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[quote name='The Twickerman' post='1251150' date='May 31 2011, 10:09 AM']That is not in dispute. The fact remains they can remove whatever they want, whenever they want, from their site. They are not obliged to give a reason.

Even if you proved the point in court, that it was not in breach of their rules, they'd still not have to publish your advert on their site.[/quote]


Yes - I'm afraid eBay are a law unto themselves, this is probably why John Hall gets so frustrated with them and uses the little guy - in this case yours truly - to make an example of and flex his comparitively weak corporate muscle! Having had a fair bit of communication with both Ric and eBay about this matter I now realise I'm in a no win situation. The fact remains however that John Hall did contact me personally to explain his point of view whereas eBay suspended me and sent an automated response.

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[quote name='ash' post='1251244' date='May 31 2011, 11:22 AM']Yes - I'm afraid eBay are a law unto themselves, this is probably why John Hall gets so frustrated with them and uses the little guy - in this case yours truly - to make an example of and flex his comparitively weak corporate muscle! Having had a fair bit of communication with both Ric and eBay about this matter I now realise I'm in a no win situation. The fact remains however that John Hall did contact me personally to explain his point of view whereas eBay suspended me and sent an automated response.[/quote]
It's a damn shame it's come to that, completely overboard.
Given the right cash & right bass coming up at the same time; my ambition is to get a Rockinbetter black Rick copy, put a bigger, black scratchplate on it with two Jaydee b/w zebra-striped pups on it. Four white chicken-heads for the knobs and change the "Ro" on the TRC to "Fu" to read "F*ckinbetter". Then post it on John Hall's beloved RickResource.

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[quote name='Johnston' post='1251387' date='May 31 2011, 12:58 PM']Give us warning before you do that. I'd love to watch the fall out over that :) :)[/quote]

P'shopped for now, but a few dabs of black & white paint should do the real thing. :lol:

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[quote name='karlfer' post='1249594' date='May 29 2011, 08:15 PM']Ibby, start the countdown please.

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140554207251&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...e=STRK:MEWAX:IT[/url][/quote]


Only reached £232, yet went "full term".
Curious thing, Feebay.
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[quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='1260147' date='Jun 7 2011, 07:40 PM'][url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ULTRA-RARE-THRU-NECK-BASS-GUITAR-PROJECT-LEMMY-ETC-/190542507992?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item2c5d37efd8"]Kit form.[/url][/quote]


That's decent. Saw the same mark in the control route on a CMI one I used to own which was quality. Not sure what factory it was though.

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[quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='1258027' date='Jun 6 2011, 07:21 AM']Ah, what the hell? idn't even watch cause expected it to go down, woulda bid 250.[/quote]

There's a couple on at the moment, I was similarly surprised that the Ibanez lasted, wonder why Mr Hall finds the John Birch so threatening eh? :)

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[quote name='ash' post='1260430' date='Jun 7 2011, 10:33 PM']There's a couple on at the moment, I was similarly surprised that the Ibanez lasted, wonder why Mr Hall finds the John Birch so threatening eh? :)[/quote]

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[quote name='Big_Stu' post='1242186' date='May 23 2011, 08:24 PM']That's taking the piss out of Ash's John Birch. I can only think it's because Ash's is a better build quality than a real Rick And John Hall knows it.[/quote]

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[quote name='Big_Stu' post='1234821' date='May 17 2011, 08:17 PM']I was once shot down in flames - but it was worth it ......... when I pointed out on Rickresource that any JB bass is far superior in built quality than any original Rick.[/quote]

You got a linky to that thread? I've been a member over there for about ten years but I stopped posting because the sheer level of RIC sycophancy (especially when JH posts) made me sick. A couple of the posters are decent (Ilan springs to mind), but if you dared challenge any established point of view on the bass threads, the shutters come down.

