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[quote name='bassmansky' post='351080' date='Dec 10 2008, 06:21 PM']were they any good?didnt seem to last long as a company or were they bought out?must be worth a few bob surely![/quote] At the time, they were seen as pretty high-end for a British built guitar. Highest profile user was probably Mike Rutherford. Shergold had a long-ish (10 years?) and commercially chequered history - one of the last of the UK-based volume builders. There's at least one Shergold fan site out there... Some 'enthusiasts' will chase Shergolds to the ends of the earth, others think they're firewood. Prices reflect this...

Just make the holes bigger. Cheaper. But don't drill. Have a look at this: [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reamer"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reamer[/url] Then nip off down to a DIY store or do the interwebz shopping thing. I'd lend you mine, but I lost it.

[quote name='The Funk' post='351204' date='Dec 10 2008, 08:45 PM']I'm being facetious but seriously, there aren't that many good bassists here.[/quote] Not being facetious either , but not many compared to where? We need a poll.

[quote name='BassMunkee' post='351038' date='Dec 10 2008, 05:31 PM']Can I therefore now please have a sticky poll as whether or not I should have a poll about the fact that I had a big old strop last week; kind of a retrospective poll, if you will.[/quote] Sorry, but that wasn't a strop. No offence intended, but compared to some of the stuff that's been flying around here, it was like a sheep clearing its throat on a distant hillside.

PM Waldo. He's well up on this stuff.

[quote name='The Funk' post='350666' date='Dec 10 2008, 01:32 PM']I was born and raised in London, and I've played around a bit. There are probably not more than 50 good bass players here.[/quote] One less since I left. And I know - I went round and counted. 48, there were.

Just had a look at this Allen-Baker's 12 posts. Pretty much all about buying / selling. Maybe checking post content's another indicator, when vetting sellers?

Or find a bass amp with midi (is there one?) and use a pedal board mounted midi controller with presets?

[quote name='King Tut' post='348877' date='Dec 8 2008, 05:56 PM']I bought this. it's original OK, but there were lots of issues that weren't listed on the auction. Weighs a ton but has the most amazing tone. It's with Andy Viccars now for a refret and a little cosmetic magic - I'll post pics when it comes back around christmas time, Col[/quote] Hope you enjoy it lots

[quote name='budget bassist' post='349222' date='Dec 8 2008, 11:49 PM']I definitely think reuel should be allowed to keep that £100 for customs. Let's face it, if you imported a bass of that price into the UK you'd pay more than that in customs. I think he should be allowed that, if just for his hard time.[/quote] +1. Let's keep it happy here folks.

London's not necessarily better - but there's just [i]more[/i] of everything - people, venues, bands, studios. So the community is bigger. Thus more opportunities. As regards where to live - everywhere's expensive, but for your purposes I'd stay North of the river (better public transport into Central London and less of a schlep if you want to get a train to Leeds) and find somewhere within walking distance of a tube station - fastest way to get around.

Hi and welcome. ....er, that's it.

First off, try fender uk - they may have a set. If not you could get the train up to Denmark St in London and try Rockers or one of the other shops, where you could buy 2 packs of strat knobs (Vol, Tone, Tone) leaving you with 3 spare knobs. or fire up yer browser and go to: [url="http://www.allparts.uk.com/plastic-knobs/for-strat-c-277_1_91_98_100.html"]http://www.allparts.uk.com/plastic-knobs/f..._91_98_100.html[/url] ...and buy a 2 pack of tone and a 2 pack of vol, leaving you with only one spare (tone) knob. Probably considerably cheaper, if you take into account the train fare. And they're nice guys, so give them a call first to check that the knobs will fit the pot shaft. You then 'age' the spare in a jar of cold tea (no milk) for a month and sell it on the bay as genuine 50's strat knob for £150.00

Welcome here! Hope you enjoy yourself...

[quote name='Geddys nose' post='348002' date='Dec 7 2008, 06:03 PM']I suppose there's a marketing angle on the old 'Reassuringly Expensive' angle its what Rickenbacker did.[/quote] Aren't Ricks just 'reassuringly unavailable due to production backlog and overwhelming demand'. (NB - Not a slag-off - I like them lots. But don't own one.)

Well, at least he's posted some of the queries...but he won't be getting "£1000" for it.... In fact, rather than flog a possibly dubious beater, might he be better off selling the neck separately?

The Phillippppppines are a bit further away than the continental US...

Not so much a bail-out as a recapitalisation. Dibs on the rather fetching Fez....

[quote]you all might think im a total teewat for having these thoughts[/quote] Not at all. I regularly obsess about stuff like this. As I'm sure you've already discovered, most of the forum members have similar bees in their collective buzzy little bonnets.

Being OK with [i]any[/i] of it would be cause for celebration round my house. Feel inspired.

[quote name='Delberthot' post='347084' date='Dec 6 2008, 10:12 AM']Why does this look familiar? Wasn't someone selling basses like these on Ebay a few months ago with a unknown (or no) name on them? I think someone on here bought one or was going to buy one.[/quote] Y'know, I was just thinking the same thing.....

Nice work

Why not put some frets on the ramp and call it a neck extension?

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='346805' date='Dec 5 2008, 09:17 PM']Not really for a pick player like me then.[/quote] Like he said; though I use fingers sometimes, it would get in the way when I used the pick. Why not just have a very long thumb rest?

Family Fun Day for a merchant bank at Kempton Park Racecourse. Doing Pub R&B (Feelgoods etc). Instant mis-match, but it was £400. We went on between the bloke with his bongos and the pre-pubescent girly dancers. Eric Knowles from Antiques Roadshow was in the front row, grooving, and the bloke Melvyn Hayes from "It ain't half hot mum" was effing and blinding through a charity auction, the carousels were going round, our gtrst was rowing with the organisers and I was fully lagered. Utterly surreal.