Beedster

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[quote name='Jambo' post='1186240' date='Apr 2 2011, 10:02 PM']i have the 1st one thy released....a bit more £300-ish but worth it.....esp. like the matching headstock and stacked pots... [url="http://www.squierguitars.com/products/search.php?partno=0327900506"]black vm jag[/url][/quote] I bought one a week or so back, I'm blown away with it. It just works, great range of tones, P-PUP sounds like a Precision should, J-PUP sounds like a Jazz should, neck is fast and straight, no dodgy frets. Oh, and it looks like a bass costing about 4 times as much, I bet if I left this next to my '65 on a stage, this would get nicked first C

Line 6 Studio 110 does it for me. I like the Flip Top tone, and although it's tiny, it'll do small gigs at a push

[quote name='Soliloquy' post='1198928' date='Apr 13 2011, 11:57 PM']I do find it slightly ironic that the main contributor to this thread sold a bass to a guy on here last year. The guy drove all the way to pick it up, a round trip I think of a few hundred miles. The bass had been advertised with certain pickups, I can't remember exactly what I was told. When he got there the seller said "Oh, I hope you don't mind, but I've swapped out the pickups on the bass". Well it was a bit late then wasn't it if he did mind. The guy had also put a mark on the front of the bass by not being too careful swapping the pickups over. Anyway, I subsequently bought the bass which is when I was told the story.[/quote] [quote name='EssentialTension' post='1198963' date='Apr 14 2011, 12:55 AM']So, this story which you 'can't remember exactly' is hearsay and may or may not be accurate. How is that helpful to this thread? As for 'the main contributor to this thread', does that mean the OP; or the person with the most posts in the thread; or who? You may think you're not being personal but you've still got some of us trying to work out who you are accusing - i.e. the person you identify as 'the main contributor to this thread'.[/quote] +1, he's kinda thrown that accusation at quite a few of us hasn't he Dave? Having sold a few basses on here, and having then seen a couple sold on at substantially inflated prices (and in one case with changed out cheaper parts), I'd be interested to hear who the mystery buyer and seller are? Or at least, if he;s not prepared to name names, he could say which of us it's not Chris

[quote name='Oldman' post='1198669' date='Apr 13 2011, 08:38 PM']Guys, your right Beedster, I did not post this thread expecting to resolve an issue that was not of my doing, all avenues had been exhausted. And as mentioned by another BC, a seperate thread already posted specifically to pre-empt a response from me about being shortchanged on a deal, especially after asking the Transformer question. I have told this as it is, should any moderator want me to forward the e-mail trail from Mike to me and back at my business e-mail address no problem. It was started as Caveat Emptor and thats what I wanted to do make everybody aware that dubious deals can still get thro the net. OP? Ask yourself a question guys, the casing says 120Volts, the manual says only connect the right mains voltage, the seller says its OK .......................would you? I think I have said enough and all you guys irreverant or not have highlighted various aspects of this unfortunate case. Let it serve as a reminder "Its a jungle out there". Thanks for taking an interest I have achieved what I set out to do, bring it to the attention of the forum. Brian[/quote] Thanks Brian As I've said a few time above, we need threads like this to remind us how risky deals can be and how convoluted they can get. All I can say about the above 7 pages is that I hope you get things sorted out to your satisfaction, and that when you have, I hope you can explain it all to the rest of us! Skank's people will be in touch re the film rights. C PS OP = original poster

[quote name='skankdelvar' post='1198591' date='Apr 13 2011, 07:39 PM']Saints be praised! He's alive! That's Ped off the hook for murder.[/quote] There goes our blockbuster/mini-series/video game though Skank?

[quote name='molan' post='1198577' date='Apr 13 2011, 07:22 PM']Yeah I know - I just didn't want to get into a protracted row about it. With hindsight I should have said something as it might have warned others off. I have to own up that a few months later the seller approached me to buy something I owned but hadn't actually put up for sale - I said he could have it for about £200 more than I paid for it (more than twice the price I'd paid) and he took it so I thought I'd kinda got my 'retribution' that way. Not anything I'm particularly proud of though. . .[/quote] I wouldn't worry about it to much, sounds like Karma in action mate, and he was clearly happy with the deal Re feedback, I think the forum's got so big now that feedback is really important, buying and selling on here's a different proposition to what it was even a year or so ago (you only have to check out the convoluted plot of the transaction at the core of this thread to realise that things aren't what they used to be!).

