Mr. Foxen

[quote name='Count Bassy' timestamp='1369228448' post='2086575'] And if you watch it an item, you get to see if it sold and at what price. Helps you build up an idea of what the going price for such an item might be, for future reference. [/quote] Useful if doing a completed item search is beyond you.

There is a joint between the wings and the neck, since the neck is effectively sawn through at the point where it meets the body, the join between the wings and the neck is the failure point. Hence being able to see the cracks there on failing ones.

[quote name='JamesBass' timestamp='1369232798' post='2086665'] we'd all moan if our music was and our intellectual property was stolen as it can amount to a loss of earnings. [/quote] Into covers bands being banned then?

[quote name='Stag' timestamp='1369224419' post='2086479'] This thread makes me sad. I like Rickenbackers a lot (Mr Clifford Lee Burton, thats your fault that is) [/quote] Check that pic of him on stage, where you can se the tail end of his bass. You can see the binding goes a bit under the bridge, rather than stopping right at the edge of the bridge. That's the tell of a copy.

[quote name='Geek99' timestamp='1369223405' post='2086457'] You can. But only once you've been stung I wanted to stop other people being stung too. [/quote] [quote name='Mr. Foxen' timestamp='1369221983' post='2086425'] [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/181272-blocking-problem-ebayers/"]http://basschat.co.u...roblem-ebayers/[/url] [/quote]

[quote name='martthebass' timestamp='1369224109' post='2086471'] Sorry to be pedantic but I thought you meant a physical dislocation of the neck join...not a 'folding up' due to structural weakness caused by excessive routing. In this case it isn't the joint that's at fault but the integrity of the neck through block itself ;-) [/quote] The design and construction of the bass is at fault. Routing a hole at the point where the neck meets the body, which effectively cuts through the neck block, the glue at the joint failing due to not much earea taking the stress is the actual failure that allows the neck to shift.

Should get pulled for saying made by Tokai. Straight up lies is a no.

[quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1369220633' post='2086394'] Honestly, how desperate do you have to be to try and hang on to past glory so much? Innovate and move forward. [/quote] Thing is, half the glory he is hanging on to was made by copies. Loads of the famous Rick users were actually playing copies, but still get claimed as Rick users, even if they notably never used a real one in their career (Peter Hook and his Hondo he got rid of first opportunity is standout).

[quote name='BetaFunk' timestamp='1369220666' post='2086395'] You can block any bidder. [/quote] http://basschat.co.uk/topic/181272-blocking-problem-ebayers/ [quote name='Geek99' timestamp='1369219774' post='2086374'] Totally disagree - bargains are entirely findable [/quote] And if you find bargains habitually, some bellend might travel round various forums cussing you out, as I've found.

Truss rod engineering stuff: Here is the original truss rod: Between the bogies on a load bearing flatbed car. Note it doesn't run parallel with the bed but has spacers so it is angled at the ends , this is key. In a Fender style arrangement, since Fender had a pretty good grasp of engineering, at the headstock end the truss rod is close to the fingerboard side, but the other end is toward the back, additionally the neck is made flat but intended to have a slight curve under tension, this arrangement means the force exerted by tension on the rod opposes that of the strings in attempting to curve the neck back the opposite way. In a Rickenbacker neck, the rods run parallel with the fingerboard, much easier to route that way, the whole thing is flat and the channel depth even, but it means the rods just put the neck under compression rather than opposing string tension, meaning simply tightening them has effects dependent on the properties of the piece of wood, something Fender engineering always sought to eliminate as a variable, and thus requiring the neck to be set in place before applying compression to hopefully hold it there.

Now thread has some momentum, bumping this: [quote name='Mr. Foxen' timestamp='1369172484' post='2085927'] If anyone does happen to either want or want rid of such basses, feel free to PM or contact me via other means (sig links will take you to places with email address and facebook contact) and I'll endeavor to hook people up. [/quote] [quote name='Wolverinebass' timestamp='1369217800' post='2086342'] How many more things are going to get sued on? Don't DiMarzio offer replacement pickups as well? [/quote] He went after Hipshot for daring to make a compatible bridge that worked properly. [URL=http://s17.photobucket.com/user/Incarante/media/JohnHallisacock.jpg.html][IMG]http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b69/Incarante/JohnHallisacock.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

