tom1946

I can't remember which thread it was now but someone put a pic up of their new bass and everyone oohed and aahed at it. It was a gorgeous bass but I pointed out that the strings ran off on the neck. The bridge on that was mis-aligned.

Cheers Manos, if you ever come over let me know. Thanks for being a brilliant guy to deal with! Thanks to everyone else too.

Manos just bought my G&L USA, wow, what a great guy to deal with, very fast payment, great prompt, polite & friendly emails. A true gent, deal with confidence, I would happily trade again. Thanks manos, it was a pleasure! Tom.

Just sold Jamie a pedal, very fast payment and great comms. An absolute gent, deal with confidence folks. Tom.

[quote]I don't have a personal investment in SR![/quote] hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

I'm not getting into an argument over these basses. I owned a guitar shop for some years up to my retirement and have seen a lot of crap come and go. Years ago a bass from china was total rubbish, in fact 'nowthenour**d' on ebay is still selling them by the look of it. In the last 2-3 years the chinese stuff has got much much better and would compete with Korean guitars and basses easily. If you took a part container load for say £10,000, you could buy a guitar or bass for around $12-$14 each. Naturally they weren't well setup but that was our job and we did it well. As said I bought 4 of these SR's to keep and have a play with and I have seen much much worse for the money. So please try one before criticising them, passing judgement from a no knowledge position is hardly objective. imo of course

I like this: "The electrics were pretty much rubbish and on their way out so I installed a custom 50's style hand made harness using Genuine CTS pots, Genuine Fender Vintage cloth Wiring and a Genuine Jumbo Sprague orange capacitor. These upgrades alone are worth over £100"

[quote name='icastle' post='1132338' date='Feb 18 2011, 03:24 PM']The impression I've got is that Ryder have had these basses in for a while as a bit of an 'experiment' but weren't selling them fast enough at the price they were asking. Given that once they've 'gone' there are no more, looks to me that they've dropped the price right down to £60 just to shift them out of the door...[/quote] That's exactly right. I bought mine for a bit of fun to see if it could be made playable at a gig. I've done that and will be using it again on Sunday. Given something back to a good cause and I'm having fun as a result. Karma, peace love joy!!

I already have 4