NikNik

Dreadful amp. Blew one these up in a rehearsal studio

That's camera tape/white gaffer tape that's holding them together. And that P-bass control......is this something by He Who Shall Not Be Named?

Back in the mid Noughties, I brokered a sale of sale of a Mk1 Custom that belonged to a musician acquaintance to a guy in Amsterdam. The price? £2200. I took the bass to Amsterdam and the guy couldn't believe his luck in getting a pristine model, with original case. The musician couldn't believe getting £2k for it, given that he'd bought it for £500 back in the late '80s.

Bass

Pic attached for non-FBers.

Just seen the thread on TB.....

Have some fun guessing these. I only got two right; The Hofner and the Fender Musicmaster.

No cheating!

Blindfold test.

14 minutes ago, asingardenof said:

Better than a story I heard about Steve Jones doing something unspeakable to a sandwich Glen Matlock was about to eat.

The headcheese one?

On 28/01/2024 at 19:41, Cato said:

I think in many respects Newstead was the whipping boy of the band, the And Justice debacle aside I remember reading stories about how the other band members had 'hazed' him inwhat seems to have been a fairly brutal manner on his first tour with them.

 

Hetfield in particular seems to have deliberately prevented Newstead from having as much musical input as he wanted whilst also trying to block him from expressing  his creative side in another project. 

 

I think when he left the band almost imploded because, Hetfield who seems to have been a thoroughly unpleasant character for the first 20 years or so of Metallicas career  started directing his destructive and controlling behaviour at the remaining band members and they lacked Newsteads strength of character

 

 

I recall one about them squeezing a tube of Wasabi into a bowl and telling JN it was guacamole.

Just hearing this now. Sad loss.

On 20/01/2024 at 12:21, Bassassin said:

Funnily, that's not the first one of these that's come up with an absurdly eye-watering price tag.

Indeed. Wonder if it's the same seller?

23 hours ago, Geek99 said:

Evri is private vehicles however you’d notice a pattern of failed deliveries against couriers if you looked hard enough 

AH, yes, of course.

I had the Vintage 'Jaco' Jazz. It was a POS. Awful body finish and horrendous neck-dive. A weak-sounding instrument.

15 hours ago, Downunderwonder said:

My guess is the driver doing the delivery has no other drops to make it worth his mileage to go anywhere near the 'farm'.

I've heard some courier firms have trackers on their vehicles. I cannot remember which ones, though, and if actually true.

2 hours ago, toneknob said:

https://invisibleairwaves.co.uk/ https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61552872658641

 

Here's their Tom Sawyer. Other full-song clips are on their website.

 

 

 

A Korg M1!! Legendary keyboard.

3 hours ago, Fishfacefour said:

We get that from them quite a lot and we live on a main road with parking outside. 

It's usually that the driver ran out of time in their round. 

I just avoid Evri as far as possible. Sometimes they've claimed they've delivered an item and it's later turned up at a completely different house or just lost. 

 

 

Without a doubt the worst courier experience I have had, either as Hermes or as Evri. The former lost track of a Steinberger XL2 I was posting to Vienna. Checked twice at Edinburgh and seemingly never left that depot. Hermes would not answer calls, and the chat-bot kept telling me it was unable to answer, or somesuch. I had to get the courier broker involved (Parcel Hero) and they actually got through to them but they were of not help. The purchaser was really understanding, but just as I was about to refund them and make a claim, some two weeks after courier picked it, I got an email from the purchaser that it had arrived in Vienna ok.....whilst still showing sat in Edinburgh.

The second one, with Evri, involved a drop-off at my door (in a block) despite a note to leave in a particular safe place. A photo was provided but the item was not there when I arrived home.

I now get items delivered to, or sent from, my workplace.

Shame about that J.

Wal Pro 1

On 08/01/2024 at 23:46, Bassassin said:

 

I'd expect so. Never played a Armstrong or Armstrong copy, but I have an acrylic-bodied Precision and it's insanely heavy.

Back in my teens, I sometimes rehearsed in the attic of a hippy flat. There was a Dano plexi guitar there, and it was heavy enough, iirc.

Don't recall them with two humbuckers. Nice neck/'board for the mid '70s.

CSL Bass

58 minutes ago, TimR said:

So did NikyNaker buy a WikyWaker?

In discussion with AB,

Thx for input. All seems to be going well.

A mate used to call them that, facetiously.

4 minutes ago, Eldon Tyrell said:

What does that mean? When I google for wicky/wiki wacker, it only shows me a cocktail and people wearing silly straw hats.

The other hit I get is "The Wiki Wacker is a consumable item available from Luau Larry for 5 Red Beans. It temporarily increases attack damage. Also distorts screen and automatically induces dance emote when used while standing still."

🤪

Once known as Rickenbacker International Company. 

7 minutes ago, Reggaebass said:

Can I ask what you was thinking of getting Nik, just being nosy 🙂

One of dem Wickywacker hings,

All sounds good. Thanks for input.

Thx for responses, guys.

I've never purchased from this dealer (for several reasons) but I'm considering doing so, as something has arrived that I have my eye on. so I'm looking for others' experience, positive or negative.