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[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1484931350' post='3219844'] Nice ACG - how does it compare to the SC Harlot? [/quote] It's quite different Mick. The multi coil pickups are very articulate indeed as perhaps you would expect and the bass seems quite 'growly' perhaps due to the wenge and buginga. It's very weighty and the neck is very rigid meaning the B string is very good. It has the full and latest spec filter pre and it's a tone monster. Mind it's a long time since I've played my lovely Harlot SC. Good to see its in safe hands. Peter

I bought my house off a drummer. Due to complaints from the neighbours he knocked up a sort of an insulated shed at the back of the garage. Perfect for bass practice if a bit small. Today courtesy of man flu I put up 4 cheap guitar hangers and now I have plenty of room. Here's most of my 5 string collection together with my Bongo that usually lives elsewhere in the house.

[quote name='Jazzjames' timestamp='1484839825' post='3218987'] 4-6 hours' practice 6 days a week plus classes 3 times a week (playing there too), plus rehearsals, plus gigs every week. It all adds up I guess. I still loved that bass. A first generation Sandberg California 5 string Jazz. i don't think anything was wrong with it, it was just being played very often. When you have a bass that responds how you like and sounds great on every song without fiddling with the amp etc., it's a keeper. [/quote] If you spend that much time with the bass then another 2 minutes per month changing the battery wouldn't be a problem imo.

Tim bought a chorus pedal. Dealing with him was a pleasure as always. A credit to BC. Peter

[quote name='Burrito' timestamp='1484764043' post='3218265'] Having bought from Peter last month, I'm back again for a chorus pedal this time. Same story, effortless transaction etc etc. [/quote] Many thanks Tim. I couldn't find a feedback thread for yourself. Peter

Nice looking chorus I have my chorus after my drive and it works well. The drive (COG 66) is on all the time. Polytune 1st too.

Paul bought a chorus pedal from me. He was just ace to deal with all round Peter

I seem to remember this coming up before Factually, the only passive bass is an acoustic bass. All basses that generate a voltage are amplified, some at the amp, some at the instrument as well (and some at the instrument, pedal board x X, and the amp etc....). So that lovely passive signal that some folk rave about gets amplified just the same. I don't think anyone has mentioned this but the main reason that basses themselves had a pre amp fitted was to boost the signal because of degradation through the cable. EQ came along a little bit later because it was an obvious development. The other big difference is that active EQ allows you to add as well as take away. I've got one passive bass in my herd of 9 and as it's a 4 it doesn't get used anyway (which is a bit sad as it's a lovely double cut LP with T'bird pups). I know what the EQ does on all my basses including full fat ACG filter equipped so I don't fiddle with it, I use it. In the range of onboard pre-amplification there is a vast choice of options, settings and prices. Things like sweepable mid control and a high pass filter to remove the cab threatening lower rumbling are invaluable to me. The John East pre-amps in passive mode retain proper passive blend and tone control btw. Those that struggle with any more than a single tone control had better keep away from my full spec Uber ACG Finn 10 coils per pickup, 2 Low Pass filters each with a resonant peak control and a mid boost pull switch, a sweepable mid control and a passive knob too (hooray) that is actually very useful as it works in active as well as passive and is great for rolling off some tone easily. So the best of both worlds. I'll happily go through it with anyone and once set I use blend and passive tone to change my sound - just like a passive 2 pickup bass. Each to their own, I'm a very average ability player and there's a lot of you guys that have a passive Fender P bass and would knock me into a cocked hat Peter

[quote name='Grangur' timestamp='1484585769' post='3216533'] Me too. He recons £400 to strip it and refinish it? I'd be happy to do it for half of that. But his price is a bit optimistic I would have said. [/quote] I agree. If it had been nice condition okay but who knows what horrors might lie beneath that finish. A project bass and should be cheaper.

That's what happens when you try to lacquer over an oiled finish Taking it back to original would be the only way methinks.

I suspect that some posters aren't reading the entire thread. It's interesting when you see both sides of the story. Initially I'd have said that the buyer was a chancer but on actually seeing the strings with much corrosion and apparently no life I've changed my opinion. I usually fit new strings to an 'incoming' after cleaning and lemon oiling the fretboard. I then check the action and intonation. I wouldn't have asked for a refund but I would have been less than chuffed with those strings as it is an indicator of a lack of care towards the instrument imo. Peter

Many thanks, much appreciated.

[quote name='timmo' timestamp='1483999188' post='3211910'] It would be better if you had started a totally new topic away from someone who wanted to make an obituary about someones death. You dont know him, but that doesn't mean to say that no one on here does. I take your opinion as a valid point, but I would just have preferred it as a seperate topic. That is all I am saying [/quote] I understand. Rest assured if anyone here is effected by his death then as I said, my condolences go to them. I would join in the celebration of his life and respect the loss felt by those close to him.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1483994399' post='3211850'] The only options to appease you are either we let the death of admired fellow musicians go unspoken of or the people in question refrain from dying. [/quote] It's not the notification or the celebration of an artist's death that I remarked on but the 'oh here we go again' theme that I perceive both here and in the 2016 thread. So your reasoning is flawed I'm afraid Pete, at least from my perspective. The notification is done better by mainstream news anyway and while I liked Peter Sarstedt's 'where do you go to my lovely' in its day it's not a song that was probably formative for most of us. The cult of the celebrity grew exponentially from the 60's so in terms of an increase in notable deaths it's something we may as well get used to. Disrespectful? Let me just say this. I have worked in a profession where dealing with death in the immediate sense was everyday. I can't think of any colleagues who did more to ease the process and facilitate healthy grieving (no I wasn't an undertaker). So I resent that crass suggestion. I didn't know Peter Sarstedt. I don't know any of his friends or family. If I did I'd offer them my condolences and support. I'm no Christian so RIP would be inappropriate. Peter

[quote name='timmo' timestamp='1483989775' post='3211788'] I guess you can skip the topic if you don't like to read about it [/quote] Or one could also be entitled to express an opinion..... Peter

We are mortal, people are dying all the time although our culture tries to hide the fact. We're all going to die. People age, they suffer pain and disease, they die. It is the nature of life. So I get a tired with OMG, 2016, somebody we know of has died, OMG 2017, people are still dying! Is it just me that finds this obsession with celebrity death unhealthy? Peter

Simple enough but lovely

[quote name='Musashimonkey' timestamp='1483606644' post='3208552'] The neck relief is spot on, it was already very good and just a smidge off straight. Fixing first and 16th fret spacing is about .012 (0.3mm) over the 8th fret = ideal in my book. [/quote] Good, you need to get rid imo.