Mr Cougar

[quote name='Cantdosleepy' post='87432' date='Nov 12 2007, 05:35 PM']I came into my room last night to find Carol Kaye dressed in my clothes, playing my bass, recording straight into my laptop. I chased her out with a broom.[/quote] That's nothing, last night I walked in on Mark King poking a my cat with a fork! I wouldn't mind but it isn't the first time. Seriously... I've always found Mac to be a bit on his own as a bassist, not that much like a bass player more like a singer playing a bass, tough to articulate what I mean really.

Question to Seller: "Where do you put the coal in to power it, does it come with the original shovel?" Hypocritical I appreciate from a man who owns a GLP Triumph, a bass with a control panel once described here as: "looking like the control panel from a Soviet nuclear reactor" Mmmmmm.....bakelite.

At the moment it's got some of those Basslines pickups on it, I'm not sure which ones since they were on it when i bought it, the otehr option would be to find a set that mimic the originals as closely as possible, there's just something i don't like about the bass lines ones. Any suggestions, I don't have the originals?? Thanks so far everyone.

Alright Chaps, I want to pep-up the tonal range of my P Bass, thought I might stick in the EMG replacement pickups/active tone circuits. Has anyone got any other ideas/experience with these. Any other suggestions as to what might be good and what type of sounds I'll get? Ta

Hi guys, I have a Gibson Les Paul Tiumph which has a short scale, the E string sounds awful, I've heard this is a common problem on short scale basses. Some time ago someone recommended some strings that were very good for short scale (but I can't remember the make), can anyone recommend a make to me. It's got a set of Ernie Ball Round wound 95s on it currently and the E just has an atonal thump with some odd harmonics. Suggestions? Cheers

Brilliant, the seller is well funny

Kiwi was your that your old Cutlass that sold at the Bass Centre last summer, I love them and nearly bought that one but at the last minute they got this in and I creamed in my pants, since when I was a young cougar growing up in the wilds of Lancashire I always dreamed of a Les Paul Triumph. [attachment=1516:GLPT.JPG] Mind you didn't you once say that the neck on that Cutlass was like a bannana? I have got one of these though [attachment=1517:MMFL.JPG]

Lead Guitar -Robert Johnson Guitar & Vox - Joe Strummer Bass & Vox - me Keys - Ludwig Van Beethoven Drums -Animal (muppets)

I guess on the other hand if you buy from someone with plenty of good feedback it could be that they didn't notice either. I mean, if you had sold something you genuinely believed to have nothing more than a minor cosmetic fault on it and then some guy across the pond said after having had it for months and sold it through 2 other people that it had a significant structural fault you'd think; "this limey b*gger is trying to take me for a ride, he's broken it and thinks I'm some kind of colonial mug, we didn't fight the war of independence for this. I'm so anoyed about this varmint, I'm gonna have to chew some to'baccy, beat ma' wife and go fire my assult rifle in the garden, sorry yard" Just being devils advocate though, you only have to look at Beedsters picci to know he's a stand up guy, mind you my mother always told me never to trust men with beards (to quote Baldrick)

Careful what I say here since we could be being watched as we speak but a 'very close friend' of mine bought a Gibson Les Paul Custom shop for $3000, as this would have meant over £260 in Vat, another £50 in import duties etc my friend asked them to send it marked at $700, this was a massive risk in terms of the insurance but since it paid off never mind eh. Saved £200+, and since my friend pays over £10k a year in tax so that crackheads and 14 single mothers don't have to trouble themselves with work it was a guilt free experience - apparently. I love fraud, sorry my friend does, but remember kids it isn't big or clever. I was especially pleased since I once applied to join the HMC&E Graduate scheme and went to a final interview only for them to not give me the job, not let me know for 3 months and then say 'we felt you needed to understand customs and excise in the broader sense and get more experience of it' -duh!! What?? Well, of course, hence the application for the graduate scheme!!?? And relax....

Well the sellers feedback is good so that doesn't present much of a concern, but I'm pretty sure that I'm right in saying since it's coming from Switzerland then you'd be hit for the small matter of 17.5% vat, another say £50 on duty and a handling charge from the courier, make sure you factor that in before you buy.

Cheers chaps, lot's to think about. Paul, I noticed yours was for sale, price seems there or thereabouts but I'm not much of an impulse buyer, need to mull it over for a while