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    Fantastic, Disney should make a film based on that story, with a slight deviation in plot relating to the 'What is that thing below" question (clearly the mark of a bass destined to one day be reunited with its original owner). Lovely looking bass as well C
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    [quote name='planer' timestamp='1429868430' post='2755692'] They're not a courier company in their own right are they? Or are they? [/quote] Well there's the question. If you define a courier as an agent able to reliably and safely move one or more items from one location to another, intended location, no, they're not. If you define a courier company as an agent who states that they can do this, yes I guess they are.
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    [quote name='ahpook' timestamp='1429868324' post='2755689'] Through a... ...? [/quote] Ah, big colourful pics eh, you're just hogging the limelight now
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    [quote name='ahpook' timestamp='1429866337' post='2755661'] Must have been stored next to an Ampig [/quote] Or the driver borrowed it to practice his chops...?
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    [quote name='PaulWarning' timestamp='1429864889' post='2755634'] no it's not it's .63 metres. thanks guys I'll give APC a try, looks like I had a lucky escape with Parcel Monkey, perhaps they use Brook Bond chimps to do their deliveries [/quote] No, they're certainly not that competent
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    PS here is the one I'm keeping just so you understand why I'm selling the Warmoth http://basschat.co.uk/topic/260327-fs-stunning-fender-custom-shop-55-precision-limited-edition-2013/page__fromsearch__1 C
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    [quote name='Beedster' timestamp='1429796313' post='2755047'] Parcel Monkey will take large heavy cabs, but they might also lose it. They lost my Mesa 1516, a cab the size of a small principality, for 6 weeks and then found it in a van in Ipswich. On delivery, the driver first handed me the empty box and then proceeded to drop the cab whilst trying to get it out of his van. The box was completely trashed, the cab - which became known as Keef on account of its indestuctability - survived the drop and didn't have a mark in it. It was however covered in thick brown dust and smelled of pigs, which knowing the previous owner was not how it had started out its journey. If only cabs could talk, what a story it might be able to tell. [/quote] [quote name='BobVbass' timestamp='1429854276' post='2755519'] If you use parcel monkey you'll probably save yourself a lot of time, effort and money by just leaving it out on the street with a note saying "Please can someone take this to xxx" I've never yet had a successful delivery from them, everything has either gone missing or been damaged [/quote] Ha ha, fairly consistent regarding Parcel Monkey then, I imagine my cab would have arrived faster had I have taken your advice and just left it in the street Bob! They really are a curious mix of cowboys and clowns (clownboys?) and should only be trusted with items that are too big to be lost AND too strong to be broken, such as tanks, cross channel ferries etc. Probably not a great business model
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    Bought last week from The Brig to replace a bass that I subsequently decided not to sell! It is a very very well put together, beautifully finished and resonant instrument. The neck is, to coin a phrase, to die for; beautiful birdseye maple finished to a lovely balance between a varnish and an oil, immaculate fretwork and playability, and the wonderful sense of stability you get from Warmoth parts. The light swamp ash body is beautifully finished and contoured, the tort pickguard finishes it wonderfully, and the bass balances very well. This is a very very high quality and clean instrument. Warmoth manufacture the finest bass woodwork you'll find this side of a custom build, and the other components (SD QP PUP, Schaller tuners, Gotoh 201 bridge) are all very high quality. As I posted in the original listing, it's a Fender Custom Shop instrument for Fender Modern Player money. In fact it's so well put together and finished I'd almost go so far to call it boutique I'm selling because I've decided to keep my Fender Custom Shop '55, and whilst I'd love to keep this as a back-up the neck is probably too thin for me (it is classic Jazz width and depth), and I've never been very good at looking after immaculate basses! The Brig clearly knows both how to put a bass together and how to look after it once he has! I've used his original pics below, I'm sure he won't mind. Please ask any further questions in the thread below (original listing here might help also [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/260140-sold-warmoth-precision-telecaster-bass-sold/page__fromsearch__1"]http://basschat.co.u...__fromsearch__1[/url]) Price £450, bass is currently in Aberystwyth, I can post at buyer's expense or meet up anywhere from Aberystwyth via Shrewsbury, Birmingham, London and Canterbury (my commute is a PITA). Trade offers welcome. [url="http://s80.photobucket.com/user/Beedster/media/Warmoth%2055%201_zps22haah2u.jpg.html"][/url][url="http://s80.photobucket.com/user/Beedster/media/Warmoth%2055%202_zpse5889wxl.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s80.photobucket.com/user/Beedster/media/Warmoth%2055%203_zpsnr9fi8d9.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s80.photobucket.com/user/Beedster/media/Warmoth%2055%204_zps15fcmljt.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s80.photobucket.com/user/Beedster/media/Warmoth%2055%205_zps9p8xpanu.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s80.photobucket.com/user/Beedster/media/Warmoth%2055%206_zpsbnrrwxih.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s80.photobucket.com/user/Beedster/media/Warmoth%2055%207_zpsk3h0p67x.jpg.html"][/url]
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    Parcel monkey usually do everything - they did Keef - try phoning them?
