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[quote name='Clarky' timestamp='1377458129' post='2187819'] Fair enough Mark * makes mental note never to deal with discreet * ..... kidding! I know a fair few people on BC quite well on a personal level (Happy Jack, MacDaddy, Thunderbird 13, bluejay, xilddx, Beedster, waynepunkdude etc etc) and I would never think of making a profit out of them, but then I am one of those (possibly gullible) people that believes in karma and 'what goes around, comes around'. Like I said early on in this thread, noone is right or wrong. Its entirely up to the individual and their personal stance[/quote] I had a bass that I wanted to sell that I knew another basschatter (and someone I know personally) really wanted. I was happy to hold onto it until he was in a position to buy. Friends and family get a different deal. [quote]As for the argument about putting bread on the table for your family, quite apart from it sounding faintly ludicrous and Dickensian, I sincerely hope none of us on BassChat actually have to rely on dealing in bass gear to support our families (excepting those who work in music retail of course) [/quote] I don't "rely" on selling gear to feed my family, but at the same time I've reached a stage where I only sell things in order to fund something else. If I under-sell gear then the extra cash has to come from somewhere, and thats cash I'd rather spend on my family.

[quote name='RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE' timestamp='1377421331' post='2187211'] Saw it halfway brought on the ted button. Very tight . Have only got American idiot and one single. I thought they were a 3piece. [/quote] they added a fourth member last year, but I think he'd been playing with them live for a long time. Dookie / Insomniac / Nimrod are three of the best albums of the 90s in my opinion. Definitely worth checking out.

[quote name='neepheid' timestamp='1377384425' post='2187038'] Yes, unfortunately I remember. I'm a free market radical. Not to mention the worst kind of amoral profiteer it would seem. [/quote] I just thought the whole thing was weird.

[quote name='LiamPodmore' timestamp='1377379978' post='2186993'] I've got it on now. I've got to hand it to 'em for being able to sustain that kind of pace, both musically and physically, for a good length of team. [/quote] Yeah, the Dookie stuff in particular must be really tough to plough through at that speed. Its physically impressive as much as it is musically! Really enjoying this, suspect I'll have Dookie and Insomniac on quite a bit in the next week...

Im watching it on iplayer now, sounds good. Its still weird seeing BJA playing anything other than that blue Strat covered in stickers...

I still don't understand how its physically possible for anyone to play "Panic Song". His forearms must be like treetrunks. I stopped paying attention to Green Day (I still really like their first three or four albums) a few years ago but there's no denying just how tight they are. The songs sound like they should be simple to play but they really do have a groove and tightness to them thats actually quite hard to imitate. I've seen a lot of bands trying to cover Green Day and most of them sound rubbish---which is odd, for a 3 or 4 chord band!!

[quote name='Kev' timestamp='1377372914' post='2186897'] I was heavily criticised on here a few years ago for selling a bass for £200 more than i bought for on here (student and [i]very[/i] hard up at the time), but it seems to have calmed down now a little. [/quote] The last time this topic came up (a few months back) there were quite a few posters who were adamant that selling stuff on here for more than you paid for it was a massive abuse of the community and completely and utterly unforgivable. It got fairly heated as I recall.

[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1377356197' post='2186665'] I know there are no absolute rules for pricing used gear, but I'm wondering if there is a generally accepted etiquette. Is it reasonable to sell something for more than it was bought for? Is it reasonable to buy something, use it for a period of time, possibly for fee-earning gigs, then sell it on later for the same price. On that basis, we'd never have to incur any wear-and-tear costs ourselves would we? Just wondering. [/quote] I sell stuff at, or just below, whatever the market-rate for that piece of gear is at the time I come to sell it. If I get a ridiculously good deal on something and my own finances allow it then I will try and pass that deal onto other people, but at the same time I have a family to provide for and their needs come first!

[quote name='spinynorman' timestamp='1377359492' post='2186712'] A lot of sellers on eBay won't ship to Italy. I don't know why, I've sold to Italy and Spain with no problems. [/quote] My Dad lives in Italy. Its a wonderful country but their postal and courier services are dreadful.

[quote name='binky_bass' timestamp='1377250965' post='2185248'] It will be tuned B to F as that is what I need to play what we play. It should be getting shipped out today... cant wait! [/quote] What kind of stuff do you play? Do you use the top strings for meedly-meedly improv stuff, or do you incorporate it into a more traditional supporting bass role? i'm quite intrigued (I have no idea what I'd do with an extra two strings!)

The answer is....depends. I think a board of really good separate pedals will [i]probably[/i] sound better than a multifx and is very straightforward to use. However, the multifx will cost considerably less, be more flexible, and be more convenient. It just depends what you want, really. Modern multi-FX have some very capable sounds on them, especially for live use where many of the nuances can get lost. I've often thought that the overdrives on them are the weakest effects, so if thats what your'e after you may be better going to single pedal drive units. Personally, I prefer separate pedals but thats because I don't have the patience for menus and sub menus and patches and so on. Sometimes I wish I did, because the sheer convenience of a single effects unit really appeals.

Expensive handmade instruments will never die out, because musicians are by and large a conservative bunch. Concert violinists don't buy expensive antique instruments because they're better than modern equivalents, they buy them because of the kudos of owning one and because they are expected to. Similarly there are enough bassists out there who will never accept that you don't need to go hand built in order to get a top level instrument.

I saw that yesterday and texted him. No reply so I assumed it had gone. Suspect it will have gone in minutes

It feels strange to see a 7 string bass with "fender" styling. Looks like a bargain for what you get, but I can't imagine my stubby fingers dealing with a fretboard that wide...

[quote name='Evil Undead' timestamp='1377173659' post='2184277'] I could do that. Would drop B sound terrible with 105 gauge strings? [/quote] I suspect that a 105 gauge string won't be playable if you drop it to B. But it'll only take you a minute to try it and find out. Good luck!

Passive? PJ? Yamaha BB. Also the new TRBRX looks really, really cool. Or get a TRB and bypass the active bits. Any Yamaha, really

Given the timescales involved, why not just hold off on changing strings until you have the time to do it "properly"?

The singer in my band went to a gig and a guy comes up to him and says "excuse me, are you the singer in supermarionation?" to which he replied "Yes". The response? "I thought so, I remember you because you're the best band I've seen in edinburgh for years..." needless to say we're a bit chuffed by that!

Thanks guys. Anyone else have any thoughts?

I've never modded a bass but I have modded a few guitars. In the case of my telecaster, I shielded the control cavity, put in better pots and switch, and replaced the pickups because they were microphonic. The guitar definitely sounded better afterwards---less noise, bigger usable range on the volume/tone pots, and best of all no unwanted squeals!

GuitarGuitar Edinburgh has the Fender (not Squier) one out on the shop floor. It looks lovely, but I daren't play it because I'm currently too poor for GAS!

I'd be tempted to check out the five strings in the Yamaha BB range.

[quote name='neepheid' timestamp='1376990657' post='2181809'] I imported a Guild B402-A in from the States, one of only 335 made (assuming all serial numbers were issued and started from 1 - and that number is shared between the B402 and the single pickup B401), I guess that counts as pretty rare. Here's a picture of me playing it, wearing a silly hat. [/quote] Between you and BRX you're giving me serious GAS for hard to find basses...thats another lovely looking thing!

Thanks, BRX. I really love those SBV-style basses, that one is particularly nice. I think I'd prefer chrome hardware, but other than that its really cool. You should use it more often, it definitely suits the Dick Venom vibe.