warwickhunt

Who was the female bassist who used the early Levinson Blade basses? I have recollections of her playing a nice sun/amberburst with Paul Weller... then again it might not have been with PW but at my age I'm proud of the fact that I remembered it was a female!

[quote name='Zoe_BillySheehan' post='458782' date='Apr 9 2009, 08:21 PM']I do like Compression, but its my least favorite out of the 3 albums. Z x[/quote] Have you tracked down the Talas album; 'Sink your teeth into that'? Unfortunately I just have the vinyl version so can't (ahem) help you out with a digital copy had you lost yours.

[quote name='OldGit' post='458169' date='Apr 9 2009, 10:33 AM']Fair play .. I guess the £100 it's got up to is just £50 more than it's worth then ...[/quote] Now standing @ £155 so that'll be £105 more than it's worth... I hope the buyer isn't too disappointed.

Couriers ask for a weight and can under some circumstances penalise you if it is over, added to which pricing tends to be based upon volumetric weight so if you go for 15kg you can't go wrong. I've sent a few basses packed in cases and not a single issue if I use 15kg. Who are you using?

Just realised that in my post (#7) I called you Peter... I saw your avatar and mistook it for 'Peter' Greeneking's ACG. Absolutely nothing like your bass but strange the way your eyes/mind can play tricks on you.

[quote name='SteveO' post='458129' date='Apr 9 2009, 09:44 AM']ahh, but you forget that it was [s]pulled off the shelf for[/s] made especially for that puddle of mud guy. Must make it worth at least an extra grand.(actually, I used to be into them, time to dig through the CD piles for a repreive methinks.) [/quote] It doesn't 'actually' say that the guy from PoM played or owned it. It states 'made for', any bass that anybody owns [u]could have been made[/u] for any 'famous' player. The fact is that ANY SSI ever made could have been made for the PoM bassist. The devil is in the detail and without some form of authentication/verification it is just a SSI.

[quote name='MartyBRebelMC' post='458114' date='Apr 9 2009, 09:21 AM']Hi chaps, I'm toying with the idea of selling my 4string Ibanez SR900 and wonder if anyone has a good idea of what i should be asking for it. Its in excellent condition and has the Ibanez hardcase (this didnt come as standard). I don't believe they make them any more, its a through neck with flame maple body in transparent black and Bartollini pickups and pre amp. Mart[/quote] A quick search in the sale section on BassChat and on eBay reveals that the going rate would be £250-£300 though I'm not sure if the case would actually add a great deal to the deal.

Nice one Chris! So who can spot more than 3 famous faces on TSH's first picture on the link in the OP?

[quote name='Buzz' post='457995' date='Apr 9 2009, 12:05 AM']Dead spot eh? Get yourself a small G clamp to alter the headstock mass, then if that cures it, go buy a FatFinger, which is a neater professional G-Clamp device.[/quote] [quote name='leschirons' post='458092' date='Apr 9 2009, 08:57 AM']Is it a jazz? If it is, there's been quite a few posts about this issue and despite lots of views. It appears to be a "thing" with jazz basses in my opinion. Had the same problem on all my jazzes except a Roscoe beck (usually somewhere between the 3rd and 7th frets) I would think an aftermarket neck change at worst. As already mentioned, it could be the mass. Maybe some serious EQing could help a bit but that may compromise the tone generally. Call the Bass Gallery maybe for their opinion.[/quote] I may well be wrong but I think that the OP has said 'flatspot' not 'deadspot', i.e. a flattened area of the fingerboard, hence his raising the action etc. If that is the case in guitar repairer worth there salt will be able to level that board for you. You can do it yourself but you need the right paper and block otherwise you'll have rolling hills all over your fingerboard and nasty scratches.