[quote name='Geek99' timestamp='1369214113' post='2086266'] Yes - if the seller is silly enough to fail to put a reserve on, or to list it to finish at 3:32am then that's their loss. You can't blame the bidder for winning fairly, or relisting the item more sensibly and making a profit [/quote] Starting the item at the right price is what they need to do. Since you can set opening bid, a reserve is basically utterly pointless except as a way to pay ebay a bit more money. I list my items to finish at stupid o'clock because I'd rather deal with people who can put in an honest bid, or deal off ebay, and if people insist on playing silly games to try and give me less money, they do it whilst half asleep, studies show people take bigger risks that way: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/why-tired-gamblers-are-the-biggest-winners-ndash-and-losers-2236204.html

[quote name='Mexicola' timestamp='1369180184' post='2086096'] I know this is an entirely different question but it kind of relates to the topic... Is it worth spending almost double the price on a set of coated strings as they are meant to last longer or are you better off just buying two pairs for roughly the same price? [/quote] Depends on the coated, yet to wear out a set of elixirs (although lending a bass to a pick player for recording gave them dandruff), but the DR blue coated jobs died in standard sort of time. Being on certain medications affects the sweats ability to corrode stuff. Think there is some other effect, I don't get a funky buildup on my fingerboard, some people manage to have compost heaps on theirs.

[quote name='martthebass' timestamp='1369070449' post='2084534'] I'd be surprised if the neck join has anythng to do with the relief/action - never heard of this being a weak spot. [/quote] Really? The neck collapsing into the pickup cavity is pretty notorious. The whole thing where the moved the neck pickup was supposedly to address it, although in the ones I've seen, the route is still oversized so didn't really address the weak point as well as it should have.

[quote name='The Dark Lord' timestamp='1369175924' post='2086036'] However, I think they have every right to stand up against the copiers. [/quote] If that is what he's up to, he's about 40 years too late.

[quote name='uncle psychosis' timestamp='1369178510' post='2086079'] Also, I'm sure at one point---and it may still be the case---that once an item received bids its "buy it now" disappeared (if it had one). So people would bid so that others couldn't snatch it away! [/quote] As long as it beats any reserve. Seems that people also bid because they are stupid, because I've seen bids on items that have a buy it now the same as opening bid.

[quote name='AngelLaHash' timestamp='1369176001' post='2086038'] i do tend to tag them with a low bid, but i guess i could get the Bidding software to do my max in one go [/quote] Ebay already does that, it doesn't put your max on until necessary, only goes as high as it needs to go to beat the next highest bid. The small bid to start is to lock the listing from being edited while you make up your mind.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1369175468' post='2086018'] What will we have left to talk about? [/quote] What a douchebag some guy is.

Personally don't massively rate the cabs by Matamp, ahead of Ampeg ones, but still kind of sit in oldschool territory while speakers have moved on a fair bit.

Not unknown to win something at a lowball opening bid. Generally because ebay have screwed the seller by hiding their listing, or a dozen people go 'oooh, I was gonna bid last minute but forgot'. Weather seems a massive deal, nothing big of mine sold this time round, and what did sell went to Australia.

If anyone does happen to either want or want rid of such basses, feel free to PM or contact me via other means (sig links will take you to places with email address and facebook contact) and I'll endeavor to hook people up.

Think they might be a T-nut under them now. There were a couple of dehandling incidents I heard of.

Swap bits with the Highway you you, so you can figure what the bit you like it. You might end up with an even weirder frankenstein, but it will be your weird frankenstein.

[quote name='Ghost_Bass' timestamp='1369156335' post='2085601'] Just another reason for me not to like Ricks (can i use the short term or should i have to use the full word?). They're ugly, heavy, uncomfortable to play, sound very poor, don't balance right and the price is ridiculous (yes i've tried them, the originals, one of them was even a vintage oldie). If i don't see one again i would be ok with that and i sincerely hope that the brand takes a severe hit on their sales due to their attitude... Sorry if i offended any BC members, this is not intended to you Cheers [/quote] I think the new ones are better than the oldies, since more recently they copied the Japanese makers in going to CNC routing and shaping. Funny they didn't copy the pricing though.

Maybe a bit less blatant than actual namechecks.