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[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1391290658' post='2355527'] Dave Wilson is in Haltwistle, east of Carlisle. There's no-one better... trusted by Mark Knopfler and Stefan Sobel. [/quote] I've seen his Sobel work and something he did for a bassist. He'd be my man.

Exciting stuff and I hope it fulfills your needs and expectations. I had T'bird gas but when one fell through I went for an EB 2014. With help from Kiogon (John) I've now rewired it with 3 pull pots for proper series/parallel and global series/parallel operation. It sounds so good that it may have cured my gas in this direction.

This is a great weekend. Well worth travelling to as well.

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1390953682' post='2351792'] It depends on what the agreement is. If someone says they want their bass collected, but may be persuaded to let it be posted as long as the buyer deals with it... that's another matter. If you both agree, that's all there is to it. A shop, eBay, etc is different... the deal does not finish with shipping, but with the receipt of the goods and verification they're in good condition. A private transaction between two individuals can be anything they agree to. [/quote] The trouble with that is, will the agreement stand in a court of law? Under civil law people have certain obligations. You may think you have an agreement and then when something goes wrong you may find yourself without 'a leg to stand on'. In principle I see only sense in the above but I also see the potential for sellers to abdicate responsibility, or at least try to. I don't think that's good.

[quote name='Zenitram' timestamp='1390929344' post='2351431'] That sounds the wrong way round to what I meant. I have this thing for sale. I really don't want to post it, so collection only please. What? You'd like to buy it but you live far away? Well, I'd really rather not post it. I don't want the responsibility; it's too much hassle, things can go wrong. What? You'd still like me to post it? Well I don't want to, but if you're willing to accept it if something goes wrong or it gets broken, then fair enough I suppose. Caveat emptor and all that. A more conscientious seller wouldn't even entertain that conversation, they'd just flat-out not post it. That was my point. Sort of. [/quote] Fair comment

[quote name='BassBunny' timestamp='1390939563' post='2351599'] Great lesson Scott and learning Arpeggios was a real game changer for me. Got dragged into a Jazz/Fusion band a little while back and was really out of my comfort zone having relied on covering other peoples basslines for years. Had some lessons with Geoff Chalmers and he really pushed me into learning Arpeggios. Now part of my daily workout and it's great having a Chord Chart from the Real Book shoved in front of you and being able to do something with it. Excellent stuff. [/quote] I think I need to work with some chord charts and arpeggios Stu. I've realised this for a while now. Many thanks Scott Peter

[quote name='Zenitram' timestamp='1390927955' post='2351407'] You could argue that it's actually the most conscientious sellers who refuse to risk things getting damaged in the post. [/quote] Ah, but if the risk is entirely on the seller then surely it can't be conscientious ?

I hasten to add, I was never considering buying it anyway. It's not advice I'm after, more discussion. I'm glad the consensus appears to be as it is.

This may have been discussed before but I recently spotted a for sale thread where the seller said he'd ship but that it would be at the responsibility of the buyer. I always get more than a little nervous when the courier collects a bass for delivery. I'm not sure I sleep soundly until it's delivered and I always take responsibility for this as the seller. If I insure the contents I pay and again I feel that the insurance is for me if things go wrong. I don't see that it benefits the buyer or that they should contribute for my protection. This can easily double the shipping costs and even then it may not be sufficient in the event of a total loss. I had a cab get fairly trashed a few months back and I sought the price of a new driver and tweeter through the insurance and successfully recovered my costs for this. The buyer kindly waited for the bits and fitted them and for that I was thankful. Obviously (?) if a dealer sells an item they have an obligation to see it's safe delivery to the buyer. I'd be interested to see if anyone on BC thinks otherwise for a private seller? And yes, I do have an expensive bass 'in the system' at the moment and as usual, I'm worrying Peter

Ooh, more tea vicar?

Congratulations. Alan is a remarkable bloke and builds fine basses.

Far from your usual Fender P or J harness John helped me to resolve an issue with my Gibson EB 2014. It involved understanding the original electrics and coming up with a better alternative: [url]http://www.dimarzio.com/sites/default/files/diagrams/pj_2ppdualsndv_1pptseries.pdf[/url] Brilliant John, one much improved Gibby. Many thanks for your fine work.

An alternative to laquer on a fingerboard (I notice that some folk are talking about necks and confusing the issue) is acrylic impregnation of the wood. With acrylic impregnated wood you can use a whole host of woods and they remain very tough. It's pretty much invisible too. Alan at ACG uses it on just about all of his instruments. A step on from lacquering methinks. It definitely gives an acrylic like tone. I checked, the OP is talking about necks and not fingerboards