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[quote name='mcnach' post='1317866' date='Jul 27 2011, 01:10 AM']if there are other bidders... I'd feel very tempted to cancel his bids and block him from bidding. His behaviour says "I'm a difficult buyer" to me...[/quote] I was contemplating that but in the end I sold the car locally and ended the listing.

Sting's Spector was a white PJ thru-neck but Cetera would know the craic with this model I'm sure.

I voted Boss Tweed even though I own the (popular) black!

[quote name='spinynorman' post='1313017' date='Jul 22 2011, 05:42 PM']I don't understand the shill bidding detection algorithm you're all using. Why is bidding up in small increments any better than putting in one bid for the minimum amount you're prepared to accept? Especially as it just draws attention to what you're doing, if you are a shill.[/quote] Basically a shill bidder doesn't want to win the auction so they'll regularly just stick bids in of small increments hoping to goad more bids from other interested parties. As to sticking in one bid; a shill bid can be done this way especially if the seller has an absolute minimum they want for an item and aren't prepared to gamble with selling it cheap. The little and often shill is intended to draw in regular bids from other ebay users who don't do the one set bid in the last seconds/minutes!

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='1312728' date='Jul 22 2011, 01:54 PM']I sense he may let you down if he's the winning bid. [/quote] I agree!

Oddly enough I've got my Estate car on ebay at the moment and a bidder has come along and bid the car up in the silliest small increments possible and as of today I have something like 80 bids with 95% of the bids coming from this one guy! I know for a fact that to the wary buyer this will look like shill bidding and I am wondering whether the bidder has deliberately/strategically done this to put others off by making it appear like shill bidding... I've hence contacted the guy and asked if he wants to view the car to be sure it is worth further bids ( ), however he has said that he lives in Birmingham and he's happy to wait till the auction ends before driving to Northumberland for the car!

[quote name='MB1' post='1311696' date='Jul 21 2011, 04:12 PM']MB1. Golden llama 1 . Suspicious Basschatters 0.[/quote] No no no... the Susp BCers are at least into 3 figures by now!

[quote name='Johnston' post='1309434' date='Jul 19 2011, 05:48 PM']Surely though if you shill and get caught out you're better canceling via mutual agreement rather than keeping up the pretense and paying Ebay fees on the selling price. Or am i missing something?[/quote] 'IF' it is a case of shill bidding and the seller has done it before (especially with the same mate) then he may be aware that ebay monitor (automatically) cancelled transactions. Several retractions between the same buyer/seller generates ebay warnings and investigations, added to which I've seen sellers with feedback that is almost exclusively made up of transactions between multiple ID's... it inflates positive feedback (yes I know it is an expensive way of doing it but not everyone is savvy enough to realise that). I'd be interested in hearing from the BC seller as it then informs our opinions on matters like this in the future.

Worst case scenario - his mate's shill bid(s) didn't snag a buyer. Best case - it was a change of heart by the buyer who possibly lives to far away.

For what you'd pay for a new Pro/Artist series Warwick you could have my German made 1990 Streamer Stage I (neck-thru and active)...

[quote name='Bassulike66' post='1294401' date='Jul 6 2011, 10:09 AM']However, when i introduce my Euro 4LX to this set up, the sound from the PJ (EMG pups and Tonepump) set up is weak and scratchy in comparison to the 5's.[/quote] I've owned Spector Euro basses and I've never considered them weak or scratchy sounding! Is your PJ bass et up correctly (i.e. pups adjusted nice and close to the strings) as that can massively affect tone; ask 'Lukefrc'. Also does your bass have a fresh battery in and is your amp input adequately matched to the bass output, ensure that the input gain is matched to suit the bass rather than expecting the two basses to have the same signal strength.

[quote name='skej21' post='1287726' date='Jun 30 2011, 01:57 PM']I'm glad this is not my wedding lol[/quote] I'm 99% certain that the band was booked as a direct result of either being fans of the band and/or mates of said band. I do concede that Si is right, there is nothing worse than a band just doing their normal thing to almost 'spite' the assembled masses at a wedding but this does appear to be a laid back affair.

[quote name='Conan' post='1287714' date='Jun 30 2011, 01:52 PM']I like your thinking! Who's the band BTW?[/quote] 'Someone Else's Omelette'... that's the name of the band btw, not a reference to Michael!

[quote name='Sibob' post='1287629' date='Jun 30 2011, 01:10 PM']And the public know any of those songs?? :-P Si[/quote] Not my band so in that respect I don't mind... I personally won't take a booking for a wedding as I dislike them intensely but this is a mate asking a favour NOT me doing a wedding per se. [quote name='BottomE' post='1287632' date='Jun 30 2011, 01:11 PM']I am guessing that whoever booked the band have seen them before? (but £50 ??? for 7 hours)[/quote] That is my assumption; as for the money. Looking back over the last 30+ years, if I did this for the money I'd be bankrupt! I'm assured that this will be a nice relaxed gig with like-minded folk wanting the band, so I'm viewing it is an evening out whereby I get paid for playing some songs with new acquaintances.

[quote name='alexclaber' post='1287481' date='Jun 30 2011, 11:27 AM']Pull the guitarist's volume knob off his amp, rotate it 90 degrees clockwise, then push it back on. He will now think he's playing louder than he really is and the volume will go back down! [/quote] Now that idea I like and may well try with a certain 6 stringer in my band!

[quote name='woodster' post='1287483' date='Jun 30 2011, 11:28 AM']Are the rest of the band only getting £50 for the wedding gig? Not being all diva-like but that's gonna be like 7+hrs work for that money.... Seems incredibly low for a wedding booking? Hope the money's being split evenly and youre not being diddled..?[/quote] If you knew the band you'd realise that the money is totally irrelevant, they just play what they want to play and enjoy it. We won't be doing any silly 'wedding sets', it's just their regular pub bluesey sets and the gig may even be for their mates anyway. I'm almost certain that it's a straight split between the 6 members with no hidden 'off-takes'. <edit> I should add that the singer has been to see my band on numerous occasions and even though I don't know any of the other guys, they are all straight up lads who just like playing in a band. It's defo more of me helping friends/fellow musicians out rather than a paid dep... as a matter of fact I have a strict policy with my band that I personally don't do weddings 'whatever the pay'!

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='1287468' date='Jun 30 2011, 11:20 AM']Ha.. I've been there with the same band. Canny lads, they are...! I hate that Emotional Fish song. I'd never heard of it either. Rescue Blues is nice...[/quote] They are dead canny and easy going. Wish I'd known you'd done it previously, I'd have picked your brains.

[quote name='ThomBassmonkey' post='1287464' date='Jun 30 2011, 11:14 AM']How can you not know Cinnamon Girl? I'm sure you'd recognise it if you heard it! Most covers it's possible to learn the chord charts then do bits of improv, most cover band songs don't rely on the bass riff. Put in the time and it shouldn't be too hard. I've learned entire sets of originals for bands I've never even heard of before in 2-3 days (3 times in fact), just practice like mad.[/quote] Honestly, despite the fact I've played in bands for 31 years I've never encountered Cinnamon Girl... never been a great NY fan tbh! As I play a bit of guitar I'll be watching the guitars for some of the bridges etc but the main bass parts I can busk if I know the keys. I love the fact that they said the track 'Celebrate' by An Emotional Fish has a great bass intro... Turns out it's not exactly rocket science to play but it is a bit of a beggar when you just don't have any memory recall of how a song goes. Luckily any of the key changes are down a tone to another sensible key (A to G for instance) so I'm not in at the deep end with silly key changes. Oh well, back to practice.