Kev

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1373829324' post='2142051'] How so? Just as a matter of interest. [/quote] I'm not sure...

[quote name='Stacker' timestamp='1373826698' post='2142005'] Why would you not ship something as securely as you could? You seem to be focussing on improperly packaged items. Why? As far as I am concerned, I would always ship an item as securely as I could. I always have done. I also get the impression that you may not agree with my maxim of not shipping abroad unless a buyer/interested party sorts his/her own freight/ins out; fair enough, that's your right. But now you seem to be taking me to task on improperly protected items. Again, why? [/quote] Are you in politics? I am talking about a hypothetical situation. Forget improperly protected, the bass has been lost and for whatever reason, insurance wont pay. Would you refund the buyer?? Yes or no would be fine! I don't agree with your shipping abroad thing but i respect it just fine, providing you take responsibility if it goes wrong.

I vote black, more flexible image should band situations change.

[quote name='Stacker' timestamp='1373797189' post='2141610'] You have a point but what is deemed a suitable case or suitable protection? I've always been conscientous about packing and protection, given the vagaries within the courier industry. Let's be clear, here: we'd all (?) take the best care possible in packing and protecting an instrument someone we may not even know has bought from us. However, after it leaves my hands someone else is responsible for its handling and protection and if anything untoward happens to it then the courier firm has to pay out, shouldn't it? It's really irrelevant who takes out the insurance - the buyer or the seller - as long as it's in place. Incidentally, I have been more than happy to arrange couriers/ins to pick up gear that a seller has refused to ship. It's a personal choice and should be respected whether one agrees with it or not. [/quote] This didn't really answer my question; if the bass was, say, just packed in a cardboard box and the insurers don't pay out as it wasn't in a rigid hardcase, who do you feel should pay for repairs, buyer or seller?

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check your patch cables? If one is dodgy it could cause an intermittent fault like you are describing? It could also be loose connections in one of the pedals?

Cheers guys. This is a little more like it [url="http://s75.photobucket.com/user/KevMan69/media/SAM_2561_zpsd4263fa2.jpg.html"][/url] [URL=http://s75.photobucket.com/user/KevMan69/media/SAM_2578_zps04fa9e7a.jpg.html][IMG]http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i287/KevMan69/SAM_2578_zps04fa9e7a.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s75.photobucket.com/user/KevMan69/media/SAM_2579_zps518b773a.jpg.html][IMG]http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i287/KevMan69/SAM_2579_zps518b773a.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

[quote name='Stacker' timestamp='1373790199' post='2141517'] I'm happy to ship within mainland UK as long as buyer is prepared to pay full insurance or pick the item up in person. However, I will not ship abroad unless the buyer arranges his/her own courier. Reason? I once sold a vintage 335 to a guy in Spain who then, after the sale, got shirty about paying full insurance/shipping so I stupidly agreed to ship without insurance. Guitar securely boxed and shipped......and promptly disappeared off the tracking system! After a couple of weeks the buyer began asking for his money back and I was faced with no guitar and having to refund the seller. Then, in the third week, the guitar was found in the corner of a warehouse down south. It eventually did reach Spain (and a happy buyer) but the whole epsiode made me decide not to ship abroad again unless the buyer sorted out freight/ins. Since making that decision, I have happily sold abroad and sellers have been fine with organising the own freight/insurance. Sure, I will undoubtedly scare off buyers who are not prepared to accept my conditions but that's something I have learned to accept. I always pack instruments as securely as possible, with plenty of bubble-wrap/poly wotsits and after that it's in the hands of the courier company. I might add that a lot of overseas buyers have, in the past, questioned my overseas freight/ins quotes and that is another reason why I removed myself from that obligation. [/quote] But, after the buyer arranges the courier and something goes wrong; bass gets damaged and Insurance refuses to pay out as it wasn't shipped in a suitable hardcase, who pays for the repairs, you or your buyer?

Exhibition grade Myrtle Burl

Yeah, had fun reading about this on Talkbass. The loyalists really can be a bunch of ignorant t***s, pardon my french. I'm still very keen on picking up a 4004, but this kind of thing really makes me not want to make the investment.

Despite all my pedal buying, i still havn't tried a Mutron III. Personally, i don't think there is anything vintage that i would prefer over the modern equivalent these days, so many excellent pedals about. In terms of expensive, i would also like to spend some time with an Octavious Squeezer, reckon i could tame it

and i'm in the club [URL=http://s75.photobucket.com/user/KevMan69/media/Snapbucket/25A8BD18_zpsa36f5c3e.jpg.html][IMG]http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i287/KevMan69/Snapbucket/25A8BD18_zpsa36f5c3e.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Roscoe Century Signature V

To be honest, i'm not [i]too [/i]hung up about postage when its absolutely necessary. Last month i took delivery of a bass from Germany and it was packed brilliantly and arrived safe and sound. It's just the people that don't take so much care i worry about, and the biggest clue of a seller who doesn't care enough to pack well is one that says it's the buyers risk! The bass i collected today was a Roscoe, so obviously at some point it was shipped from the US without issue, allbeit by the builder!

Basschat just seems to be getting friendlier and friendlier...

[quote name='BetaFunk' timestamp='1373749990' post='2141324'] Ater reading the perils of sending a bass i'm thinking of picking up my new Fender from the U.S. Does anyone know what airport is nearest to the Fender factory and how much the flight will cost taking in to consideration that i will require two seats so that the bass does not get damaged on the journey. I presume that every guitar and bass manufacturer does this otherwise how on earth do they arrive in the U.K. undamaged? [/quote] If your bass gets damaged in the post, Fender will assume responsibility and refund you appropriatley. That's the point of the thread, it should [i]always[/i] be the seller's responsibility, whether that be Fender or Joe Bloggs.

[quote name='Pete Academy' timestamp='1373742311' post='2141206'] f***ing incredible. How can you criticize this??? [/quote] For the reasons people have said? He shows fantastic technique and i actually quite liked it (apart from the multiple-take thing, was the OP being ironic?), but it just isn't everyone's cup of tea. Some songs need a bassist to do their job, and this isn't it.