pst62 Posted September 15, 2012 Share Posted September 15, 2012 He's only used an Allen Key, and a tin of paint! Still a good read though. [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Jazzbass-Squier-by-Fender-of-Korea-with-full-pro-set-up-by-me-/190726785372?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item2c6833c95c"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Jazzbass-Squier-by-Fender-of-Korea-with-full-pro-set-up-by-me-/190726785372?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item2c6833c95c[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbayne Posted September 15, 2012 Share Posted September 15, 2012 (edited) [quote][color=#000000][font=Arial][size=1] [size=3]the fat string has more molecules to wobble around and generate signal current in the magnetic flux.[/size][/size][/font][/color][/quote] Edited September 15, 2012 by Hobbayne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjones Posted September 15, 2012 Share Posted September 15, 2012 For all the Jazz geeks out there......Interestingly the rear pickup is directly in line with the tone knob, like a 70's reissue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danweb22 Posted September 15, 2012 Share Posted September 15, 2012 [quote] space not in the sense of their height off the frets but that a minutely concave fret-board is more the shape of a resonating string [/quote] I also like the word "millmicrobe" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 (edited) Still the usual mix of ill-informed techo-bollocks laced with quasi sales hyperbole. What's a Jazzbass? Where's the head of a Bass? What's a milimicrobe (totally incorrect scale to measure the gap with). Then contradicts himself by correctly ( for once ) pointing out the fretboard should not be level anyway. Just in case you were aware, you should pluck the Bass by the bridge. BMW Black touch-up, I guess that car paint is the correct paint for a poly finished Bass? Should have stuck with Reliant Robin Black.... The string lengths intonated OK..again not the way you'd describe it "I checked the intonation and it was OK" maybe? He talks about sloping the pickup to compensate for the thicker E string:"the object being to make the volume from the 2 strings the same" Last time I looked the Bass in his photo has 4 strings, presumably you'd want to equalise all 4? master guitar fixer.....nuff said! Oh, almost forget about how daylight has mellowed the tone of the head and neck and how it sings like a bird or grumbles like a bear and the " couple of bruises" (more like a dozen). Edited September 16, 2012 by yorks5stringer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 I see he's upgraded from 'Master Guitar Bodger' to 'Master Guitar Fixer'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karlfer Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 [quote name='paul_5' timestamp='1347778695' post='1804764'] I see he's upgraded from 'Master Guitar Bodger' to 'Master Guitar Fixer'. [/quote] I've pretty much resisted the urge to lambast, however the above quote says it all really. On about Back To The Future at one stage wasn't he? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jezzaboy Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 I could be talking mince but the finish on the body where the black meets the sunburst looks rather fierce. It usually looks more blended in. Still it`s an intresting read as always Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacker Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 I've just spotted this on ebay. Nothing like blowing your own trumpet!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacker Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 (edited) [quote name='Hobbayne' timestamp='1347726589' post='1804397'] [/quote] What [i]IS[/i] he smoking?? Fat string?? Edited September 16, 2012 by Stacker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pst62 Posted September 16, 2012 Author Share Posted September 16, 2012 Wot I find hilarious is how he always feels the need to be in the photo's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlapbassSteve Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 Dare I admit it...that's actually quite a nice-looking bass . About £70 overpriced mind, and he's probably completely raped the nut with a bastard file too, but still... ...ah hang, on, here's one he's not had his hands on yet! [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fender-Squier-Tobacco-Burst-Jazz-Bass-Korea-97-/330791923768?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item4d04bc3038#ht_5808wt_1151"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fender-Squier-Tobacco-Burst-Jazz-Bass-Korea-97-/330791923768?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item4d04bc3038#ht_5808wt_1151[/url] That'll do! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pst62 Posted September 16, 2012 Author Share Posted September 16, 2012 [quote name='SlapbassSteve' timestamp='1347798154' post='1805055'] he's probably completely raped the nut with a bastard file too, but still...[/quote] I don't think he has as he's not mentioned it, and we all know how proud he is of his "improvements" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyJohnson Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 I find it very hard to read his eBay pitches. It's almost like he's run the English through a translator into Japanese and then back again. All you base are belong to us. And so on. P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mxm Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 He doesn't have much luck. You'd think as he's been doing this for so long he could pick up instruments that don't need buggering about with. At all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 Am I imagining it, sure it was £177 on BIN , now its £207? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Foxen Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 If I get the amount of hits/watchers on something a BC thread probably generates, I'd put the price up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shizznit Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 I just asked my girlfriend to read this auction. After reading it with a very uncomfortable look on her face she said "What!?". Though she has a little knowledge about guitars (despite my best efforts to educate her) even she thought he his talking out of his backside. It's great comedy reading his auctions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uke Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 "full pro set up by me" Can he say this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlapbassSteve Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 [quote name='uke' timestamp='1347919875' post='1806793'] "full pro set up by me" Can he say this? [/quote] If his butchery qualifies as a 'pro set up' I think I might need to raise my prices a little. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shizznit Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 I am so tempted to email him to ask if he can dress my frets and see what his reply is like. I bet even the simplest tech terms will confuse him. Or better still, make up my own tech terms and see if he understands what I am asking him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelk27 Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 [quote name='uke' timestamp='1347919875' post='1806793']"full pro set up by me" Can he say this?[/quote] There's no professional body or standard qualification for guitar repairers, so, yea, he can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pst62 Posted September 18, 2012 Author Share Posted September 18, 2012 [quote name='shizznit' timestamp='1347920843' post='1806807'] I am so tempted to email him to ask if he can dress my frets and see what his reply is like. I bet even the simplest tech terms will confuse him. Or better still, make up my own tech terms and see if he understands what I am asking him. [/quote] Go for it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the boy Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 I used to own one of these basses. They are lovely. They are really punchy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fumps Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 [quote name='shizznit' timestamp='1347920843' post='1806807'] I am so tempted to email him to ask if he can dress my frets and see what his reply is like. I bet even the simplest tech terms will confuse him. Or better still, make up my own tech terms and see if he understands what I am asking him. [/quote] Tell me what you have said and when & I will send another request asking a similar question...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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