Geek99

[quote name='Geek99' timestamp='1474363432' post='3137352'] Mine hasn't left Illinois yet according to the tracking [/quote] But it made it from there secretly; was waiting for me when I got home

A vintage stingray copy that my partner secretly bought for me and my relic p bass (built by the bass doc) are the only two electric basses I own My life would be shorter if I sold the first and the latter looks and sounds effortlessly cool so no need to sell either

There was an original listed recently

Mine hasn't left Illinois yet according to the tracking

Working for a major retailer as I do, permitting over orders at sale time is not unusual - abandoned baskets lock out stock that could otherwise be sold and sometimes retailers get caught out when those baskets do actually finish or an earlier order's allocated stock proves to be substandard or damaged and thus unshippable

Paint thinners is the same thing - try wd40 furst

Yep strictly for total losers

It doesn't arrive then I complain to Paypal and get a refund International shipping isn't instant so patience is needed

Items have to have a declared worth over £15 to see a customs charge, I thought ?

[quote name='PaulWarning' timestamp='1473705962' post='3132460'] just a promo exercise to get your details and sign you up for Reverb I suspect [/quote] I'm happy to pay two quid and then unsubscribe

If I recall correctly it was a 2002 or 03? 3ts plus rosewood And yes I do recall /minor/ varnish issues

I had a mex Jazz (bought off Leigh Gordon of morcheeba) which had exactly this issue, I just used it as a thumb reference point; it didn't move, never got any worse. Just wood shifting itself around a bit

I quite like /the look/ of a thunderbird specifically but I'm not blessed with arms like an orang utan(more like a trex) so it's a non starter I don't really feel the burn of them either

This time I shall be doing "I still haven't found what I'm looking for" (it's a gospel song) segueing into "hound dog" Last time I did Folsom prison Blues by Johnny cash

Seem to recall patherairsoft was an endorser at some point

cheers mister

[quote name='cocco' timestamp='1473150202' post='3127299'] I bought a second hand classic 50s after recording with one for a spell. Loved the bass so I had to have one, and one came up that had the JJ Burnell look, only problem was it also had an SPB-3 and no original pickup. It didn't last long. [/quote] I bought one of those pups on eBay for single digit peanuts

Your band mates are delusional - an acoustic bass unamplified would need to be huge physically to be heard over even one acoustic; I know as I've tried it. You can't even hear yourself, let alone them hearing you

I started with a cheap Strat but always felt vaguely dissatisfied. Two years later I bought a jap p clone and I just loved it's grace and beauty. The sixer just looked like a toy. Bass lets you be in control of the flow and underpin everyone ; you fatten the sound and lift your partners out of "weedy acoustic world" Bass makes people dance ; that's why my sound check is disco inferno or groove is in the heart

Pleasure to deal with

[quote name='Barking Spiders' timestamp='1473091198' post='3126824'] But at the same time don't overestimate the difficulty of rocket science [/quote] Look where it got Elon musk and his spacex program, should have paid more attention in rocket science class

[quote name='TrevorR' timestamp='1473083545' post='3126704'] This is a great tip. My bass tutor (back when I was having lessons) always recommended leading with your middle finger rather than the index for just this reason. For some reason I don't understand it also helps make the tone more consistent across the two. None of it is rocket science! [/quote] Hey that's made my day, no one here has ever said that about me; maybe I talk rubbish most of the time