[quote name='EssentialTension' post='1198559' date='Apr 13 2011, 07:07 PM']However, once you read the other thread, you may find that the key doesn't fit the lock.[/quote] It all reminds of the final line in Burn After Reading " I guess we learned not to do it again. I'll be f****d if I know what we did though. "

[quote name='molan' post='1198527' date='Apr 13 2011, 06:47 PM']OK - so I've kept quiet about this, and I'm not going to name any names, but I had something similar happen to me recently with someone deleting their own thread which had no replies. I was offered something for a particular price so I thought I'd try to check out its value. Couldn't find anything similar here so went to Google to see if there was one somewhere else. Lo & behold the first Google listing that came up was for BC. How odd I thought, must have mis-typed the search in BC. I hit the Google link and the thread had disappeared. Went back to Google and looked at the cached version - there was the very same item from the same seller being listed at exactly a quarter of the price he'd just tried to offer it to me at! Needless to say I queried the price and walked away from the deal. Seller said original listing was a 'mistake. but we're talking a pretty big differential here and a completely deleted thread. . . In fact while I'm on the subject, lol. I bought an amp here a while back that had an intermittent hum. It didn't happen when I tested the amp but once it had been on for a while it kicked in really badly. Seller claimed it had never happened to him & I let it ride. I then went searching a few specialist sites to see if i could find out what the problem would be. . . Big surprise - I found a thread from the seller (using the same name as here) on another site explaining the amp had a problem and asking for help. The guys on that site said it sounded a bit nasty and might cost a bit to repair. The seller then openly requested in his thread that the mods delete the thread. They didn't so it was a clear record of what had happened. I took the decision not to get involved in a big hassle and sold the amp to someone who was a decent tech who thought he could fix it himself. Luckily he did so it all worked out Ok. Just goes to show that the old Caveat Emptor ruling definitely applies here as much as anywhere else [/quote] OK, I know it's a personal decision, but the latter case is what the feedback thread's for Barrie?

[quote name='Johnston' post='1198518' date='Apr 13 2011, 06:40 PM']Whats this Bernmeister story??[/quote] [quote name='skankdelvar' post='1198247' date='Apr 13 2011, 03:08 PM']True, Chris. But Bernmeister also posted in that FS thread. And his post has disappeared from his posting history. And he's not been seen on the forum since March. I fear the worst.[/quote]

[quote name='EssentialTension' post='1197969' date='Apr 13 2011, 11:48 AM'][url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=131659&hl="]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=131659&hl=[/url][/quote] [quote name='daz' post='1198504' date='Apr 13 2011, 06:28 PM']I know i must be missunderstanding this somehow ?![/quote] Easily done, the key is in the first page on the link Dave posted above C

[quote name='skankdelvar' post='1198486' date='Apr 13 2011, 06:10 PM']What I want to know is which Mod / Admin offed Bernmeister? Kiwi's in the clear, being in NZ. Mrs T can supply an alibi for Mythste on the night in question. Ped's been keeping a low profile lately... [/quote] That's if 'Bernmeister' every really existed. I suspect a Kaiser Soze style dual personality issue here....?

[quote name='Doctor J' post='1198371' date='Apr 13 2011, 04:23 PM']It has been an interesting week on Basschat... and it's only Wednesday.[/quote] I'm planning a big one for Thursday

[quote name='krispn' post='1198368' date='Apr 13 2011, 04:22 PM']Lads There is, by all accounts, a serious thing going on here and its getting swamped with nonsense. It might seem more fair to the two parties involved if we keep the thread focused and not hijack it with random vid's etc. Im all for levity but also brevity. Teacher has spoken [/quote] I disagree, it goes one of two ways in this type of thread, levity or acrimony. I prefer the former. The plot of this particular transaction is way too deep and complex to enable anyone not directly involved to form a reliable opinion (unlike last night's in which both parties made their case in the first few posts and left the membership to debate the rights or wrongs). Apologies to the OP if he disagrees, but I doubt he posted expecting any resolution via this thread.

[quote name='EssentialTension' post='1198341' date='Apr 13 2011, 03:56 PM']... and wasn't his name ANThonyMurray!!!![/quote] You can start to see how the whole diabolical network operates now?

[quote name='EssentialTension' post='1198319' date='Apr 13 2011, 03:48 PM']That's correct but now I can't find the thread. It seems to have disappeared; as have the ants.[/quote] Oh man, I just p****d myself picturing a colony of ants making off with your Decade (probably taking it up to that bloke in Scotland, he trains the ants you see...). I'm about 4 hours behind on work thanks to this thread

[quote name='Johnston' post='1198301' date='Apr 13 2011, 03:37 PM']Someone say Mossad. Is Geester really Please please please so it's true [/quote] I see you're starting to understand just how deep this goes

[quote name='EssentialTension' post='1198305' date='Apr 13 2011, 03:39 PM']I'm having a very nice day. Fixed the kitchen lights; had a haircut; been to the dentists; dealt with an ant colony; played some bass; a spot of lunch; and tonight going to see the Jim Jones Revue.[/quote] Dealt with an ant colony? So, you gave them a UK voltage amp and they gave you a bass and some cash?

[quote name='dave_bass5' post='1198256' date='Apr 13 2011, 03:16 PM']I'm just saying, i do understand the nature of this thread.[/quote] You, me and about 10,000 BC members Dave!