that they decide is going too cheaply. I had this with a motorbike on ebay years ago when i won the auction for £1500. It was a good buy but not the bargain of the century by any means. After i'd contacted the seller to arrange picking it up i was informed that they might not sell it to me as someone had emailed messaged then to say it was worth £2500. I simply told them to take the £2500 if someone had actually offered that amount to them and if they did then i was happy to cancel my bid. I got an email a day later saying that the person didn't want to buy it for £2500 but was just 'advising' them of it's value. I picked up the bike the next day. Some people just love getting involved in other peoples business and perhaps it makes them feel good or maybe even wanted that they can pass on information on something they know a little about. There's a bloke that sits on a bench down my high street who 'advises' drivers on how and where to park their cars. Next time i see him i'll ask him if he's ever been on eBay.

[quote name='Immo' timestamp='1388763867' post='2325784'] Klaus Flouride's legendary JB. Package should include strap, DK car sticker and a small jar of blood to stain the pickguard. [/quote] ....plus a bass hanger with 'from Geoffrey to you' written on it.

[quote name='Mog' timestamp='1388760323' post='2325720'] Timmy C surely deserves a Sig. [/quote] Just had to google that.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1388665522' post='2324473'] He could have had Dot Wiggin from the Shaggs who has currently got a new album out: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWDirbJbNew[/media] [/quote] There you go then. No excuses next year for Jools 'Mr Bloody Boogie Woogie' Holland. Perhaps Jools could accompany Dot on his boogie woogie (what else? i hear you ask ) piano. That would be a thrill.

[quote name='Fat Rich' timestamp='1388741133' post='2325381'] what do you people actually want from a New Years show? [/quote] A bit of decent entertainment wouldn't go amiss i suppose.

[size=3][b] [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?app=forums&module=forums&section=findpost&pid=2325027"][/url]Thunderbird, on 02 January 2014 - 08:23 PM, said:[/b][/size][size=3] I think Aria already do a Cliff Burton type bass but it is not a signature bass or am I wrong? or a Burton Ricky would be kinda cool[/size] [quote name='0175westwood29' timestamp='1388757333' post='2325667'] i think the aria is a sig [/quote] There are two. See posts #25 and #33.

[quote name='Beer of the Bass' timestamp='1388751588' post='2325534'] I was going to say that! It would be genuinely different to anything on the market. [/quote] That's two of us in the market for one but i don't see them catching on somehow. I do have a Krappy Guitars 'Mark Sandman/Morphine' inspired 2-String Bass though.

[quote name='Mxyzptlk' timestamp='1388668855' post='2324537'] My first bass was a Commodore. My dad was a piano tuner and dealt with the company that imported (I presume) them so he was able to get it for me at cost price. First time I used it "in anger" was a practice for my first gig with a band. I had never used the bass to any extent before that. I played it through an ancient guitar amp that had been returned to the leader of the group just in time for me to use... I'd taken an old tape recorder to play through! This would have been around 1970/71. I can't remember if I was driving a Vauxhall HA Viva at the time (1970) or a Mark 1 Escort (from December 1970). I eventually replaced it with a "modified" Futurama 6 string bass and subsequently a Fender Jazz. I have no idea what happened to it as I gave it away after getting the Futurama. [/quote] We need to hear more about that Futurama VI. Was it like this? http://www.vintagehofner.co.uk/hofnerfs/futurama/gal19.html

A Peter Hook Hondo for me please. or A Nigel Tufnel Fender Bass VI in Seafoam Green but seriously i'd love a Mark Sandman (Morphine) 2-String Bass (based on his converted 4-String Premier Bass). I would actually buy one of these.

[quote name='Thunderbird' timestamp='1388699230' post='2325140'] OMFG that aint cheap is it [/quote] Have no fear as there is a cheaper version ..... http://www.guitarandampshop.co.uk/acatalog/Aria_SB_CB_Cliff_Burton__Metallica__Signature_Bass_Guitar.html

[quote name='Thunderbird' timestamp='1388694197' post='2325027'] I think Aria already do a Cliff Burton type bass but it is not a signature bass or am I wrong? [/quote] If you've got the money. They've got the bass. http://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/bass_guitars_detail.asp?stock=13012210272519

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1388627931' post='2324265'] I think if the seller had let the auction run its course the bass would have found its level in the market. I'm sure that plenty of people apart from Basschatters knew what they were looking at and the seller would have got a reasonable amount for it. I don't think anyone would have snagged it on the cheap. [/quote] I tend to agree. I was looking at a bass some months ago on ebay and was planning to bid on it. The seller obviously had some 'advice' via ebay and ended the bidding then relisted it at a very high starting price. It's still on there many months later. I reckon that if they had let the auction run it would have sold for a decent price. I used to sell loads of vinyl records on eBay and often had the 'ebay experts' telling me something was wrong with the listing (99.9% of the time it wasn't by the way) and i even had a few telling me that i'd listed something too cheap. I always used to reply 'buy it then and get a bargain' but of course they never did. Some people like to think they are experts. Often they aren't.

