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    My collection now has one less bass

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    Really sorry to hear that people are still feeling the axe hovering over their necks, it's not a nice place to be.
    I recently applied for a job throught an agency and they've been offering me work here and there ever since, not much money but it's still wages and every so often they'll put me forward for a job I'd actually like! I'm palming them off a bit at the moment because I'm really looking forward to starting at the cinema, but if you're not too proud to perform mundane tasks for 8 hours a day then there's money to be had. I spent 2 days making Kettle chip multi-packs and another day hanging bags on those dangley plastic strips this week, met a guy in the same position as me and made a few quid more than I would have signing on. It's not the most fun you can have with your clothes on, but it could be worse.
    Keep your chins up guys, there'll be a light at the end of it all!

    My collection now has one less bass

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    Had a look online and I think the Aria V was only made in 1985, making it only 4 years younger than me! That's one of the ones that'd be really hard to part with if I'm honest, it's the third bass I ever owned and it's nice and unusual. Got no idea what it'd be worth to sell either, it's not exatly mint condition but it's got some life left in it yet!

    My collection now has one less bass

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    I think I'm in possession on 12 basses and an Ashbory now, and one of my old friends tells me he's still got my first bass which I lent him but haven't seen for a few years. Only maybe 4 of my basses would cost £500 or more to buy new, so there's not a huge ammount of money involved but I like to get slightly unusual basses or ones that I think are just cool (my see-thru Wesley 5 for example!). I'm probably going to downsize some more now that I've got past the first sale, that was kinda symbolic. I really don't play 4's anymore so even my Aria flying V might be up for grabs soon, but that'll be a reluctant sale.

    My collection now has one less bass

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    Thanks for the support guys, like I said, I just wanted to share as I was a little down about it. It was time it happened though, and I have to agree that now I've done it and am planning on moving a couple more) I'm not going to feel too bad about another purchase once times are better!
    And on that brighter note - I JUST GOT A JOB!! Only part time hours atr the local Odeon cinema but it's a start, and I'm made up about it! Yays!

    My collection now has one less bass

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    For the first time since I started buying basses (some 13 years ago) I've finally sold one on. I'd only had it about 11 months, I'd barely played and I think I actually made money on it, but I'm still a little gutted that things have come to this as I was starting to consider myself a bit of a collector. It's as much a space issue as it is for the money as I've had to move back to my Mum's recently, and I think it's going to open the gates to me moving a couple more basses on. It's probably a good thing in all honesty, as I don't play all my basses nearly enough and as I always try to keep any funds made from playing gigs or selling equipment for buying more basses, I might even be able to get myself something a bit tasty rather than having an armfull of cheaper basses that just caught my eye when I was a bit more flush.
    There's no hidden meaning or anything to this post, just wanted to share with some people who might understand what I'm feeling. How very EMO of me! Maybe it'll be of comfort to somebody else in a similar position too, I dunno.

    Cheers for reading!

    South East Bass Bash Photo Thread!!!

    in Events

    Posted · Edited by Gamble

    [quote name='TheBlueFalcon' post='623622' date='Oct 11 2009, 11:47 PM']

    That's just begging for a best caption thread!! :)[/quote]

    "It was all working this morning....."

    Gutted I couldn't make it, really enjoyed the last one. Hope everyone had a good day!

    COMPLETED - PLEASE DELETE

    in Completed Items

    Posted · Edited by Gamble

    Title says it all really, I've got a pair of 17" CRT monitors I have no use for but as far as I'm aware there's not a problem with either of them so I don't really want to just bung them in a skip.

    One's a Compaq S710 and the other's an Eizo FlexScan F56

    All yours if you want them, preferably collected from my gaf (Norwich) but depending on where you are we might be able to sort something out.

    Cheers!

    Feedback for BLUEAARDVARK

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    Posted · Edited by Gamble

    I bought an OLP Tony Levin sig bass from Nick at the start of August 2009. It was a bargain price and I would never have spotted the faults he mentioned (a small impression mark on the fretboard and a hardly noticable scratch in one of the pots) if he hadn't told me about them.
    So to sum up, he seems to me a very honest, accomodating and all round nice guy to deal with.

    All the best Nick,

    Matt

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