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[quote name='Mike' post='271059' date='Aug 27 2008, 03:06 PM']Yes, some really interesting shapes on the website. The new Poseidon is interesting! I think this one is different enough to be cool but not too wacky![/quote] The Poseidon looks fantastic. But it looks a bit fragile to me. I could imagine bits breaking off if the bass is mishandled. The bass for sale is a beautiful bass too. Someone who works for that company is a true artist.

[quote name='Stan_da_man' post='283610' date='Sep 14 2008, 12:18 PM']Sorry if I missed your PM this week has it was my birthday over the weekend and was out quite a lot! Still up for grabs.[/quote] Sorry about me being impatient. But I'd been trying to buy a bass for a long while. Your bass looks a great deal and I'm sure someone will grab it.

[quote name='benwhiteuk' post='283313' date='Sep 13 2008, 07:19 PM']great score for £120 i reckon[/quote] I haven't got much equipment yet. No bass amp, no bass effects. But I plugged it into my Behringer X-VAMP anyhow. Just using the (presumably) guitar orientated presets, there are some very nice tones to be found in this combination. To my inexperienced ears at least. I'm "very 'appy", as Italian Formula One drivers say.

[quote name='MuseMatt' post='281167' date='Sep 10 2008, 03:31 PM']as far as I can see this is a single coil J style, but you can check this on the back of your headstock (should be a small sticker)[/quote] Hmm.... I am asking about several basses at once, so I'm a bit hesitant to ask much. Would it be too much, at this stage, for me to ask the OP to record a bit of the bass, adjusting the controls to get a variety of sounds, and send me an MP3 (or similar)?

Just to prove that I'm not a $£%$^%* who always runs down prices, I think Jimmy got a bargain. Lowest online price I found was £349 plus something p&p. There's a shop near me selling a Shine six-er for £200 s/h. There was previously a gumtree advert, naming the same road as the shop, offering a Shine six-er for £100. I wonder if the shop bought it.

The reviews for the BB404 mention two seemingly quite different instruments. The BB404, and the BB404N. Does your instrument have single coil J style pickups, or two humbuckers? Do you know where it was made?

[quote name='thedontcarebear' post='280868' date='Sep 10 2008, 08:50 AM']4. If you have a problem with the price of an item on the forum, stating it in an aggressive way on the thread undermines the sellers listing. Often however feedback on fair pricing is useful and constructive. Bear this in mind and be considerate and vigilant. If anyone is seen being aggressive or SERIOUSLY overpricing an item them you are best off sending a PM to the member and to a moderator. The best policy is that if you do not like the price, move on. The seller won’t sell and you avoid any arguments.[/quote] Fair enough. I'm new around here, but am not an internet newbie and am quite used to "robust" online debate. I'll delete my post (if the board allows it) from another thread. You've quoted my post here, so deleting it won't help.

Reviews on Harmony Central look promising. [url="http://reviews.harmony-central.com/reviews/Electric+Bass/product/Ibanez/GSR200/10/1"]http://reviews.harmony-central.com/reviews...nez/GSR200/10/1[/url] I've played both the Stagg BC300 (*), and the Yamaha RBX170, which seem quite similar basses. Modern style P&J pickups. I liked both. How much for some sort of insured delivery to Leicester? What forms of payment do you accept? If it would be less than 1.5m packed, then royal mail standard parcels might work. Only £1 extra for the insurance. [url="http://www.royalmail.com/portal/rm/content1?catId=400031&mediaId=51000711"]http://www.royalmail.com/portal/rm/content...ediaId=51000711[/url] (*) The reviews for the Stagg BC300 generally aren't good, but I *really enjoyed* playing it. The only thing that stopped me buying it at the time was that the second rate "Cash converters" imitation shop (yes, even worse than Cash Converters) are tools. If I end up going for a trip to London to look for basses, I'm definitely including it in the list of things I try.

[quote name='LukeFRC' post='279840' date='Sep 8 2008, 05:25 PM']think they go fora wee bit more than that new[/quote] I was going to post another "here's a new price" link. Oh, I will. £170 + about £6-7 postage. [url="http://www.dv247.com/invt/37230/product.htm?gdftrk=gdfV2356_a_7c416_a_7c1181_a_7c37230"]http://www.dv247.com/invt/37230/product.ht...c1181_a_7c37230[/url] But the hard case is worth a bit if it's a good 'un.

I live in Leicester, so Coventry is feasible. Though, I don't own a car. How far are you from the train station or poole meadows coach station? I'd prefer to travel not so that I can save the postage, but so that I could try out the bass. At present I don't have a bass! I have the "Bass Guitar for Dummies" book and am running through exercises on the lower four strings of my six string. I was going to put myself out of my misery by buying an Aria STB PB bass for the reasons that it's cheap, is said to be competently made, and would mean that I'd have a bass here. I'm not planning to learn to be Jaco, I would just like to be able to play vaguely competent lead, rhythm, and bass, and be able to record songs. Not at professional quality. Previously I was thinking that a Yammie RBX170 would be my purchase. I like the idea of a five string, but don't want to drop a wad, and have heard that cheap five string basses can be problematic. E.g. does your 765 have the boominess on the 5th string that some have reported: [url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-122641.html"]http://www.talkbass.com/forum/archive/inde...p/t-122641.html[/url]. And do you have trouble getting the battery to fit properly? [url="http://www.bgra.net/2004/review.php?id=1373&type=bass"]http://www.bgra.net/2004/review.php?id=1373&type=bass[/url]. I'm really after a pretty normal rock/pop bass sound. I don't like the "metallic" metal sound. The RBX170 had that metal sound a bit with some tone/pickup settings, but I could dial that sound out and get a range of tones that I liked. So, the ball's in your court. Let's see you sell me your bass. Edit: In case this looks too "aggressive", I meant "the ball's in your court" in a joking sort of way. And the reviews were generally quite positive, or I wouldn't have posted here. There were just some minor niggles, the ones I asked about.