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    [quote name='scalpy' post='1125347' date='Feb 12 2011, 07:50 PM']... Are we going to argue whether a pick or fingers is the best way to play next? ...[/quote] We usually do that in alternate weeks.
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    [quote name='3below' post='1125336' date='Feb 12 2011, 07:41 PM']I keep wondering about stringing one of my basses up B E A D. Just like the power off the E and A strings, so it might be interesting to see if my kit will deliver same on B. Some gigs that use walking bass lines / root + 5th etc would lend themselves to this tuning. Any one done this, any thoughts?[/quote] I had a Precision tuned BEAD for a while. It was fine but I rarely used it. I found I was using an EADG almost always and only using the BEAD when I could conjure up a reason to do so. So eventually I put it back to EADG.
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    [quote name='JTUK' post='1125141' date='Feb 12 2011, 04:57 PM']Any sideman on a big tour would have one in his arsenal and would probably be his go-to instrument A band gig, less so.[/quote] I must be going to all the wrong gigs then because so many only seem to be able to manage a four string.
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    [quote name='JTUK' post='1125116' date='Feb 12 2011, 04:42 PM']to the OP...of course. For most music I'd say a 5 is without doubt the standard but I can see that some here would not agree.[/quote] Which music and which standard is it that you are referring to? Most bassists and most music still appears to be four string.
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    Ricky 4005 EDIT: too slow
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    I've added to the OP: 'On my luggage scales the bass weighs 9.3lbs or 4.2kilos'. ... and PMs replied.
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    Replied to all PMs.
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    No, I don't, but we have this thread about every two weeks ... let's talk about something new like Mark Fleaking Pastorius.
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    Saturday Bump.
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    [quote name='Baldwin' post='1123879' date='Feb 11 2011, 02:36 PM']PM'd [/quote] Replied.
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    Very well used but, apart from scratches, well preserved and in full working order Radial Tonebone Bassbone - [url="http://www.tonebone.com/tb-bassbone.htm"]read about it here[/url]. The outer casing of the box is less well preserved but it is in one piece: 15VDC power supply included and here's the thing itself: MRRP is now in excess of £300 but this is yours for [b]£135 posted[/b].
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    [quote name='Gust0o' post='1123784' date='Feb 11 2011, 01:01 PM']The Wizard 64s will give this some real meat![/quote] Correct!
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    [quote name='cetera' post='1123782' date='Feb 11 2011, 01:00 PM']VERY nice! [/quote] Thanks.
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    [b][u]I'm in Brighton and I'd much prefer a pickup for this, or a meet in Sussex or on the southern half of the M25, as I have no hard case or even gigbag.[/u][/b] OK, you know what it is - a well played but rarely gigged 2008 Squier Classic Vibe Jazz CGRI08003229 (25/10/08, Grand Reward Education and Entertainment, Guang Dong, China) with a couple of alterations: Stock pickups have been replaced with [url="http://www.wizardpickups.co.uk/shop.asp?category=Bass"]Wizard 64s[/url] at £70 for a pair and the routing is copper taped. Jack socket is now a Switchcraft. Pickguard is a white pearl that fits the screwholes but leaves a small gap at the bell plate (see the pics for this) but the original tort guard is supplied. Oddly, one pickguard screw is missing but I'll try to find it or a replacement. I have the tugbar but the white pearl pickguard is not drilled for it. There is a small (about 1/8th inch) dent on the edge of the forearm cutaway which is too small to photograph - it will probably be hidden by your arm anyway. At present wearing GHS Black Nylon flatwounds with red silks - although the pics show La Bella Black Nylons with dark purple silks. Schaller strap locks are fitted; I have the original strap buttons. On my luggage scales the bass weighs 9.3lbs or 4.2kilos. There is no gigbag or case. [u][b]As I said, I'm in Brighton and I'd much prefer a pickup or a meet [/b][/u]although I might eventually be convinced to post at the buyer's expense if I can't get a local sale. I'm looking for a cash sale; the only trades (with cash adjustment) that would interest me are fretless 'acoustic vibe' piezo basses such as Rob Allen, Veillette, etc. - so not much chance of that. At [url="http://www.gak.co.uk/en/squier-classic-vibe-60s-jazz-bass/20779"]GAK these are now £319[/url] without, of course, the Wizards and other alterations. This can be yours for [b][size=3][s]£240[/s] £230[/size][/b] collected.
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    I sold Bob some GHS Black Nylons and the transaction was as smooth as the strings.
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    [quote name='Clarky' post='1123378' date='Feb 10 2011, 11:08 PM']So is this still for sale? [/quote] It may be for sale in the near future.
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    [quote name='Etienne' post='439401' date='Mar 19 2009, 04:28 PM']Did you buy this then Dave? [/quote] Yes I did ... sorry it took me nearly two years to see your post.
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    [quote name='neepheid' post='1123152' date='Feb 10 2011, 08:27 PM']Simple solution - stop saying it! Just state your price, never mind explaining. If the price is right then it will sell.[/quote] I think I only said it when someone commented that I was selling too cheap.
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    [quote name='bythesea' post='1122983' date='Feb 10 2011, 06:26 PM']I think everything should drop by 10% each time it is sold - I'll wait until it comes around for about the 10th time and get it for about a third of the original price [/quote] Then you can sell it for another 10% less.
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    [quote name='warwickhunt' post='1122916' date='Feb 10 2011, 05:31 PM']Could it be you are looking at it from the wrong direction... some folks might say they want back what they paid for it, meaning they got it cheap and don't want to profit from it? Just a thought.[/quote] The one time I used the phrase that's exactly what I meant. It would be rare for the said phrase to mean 'I paid way over the odds for it and now I'm expecting to be recompensed for my foolishness'. If it ever did mean that then the item probably isn't going to sell. Let's have more 'I just want to get back what I paid for it'.
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    I've only done one trade on BC. It was quite a while ago but IIRC we both posted the basses on the same day but mine took longer to arrive than did his. It's fairly straightforward from feedback threads and from what you've seen before to know if a member here is definitely in good standing. If that's not clear at BC then there's always eBay feedback. But sometimes you have to take a risk.
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    [quote name='Clarky' post='1122761' date='Feb 10 2011, 03:44 PM']I might do [/quote] OK, you did do.
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    [quote name='blackmn90' post='1122696' date='Feb 10 2011, 02:41 PM']I don't want to ruin the suprise but the winner has it in their signiture. Well done sir[/quote] Ah, well spotted.
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    [quote name='Clarky' post='1122735' date='Feb 10 2011, 03:11 PM']After your Shuker/Rob Allen thread, I can predict the future (I think) [/quote] And you don't even know about the Veillette discussions.
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    Hmmmm .... so many decisions.
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