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[quote name='hairyhaw' post='1260533' date='Jun 7 2011, 11:40 PM']You got a linky to that thread? I've been a member over there for about ten years but I stopped posting because the sheer level of RIC sycophancy (especially when JH posts) made me sick. A couple of the posters are decent (Ilan springs to mind), but if you dared challenge any established point of view on the bass threads, the shutters come down.[/quote]

Fraid not, it was a few years ago, it might come up with a search for "John Birch". IIRC it was in a fakers thread.
Maybe they deleted it for revealing secrets?? :)

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[quote name='hairyhaw' post='1260533' date='Jun 7 2011, 11:40 PM']You got a linky to that thread? I've been a member over there for about ten years but I stopped posting because the sheer level of RIC sycophancy (especially when JH posts) made me sick. A couple of the posters are decent (Ilan springs to mind), but if you dared challenge any established point of view on the bass threads, the shutters come down.[/quote]

This was just one of them
[url="http://www.rickresource.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=386531&hilit=john+birch&start=60"]http://www.rickresource.com/forum/viewtopi...ch&start=60[/url]

Page 5, my post is under "Mad Dog Cole" about half way down - and then the Ricks are great & all else is crap begins. Loved how it ended from a poster with a quick insult before the mod endorsed the insult then locked it.

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[quote name='Big_Stu' post='1263125' date='Jun 9 2011, 07:30 PM']This was just one of them
[url="http://www.rickresource.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=386531&hilit=john+birch&start=60"]http://www.rickresource.com/forum/viewtopi...ch&start=60[/url]

Page 5, my post is under "Mad Dog Cole" about half way down - and then the Ricks are great & all else is crap begins. Loved how it ended from a poster with a quick insult before the mod endorsed the insult then locked it.[/quote]

It's incredible its like they've been brainwashed or cloned to a unified doctrine of stupidity - they don't seem to have any understanding of your hypothesis.....

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Hi all.

Thought you might like to see the headless Retrovibe RV4 I had made with the final batch. There are a couple of issues in that the bridge tuners don't have comfortable clearance over the tail of the body and the nut/retainer needs some re-jigging but other than that it's pretty much spot on. I should also mention that I only had the one made for personal use. Sorry!
[attachment=82265:RV4H.jpg]

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[quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='1260147' date='Jun 7 2011, 07:40 PM'][url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ULTRA-RARE-THRU-NECK-BASS-GUITAR-PROJECT-LEMMY-ETC-/190542507992?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item2c5d37efd8"]Kit form.[/url][/quote]

The writing in the rout says "Cherry Kendo". Or similar, the characters for "Kendo" are partially obscured and not well written. In Japanese characters, though the language is English.

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[quote name='ash' post='1263433' date='Jun 9 2011, 11:17 PM']It's incredible its like they've been brainwashed or cloned to a unified doctrine of stupidity - they don't seem to have any understanding of your hypothesis.....[/quote]
That forum is the only one I ever saw where the users are anoraks of their chosen brand. There's plenty of Fender, MM & Gibson users on here & other forums who REALLY know their stuff & can be, and are, well respected for it. But that crowd are just pathetic, one guy really went into overdrive about John Birch on one thread, to the point I thought he was a spoilt kid in the vein of Beavis & Butthead, but his profile was that of a guy in his 50's.

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[quote name='Bassbadger' post='1263969' date='Jun 10 2011, 02:29 PM']Hi all.

Thought you might like to see the headless Retrovibe RV4 I had made with the final batch. There are a couple of issues in that the bridge tuners don't have comfortable clearance over the tail of the body and the nut/retainer needs some re-jigging but other than that it's pretty much spot on. I should also mention that I only had the one made for personal use. Sorry!
[attachment=82265:RV4H.jpg][/quote]

Jumpin Jack Flash!!!!, it's a,
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[quote name='Annoying Twit' post='1271888' date='Jun 16 2011, 05:42 PM']Not sure what this is. Not sure it appeals to me either.

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BASS-GUITAR-LIGHT-LACQUERED-WOOD-WHITE-INSET-/150617492582?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item2311808c66"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BASS-GUITAR-LIGHT-LA...=item2311808c66[/url][/quote]
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Its a Kay used to be sold in Woolies and catalogues unless you are buying for nostalgia I'd say DON'T DO IT!!!! :)

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[quote name='ash' post='1271908' date='Jun 16 2011, 06:01 PM']\
Its a Kay used to be sold in Woolies and catalogues unless you are buying for nostalgia I'd say DON'T DO IT!!!! :)[/quote]

I wondered why the headstock isn't shown...So I did a bit of digging.

You can see the headstock here....

[url="http://www.justguitars.com.au/vintage-guitars/vintage-guitar-detail.php?guitar=35"]http://www.justguitars.com.au/vintage-guit...l.php?guitar=35[/url]

Glad I didn't bid on it.

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