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True, I'm just still narked by those GAK / DHL nobs... !

Sheesh!... Inspired by old Michael Bubble no doubt....

We!l done, it was bugging me who it was !... I bet those guys did most of the "heavy lifting" on the track too, I'm sure I've heard Trevor Nelson talking about it somewhere...

Good to know BD have a decent rep. as a seller anyway, I've heard of them, but not ever bought from them before. Would have been nice to have had a confo email from them by now tho ( maybe they do it by hand, not automated ) It's a very long time since I had a proper Stingray so comparison will be tinged with memory clouds !

Unfortunately time wasters don't see themselves like that, and rock up anyway....

I've even seen "No W@nkers"... obviously I didn't reply to that one..

Supposedly they were made in the Stingray plant, by the same people, with pretty much the same parts, but an "economy" finish, is the way I've heard it. This one in the pics looks good, hopefully it'll arrive without being wrecked en route, (or arrive at all !.)... I recently ordered something from GAK which seemed to vanish in DHL system, I ended up with a refund but makes you a bit wary of stuff being shipped via "courier"..

Not entirely relevant but I always thought it a "ban worthy" phrase... If anyone remembers the old musicians wanted ads in the Melody Maker, a popular ( and absurd) one was "No Breadheads" ! I cringe even now..

I've had a real stingray back in the day, (in fact 2 but passed one on fairly quickly) so kind of know what they're like, these sub versions seem to have a good rep when I've heard them talked about anyway.

Easy tiger, it won't arrive this evening ....can you not see it on the bass direct site now then ?

Yes Professor...all paid with paypal, tho it doesn't seem to show as "sold" on their site

I've actually done just that !!! So it's all your fault 👍

Yes I remember these, they were made in the same plant as the stingrays I believe..

I'm fairly certain on the tune Chant no1, don't need this pressure on... the "Spands" were more than a little "assisted" on the recording by well known black funk type outfit of the day ( who's name escapes me unfortunately)

I guess you gots to know the right groups to be in ! ... I might dig out an old unused email add, make up an even more daft name, and give it a try , I assume there's bass players groups and individual instrument brand "fan" groups... It's sounding like a proper pain in the ar$e already..!

Unfortunately we're straying beyond my wallet now !

Just like governments do, they do a study, run a simulation, see if they can get away with it, (whatever it is) and if it looks like a "goer" and there's worthwhile £££ and / or advantage to them, they introduce it.....

And I'd imagine they very much appreciate and value you on that basis too.. As opposed to some "genius" prima donna who "knows it all" and is a total pain !

Can't see him taking 750 to 800 if he wants a grand for it but ? Probably best to seek for tatty lookers !

Cool..I don't really know how it works tbh as I've always shunned it ! I assume you have to join certain groups then to see their adverts... So what's the "bargain Stingrays" group then ?

That's, I assume, the bloke who plays alto like Charlie Parker ?

If I were doing it I'd probably try the needle files tbh...

I don't do facebook at all, but do check ebay quite frequently, tho if fb is the place they go, it'd almost be worth joining it just to look at the ads and nowt else ! ( i certainly wouldn't be "joining in" the discourse there )

I'd certainly like to buy a 4 string basic, even tatty, US stingray for £700 odd quid if anyone's flogging one like that !

I'm really pleased it's helping! 👍 Another thing is to continue using it, maybe scaled down a bit, as "maintenance" even when symptoms have disappeared, hopefully that should stop it happening up again.