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I was asked by a friend of a friend if I'd dep for his covers band as their bassist had dropped them in it for two gigs; a wedding do and a 50th birthday party... "Don't worry I've seen your band and you will already do or know the sets anyway" he says. Liar! Turns out that of the 24 songs that I have to do on Saturday, I'm familiar with 6 of the 24 (3 of those I've never ever tried to play but at least I can hum them). Problem is that several of the songs are just plain unknown to me; Don't worry baby - Los Lobos, Celebrate - An Emotional Fish (never even heard of the band), Rescue Blues - Ryan Adams, Cinnamon Girl - Neil Young + others I'll blag my way through this with the help of cheat sheets but the moral of the story; ensure you get the full run down on songs before you accept gigs for mates (especially at 'mates rates' gigs where you are going to get £50 for doing a wedding gig where you need to be at the venue from 4.30). Oh and I'm not whinging, just thought I'd share a recent experience.

[quote name='Musicman20' post='1287350' date='Jun 30 2011, 09:38 AM']You may as well just buy an RS210 if you want a small, fairly light and well priced cabinet. IMO.[/quote] ... and a few other options! The short answer to the OP is; No.

[quote name='AndyMartin' post='1285580' date='Jun 28 2011, 07:33 PM']I was thinking of having a punt on [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/62-fender-fullerton-re-issue-precision-bass-/140569627805?_trksid=p5197.m7&_trkparms=algo%3DLVI%26itu%3DUCI%26otn%3D1%26po%3DLVI%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D970536329219169960"]This[/url] but he describes it as a Custom shop which it doesn't seem to be and also as a Fullerton reissue. I thought Fullerton referred to the reissues made in the old Fullerton factory in the early 1980s? Yet he says in the text it's a 2002. Have I missed something or is it just an AV reissue[/quote] The seller seems to have pulled together every option he can! As you say it certainly doesn't appear to be a Custom Shop and I'm fairly sure those 'V' prefix basses were 90's RI basses which means it's wrong on the count of date and of it being a Fullerton... I also have some vague recollection of the V prefix being used on MIJ basses. However, this is all just from memory so someone with greater knowledge of Fenders or of the means of telling the various models apart may be able to give more detail (or to correct me). What I would say is that £1400 seems a bit steep for a RI

[quote name='gareth' post='1285089' date='Jun 28 2011, 11:14 AM']Trouble with that one is that if has a massive ding round the bottom strap button[/quote] Well the ebay bass sold for £625 (not a BIN but bid up to) so I'd agree that I'd rather pay the extra £45 to get one without a ding and in a better colour (IMHO) but the seller will clear about £540 by the time ebay and paypal fees come off... not a great price for a Stingray!

[quote name='bigthumb' post='1284666' date='Jun 27 2011, 09:42 PM'][url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Musicman-Stingray-Bass-/120743070217?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item1c1cd90a09"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Musicman-Stingray-Ba...=item1c1cd90a09[/url] Not a bad price, is it?[/quote] Well that's a nice 'starting' price but it doesn't have a BIN now as a bid is placed so I'd expect the bids to go up a bit from the current £499. There is a genuine Ray on here for £580 (£100 less than the ebay BIN) and it's sat around for ages, so Ray's aren't exactly achieving fantastic prices.

I have the TC tuner and it is pretty good but you could probably get a tuner that does the basics for a lot less money... though I bet the TC lasts a lifetime whereas some cheaper ones may die after a few years gigging abuse. BTW I only ever use it as a bog standard chromatic tuner not trying to tune all strings at once, so a wasted feature for me.

A bag for it...! I didn't know such a thing existed and what a waste of money. signed A bagless Gramma Pad user

Let this thread run and every courier in the UK will get at least one slagging! Read the thread/sticky elsewhere on BC re. couriers and there are Pros and Cons for EVERY courier and I'm not aware of a single courier that does the job well and/or in the event of claims pays out without hassle; if there were we'd all use them and there'd never be another thread on BC re. couriers again. I've used UPS, ParcelForce, City Link, DHL and numerous others over the years and I have to say that for all I've had packages collected late (inconvenience) or some other irritation with the system, they have all arrived at their destination eventually and undamaged... yet I'm still looking for the ultimate courier who will; charge me minimal cost, collect on time, give me accurate tracking and deliver on time with the security that 'IF' it goes wrong they will sort it out promptly and pay me the full insured value.

