jdougan

less pointing out a scammer, more pointing out his hilarious denial of the fact that he knows it's not a fender. 'i am selling a bass not serial number' haha. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Bass-Guitar_W0QQitemZ180356501197QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item180356501197&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1688|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318|301%3A1|293%3A3|294%3A50"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Bass-Guitar_W0QQitem...93%3A3|294%3A50[/url]

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='488318' date='May 14 2009, 10:46 PM']It's a definite 'no'. Decal, truss access, pickguard... all wrong. Might be a fine bass, mind you... just not a Fender.[/quote] Ha ok, thought as much, just making sure I wasn't missing out on a steal.

I've been scouring ebay for potential 'next bass'es and came across this: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=190307205774"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=190307205774[/url] The chap posting it says that it has no serials, is this a definite 'no' to the question 'is there any chance this could be a real fender and a real bargain?' Cheers.

[quote name='Hamster' post='485484' date='May 11 2009, 11:15 PM']Theres a step by step guide here - [url="http://www.tunemybass.com/bass_setup/setting_bass_intonation.html"]http://www.tunemybass.com/bass_setup/setti...intonation.html[/url][/quote] Perfect. Cheers guys, did not imagine I was two minutes and one screwdriver away from having a usable bass again! Problem Solved.

[quote name='bassman2790' post='485470' date='May 11 2009, 11:05 PM']Two possible reasons [list=1] [*]The intonation needs setting (most likely) [*]The action is quite high [/list] Worth checking both[/quote] errr being a novice and all... how would i go about changing the the intonation? and wouldn't the action affect all the strings? and could i change it anyway? sorry to be a dunce. cheers for the help.

Hi folks, I've registered to these forums because of this issue, though I think I'm gona have to go find a luthier somewhere who can assess it 'in the flesh'. Think I might stick around though. Especially to get some advice on a new bass... Anyway, my E string tunes up fine when strummed open, but it become apparent that it was going out of tune higher up the fretboard. I noticed this when sliding up an octave and noticing that the notes disn't sound the same ha. I used my tuner to check and it was going more and more sharp the higher I fretted it. Even the first fret was registering as slightly sharp. The other strings are fine, so that leads me to believe that the whole neck is not warped, but I, being a bass novice am stumped as to what the problem may be. Any advice? Cheers in advance.