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[quote name='Greggo' timestamp='1384182882' post='2273641'] I actually have no interest on getting on of these clones just pointing them out as per the ebay weird and wonderful in case they may be of interest to someone. I've got a Vintage EST96 myself anyway and that does the trick, I suppose second hand you could get a lot of better things than this ebay page for 100 quid but if someone finds it of interest it may have been worth the post. [/quote] I wasn't meaning to criticise you for posting the link, just heading out on some discussion based on it. If the sales statistics on those pages are accurate, then they certainly have been of interest to someone. I probably shouldn't have used the 'you' in the start of my post, as I meant it to be the generic 'you', but in hindsight it does look as if I was addressing you specifically. The seller also sells Les Paul clones that were claimed on the page to be through neck (!) I think they might have confused set neck for through neck

Unless you really want a new bass, wouldn't it be safer to go for a second hand Vintage EST96? They're easily available second hand for about 100 notes or so. [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-EST96-Stingray-Bass-/190895390563?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item2c72407f63"]http://www.ebay.co.u...=item2c72407f63[/url] And they're proper active Stingray copies. For less money, there's the Westfield copy. Here's one on here which was sold for £30. [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/215582-westfield-musicman-style-bass-sold/"]http://basschat.co.u...tyle-bass-sold/[/url] (albeit with bent, though working, tuner). The no-brand ones could be decent, but I think the Vintage EST96 in particular is likely to be a safer bet. Edit: The seller has sold hundreds of the basses, with seemingly few left in some models.

Honesty in advertising award for this year. At least as far as the listing title is concerned. Not quite sure about the body text which says it looks good, but the metal curves are IMHO an interesting idea which could look fantastic in a more refined instrument. [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Strange-hand-made-bass-guitar-/141113107647?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item20daff24bf"]http://www.ebay.co.u...=item20daff24bf[/url]

I have lowball bids out on ALL of the Japanese Aria Pro II SB series that aren't collection only in odd locations. I bet I don't win a single one though, these are lowball bids.

If there was something that did this, then I presume it would make a loop with some cross-fading at the ends of the loop to make it smooth, and perhaps some work would be undertaken to refine the quality of the loop, though even for a small variation in potential loop size, finding the best loop point can be computationally expensive, which might cause the pedal to stop and think before it starts playing the loop. Would it be used to capture short loops like a looper, or to sustain a single note/chord?

I'm not using the RSS feed. I'm actually just reading the ebay page from a typical search URL, extracting links for items, fetching the listings, and then extracting the title from the listing. (The second step is done that way as in the future I might extract other information). Using the RSS feed would probably have been an easier way to do it. [quote name='skej21' timestamp='1383904542' post='2270539'] My missus uses an app called 'shopstyle' which alerts her to any sale items from a number of clothing shops as soon as they are discounted. Maybe you could create a similar style app that finds bass related items on all auctioning/second hand sites in one place? I'd buy it! [/quote] I think I could, but there are many things I could do and only a limited amount of time. I've said that if I lost my current job and ended up a middle aged person on the job market, I'd go for apps, and developing a commercial version of this would be one such possibility. Edit: I know that there is some sort of Orange Terror amp up on ebay at the moment, and if my short term memory is working, a Warwick Corvette Bubinga. The only one I've been tempted to look at so far is the Avon Rose Morris bass.

The current interface is me typing commands from a keyboard. But, the text commands are orientated towards an eventual interface with pushbuttons, LEDs, and a pedal. E.g. there's one called 'button' which saves the current loop in the current track, and moves onto the next track, so that layers can be built up easily. Not having used existing pedals, I'm not sure what is and isn't done. But, assuming that I have multiple footswitches (say 4 or 8), then I think I need to introduce a concept of different mixes which can be set up, and accessed at the push of a button. E.g. I'm assuming that the thing will have modes, and in 'play mode', the push buttons will call up different mixes instantly. Assuming that this includes muting of tracks, then it would be possible, in real time, to build up sections of a song (e.g. AABA structure), and then easily and quickly navigate between them when playing. I've seen that there's a LED display with keypad for the R-Pi. http://proto-pic.co.uk/adafruit-blue-and-white-16x2-lcd-keypad-kit-for-raspberry-pi/?gclid=CJ2E14r91LoCFfHKtAodISgA3A This seems reasonably priced and would give a lot of I/O capability, in [b]theory[/b] rivalling current top-end loopers. BTW: I'm planning that MIDI control will be possible in the future, such that external MIDI keyboards with knobs can be used to control the looper. I must look into the portmidi library. (I'm using portaudio for audio I/O at the moment). MIDI control would also allow me, e.g. to have inbuilt drum sounds. In the long term, I'd like to have some compatibility with the Hydrogen open source drum machine, being able to read its drumkits, patterns, and songs. Sorry if I'm waffling on too much.

This is not a serious post, but the tool described does exist. As I seem to be flicking over to ebay too frequently, I wrote a quick hack program that reads the newly listed basses and speaks out the title. It was done quickly, but I find it quite useful and amusing. My computer has just read out '1976 RICKENBACKER 4001 - OLYMPIC WHITE - INCLUDES THE ORIGINAL CASE'. I know it's been listed, but it's not the kind of thing I was looking for. However, when a recently listed Bass Collection 320 fretless was listed, I immediately went and had a look. It's already saving me ebay checking time, which had turned into a bad habit for me. Next I wish to have multiple searched being checked at once, and also include gumtree.

