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Well after posting about great service and no delays....I posted a bass out on Monday,Parcelforce 24. Picked up from my house in the afternoon and I followed it on the tracker over the next 24 hours. It arrived in Liverpool and an attempt to deliver was made late afternoon! Message from the guy who was waiting in for it saying check the tracker...It's been sent to the local depot! Someone stupid (me) had put down the wrong property number and they could not deliver it (thankfully) Anyway much e mails,messages and the likes and still no further forward. I managed to get the proper number added and then it was marked to be redirected. It never went out the next day..or the next and now (Friday) it's in a depot in Liverpool and has been assigned to it's delivery route in preparation for our driver taking it out for delivery! God knows when that will be as on the website they mentioned delays all over the country! Seems my luck has run out! I sold the bass on e bay and have been in touch and spoken on the phone to the buyer who is very understanding...up to now! Just have to play the waiting game and if all else fails cancel the sale and try and get it redirected back to me!! It may be an early Christmas present!!!

Recently sold a Fender Vintera and Classic series Precision bass to BassBros. Both made in Mexico. great fit and finish,loved the sound and did no mods on them. Could not get on with the wide necks which was a shame as they both were great guitars. I had sold a Fender Player series just before I got them both. I did like it but the other two seemed like a step up! So over the last few months I have been mostly using 2 Sandberg Electras,a Godin Shifter Classic and a Sire V5. Really missed the P bass so started looking for another! I narrowed it down to an American made p bass,a player series (Made In Mexico) and a Squier Classic Vibe 60's p bass....Tried the Squier first and that was it! The feel,sound,look,fit and finish did it! Bought it on the spot and the very next day managed to pick up a Squier Classic Vibe 70's p bass in a fetching Surf green. Only mods so far are new vintage type reverse tuners on the 60's bass and a Fender hi mass bridge on the 70's bass!. Well worth a punt!

Lucky me last week...Had bass uplifted from my house at 2pm Monday and it arrived in London with buyer at 8.45am Tuesday. Parcelforce 24.

Agreed. I have used Toneriders on a couple of guitars and head to head with some decent guitars held their own..in fact sounded better than the Fender stock pickups in my Vintera. Maybe better isn't the word but louder and clearer. As for Squiers...well as we all know by now some are great and some not so! I don't need a status symbol...in fact I don't need a Status!! But a decent playing and gigging guitar that doesn't cost a fortune and gets the job done!

I recently had two Made in Mexico 50s type basses. One was a Vintera and the other the classic series. Both the same guitar,different name! I had to sell them as after a while I discovered I did not like the width of the neck. Fit and finish on both spot on. Soundwise really good! I had sold a Fender Player series p bass to fund one of the guitars. To be honest I could have kept it but have no room for many guitars! (I know,kick the lad out!!) Anyway I needed to fill the P bass gap and was just about to buy another Player series off Gumtree when I spotted a Squier Vintage Vibe 60s P bass in white! I had heard that these are really great guitars but as usual thought...beginners bass....not for me! Maybe even a bit of snobbery. Why buy a Squier when I can get a Fender! I looked at some second hand USA Fenders,then the player bass,then the Squier came up at a tad over £200 second hand in A1 condition! Decided to take a punt on it. As soon as I picked it up and played it I knew that the folk online had been right! It does feel,look,play and sound better than the Player series! Feels like my first P bass an early 70s thing long gone! Not for everyone but will know after a couple of gigs how I feel about it but for now...yes deffo worth a look at !

Still for sale on Cash Converters site...chancers!

Cash Converters Stratford!....

Messaged the seller and said this isn't a real Fender! He replied ''what makes you say that?'' Where do I begin!

Yes Dave,push pull switch to make it active/passive from Musik Produktiv in Germany.

It wasn't me who asked the first time!....lol

It has been asked before...and no one answered! Has anyone bought a bass guitar neck from Niche Guitars Blackpool? A few years ago a near neighbour of mine let me try out a guitar he had built himself. He had made the body but used a pre made neck which was very nice! He wasn't giving out where he got the neck but it didn't take too long to find out lol. This was maybe 3 or 4 years ago. I looked in and seen the neck he had bought plus other p and j type necks for not a lot of cash! I am now about to put a bass together using parts and as a starting point I had a look again at the necks from Niche....

Great set and he has some songs! Check them out! Oh and the bass player has a nice custom Warmouth bass!

What are folks take on paying by pay pal these days? Have done it in the past for low amount and everything was ok. I do a fair bit of face to face selling on facebook market place and it's usually cash when I turn up at someones house or when they buy from me. I nearly bought a bass on here last week but when contacting the seller he would not do pay pal but wanted bank transfer straight away and was sorting the bass out at the weekend about 4 days later. We spoke on here and that should have been enough but because of the recent scamming on here I decided not to pay and dropped out of the deal! On reflection I should have phoned the seller which I usually do and just transfered the money but took cold feet.

After lockdown I joined a new band. Rock/pop covers. Was told before I got the gig that it may be loud and I should make sure i had a big enough amp!! (singers...what are they like!) Great band and do well on the circuit plus the guys are brand new....but at gigs..mega loud...at practise..mega loud! No amount of talking about it or moaning about it made any difference! The mixer was a sea of red lights!! I spoke to the guitarist in private about it and he went off on one saying that he had two expensive Les Pauls and a Marshall stack so he could be heard! I tried playing louder than the band which I could manage but that made it worse and my ears almost bleed! After a while though they seen sense and let me go as it''wasn't working out'' I believe it never ''Worked out'' with the last bass player either! Still friends with the guys as life is too short.......speak up!....I SAID LIFE IS TOO SHORT!!!....WHAT???????/

Lol...if only! Then again,the last time we played one of the lady punters got a bit over the top with the drink and was asked to leave by the manageress. She kicked off and had to be escorted out the door and continued to kick off and kick some folk as well! The manageress phoned the cop hotline and within minutes there was two vans and a car outside the venue! By the way I continued to play but had a great view of it all through the window! The cop car came screaming round the corner blue lights going,up on to the kerb and the guys jumped out leaving the doors open and decked the whizzed punter! handbag went flying and everything spilled out on to the deck! Apart from that it was an ok night!

Playing in local pub Bar Bliss Kirkintilloch,just outside Glasgow last night with my band. Small bar with large window in front of which the band play and TVs on the wall. Looked up at one point to notice the other 3 members of the band playing away whilst watching golf on the TV....I continued to look out the window at passing Police cars and buses!

Such a shame.....I also bought one of his guitars years ago. Sad loss.

He three at one point! The neck was just a tad too wide for me but great bass guitars! Had player series and it was ok! Bit like a Squier!

Did you contact Bass Bros and offer up your bass? Because as far as I know it's the only way they would offer to buy your bass. I have sold two guitars to Will and bought one from him. 100% recommend. No issues,excellent communication,gave fair price both times and money transferred in to my bank straight away.

Had one the exact same as this sold it to Bass Bros. It's still on their site. Also sold my Fender Vintera to them. Tried my best but could not get on with the neck. If I had maybe just played the two it would not have been an issue but I have been flitting between 4 other guitars with jazz type necks. But all in all fantastic guitars that's for sure!

Not that sure...lol. Its thin bit like a jazz and flat a bit like my old Yamaha BB1100s