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    Parcel Monkey will take large heavy cabs, but they might also lose it. They lost my Mesa 1516, a cab the size of a small principality, for 6 weeks and then found it in a van in Ipswich. On delivery, the driver first handed me the empty box and then proceeded to drop the cab whilst trying to get it out of his van. The box was completely trashed, the cab - which became known as Keef on account of its indestuctability - survived the drop and didn't have a mark in it. It was however covered in thick brown dust and smelled of pigs, which knowing the previous owner was not how it had started out its journey. If only cabs could talk, what a story it might be able to tell.
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    [quote name='Billy Apple' timestamp='1429781190' post='2754807'] So, Chris. Are you wanting me to close this thread? [/quote] Ha ha, yes please Sean, thank you ( you know me well )
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    [quote name='Shonks' timestamp='1429780140' post='2754790'] sorry to hear that, hope you can work it out!! [/quote] I'm not too worried mate, we all go through periods when things are difficult and things can get away from us, and I guess that's what happened with Steve. If however he's back selling gear here after a long lay off (or what appeared to have been one), it's not entirely unreasonable for me to expect a PM at the least saying "sorry I never got back to you, can I send you a set of strings as compensation" or similar. As I say, no big issue, but once bitten, twice shy eh
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    [quote name='Legion' timestamp='1429728724' post='2754409'] As you've probably said yourself at some point Chris - no two basses are the same (even Pino's). I'm glad you found one you really gel with...looks very nice I have to say [/quote] Agreed, although the Pino is every bit as good as people say, I just prefer the '55, the neck and board just work so well for my hands, and the tone is subtly different, just a little bit sweeter to my ear than the classic split PUP Precision tone, and works well for country and blues, which is where most of my playing happens
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    [quote name='Shonks' timestamp='1429772179' post='2754669'] cool easy transaction....bloody nice bloke..! [/quote] Still owes me a set of bass strings though
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    [quote name='Chiliwailer' timestamp='1429726750' post='2754360'] Clearly a man of style and taste Nice one Chris, she's such a special bass [/quote] I walk in your shadow Dan Pino is lovely, 55 is lovely, but 55 just suits me better. I'll kick myself over the Pino (that's a Pino and a Jaco I've let go now), but a bass has to be right for the player C
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    Taking Sean's advice which resonated well with that I was getting from my heart. The '55 is staying put, Pino now sold.
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    [quote name='40hz' timestamp='1429626521' post='2753379'] I had a Trb4II and I can't see why you'd want to change the electrics on this! The standard electrics set up is really high quality, a real studio bass IMO. [/quote] Exactly, one of the few basses that can only be made worse with modification
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    I'll take it, can you PM payment details Thanks Chris
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    [quote name='White Cloud' timestamp='1429636624' post='2753520'] Your ears define your subjective reality...they cannot be wrong! [/quote] Well there's one scientific fact you've got wrong
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    [url="http://s80.photobucket.com/user/Beedster/media/when-a-plan-comes-together_zps11tih2if.jpg.html"][/url]
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    Increasingly starting to think that this should stay and the Pino should go, but I'm not sure I can live with that decision down the line so to speak. Perhaps I just need to find a way of keeping both by selling most of my other basses?
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    I'd have loved that if it wasn't for living in Kent and working in Wales! Hope all's well Nik C
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    [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1429522121' post='2752138'] I think so... type of pickups, electronics and pickup placement. And strings. If you really want to change the sound of an existing bass, just fit different strings. I think a lot of perceived problems with 'tone' are down to string choice. [/quote] OK, I agree in theory (hence this thread), but if this is the case, and as suggested by many players above and quite a few pros (for example Barrie's post above), why do quite a few people indicate that they choose maple boards for brightness (and never in my experience the opposite)? Do maple boards look brighter or feel brighter, does the fact that varnished finish feels a little colder and more clinical than oiled finish add to the mix? Is is perhaps the varnish, would players who express a preference for the brightness of maple boards find a varnished rosewood board equally bright? I'm not so much asking which wood is brighter and why, but why so many players feel that maple is brighter and why?
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    Lovely lovely amp capable of all the things that the Tech 21 RPM and RBIs are capable of! Too many amps and cabs lying around the place unused at present and a few things to spend the money on so £250 gets this to your place. Pics to follow when I can find my USB cable C
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    [quote name='Chiliwailer' timestamp='1429474795' post='2751781'] Black - check Maple - check Ash body - check YEAR OF BIRTH - check Growl and thump - check If only I wasn't skint [/quote] Dan, you and I seem to share similar tastes in basses mate (only my YOB instruments are a whole lot dearer!) C
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