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[quote name='MrFingers' timestamp='1346323700' post='1787817'] Yes, it will be a bass based on the [url="http://www.richtonemusic.co.uk/Data/Product_Images/GIBDSDCCTVSCH15.jpg"]Midtown[/url]. So it will have vibe of the EB2, but with a flat top, wrong dimensions of the body (it looks like cheap Chinese copy), probably the narrower headstock... No, give me the real deal, or if you want a longscale, the Greco SA-B. [/quote] That's Gibson for you!

[quote name='MrFingers' timestamp='1346319481' post='1787759'] The one on the left is indeed a Coronado "Wildwood III" from 1968, next to it a 1962 Framus Star Bass "5/149", and at the right the 1964 Gibson EB-2 (factory conversion to EB-2D) [/quote] I've heard rumour of a new Gibson EB2D coming out next year, possibly with long scale.

[quote]I have seen similar models in far worse condition selling for over £2,000 so please bear in mind when bidding, I promise you will not be disappointed.[/quote] You wouldn't be disappointed except for the price you paid.

It looks very good.

Very nice, very sparkly. I had a G&L L2500 which was gorgeous but just didn't suit me. Sold it to Martthebass, but he sold it too, IIRC.

Excellent, what was the event?

[quote name='krysh' timestamp='1346071285' post='1784818'] I'm with you for hollow bodies. I love [url="http://snd.sc/iD9Nk0"]my 1965 Guild Starfire[/url] [/quote] Very nice. I used to have one of the DeArmond reisssues with the Hammon Dark Stars fitted.

Trying bass strings can be an expensive business but if you don't like them they can usually be sold on here to recoup a good proportion of your expense.

[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1346015079' post='1784192'] I agree with ET. If a deal is agreed and then one party pulls out such that the deal falls though then I'd say that would warrant feedback even though a deal was never actually completed. [/quote] Well, I wouldn't always agree with that. If there's good reason for the failure to complete which is communicated (even if it is a lie, which probably couldn't be known) then I wouldn't want to leave negative feedback. As Shockwave says, for example, 'death in the family'. [quote name='Shockwave' timestamp='1346015377' post='1784198'] As I said in my post above. No way would I ever allow a system that allowed people to bad mouth one party, because it is possible that a death in the family or something genuinely awful has occurred which means they couldn't complete the deal. [/quote] I completely agree that deals can, quite reasonably, fall through - e.g. the death in the family - and so should never result in negative feedback but I didn't think those were the kind of cases that were being discussed. [quote name='Shockwave' timestamp='1346015377' post='1784198'] There is a reason why sellers on eBay cant leave feedback for watchers of items that never bid, Imagine the chaos! [/quote] I thought we were discussing people who had 'bid' and in fact agreed a deal, not those merely watching. But, anyway, Basschat has spoken.

That is weird. I've never laid a gigbag on the floor, nor would I. Just unzip your ordinary gigbag from the top down till you reach the lower bout then lift it our just like he does in the video of the Vertigo.

[quote name='Shockwave' timestamp='1346012640' post='1784153'] Sorry guys. If no transaction has taken place, no feedback can be left. A deal is not done until it is done. Timewasting happens and It has happened to me many times at the cost of selling a bass. Deal with it, its part of using internet classifieds. [/quote] OK, that's a fair point. But just to clarify, what if, for example, I do a clear deal to meet up to exchange item and cash and the other party doesn't bother to turn up, without reason or explanation. Would you still say 'A deal is not done until it is done'?. I appreciate fully that there isn't much if anything that could be done in a case like that but it seems to me exactly what feedback is about.

[quote name='uncle psychosis' timestamp='1346010498' post='1784122'] The rounds are DR--- lo-riders, I think, and the flats are Status. I know its not a particularly tricky job, but it just makes me nervous and I'd prefer not to do it! I'm kind of torn between .40s and .45s anyway, not sure which to go for... how different from .45 rounds will .40 flats feel? [/quote] They'll feel very different because one set are rounds and the other set are flats. Most of the difference in feel will not be because of the difference in gauge but will be because of the difference in construction of the strings. I've never worried about or even much thought about gauges. Also, I've never used DR nor Status strings so I can't help you on the difference between them. But tweaking a truss rod is easy, there are lots of guides to doing it on youtube and elsewhere.

