GreeneKing

Here's the beast. I prefer the pickup covers on and find the thumb position more comfortable than on the pickup, even with a floating thumb.

I once bought a pair of Oakleys for £65. The shop assistant realised they were incorrectly priced (they were actually just about the most expensive Oakleys) and phoned her boss who said 'sell them for the price on the label'. People should really know the law if they're going to own a shop methinks. I've also been refused a CD box set marked at a very low price. Photos of the P are ready but Photobucket is down at the moment.

Interesting, unconventional yes but different certainly

The story has drawn to a logical, some would say inevitable conclusion I popped in this morning with my Overwater Progress III deluxe to see what they could ofer in p/x with a minimum figure in my head. They bettered it by £50 so inevitable consequences followed The Overwater is in many ways a far superior instrument but my ACG covers all it's bases and then some. The Fender (I can't quite believe I'm becoming a Fender owner) is a superb and very lightweight example that has a tone only a good P can produce so it earns a place in my diminished collection. So a Jazz and a Precision, albeit only one a Fender are now in my mitts and for all my lack of Fender love I'm quite happy to admit that they do their job bloody well and in a tonal way that nothing else quite does. Of course my Harlot is far more versatile. I believe it comes with a pair of ashtrays too that may need to be drilled in, do I or don't I? It's a 60's re-issue American Vintage btw. The inevitable photos will of course follow. Peter

[quote name='Buzz' post='540184' date='Jul 14 2009, 11:41 AM']Hmm, nice of the op to come onto BC (was last seen yesterday 11am according to his profile) and not even say "Thank you" for people doing his survey for him, let alone thanking them for constructive feedback. Charming.[/quote] Whoaa - making a whole load of assumptions there that are your stuff not his. Maybe he's thinking about a reply, maybe he didn't have time to reply, maybe he's waiting for more responses, maybe he isn't an ignorant bloke at all...... This to me typifies a lot of what goes on on BC. Another member dissed! It's bollocks (imo). It's one thing to think negative thoughts on other people to yourself based on very little evidence and quite another to publicly slate someone else with the same level of assumptiom. Peter

[quote name='Hot Tub' post='539732' date='Jul 13 2009, 09:28 PM']Okey-dokey.... Maybe it is an urban myth. Will check at work tomorrow... [/quote] You still no believe

I suspect you're right, that's a lot of money to con someone out of although I wouldn't have realised it at the time.

Welcome in Ivan, sounds like Bill Fitzmaurice's site may be the place for you. [url="http://billfitzmaurice.com/"]http://billfitzmaurice.com/[/url] Good to see folk older than me

A seller is also entitled to refuse to serve anyone without giving a reason. It's a fairly well known ploy to swap tags on items. I didn't do it btw

They offered a 20% discount but still too rich for me. It was well put together. I now have bloody P GAS

I pass Promenade Music in Morecambe to and from work and occasionally pop in to see what gives. The bass guy was off today and the guitar guy was helping out in covering the bass dept. I tried a MIM P bass this afternoon, through a Markbass Jeff Berlin combo. It wasn't set up that well and was pretty meh... Noticing that there was a white US P in the shop I helped myself as the guy had gone upstairs. It was marked as a Jaguar (!) and was reduced to £699. It was also a stupidly light body, so much so that it had a slight neck dive Wow, what can I say. It sounded and played truly superbly. The tone through all it's range was to die for, subtle and rich not just the P thump that I expected. I kept on playing it just for the sheer pleasure of listening to it. Having just sold my Ric I thought kinda hmm... a Fender and me? £699s a lot of dosh but it is quite stunning etc. I asked if there was any chance of a slight price drop (guessing £699 for a US P is pretty low anyway) and was told no but that I'd get a hardcase etc. Then I did a stupid thing, I asked about the label saying 'Jaguar' - doh. Seems wrong label was put on the bass and this particular white P is actually £1799 I'm not sure what model of US P bass goes for this sort of dosh but I've obviously got an expensive taste. It was superb. I'm left wondering if I could have got away with paying £699 for it if I'd have kept my trap shut

Chris A possibility would be Pyramid Gold. They so a shorter scale set and they feel like a lower tension to me. Not cheap but oh soooo nice. Peter

Your car spark plugs operate at about 20,000 volts and they won't (normally) kill you

Basses rarely expire, long term anyway methinks. Have something you get on with as a cheap backup until it's fixed?

[quote name='lozbass' post='538190' date='Jul 11 2009, 10:51 PM']I'll do the survey later, however Greeneking - you could do worse than having a look at the work of Sue Wise and Liz Stanley - the former is very strong on the social work aspect, the latter on Feminist and Lesbian epistemology. Right on with the survey... Right - survey done - it looks like market and product development research? Musicman 1: take care with leading questions, assumptions, and missing options.[/quote] Sue Wise is my dissertation supervisor as it happens . The Liz Stanley recommendation is appreciated. Many thanks Peter

What a good idea and I hope your dissy goes well. I'm about to start mine. Any help would be appreciated. The title: A history of feminism in social work Seriously Survey done

[quote name='BigRedX' post='537788' date='Jul 11 2009, 11:20 AM']The string-tree is all about getting a decent break angle at the witness point of the string whether that be a zero fret or the nut. Is the headstock angled back?[/quote] It's not angled but is maybe set further back.

[quote name='silverfoxnik' post='537729' date='Jul 11 2009, 09:52 AM']+1 Nice looking bass Peter! Are you going to put a string tree on it?[/quote] I'm not quite sure how they design around the need for one Nik but it doesn't need one, maybe the setback of the headstock is greater? Peter

True, true John, it just seems to me that some entrants have taken an existing and relatively little known design and basically fed it straight into the competition, particularly the white one at the bottom. It's such a distinctive shape.

Lovely bass +1 for Warmoth quality