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The only bad technique is one which produces bad tunes.

There is no right or wrong way to play. I used to do stretching exercises for my left hand and indeed it does stretch wider than my right. IMHO, there are two types of bass players (regarding left-hand technique): i. those who play "correctly", with their thumb elegantly placed on the back of the neck, etc. and ii. those who do what they like; if you look at the top players with their own recognizable style, they tend to be the latter.

Special added capacity.

The screw ends sticking up at the 5th fret are an especially ingeneous feature.

Ideal for a musician taking those first steps...

Wow - it got no bids at £100!

The seller is delusional.

I'll leave it to someone else to have that/those.

OK - I'm just saying it's easy for people who specialise in something to look down on others ignorance. However, in this case, I think the various folks here certainly did their duty in flagging up the issues!

I do take your point about the buyer thinking they're getting a deal. But what about if you bought a car which had an issue, or found you'd bought fake Levis, or any other suchlike - would you just accept you were a mug for not searching on google?

Actually, the ad still shows a Fender logo, which is illegal, especially since the seller is a business. I do feel sympathy for someone who has probably bought it thinking they've got a rare Fender; it's all well and good for those of us who have some idea to look down our noses at someone who is too dumb to know better, but it could easily be someone buying it as a gift. Given the number of ads where people can't even transcribe the brand name Squier properly, there are a load of people who could be taken in.

I like the 2 pole piece horizontal pickup that's been added there. (Yes, I know it's a thumb rest really...)

Well, without the Fender logo & s/n, it's not worth the asking price.

Yep - I’ve been to see her a couple of times. I remember her as a wreck from my childhood.

They’ve cancelled the sale, as requested.

I agree that you do need to take appropriate care, but I have to say I’ve not had a problem selling or collecting. In this case, the seller listed it as collection only, so I guess they were ok with buyers turning up. In this case they’ve lost the sale, so they’ve made more hassle for themself. (I was going to make a day out and see the SS Great Britain.)

I think ebay/paypal want their cut, so they're happy to have the option there. I wonder if Paypal records the location of the transaction, so if it's from their house, then that would say you were there and paid. But yes, paying in advance and collecting it would not give the seller any particular protection. Since they've said in their comms they'd refund if it wasn't OK; that would cover me trotting off with it and then saying I'd rejected it and was waiting for my refund. I guess the point is that in a transaction as soon as one party starts mentioning mistrust, they've opened a whole can of worms. @Mudpup's somment about it having been sold already earlier in the year has tweaked my suspicion-o-meter a bit.

@Mudpup @Ricky 4000Yep - Bristol. @paul_c2 Nope - no mention of cash on collection, but I've previously done Paypal from a seller's place, using mobile t'internet thingy (and cash, if accepted, avoids fees). @Beedster Well, since I was planning to do a 3-hour round trip, I would be taking it on trust that they would be there. And of course, since the whole trust thing is being questioned, having got my money, they could simply say I'd been and collected it.

Well, I won an auction to buy a Warwick bass on ebay and arranged to go and collect it from the seller next weekend. I then got a payment reminder, so I messaged the seller saying I assumed that was an automated reminder and were we still on for next weekend? I got a reply: Well, that hacked me off a bit. I didn't like the premise that I should pay upfront because I might be a timewaster. I've replied to say so, and that I'm bailing from the sale. Grrr. Still, I did go and collect an Epi LP neck and body today (white), so I'll console myself with putting that together into a guitar (I have a set of pickups & hardware for it).

I was looking at that one - it's the Strat knobs and presumably MIM, but I can't remember which model had them - Squier Series?

My preferred strap is a non-adjustable one I had made, with Schaller straplocks; I find I'm happy with most guitars & basses with it. I take your point about the back-fitting strap button, but I think in my case, my only instrument with one of those was an Epi EB0 which went to a new home last week.

They were never the finest quality, I have to say. Mind you, I've just bought an Audition (yep - a Woolies spesh) guitar on ebay, so who am I to talk about quality!

Ah - the pound in your pocket...

Flaming heck, his prices are high!

Yep - the recess is more than half a screw length, so I'd need to do it right.