[quote name='Bassassin' timestamp='1388664306' post='2324457'] Back on topic, I still have some GAS for a Jolana D (Rick copy) or a Jolana Disco Bass, a sort of Gibson RD Artist clone, too bad they hardly ever turn up! [/quote] I'd love to get hold of a Jolana Disco Bass Jon. The last one i saw for sale was in that bright red/orange colour but someone had painted it with an off white emulsion and was in poor condition otherwise i would have bought it.

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1388675284' post='2324661'] Regarding slapping on flats , it can sound great, albeit in a different and much more muted way to roundwounds. Listen to Chuck Rainey back in the '70's on tracks like "Peg" by Steely Dan. [/quote] If you haven't heard this before have a listen to this interview with Chuck Rainey. It's interesting what he has says about the Steely Dan recordings and on slapping. http://www.insidemusicast.com/musicasts/2009/2/2/chuck-rainey.html

I'd never heard of John Newman before someone mentioned him on the Jools thread. I realise that it's all to do with fashion by why do singers nowadays sing through their noses?

[size=3][b] [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?app=forums&module=forums&section=findpost&pid=2322129"][/url]BetaFunk, on 30 December 2013 - 10:10 PM, said:[/b][/size][size=3] All the above apart from the neck. Mine had the thickest neck i've ever seen on a bass. It was not only chunky in width but also in depth. A strange beast indeed.[/size] [quote name='Immo' timestamp='1388665644' post='2324474'] Neck's a matter of preference. Most Jazz vs. P-Bass arguments I witnessed were about the neck comfort. I like P, dislike J [/quote] Of course it's a matter of preference but i think that you've missed my point. The neck on my 1990s Encore was much thicker and like no P Bass i've ever seen or played.

[size=3][b] [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?app=forums&module=forums&section=findpost&pid=2323993"][/url]Beedster, on 01 January 2014 - 07:52 PM, said:[/b][/size][size=3] ... you can't play slap on them, that they don't work on active basses, and that they have no highs ... [/size] [quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1388651635' post='2324304'] What about the bad points though? [/quote]

[quote name='chaypup' timestamp='1388660188' post='2324404'] Anyone remember Quazar? [/quote] Yes indeed. Good band. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4Y4xZ3jr34

[quote name='Beedster' timestamp='1388620444' post='2324223'] #83 Although perhaps someone should audit previous threads to determine whether they do in fact peak in the mid 80's (unlike Clapton)? [/quote] Is that the Clapton that's in London? If it is then it peaked in the 70s for me.

[quote name='gjones' timestamp='1388617647' post='2324189'] Maybe she took my advice and ended it early, if it didn't looked like she wasn't going to get a decent price for it. I said that, even in the manky condition that it was in, it was worth £500. Given a clean and a set of strings up to £700. She seemed, from the emails I recieved, that she just genuinely didn't have a clue. [/quote] Priceless. I love BC at times.

[quote name='Beedster' timestamp='1388619645' post='2324214'] And that's where this thread - and many others - should conclude [/quote] You mean every thread should end on post #84? Fascinating.

I want an Alembic Series 1 now...................just so i can put flats on it.

[quote name='molan' timestamp='1388611020' post='2324077'] And there was me trying to keep it anonymous Still making me chuckle though. . . [/quote] I thank you!

[quote name='molan' timestamp='1388610104' post='2324063'] Although I hadn't found that much to smile about I did spot a comment in another thread that did make me smile "Just put Flats on it then it will sound the same as an exotic boutique bass with Flats costing many thousands of pounds. P.S. That sounds like it should be in Viz 'Handy Hints' now i come to think of it. Changes voice to very posh and serious....... "hey! Johnny Bass Player! Fed up that you can't afford a very expensive boutique bass guitar with quilted maple top? Then you need Wizzo Flatwound Strings. They will make your 1965 Top Twenty bass guitar that your Granny bought you for Christmas in 1965 sound just like a £5,000 custom bass guitar" [/quote] I have to own up to that one molan. I thought you might like it. I just couldn't resist.

[quote name='watton_earth' timestamp='1388600243' post='2323896'] Hi,I'm going to buy the wee one a bass. I remember seeing a half size hofner 500/1 style bass on a forum, but I haven't been able to find it again. Does anyone remember seeing this also? [/quote] The only ones i remember were these Classic 25 Basses [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/213369-classic25-short-scale-bass-new-to-the-market/page__p__2158644__hl__short%20scale__fromsearch__1#entry2158644"]http://basschat.co.u..._1#entry2158644[/url] This is a link to a Classic 25 on ebay [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bass-guitar-VERY-SHORT-SCALE-25-/111245372362?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item19e6bdabca"]http://www.ebay.co.u...=item19e6bdabca[/url] and a video of it..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwGpgyqcZe4