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[quote name='Dave Vader' post='948678' date='Sep 7 2010, 07:29 PM']Thanks Dave, wasn't you was it? [/quote] Certainly not.

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='948663' date='Sep 7 2010, 07:22 PM']NKR Guitars have been trying to sell that for months - I corrected their original (very inaccurate) advert and dated the bass for them. That's a pretty good bass, nearly all-original, rare diamond pickups, very good nick for the age, with the desirable red vinyl finish that most Hofner collectors want to have an example of. It's not worth £695, though. He should get £400, might even get close to £500, but that'll be from a wealthy customer in the shop - not eBay.[/quote] Ah, I hadn't spotted that it was the vinyl finish; but, like you say, still not worth £695.

[quote name='tino' post='948651' date='Sep 7 2010, 07:16 PM']Well yer best get your bid in ....................................you can get a sensible bass for that dough [/quote] Yes, well the point of the thread - I didn't realise I'd need to make it explicit - was that this is a very high price.

[quote name='tino' post='948645' date='Sep 7 2010, 07:07 PM']I paid £20 in 2009 Cuffley Boot sale and sold it for £320 on Gumtree that same week .....it was pants [/quote] Mine wasn't pants, I wish I still had it.

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VINTAGE-1962-HOFNER-ARTIST-RED-BASS-/390233956309?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item5adbc19fd5"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VINTAGE-1962-HOFNER-...=item5adbc19fd5[/url] £695 I paid £30 in 1974!!!

Otis Redding.

[quote name='Dave Vader' post='948060' date='Sep 7 2010, 10:35 AM']Moral high ground regained.[/quote] You did the right thing.

[quote name='daz' post='944958' date='Sep 3 2010, 09:19 PM']I would have thought kids more likely to say "[i]diminished[/i] fifths are awesome" Epscially after hearing the (in)famous Black Sabbath [i]Devils Interval![/i] [/quote] I asked him. He's not impressed with diminished fifths at all. 'They go nowhere' he said.

[quote name='Bilbo' post='946799' date='Sep 5 2010, 11:41 PM']If there is one thing that I have learned after gigging for 30 years, its that there are thousands of delusional musicians who have absolutely no idea that they are terrible. If it sounds good to them, it most certainly isn't. There are also plenty of musicians who think that a blues scale covers everything which it doesn't. If it sounds good, it may be but please don't rely on it unless you are absolutely sure of your ground. [/quote] I've often thought something sounded good, then I listened to the playback.

[quote name='daz' post='944947' date='Sep 3 2010, 09:06 PM']There is a thread on the forum somewhere that i cant find. It had many posts in it and was about some guy whose pal had gone over to see the factory in China where the CV bases were made. He said they were moving them to Indonesia. Several on here thought it was the other way around. Anywho i cant seem to see the thread as i forgot the title of it. Can some kind person point me in the right direction please?[/quote] Here it is: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=63093&st=40&start=40"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...40&start=40[/url] I've not myself seen any evidence that production of CVs has moved to Indonesia and we never got a report back from the claimant.

[quote name='daz' post='944958' date='Sep 3 2010, 09:19 PM']I would have thought kids more likely to say "[i]diminished[/i] fifths are awesome" Epscially after hearing the (in)famous Black Sabbath [i]Devils Interval![/i] [/quote] Well, he probably likes those too but it ain't what he said.

[quote name='silddx' post='944079' date='Sep 2 2010, 11:35 PM']Yes, I agree, I made a superb one earlier [/quote] Nigel, you made several superb ones.

[quote name='Beedster' post='943998' date='Sep 2 2010, 10:11 PM']By far the best post in this thread so far Dave, nice one [/quote] Thanks Chris, but you're too generous.

[quote name='howieee' post='943978' date='Sep 2 2010, 09:48 PM']... nothing can beat 14 tubes all in one amp! [/quote] 15?

[quote name='Hoppo75' post='941543' date='Aug 31 2010, 11:15 PM']Hey folks, anyone in the market for Labellas give stringbusters a look- cheapest I could find and plenty of selection.[/quote] Definitely plenty of selection.

I'd always wondered who was the owner of this.

[quote name='silddx' post='943709' date='Sep 2 2010, 05:52 PM']Yes, I was being a bit sarky. I thought cœur was heart?[/quote] .. but 'heart' didn't rhyme with 'find' ..

[quote name='51m0n' post='943678' date='Sep 2 2010, 05:21 PM'][/quote] [quote]The owner of this 458 noticed the fire while he was driving along in Paris[/quote] Lucky he noticed.

[quote name='Beedster' post='943638' date='Sep 2 2010, 04:44 PM']Think I'm going to set up a support group for anyone who, like me, is now suffering from emotional exhaustion from reading this thread [/quote] I'm in for that.

[quote name='lanark' post='941557' date='Aug 31 2010, 11:24 PM']Love the contrast between the black strings and white body and scratchplate. Very nice indeed. Has anyone tried fitting bridge and pup covers to this thing?[/quote] I don't think a bridge cover fits over the high mass bridge.

[quote name='redstriper' post='941310' date='Aug 31 2010, 07:59 PM']Looking good - how do the Labella blacks compare to the Rotosounds in sound and feel ? And how do the Wizards compare to the original pups ?[/quote] The Wizards are thicker sounding in the bass and crisper in the highs than the original pickups - although I would say the originals are quite usable. I haven't tried Roto black nylons on this bass. Before the La Bellas it was Pyramid Gold black nylons. I'm undecided about which I like more and may put the Pyramids back on. I'm finding the La Bellas somewhat brighter and clankier than I expected, whereas the Pyramids sound worn in straight out of the packet. I might even try some Rotos.

[quote name='lanark' post='940442' date='Aug 30 2010, 10:01 PM']I'd love to see a photo of the guitar with the black strings over the white body? Could you post one?[/quote] Here we go. You might notice a bit of a gap between the scratchplate and the control plate. I bought the scratchplate (from Cygnus x-1 on BC) on the offchance it would fit, which it nearly did, all the screw holes lined up although I lost one of the screws under the bed. I don't know whether I can be bothered to get one made to the tort original as a template so that it will fit perfectly. The black white combo looks better in person than in my poor pics.

[quote name='lanark' post='940442' date='Aug 30 2010, 10:01 PM']I'd love to see a photo of the guitar with the black strings over the white body? Could you post one?[/quote] I'll try to sort a pic tomorrow. The Pyramid black nylons have been replaced by La Bella black nylons but the effect is the same. Looks good. If I forget to do it, feel free to PM to remind me.

Sold for £2000. Someone got a bargain, or not.