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[quote name='solofunkyjazz' post='721544' date='Jan 22 2010, 07:12 PM']I have to say that I'd be careful who I sold to this looks odd to me but I think I'd be happy buying from Mr SSB judging from his previous form. And he has sold some nice stuff.[/quote] Hmmm... yes mr solojazzfunky, i think I would too...let's see...if I was going to sell a faulty bass to someone I think I would pick the most laidback person I could find, in the hope that they would just 'accept it' and get it sorted themselves without informing anyone

[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='720761' date='Jan 22 2010, 07:47 AM']I think the seed of a resolution has been sown. Lets wrap this one up and put it to bed one way or another.[/quote] I agree crazykiwi. I appreciate the feedback thats been given on this one, and to be honest, it's a real credit to basschat that it's member's do actually care a great deal what goes on with buying and selling on this site. The sellotape issue just highlighted 'at a glance' that it had clearly been messed with (badly!), the main problem (causing the fault) was obviously the 4 pickup wires that were all soldered to the wrong places (badly soldered, not a factory fault). Its now sorted. I'm very happy with my new fully functioning bass. However, I'm in full agreement with shockwave on the point he made about the fact the this is a feedback forum with the purpose of reporting good and bad feedback. Whats the point otherwise? Job done. Thanks all

[quote name='Golchen' post='720006' date='Jan 21 2010, 12:20 PM']Sometimes things like this happen. I bought a guitar here a couple of years ago in 'very good condition', but in actual fact the frets were the worst I have ever seen on any instrument! Someone had used a block and flattened them all TOTALLY over the middle frets, leaving virtually nothing for a re-crown even. The guy genuinely didn’t realise that it was in that condition though. I’ve known a lot of musicians who wouldn’t dream of taking a scratchplate off.[/quote] My problem with this sale was that I was told originally that he had used the bass himself prior to the sale of it and just wanted a change. I therefore trusted his word that the bass was in full working order. I later got the bass checked out only to discover that two of the pickup selections were not working correctly and having not been familiar with stingray's and therefore wouldn't have realised this whilst testing the bass at kevin's house. Having found the problem I then discussed this with Kevin who then informed me that he'd only had the bass in his possesion for 24 hours so hadn't had time to play it properly, which was a complete change of story.. I decided to leave feedback not out of malice but because i feel that it is the correct thing to do under the circumstances This was my first experience buying on basschat and it's been rather dissapointing but i'm sure that other people have had good experience's buying and selling with kevin, but mine wasn't.

Unfortunately I am the bearer of bad news as I bought a stingray 5 from Kevin (kinda foolishly) trusting that the bass was functioning correctly. Having later proudly taken it to show a friend who knows stingrays very well he pointed out that it was sounding terrible on two of the three pickup settings (compared with what it should sound like..) and needed attention. This was a costly and timely process which resulted in the discovery of sellotaped wiring connections, plus cables not soldered on at all and all pickup wires soldered to the wrong connections... Kevin described this problem as having "developed"....I've never come across wires that have the ability to re-solder themselves voluntarily but hey

Unfortunately I am the bearer of bad news as I bought a stingray 5 from Kevin (kinda foolishly) trusting that the bass was functioning correctly. Having later proudly taken it to show a friend who knows stingrays very well he pointed out that it was sounding terrible on two of the three pickup settings (compared with what it should sound like..) and needed attention. This was a costly and timely process which resulted in the discovery of sellotaped wiring connections, plus cables not soldered on at all and all pickup wires soldered to the wrong connections... Kevin described this problem as having "developed"....I've never come across wires that have the ability to re-solder themselves voluntarily but hey