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I've bought the odd thing from him before although not for years now. Last thing I ordered was a fret guard thingy. Can't complain about the price or service which were both great. A good if eccentric seller IMO.

Also here's a photo from this forum where someone couldn't intonate their V7 Vintage (different bridge to the standard model) due to the design and positioning of bridge itself and through body holes: Again, not good.

Tuners are fine, just not particularly good if you are used to better ones. Same story with the bridge although that has (or had) a couple of design flaws with the oversize saddles and cheap intonation screws. Would be interesting to know if they changed these parts for the version 2 models. The original design for the 4 string bridge left users with no option to string through the body due to hole location and saddle size.The 5 was tight as well although the bridge was a different design so not as bad, through body stringing was possible but the angle coming off the saddle was very sharp. Tbh just putting new saddles would fix it rather than swapping out the entire bridge, as I said not sure if they have changed the design since the early days. This is from their own website:

That's because the rest of the bass is so ugly the silly scratchplate becomes a tertiary consideration after the janky shape and shoddy workmanship.

White scratchplates, especially big ones like on P basses. Just looks cheap no matter how it's done.

Did the HW1 have engraved neckplates?

Ah yeah, definitely looks like one of those, not a steal then! Wonder if he knows or not. Has the 60th diamond anniversary badge on the back of the headstock but not the matching neckplate. Did they all come with those that year or was it just the specific anniversary models?

To be fair the USA P Bass with hard case and Badass II looks to be an ok deal providing it's all legit. Neckplate doesn't look to have the F stamp: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fender-Precision-bass-2006-with-hard-case/193387785595?hash=item2d06cf6d7b:g:TiwAAOSwhQhecldO

Oof:

If you're using it with a preamp then a little powered cab would do, Alto TX208 might be worth trying at around £90 new.

I always thought the MkI pickups were fine but the matching preamp was underwhelming, did the switch to the Markbass pre not fix this?

Spotted these in FB earlier, definitely needs to sharpen his chisel before taking custom orders.

As it says, Android and iOS too I think: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.co.korg.kaossilator.android&hl=en_GB

😂 It's just a Gator Pro Go Deluxe, they're about £90. Great gigbags though.

I would expect they'll be fine, I have Nordstrand pups in my V7 (nowt wrong with the originals, just a set came up cheap on here!) and they work fine with the stock pre so I can't imagine it wouldn't work the other way around. You can just desolder the pickups, jack, grounding and battery wires and the whole bell plate should lift out. There seems to be two versions of their preamp, the earlier one has two boards with a separate blend pot and the newer one is just a single board, I would expect yours is the single board version without all the stray wires hanging around so even easier:

The Thunderclap Newman and Kung Fu Fighting claims check out, not sure about Rocket Man as the backing vocals were supposedly* done by his band at the time. *According to Wikipedia

eBay will refund after the item has been returned, in this case if he collects it then it would be up to the OP whether he wanted to confirm it or not as there is no proof of delivery. It would be the collection item not received scam in reverse. Not that I'm saying he should do that mind, not even with this absolute berk.

If it's cash then screw him, if Paypal then you'll need to accept the return I would think, give them a ring (especially if you have receipts for it to prove it's not fake etc) and see what they say. Did you offer returns in the listing? Btw never accept Paypal for collection/delivery items, you're setting yourself up to get screwed either way as they can just file an "item not received" claim and you have no proof of postage/delivery. However if you wanted you could be incredibly dishonest and collect the item from him then tell Paypal he hasn't sent it as you would have to refund that way after receiving the sax back. Obviously that would be an immoral and heinous thing to do.

Here's what the Sire looks like with the slim EMG knobs btw, much more space between the lower concentric knobs and the neighbouring regular ones.

You might find switching the knobs to metal ones makes it less fiddly, I prefer it. I used standard flat top tele knobs on the regular pots and the slim EMG ones for the concentric pots. A simple but great sounding (and still pretty flexible) alternative might be the Sadowsky 4 knob VTC preamp - two band eq with the VTC circuit (with push/pull) which is essentially an overall treble rolloff. Will cost ye though.

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Mute the other strings when tuning, even small vibrations from surrounding strings can set some tuners off. Also cheap clip ons are usually electronically great but mechanically suspect - they have weak springs on the clamp part meaning they don't pick up the notes as easily. Use your left hand to increase the pressure, they should work ok in a pinch. Some cheap clip ons are better than others, I have a Kliq/Wetune one (also probably sold under a hundred different names) like this which has been fantastic, scored it for £5 new off Facebook too!

For a leftfield solution to noodling around the house and hotel room playing have you thought about a uke bass? I just use my acoustic when I want to spontaneously pick a bass up and play for a few minutes, no cables or anything.

There's nothing wrong with that. Lots of artists crowdfund albums, Marillion were doing this before crowdfunding was even a thing and it's not just old rock acts either - De La Soul did it (the custom thumb drives were great!). I really like the idea as it is an artist interacting with their fan base and involving them with the process, it's removing the leeches from the industry and ensuring we get to enjoy music we would never have otherwise had the opportunity to listen to. In fact I prefer it to the traditional method of bands being signed to a label and paid a relatively tiny wage from their own earnings. That isn't anything like "buy me an expensive bass because I want one", not even in the same universe. Although as I said before if anybody wants to buy me an expensive bass I'm cool with it.