dave_bass5

If someone offers me £400 for something listed at £850 I’ll take that as sarcasm and give it back. I get the broken English thing, you can normally tell by the way the message is written, but if they can’t read an ad how will they read a reply? My philosophy is there will always be someone else along that will want it and pay a reasonable price. I haven’t lost a sale if is a stupid low ball offer. Slightly off topic, my bands were looking for a drummer last month. We had 6 get in touch and all turned up and we good players. We got sorted. I put, in capitals at the top of the ad that we are now sorted, and I’m still getting drummers get in touch with their credentials and telling me they are available for auditions. Drummer jokes aside, what is going through their minds when they know it’s all done and dusted?

Why is it absurd to adjust an instrument to how you want it to feel? Dont we adjust neck relief and action so we get it playing how we want it? Doesn’t mean there is a fault, just that it’s not set up to our liking. Id expect almost every bass gets set up to a players spec, no matter how much it costs. Shimming is part of that. Why should it matter what you adjust if the end result is a bass that plays exactly as you want it? Also plenty of high cost basses use bolt on, its a choice.

No in my experience. If i buy an off the shelf bass, how did the manufacture make it so that i like it? Just because i don’t like something doesn’t mean it has a fault. You could surely say the same about adjustable bridges. Why have the ability to adjust the strings? Is it to rectify a fault? I know the two arent the same, and it can be said its fixing an issue, but the ability to tweak every part of a bass so that it works better for an individual is surely not just covering a fault?

Don’t forget the ability to shim the neck and make it even more personal to the individuals playing and feel.

Depends what you class as expensive i guess. In all my years of playing, every bass ive owned has been bolt on, with no neck trough options. Its never something ive ever even thought about, its just how its been. I agree about the position indication. Although i dont go up that end much, im so used to how a bolt on feels when i do that im partially lost without being aware of the join when im playing.

When i was selling my GK MB800 i put in the ad that the XLR wasnt working, but other than that, it was all good and priced this accordingly. Had a couple of lowball offers the same day, then one guy genuinely interested. We had a chat and he didnt argue about the price, but asked if it was all working perfectly. I pointed out that my ad clearly states its condition, and no, the XLR doesn't work. At that point he came but with a much lower offer, due to it not being in perfect working condition 😂 I stood my ground and we met up and he paid the asking price. Was a nice guy, and we had a good chat. I just couldn't get over how he didn't know about the issue before.

As you said…..Facebook 😂

Buy a proper guitar then 😂

Dunno, you tell me, ill also throw in Global insurance when i send it 🙄

Unless im missing something, that has a standard joint/heel, with a curved neck plate. Not the same thing at all.

All this talk makes me want to post something for sale, just to do a bit of Twat baiting 😂

Exactly this, its just a bit (or couple of bits of wood and some metal 😎). If people want to pay a lot more for works of art then thats a different matter, but im guessing this is really just personal preference and not a big deal for most. Every time i play a neck through i feel uncomfortable, like im missing something. Its probably that the neck joint is a familiar point on the neck for me, but its somethings i would rather have than not have. Especially considering the cost differences most of the time.

No, thats what i was saying earlier. This i also why i mentioned going to an amp. Obviously you can go direct to desk, but its not being sold as a box that does. if i was using a rig on stage, id just be using it an FX board, just like I did with my Helix. For this it seems purpose built. Possibly a missed opportunity though.

Agreed, it would be better to have it for the odd occasion, but for most of us is it really a deal breaker?

Well even then, its not really an issue for most people using it (IMO of course). Balanced gives you more protection against noise over long cable runs, but if its an issue you can use a DI box.

Manuals are on their website if any wants to get them. As far as i can see no mention of balanced out, nor connection to PA. Just to amp/rigs. https://www.boss.info/global/products/gx-100/support/

Why would you need balanced if going to an amp?

This is true to a point. I always feel safe and the transactions go smoothly on here. If someone gets in touch with a sensible message ill go and look them up. I like to see a post history so i know who im dealing with. Not so worried about meet ups, but even then i like to know someone is a genuine person. When i say ‘to a point’, i notice a hell of a lot of ‘members’ only join for the classifieds, and while BC does offer a level of protection, sometimes its no different from Gumtree or FB when it comes to pushy buyers.

Why’s that, if you don’t mind me asking.

For clarification, i only read the opeing post, and this is my response to it, I dont know what the background is as to why you cant make the gigs, but it can be very frustrating for others when one member of a band isn’t availed for gigs. Ive turned so many gigs down because my guitarist kept going away or just wasnt available , and it starts to feel like its not worth it. I know its generally accepted here on BC thats its the others guys fault, but id try and understand that if everyone puts the time and effort in to get goods, and get gigs, its not ideal when one person stops them from happening, and quite understandable that the band will go on regardless. If your time/commitment doesn't allow gigs as frequent as the band want, do the right thing and move on.

I get sick of these messages and can get quite rude. My understanding is not that the person is stupid, just that they think they can dictate how and how much I sell my gear for. Treat me like that and you get it back. ’Local collection only’ means i wont post to Italy or Greece, but if you ask, ill string you along and waste your time, just like you are doing mine. Had one guy offer me £450 to post my Yamaha P34 to Greece, when it was advertised at £850 collection in london on here. I accepted his offer, then went silent. Then had about 4-5 messages from him asking about what it was, condition, can i send pics etc. All this was in the ad, with loads of pics. I never did get back to him. Yes, i could have just ignored it, but he could have not bothered either. It was obvious he was a time waster (offered half the price, then ask what it was) so why shouldn’t i be 😂

As long as one person says its happening on TB, then thats enough to start a thread on here about it 😎

Lack of market research as usual. 😎

I was going to post the same. New product announced. Someone posts a link. First reactions are good, ‘want’ etc. Then a few hours later it’s declared a failure as it’s missing something that another pedal has, irrelevant if the person posting needs it or not (and probably will never use it). ‘doesn’t have direct connection to Hubble telescope, what were they thinking ?’ 😁 Big discussion about how it will fail, over priced and out of date. Then someone mentions something in the just released manual, and the mood changes to positive for a while. Then it comes out. People start to buy it, declare its amazing and it will replace such and such…... ……..Item appears in for sale section 😂