[quote name='BRANCINI' timestamp='1346010558' post='1784124'] Why bother... Do you really think anyone takes much notice ? Not unless theres a lot of negatives anyway. If it makes you feelbetter, carry on. But thats the only effect it will have. [/quote] I take a lot of notice of feedback, both when selling and when buying. I don't think I'm the only one.

I doubt it will blow up but there might be an impedance mismatch. Anyway, that would be Marshall preamp into Carlsboro preamp and then Carlsboro power amp. Why do you want to do that?

I forgot to say, if you really feel that you were being unreasonably messed around, the pi55 taken, then leave the negative feedback - that's what feedback is for.

[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1346009108' post='1784094'] Finally sold my Jaydee today...bit like buses, several interested parties came along at the same time at the end...thing is one of those "interested parties" kept me "on hold" for several weeks...lots of promises, several excuses why they hadn't come across with any cash and requests to keep hold of it for them for a bit longer.. In the end I lost interest with them and sold it to somebody else... Thing is I ended up feeling I was having the p155 taken out of me and that the party concerned was a time waster.. Should I leave negative feedback..?? what would you do?? [/quote] I'm not meaning to 'leave you negative feedback' with this comment but if I have more than one party interested I set a time limit. So, I say to the person who contacted me first: 'This is the deal. Do you want it or not? I need to know by a certain time (usually 24 hours) with payment or I will go to the guy who contacted me second' and meanwhile I explain that to the guy who is second, etc. In other words, I wouldn't let them take the pi55. None of this can work of course if you only have one person interested but even then I wouldn't put somehting on hold without a clear and definite offer that was acceptable to me.

[quote name='uncle psychosis' timestamp='1346000176' post='1783954'] Hey folks. My bass currently has .45 round wounds on it. Thinking about going to .40 flats - do you think this will merit a truss rod tweak? Would I be better sticking with .45? [/quote] What kind of rounds, what kind of flats? Even if the round and the flat G strings are both .40 or both .45, they are unlikely to be the same tension. Gauge alone can't tell you the tension. Expect to tweak the truss rod.

You need some surgical spirit, which is available from your local pharmacy. It will sting because the blister is broken but it will help it to heal. Put it on the unblistered fingers too. It toughens the skin whether blistered or not.

[quote name='Roland Rock' timestamp='1345982475' post='1783746'] I've read a lot about people not liking certain strings because of the high tension. I don't get it - why would you want floppy strings? The only reason I can hint of is bending, but otherwise, what is the advantage of lower tension? [/quote] I've read a lot about people not liking certain strings because of the low tension. I don't get it - why would you want to rigid strings?.......... Personally I like both. I like TI Jazz Flats (lower tension) and I like La Bella 760FS (higher tension). The lower tension requires a more delicate touch.

I'd much prefer to play Mustang Sally than any of those three that are banned. Good for the landlord.

I've never played the Hagstrom but I have used other semi-hollow basses. Is the Hagstrom semi-hollow or fully hollow, i.e. does it have a centre block? I wouldn't be at all surprised to find them feeding back at high volume with overdrive but I've never played one in that way. If it's fully hollow then it's more likely to feedback. It is possible to stuff them with cotton wool or foam but then why have a hollow in the first place. Shorter scale basses tend to have more of the fundamental note and less overtones and so might be described as sounding darker. However, they don't all sound the same and it's quite possible to change the tone by use of different strings, fingers or pick, playing near bridge or near fingerboard, use of EQ, etc. They also tend to be fast players because your fingers have less far to go. You really do need to try one. Is there nowhere in NI that stocks some kind of hollow or semi-hollow even if it's not a Hagstrom?

Very good.

While we're at it, here's the Marvin Gaye/Tammi Terrell version with Jamerson: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-Os2eUa6NU

Just realised I keep spelling it Filmore when it ought to be Fillmore.

... and here's the studio version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFoy7-GIZ1k