Not sure there's much interest in this thread. I had a chance to add some more features to this. It now has advanced, and can actually work as a looper, and has been crudely tested as such. There is a feature called 'latency' where the player can play ten notes along with the metronome, and it prints out the delay of the played note compared to the metronome. But, I seem to have found that my timing is not as precise as I imagined. At least I can wildly estimate how much the input sound should be shifted forward to compensate for input latency. I've added features such as storing settings across runs so that when testing (or in the future using it) I don't have to always re-enter parameter values such as metronome and time signature every time I run it. I can also select the sound input/output hardware I want, rather than just always using the default This software is intended for the Raspberry Pi. But so far I haven't used that, I've been developing and testing it on my mac. In the future I'm going to have to add some sort of interface for the R-Pi 's GPIO pins to connect to buttons and LEDs to make it a 'pedal'. Albeit a pedal that will be ethernet connected and which will have some sort of web-based interface for additional configuration. The next big step forward will be to handle either mono or stereo input. That would allow me to put effects pedals before the looper. I don't think I can build too many effects into the looper itself. Partially because it will take too long to implement some effects, and partially because the Raspberry Pi won't have too much in the way of processor power to perform the effects. And also I'd like to eventually say the looper is 'usable', so that I can get started on my intended Raspberry Pi bass synth.

Remains of a Sumbro, this claims. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Japan-made-Sumbro-electric-bass-as-spairs-/231089621479?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item35ce03c9e7

"Just for decoration"? http://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_b_30_nt_lh_decoration.htm Surely someone could fix this.

Interesting. I'm not sure if it's worth £150 up, but it would be a conversation piece at a bass bash, I believe. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Electro-Acoustic-Bass-Guitar-/190957342269?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item2c75f1ce3d

[quote name='Annoying Twit' timestamp='1382937937' post='2258115'] [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Harley-Benton-Electro-Acoustic-Bass-Guitar-Great-Sound-4-String-Solid-Case-/390686713520?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item5af6be26b0"]http://www.ebay.co.u...=item5af6be26b0[/url] [/quote] This bass was 'sold' for £82. But, it was immediately relisted. Looking at the winner, who has 0 feedback, they have bid on 34 items, 100% of which were listed by the seller of the Harley Benton bass. [url="http://offer.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBidderProfile&mode=1&item=390686713520&aid=n***c&eu=&bidtid=347089308026&view=NONE&ssPageName=PageBidderProfileViewBids_None_ViewLink"]http://offer.ebay.co...s_None_ViewLink[/url] Has anyone seen a clearer example of shill bidding? It looks pretty conclusive to me. Edit: Interesting piece of negative feedback for this seller. [quote] Wouldn't sell for winning price Buyer: l***g ( 28) 25-Jun-13 17:01 <a href="http://feedback.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback2&ftab=AllFeedback&userid=leecraddock01&iid=390687179939&de=off&page=1&items=25&interval=180&which=negative&convFdkId=822430266012&convShow=true#822430266012"> [list] [*] [b]Reply[/b] by leecraddock01 (25-Jun-13 17:54): Buyer wanted to buy at unreasonable price so couldn't sell, way too cheap!! [/list] 8 x PAR 64 Cans On Prewired PARBARS 500 Watt Lamps Raylight & Reflectors Stands (#390607448965) [/quote]

But, aren't these guitar amps, not bass amps? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bass-Guitar-/291008660712?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item43c177c4e8

There's a rave review of the '1975' Harley Benton 'Vintage' Jazz Bass here, including sound clips. [url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f8/harley-benton-jazz-bass-reviewed-615539/"]http://www.talkbass....eviewed-615539/P[/url] PS: Having lost my nut filing virginity, a nut that's a bit high no longer has fear for me.

Another Cardinal bass, with a case and a low starting price. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Aria-pro-II-Cardinal-Series-CBS-380-Electric-Bass-Guitar-/321240832422?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item4acb7219a6

Another HB on ebay. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/black-bass-guitar-harley-benton-active-electrics-4-string-lots-of-punch-clarity-/331056991718?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item4d1488cde6 Starting price £84, which compares to the new price of ... £81! http://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_hbb400tbk_ebass.htm

Same seller. £50 for two vintage strap buttons. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Fender-Strap-Buttons-1960s-1970s-/261319096705?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item3cd7d4f981

I never knew that pickup shielding was collectible. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Fender-Precision-Pickup-Shielding-1960s-1970s-/261319093201?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item3cd7d4ebd1

More Leicestershire Westone goodness. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Westone-Spectrum-bass-/321239912860?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item4acb64119c

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Electric-BASS-/321239932691?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item4acb645f13 [size=3]"[/size][size=3]It may look a mess but plays great; low action and it growls like a bad tempered bear![/size]" Is that the bass equivalent of Keith Richards?

[quote name='rallyeluke' timestamp='1383236113' post='2261966'] The jb75 bass comes with daddario xl strings and wilkinson alnico vintage pickups as standard and the bridge has brass saddles and looks identical to the wilkinson unit so surely that bass is the bargain of the century? I am tempted to get one [/quote] I will naturally say 'go for it', as if you buy one you can tell us all what it's like. Edit: Through neck HB relisted with lower start price. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=111203064936

I think you did well to get £150 for it

PS: I put the serial number into [url=http://www.guitardaterproject.org/fender.aspx]The Guitar Dater Project[/url] and it said that the number was not recognised.