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    The hateful photobucket is not wanting to give up my images so easily.
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    Bit of a reluctant sale this, but uni has finished and I've gotten a new job in another city, (Bristol). I'm moving house soon and haven't got alot of space at my new temporary digs. I'm prepared to sell this on the promise to myself I'll replace it with something else once I'm settled. I documented the building here ([url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/299633-natural-bitsa-precision-first-time-build/"]http://basschat.co.u...rst-time-build/[/url]) after complaining about not being able to find what I wanted here ([url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/297365-how-hard-is-it-to-find-a-natural-precision/"]http://basschat.co.u...ural-precision/[/url]) which would have made a perfect accompaniment to a sales thread, showing the creation, provinance of the bits and the finished instrument in detail, but Photobucket has rendered it useless by removing the images... so I'll describe it best I can here. 2 piece alder body (2.48kg), lovingly sanded and given a clear nito finish by myself, with no nibbles or blemishes. I[s] didn't [/s]couldn't buff it too hard so it's more of a matt finish than a gloss. 2014 Fender Mexican rosewood neck and tuners ([url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/299494-sold-2014-fender-mexican-precision-bass-neck-rosewood/"]http://basschat.co.u...-neck-rosewood/[/url]). Genuine Fender 'F' neckplate. Gotoh 203 bridge (the more vintage looking one). Aftermarket no name pickguard, Kiogon solderless loom and CS pickups from 2014 American Standard ([url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/299774-sold-fender-custom-shop-precision-pickups-with-pots-and-jack-from-2014-american-standard-p-bass/"]http://basschat.co.u...tandard-p-bass/[/url]) and Shaller straplocks. Cavaties shielded with copper tape and wearing my favourite Labella flats! All in all, it's a great bass and I'm going to regret letting it go. I'm a convert to nitro finishes if they always make the body feel so resonous. Amplified it sounds... well just like a P bass should I suppose. Roll up the volume, roll off a bit of tone and away you go. I don't have scales so can't give an exact weight of the fully assembled bass, but I'd guesstimate it between 9-10lb and the nitro finish means hopefully it should get lighter as the years pass by. I'm in Plymouth for a few more weeks where it can be tried out, then it will come with me to Bristol, (where I might change my mind and keep it). I can post it to the majority of the UK for £25 next day delivery (I've got alot of bubble wrap and I'll find some cardboard to double box it), but check with me if you want it posted to the highlands or such in case it costs more. UK sale only for this I'm afraid because there is no hard case. It's worth £350 easily. Cash, bank transfer or Paypal gift please. Now I'm going to have to drag the images from the damned photobucket site across to imgur, and will update the thread with pictures shortly.
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    Virus's

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    There's a first time for everything, and this is a first time for me. Normally, I consider myself a tech savvy person, have a mulititude of blocker (inc U Block), ghostery, cookie crunchers and whatnot installed and don't visit any dodgy sites, but I just got my first virus pop-up 'dial this number to remove the virus' scam.... browsing here. I don't want to install no-script because it's so intrusive but perhaps it's time. I think I managed to successfully zap it with malaware bytes, but it would have scared the bejesus out of somebody like my mother, who would have probably rang immediately with credit card in hand.
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    Blimey, that's a bit of a niche item. GLWTS.
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    [quote name='Hellzero' timestamp='1498838493' post='3327496'] And no human can hear below 20 Hz or above 20 KHz, that's a fact, so the good old 16 bits 44,1 KHz cd is the perfect solution for music or sound. There is no need for something else and THAT is the real problem in a world ruled by marketing and planned obsolescence. [/quote] You say that, but when you're trying to record the Dog Whistle Ensemble's latest album...
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    I can't help but think the Foo's are what The Darkness would have been like if they took themselves very, very seriously.
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    This looks just like one that got away from me many moons ago. It would have been a lot heavier than this though. Black on black, rosewood blocked & bound is a great look for a Jazz and I'm a recent convert to nitro finishes... but I can't afford it. GLWTS.