[quote name='RhysP' post='1281779' date='Jun 25 2011, 05:25 AM']I've only ever used Parcelforce to post guitars & have never had any problems at all. Booking over the phone with Parcelforce direct is always better than trying to do it at a post office. They don't "Mis-sell" insurance. If you can't be bothered to read up on the service, what they offer & what exclusions there are before using them then more fool you.[/quote] In part I agree with you, if you book on-line direct with PF and don't read the exclusions etc then that is your fault. However... if you hand over an item at the counter and tell them it is a bass guitar and they then sell you enhanced insurance then that is specifically mis sold; alternatively if you book through a 3rd party who then use PF (believe me it can happen and is sometimes cheaper), they don't tell you all of the exclusions for ALL of the couriers they use and I'd bet you'd have trouble in the event of a claim! I confess that I've sent basses via PF booked through Interparcel or Parcel2Go or some such on-line booking service and they have all arrived safe and sound (possibly more luck than judgement). I now use other couriers whom I am reasonably sure don't exclude guitars in their insurance.

[quote name='louisthebass' post='1281422' date='Jun 24 2011, 07:49 PM']I wasn't a great fan when I first saw one, but they have definitely grown on me. I asked the question about the balance on a previous post a couple of years ago, & most people said it was the same as a normal EB with horns. If had a spare few grand to commission one, I'd have one. Cheers, louisthebass[/quote] I can only speak for my Bolin (which has a strap button extension on the top bout so isn't a likely fair assessment of all SCs) but it has perfect balance. Oddly enough I can switch between my Bolin, Sterling or Warwicks and the last thing that I consider is whether the bass is a SC or DC... they are just 'basses'!

I have a sneaking suspicion the seller has used info skimmed from one of my threads on the Warwick forum (maybe even a forum registered user) as the bumpf he has written about it being the 5th anniversary bass is b*llocks! HOWEVER, it is very reminiscent of stuff that was posted on one of my threads about various Ltd Ed Warwick basses 'including' a completely different 5th Anniversary bass.

[quote name='Evil Undead' post='1277775' date='Jun 21 2011, 09:20 PM']Gotcha. I thought he just meant it was the same bass, not his actual photo. Sorry about that![/quote] It is indeed my photo (lifted either from BC or the Warwick Forum when I had it for sale) and duly posted in this thread direct from my current photobucket account but tbh the birdseye maple is so distinctive you'd be hard pushed to not spot the 'fingerprint' of that bass.

[quote name='jmsjabb' post='1277729' date='Jun 21 2011, 08:52 PM']And he has removed your picture![/quote] 'I'm having both of them'... chuffin greet big liar then! GremlinAndy still owns the other bass that was pictured and that is a fact. So he's now pulled the picture that incriminates him as a liar/scammer; that's a shame.

Please be cautious if considering bidding/buying this Ltd Ed Streamer bass on ebay... [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Warwick-Streamer-Ltd-/280699779233?pt=Gitarren&hash=item415b02b8a1"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Warwick-Streamer-Ltd...=item415b02b8a1[/url] Why you ask am I saying be cautious? Well I know for a fact I didn't sell the bass to the ebay seller and one of the images of the bass that he has used is MINE! I did sell my bass a few years ago to BCer, Gremlinandy and I'm fairly certain that he hasn't sold it; though I've PMd him to check if he sold it I thought I'd put this up as it might be better to be safe than sorry. If you look at the images that the seller has used you will also note that the front facings of the images are of different basses. So he's pulled images from listings or forum pics of at least two of these basses... I'd be very wary!

[quote name='Eddie Twothumbs' post='1276272' date='Jun 20 2011, 07:55 PM']... came from america (some of you suggest thats good some favour the jap ones)[/quote] Are you sure? I thought these were all MIJ basses!

You'll always get a wide spread of prices depending on whether the person is after buying or if they have one themselves and want to see the price kept high for when they sell their's! However, a quick trawl through past sales will probably reveal that anywhere between £250-£350 is realistic.

[quote name='Ross' post='1275582' date='Jun 20 2011, 09:49 AM']£30-40? To change a jack socket? It's a 5 minute job, dear god.[/quote] I know that and you know that but unfortunately I know of guitar repairers/builders/fixers who charge £30+ an hour and whether it be 5mins or not, a minimum fee of £30 +parts is the charge! I'm not defending their charges but I suppose if a tech even took 15-30mins to do the actual job (which is realistic as opposed to 5mins) you have to consider that dealing with the customer on drop-off/collection will add to the actual job time and while he's doing little jobs like sockets he isn't getting on doing bigger better paid jobs! I say do it yourself but charges for stuff like sockets can easily be £30-£40.