karlfer

Thanks fellas appreciated. Without neck and plate off it's difficult. The pup and in particular the pup screws don't look like 41 years of sweat and looking at the holes for tug bar on top and bottom of plate something has occurred. Mind, I need to flog something first anyway, perhaps a pipe dream at the mo

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1413814595' post='2582211'] Yip - I don't make stuff up for the fun of it, believe me. I've done deps with three or four different bands recently, and at every one, at least one member of the band has said something along the lines of 'whoah, that's nice' etc., etc. And a bloke came up to me after one gig and said how nice he thought it looked. He may have been a muso, I dunno. And do you know why I think this has happened? Black box syndrome. It's been a scourge in bass-land for years now. Guitarists get lovely boutique amps, drummers get cool-looking kits... bass players get black boxes. Well, sod that. [/quote] SO BLOODY TRUE! Hence my 2 x 210 of yellowness. Currently.

I had no problem with the top handle on my S12V, or side handles for that matter. Lift from side, wheel with the top. With the silver cloth face, I thought it looked quite nice in a retro way. After 18 months I moved it on, really because in some venues it was really difficult for me to dial out a bottom end boom, almost farty at times. In some venues it sounded just amazing. Have to admit though, the look of some of those TKS , even though the Markbass cabs sound really great to me. Must resist.

[quote name='Rumple' timestamp='1413806886' post='2582070'] Thanks for the clarification. I just liked the colour [/quote] Welcome to my world of magpie gear whore-dom

What do you reckon folks? Does it look kosher? Why is it only 8 miles from me [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/271638804315?_trksid=p2060778.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT"]1973 Fender Precision Bass[/url]

Or P body, P/J config, J neck. Hat trick

[quote name='Truckstop' timestamp='1413710835' post='2580995'] Over-priced and over-rated dogshit. The only reason anyone would ever buy one over another brand is purely because they want a Fender in their hands. Even the US ones don't provide much over competing brands of a lower price point. All the CEO has to do is keep Fenders in the public eye and the jobs done. No need to worry about actually making instruments that sound, look and play better than other brands. People buy Cadillacs because they're cool cars. Not because they're better than BMW, Audi, Lexus or Mercedes. Nothing wrong with it of course; I'm just saying that these days in brand identity that gets the sales; not the product itself! Truckstop [/quote] All those millions of bass players duped

Who's running the book on this?

I see no ships

Cut down range of instruments, increased range of colours. I gig pretty much most weeks with one band or another, my Mexican FSR is my go to all the time. One of the best I've ever had. There have been a few I do hope Fender come out of this, but the thing that concerns me now is there must be literally billions of guitars in ownership and surely the market must be more difficult now, with decreasing numbers of players? I know some of us try to take up the slack , but surely it effects the "new" market?

Bit dodgy this. Mi dad (God rest) told me Honest John had retired in the late 50's. So is this blokey at it, or is it a 50's job

Just such a massive improvement on what went before. So much so I have a daily look in on the site and Faecesbook. That 70's P is getting more and more tempting

So, tricky one this. I have bought three items from Bass Gear over the last couple of months. In all three cases, it has been Barrie who has sorted the deal and the gear. He has been bloody fantastic, sorting out good deals and getting them to me very quickly. Thanks for everything Barrie, you are a star! Your efforts to sort me out have been superb, as has been your patience with my windbag ramblings. All the best fella and no doubt speak soon, cheers, Karl,

My two. The Melt is just amazing in all ways. The headless stealth arrived yesterday, great sound, weighs nothing . My 1st venture into headless, don't think that's for me [URL=http://s1354.photobucket.com/user/Karl_Altdorfer/media/DSCF0682_zpsd810a5a4.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1354.photobucket.com/albums/q693/Karl_Altdorfer/DSCF0682_zpsd810a5a4.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s1354.photobucket.com/user/Karl_Altdorfer/media/DSCF0683_zps79d5c06d.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1354.photobucket.com/albums/q693/Karl_Altdorfer/DSCF0683_zps79d5c06d.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s1354.photobucket.com/user/Karl_Altdorfer/media/DSCF0680_zps66e78b53.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1354.photobucket.com/albums/q693/Karl_Altdorfer/DSCF0680_zps66e78b53.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s1354.photobucket.com/user/Karl_Altdorfer/media/DSCF0681_zpse059fa4e.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1354.photobucket.com/albums/q693/Karl_Altdorfer/DSCF0681_zpse059fa4e.jpg[/IMG][/URL]