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    Those electrics shots seem to be of a different Jazz bass. Nice Jag though.
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    They're selling [s]make up brushes[/s] guitar dusters, and somebody bought one. Weird.
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    Sell the yellow body to offset the cost of a new unfinished body. That will save you one job. I picked up an unfinished alder P bass body for £100 on ebay and the same company are selling ochebe bodies starting around £60.
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    Done. Good luck with your dissy.
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    *picks up jumbo popcorn & sits back in beanbag*
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    [quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1492611811' post='3281627'] I hope the people that are upset about people selling basses previously owned by them for more than they sold them for are forwarding cheques on to other sellers to make up the short fall to any sellers selling them on for less? No? thought not, back in your box [/quote] I don't think that's the issue. Nobody has said they expect mates rates just because it's basschat, it's more of a problem when somebody wants to buy and sell basses on here like a tout sells tickets.
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    People seems to be asking a bit more for the more recent Mexican Fenders but I personally, for a used [i]standard [/i]mex, wouldn't want to pay much more than £350. Less if it was a bit battered or in need of some work.
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    [quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1492498902' post='3280639'] I've been lucky though and even though it wasn't my intention I have bought things that have tended to be more desirable when they've been sold a few years later than when I bought them - It's meant I've got to play some lovely instruments, I don't think that that is my fault! [/quote] I don't think the scenario you have described is the buying and selling for profit and no fault has been implied. That sounds like a very normal situation. Buy a 2nd hand instrument instrument, enjoy it (or not), then move it on... perhaps its gone up in value, hopefully it hasn't dropped. Speaking personally and for nobody else, I wouldn't want to purchase an instrument here from another member of the 'community', who [b][i]only [/i][/b]bought the instrument to move it on quickly for a profit... and not even with the good manners to try and flog it somewhere else. I think such behaviour is damaging to the forum.
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    What about a large picnic cooler bag? They come in all shapes and sizes, perhaps it will fit in something like this? https://www.amazon.co.uk/Insulated-Camping-Picnic-Cooler-Travel-x/dp/B01D4UIO96/ref=sr_1_19/258-0255875-6104678?s=camping-hiking&ie=UTF8&qid=1492093890&sr=1-19
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    If you want a dehumidifier and live in any major conurbation, eBay is the best place to buy second hand and collection only. People buy them for specific tasks, like drying a newly plastered rooms, then barely look at them until they decide to get rid. Like guitars they're awkward to post, so collection only bargains can be found. My last one retailed for £120 but cost me a fiver and had barely been used. I run it once a year in all rooms before winter and it's amazing how much moisture it can pull out of walls, floors and soft furnishings. I've convinced myself this makes my home warmer and saves on heating. All my gear has always stayed in the house though, because I've never owned a garage... *sniff*
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    Hubba-hubba
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    ... and this is what it turned into. [url="http://s756.photobucket.com/user/Shambo/media/Natural%20Bitsa%20Precision%20Build/WP_20170218_12_16_35_Pro.jpg.html"][/url] Couldn't find a maple board but this rosewood Mexican neck will suffice until I can exactly what I want. Nitro finish I did myself, Kiogon loom, Fender USA pups and Gotoh bridge. The body was great value, neck and pocket were a snug fit but it did need a full shim to get a good action. About £400 all in.
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    Is the neck finished in anything?
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    Another vote for the Roland Bass Cube 30. Basses, amps and cabs come and go, but my Cube 30 stays.
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    I think the new US Fender Precision in 'Antique Olive' and the Jazz in 'Sonic Grey' will eventually be more desirable than their standard colour siblings, because those specific colours will be synonymous with 2017.
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    Dunc bought a CV Precision from me. Like a majestic salmon, he lept in defiance of mere gravity, rising above the rushing waters of the marketplace to cry, "I'll take it!"... ... and take it he did, exactly when and how he said he would, and you can't expect for more than that. Thanks Dunc. Hope to deal with you again sometime on the bass marketplace merry-go-round.
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    39 minutes and this bass was sold.
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