So let me check off what makes this bass a 'special' endorsee model; "Look closely at the pics and compare to the run-of-the-mill Warwicks on Ebay. This one features..." three band EQ - standard on all SSI MEC pickups - standard on all SSI neck-through construction - standard on all SSI adjustable nut - standard on all SSI gold hardware - standard on all SSI 24 fret - standard on all SSI 34" scale - standard on all SSI reverse P-J pickup configuration - standard on all SSI It has a Hipshot D-tuner on it [u]now[/u] (worth $110), and the original tuner will be included in the sale - Not standard on SSI BUT this was an aftermarket retrofit to this bass anyway Comes with the Warwick manual and tool kit etc - standard on all SSI deluxe Warwick gig bag - standard on all SSI One thing missing the truss rod cover - Ah! taking off the truss rod cover makes it an endorsee model. I must try that ploy next time I sell a SSI. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Warwick-Streamer-Stage-1-neck-thru-bass-endorsee-model_W0QQitemZ300306656134QQihZ020QQcategoryZ4713QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Warwick-Streamer-Sta...1QQcmdZViewItem[/url]

Its a 'bitsa' and I think the seller knows it for a fact.

[quote name='benwhiteuk' post='457525' date='Apr 8 2009, 03:58 PM']Ah, I was completely unaware of that kind of thing. I guess that would be more useful when regularly selling new items in larger quantities, whereas I can’t see the point of it for one off second hand items – I can’t see there being more than 1 or 2 badly defretted Corvette FNA basses in the world...you’ve got to hope anyway [/quote] The problem isn't restricted to high volume, new items. If you have a Fender MIM/MIJ/MIA P bass and you stick it on eBay then anyone considering selling a similar item simply needs to search for said same item and by simply sending a few emails you could well bag a buyer and scr*w the sale up for the poor guy who had to pay for the listing. With reference to this particular item; if you imagine you had a similar bass that 'hadn't' been butchered you could simply PM ANY of the bidders, point out how shabby the defret was and offer your bass as an alternative... if you were a bidder and someone offered you a better bass what would you do?

[quote name='MB1' post='457410' date='Apr 8 2009, 02:21 PM']MB1. Cant figure that Hidden bidders ID thing at all, i dont bid on anything that has those bids on it now!.....Very Suspect![/quote] That is a tricky one actually! I used to ebay regularly (2000+ 100% rating, though rarely bass related) and I never made sales/bidding private/hidden. However, I did get wind that other sellers were contacting people who bid on my items (I had some regular buyers who made me aware of what was going on) and were offering to sell them similar or identical items, thereby losing me potential higher final value sales or meaning things just didn't sell as people were poached away. Eventually I realised how easy it was to do that; sellers didn't even have to list items, they simply trawled eBay for people selling similar items and made offers to the bidders. So I can appreciate that 'sometimes' it is a good tool for sellers not wishing to have bidders/buyers lured away.

[quote name='benwhiteuk' post='457371' date='Apr 8 2009, 01:46 PM']Can’t believe people are bidding on it at £400…[/quote] People!... or friends?

[quote name='Paul_C' post='456269' date='Apr 7 2009, 11:37 AM'] [/quote] IIRC Billy sat down with a Dremel tool in a hotel room and did that scalloping himself. Funny but if he put that bass up for sale I don't think many people would be asking what kind of fool would do that to a bass... in fact had the seller of the bass in the OP been a 'name' player and that bass was his main tool we'd probably be arguing that the start price was way too low and we'd be worried that it was a scam. As an aside; back around 1980 I had a late 60's Jazz and you have no idea how quickly I binned the cr*ppy tuners, bridge and pups and installed Di Marzios etc. It's all about perspective!

[quote name='MarkP' post='456328' date='Apr 7 2009, 12:38 PM']Ah right I see, so something like this [url="http://www.guitarampkeyboard.com/en/a-70/12550"]http://www.guitarampkeyboard.com/en/a-70/12550[/url] or this [url="http://www.guitarampkeyboard.com/en/take-12/12511"]http://www.guitarampkeyboard.com/en/take-12/12511[/url] These were the 2 amps I have been looking at previously, might have to take a better look at them as second hand they would come into my price range[/quote] That kind of thing would be fine. Just be sure that your drummer doesn't use lead sticks and your guitarists know how to turn down as well as up. As you say 2nd hand will get you more bang for your buck and be sure to check the forum sale section regularly, the kind of thing you are after is exactly the kind of amp that people upgrade from.