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[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='780561' date='Mar 20 2010, 10:16 AM']Thank you for writing to eBay. I am so sorry to hear that you are having an inconvenience with (item number 260559500849) which is a hard case you purchased from seller "eugeneoregan". Upon reviewing the details of your concern, I strongly suggest that you contact your seller regarding the issue because basically it is your seller's discretion whether to sell the item or not. Since you re paid for the item yesterday you cannot open a case until 3 days after the estimated delivery date (if available) or 7 days after you paid for the item (if no estimated delivery date was provided). Here's how to request the seller's phone number: 1. Click 'Advanced search' at the top of the eBay homepage. 2. Click 'Find contact information'. 3. Enter the item number - you'll find it in My eBay. 4. Click 'Search'. We'll then send you an automatic email with the seller's contact details. Please be aware that at the same time, we'll send the seller your contact details. We feel it maintains trust and fairness on eBay if members are aware that another member has asked for their contact information. Kind regards, Sean Boyd eBay Customer Support _______________________[/quote] WTF! A 'Hard Case'... not a bass then? "... basically it is your seller's discretion whether to sell the item or not." So what happened to legal and binding contract? eBay are seriously shyte!

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='779724' date='Mar 19 2010, 01:17 PM']He has refunded again and I've paid again.[/quote] A man after my own heart.

Find yourself a MM Dargie Delight then go here... [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=79150"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=79150[/url]

I'll speak to Michael soon and see what we can sort but it'll likely not be a big affair.

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='775644' date='Mar 15 2010, 08:30 PM']I've just learned something about myself... I don't anchor or rest my thumb anywhere! It usually just hangs out above the E string without actually putting any weight on anything. What a freak.[/quote] That's because your basses don't have enough pups!

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='775584' date='Mar 15 2010, 07:36 PM']I'm sure they're lovely lads. [/quote] How sure?

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='775420' date='Mar 15 2010, 05:15 PM']OK.. maybe not at strong as that, but as mentioned above it certainly felt like 'Get at Alex week' for a while...[/quote] I was obviously looking the other way and I must have missed it as I thought Alex generally handled stuff that was dished out... shame!

How would it cope with a 12 string guitar? Actually can it do guitars that are tuned down a tone, as I'd be interested in getting one if it can do bass and the 12 string detuned a tone.

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='775408' date='Mar 15 2010, 05:03 PM']I've said a few times that I was disappointed by the way he was hounded out.[/quote] Hmmm must have missed that bit.

How much! Is it me or are they on drugs wanting that much for a non-original Ric? Genuinely asking as that looks silly money to me and I prefer to be educated rather than continue in ignorance of the relative values of basses.

[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='773828' date='Mar 13 2010, 07:27 PM']he definitely didn't make any mistakes that affected the final price! [/quote] Ah but that's the thing, it didn't sell!

IMHO a pair of Aggie DB112's will do the trick for you! When my long standing rig (of 15years) developed a terminal condition, I spent a long time d1cking around with loads of cabs (neos/10's/12's/15's etc) before I found the tone I wanted in the DB's. For me they have the old school thump but have enough clarity that you get heard and can hear what you are doing. As has been said already though, they don't have that oomph in single form but doubled up they exceed expectations.

[quote name='RhysP' post='755317' date='Feb 23 2010, 06:55 PM']Nice 1980 Musicman Sabre: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MUSICMAN-SABRE-BASS-1980-VINTAGE-PRE-ERNIE-BALL_W0QQitemZ120534820952QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item1c106f6858"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MUSICMAN-SABRE-BASS-...=item1c106f6858[/url] The seller is a nice guy & excellent to deal with. I bought one of my Zons from him last year.[/quote] Excellent seller... but he sometimes makes mistakes! [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MUSICMAN-SABRE-BASS-1980-VINTAGE-PRE-ERNIE-BALL_W0QQitemZ120540956860QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item1c10cd08bc"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MUSICMAN-SABRE-BASS-...=item1c10cd08bc[/url] So it's purported to be refinished and has either a replacement neck or alternatively could it be a luthier made one with a dodgy tatoo... strange that you don't get a close up of the headstock?

[quote name='The Bass Doc' post='773481' date='Mar 13 2010, 11:01 AM']My dear WH. It's OK that you left it at home - I heard from a mutual friend that your wife appreciated it not transmitting noises to the neighbours during certain activities.[/quote] Ah well, that's the milkman paid for another week!

I did a gig the other day at a venue which I must have played 20 times over the years (Fat Ox in W Bay for WoT and other locals); it's a medium sized pub gig with a wooden floor. I fired up my rig to soundcheck and was instantly reaching for my amp settings to see why my sound was all WRONG! I scanned my amp for a change of settings... normal, checked I hadn't turned off the tweeter on the cab... on 50% as per normal, disconnected/reconnected my speak-on leads... no difference; I then stood back scratching my ar5e trying to figure out what was wrong! No Gramma Pad! After using the pad for a year or so I've become so used to having a consistent sound from gig to gig that I was completely thrown when I forgot to use it. I had to do the gig sans pad and I was not a happy bunny that I'd left it at home.

... and for us Northeners, the name of the band is?

Probably is better off in 'Bass guitar' section as theoretically you don't have them for sale, otherwise this section could be swamped with bass porn that is available in various shops/eBay/Talkbass etc.

[quote name='phil.i.stein' post='772111' date='Mar 11 2010, 09:10 PM']theoretically,,, could you ask the shop to mark the box as a 'repair', thus avoiding customs charges ?[/quote] 'Theoretically' you can get done for attempting to defraud HMC&E and lose the bass! Not trying to scaremonger or be a wet blanket but these days the C&E are far more on the ball and they are well within their rights to check the contents of any imported package and if they even 'consider' that you are trying to pull a swift one they are within their rights to confiscate the item and investigate the declaration; if you are found to be defrauding them then you are scr3wed... just saying! With regard to the £ v $ conversion, don't use PayPal! <edit> Should add 'why' paypal is naff for International trade... their conversion rate is abysmal. Great that you get cover but when I [u]SOLD[/u] a bass to the States, I didn't actually get anywhere near what I expected as I used the UK banks normal currency convertor and it was way different to paypal's!

Tom Peterson from Cheap Trick uses/used a bass/guitar dual rig for his 12 string sound but your post does beg the question are you mic'ing the guitar combo or expecting the guitar combo to carry over the FOH PA?

Look what just resurfaced... [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1964-Fender-Jazz-bass-SPARKLE-GOLD-64-Vintage-RARE_W0QQitemZ270544723340QQcmdZViewItemQQptZGuitar?hash=item3efdb8dd8c"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1964-Fender-Jazz-bas...=item3efdb8dd8c[/url]