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Brick House by The Commadores. Super groovy!

I bought an EBS Stanley Clarke wah from him. The advert wanted payment on the day, so I did that. Before 11am in fact. On 19th June. [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/210431-ebs-wah-stanley-clarke-version/page__p__2116367__hl__ebs%20wah__fromsearch__1#entry2116367"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/210431-ebs-wah-stanley-clarke-version/page__p__2116367__hl__ebs%20wah__fromsearch__1#entry2116367[/url] It said "Boxed and in great condition" On 24th June he ignored my request for an update on postage. On 25th he told me "[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Hi Paul yes it's on it's way to you mate"[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]It still hadn't arrived. [/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]On 26th it still hadn't arrived - and he blamed his wife, telling me that SHE had posted it on Monday (24th June)[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Still nothing![/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]On 29th (ignoring his earlier message that his wife had sent it on 24th June) he told me that it had to go by Parcel Force due to the weight.[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]It arrived this morning. [/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]The packaging is f***ing awful. The box was in a bin bag with a tiny bit of tape. The bin bag was open at one end so the box was open to the elements. The box itself looked like it had been trodden on at some point. There was no structural strength in the box at all - therefore no protection. There was no padding / bubble wrap in the box either. The pedal was just banging around in it.[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]The advert says "Great Condition" when in actual fact the paint is scratched away to the yellow undercoat in some places AND the base plate is bent and has come away from the middle of the housing - it bows out in the middle. It is not even in 'average' condition. [/font][/color] [font="helvetica, arial, sans-serif"][color="#282828"]I will be carefully testing it later, and I'll update this then.[/color][/font] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]And finally - what a surprise - the date of postage is on the Parcel Force label. It had not been sent when he said "on it's way" and it had not been sent by his wife last Monday either.[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Fortunately I paid by paypal as a purchase transaction. If the pedal doesn't function completely perfectly I will be opening a dispute.[/font][/color]

Boss /Fender 63 Reverb pedal. Just like a proper 63 Reverb Tank http://www.themusiczoo.com/product/5572/Boss-FRV-1-Fender-63-Reverb-Pedal/

[quote name='SimonEdward' timestamp='1372518404' post='2126723'] [color=#37404E]How do they get away with selling this CR*P?? .. 'they' also sell a Drummer version..[/color] [color=#37404E](If you really?? want to buy one, look them up on Evil Bay)..[/color] [/quote] Because it's funny. I have one and I happily wear it at gigs. Mine has a strap line on it too "May contain bum notes"

Shithole venues are sometimes the only choice. Sometimes they get the best crowds too.

Hopefully Iplayer tomorrow. It was awesome!

[quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1372460622' post='2126167'] Pretty sure that's a Sadwosky he's playin.... [/quote] Don't think so. I think it's an Atelier Z DAL model http://www.atelierz.co.jp/english/product/bass/dal/index.html

Bollocks. The D'Addario Super Long Scale are too short on the B string by about 8mm. This is on an ABZ5 so they would no doubt fit a Dingwall Super J what has a slightly shorter scale. That's £30 down the toilet then.

Can be! Depends on the skill of the person doing the work!

I've always had 12s. I had 1 experiment with a Mark Bass 2x10 that was quite nice, but I've always come back to 12s. Marshall VBC412 TecAmp ML212 Mark Bass Club 1x12 Aguilar 1x12 Bergantino HD1x12 (two of them in my current rig)

I had a Sandberg JJ and it was brilliant... BUT it was soooo damn heavy it was hurting after 20 mins on the strap. So definitely try it out first. If they got the weight down I'd have another in an instant.

Best P I've played was a Yamaha Best J was a Celinder Must better build than Fender and very light weight. I have a Jap Fender P, and it is very good - but it is the bass I keep purely for playing in shithole venues where it might get nicked. I have zero emotional attachment to it.

Of course our opinions are irrelevant. But no one advocating giving up the bass, or allowing a permanent lend etc has come up with a single reason why the legitimate owner of anything at all should do that... other than 'karma' Personally I would hope that if RT wanted to give it away he would auction it and give the money to Cancer Research or something. Surely that has a higher 'karmarific' value? It's all BS. He earned the money. He spent the money on something he wanted. Saying that he should give it away is taking even my own lefty leanings to insanity.

Definitely a good hat. A gentleman never gigs without a hat.

[quote name='skej21' timestamp='1372096586' post='2121564'] I wasn't suggesting he gives it to them! But why buy it for $60k, then lock it away? Surely just let the pastorius family have it in their possession. That way, they could use it as a museum piece to raise finds to buy it back from Trujillo or simply have access to something that is dear to their family. Then if they don't stump up the cash, Trujillo takes it back when he wants/needs to! Surely that's a fair/sensible compromise? [/quote] And why should he do that exactly? Do you let the previous owner of your basses have them in their possession until you want/need them? Try swapping the word "bass" for anything else you own and see if you want to 'compromise' your rights and possession with a previous owner just because it was 'dear' to them. When the last owner of your car comes round, I assume you'll be allowing him 'fair' access to use it?

The bass does not belong to Jaco's family at all. It was Jaco's, it has been sold several times and is now owned by someone else. Trujillo was not 'paid' $1m for joining, it was an advance. He's not a full 25% partner in Metallica either. But more to the point - so what? It's his money, he gets to spend it on whatever he likes. Just because he's earned a bit of money lately does not mean there is any obligation on him to make a $60,000 gift to anyone. Anyone who thinks that he should just give it away is living in cookoo land.

The answer is MICRO POG Perfect tracking even on silly low notes. If you lose definition, just dial in a little of your normal tone. It won't ruin the impact of the octave drop

I've just ordered a 45 65 80 100 130 Super long set of D'Addarios From experience the 45 and 65 will be much higher tension than the rest, so I've ordered a normal 40 and 60 to replace them. They are normal scale, but as the D & G are both under 35 scale they should fit fine and equalise the tension across the board a bit. Fingers crossed!

I think it's the Low B and E tone that does it for me, and as I'm currently playing with an orchestra a deep fundamental tone is wonderful to have. Before that I had never heard a B as good as my Marleaux, but my ABZ is as far beyond that bass as the Marleaux is beyond the others I've tried. The wonky frets are just the method of getting that low note clarity, the frets themselves were not a selling point.

Should have been The Imperial March.