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[quote name='warwickhunt' post='277721' date='Sep 5 2008, 11:58 AM']Have you actually received yours then?[/quote] Nah, I only bought it yesterday. As I said in my initial post - there's still USPS/HM Customs and Excise/ParcelFarce to make it through. I feel like I have to defend myself here in the face of some scepticism. It's just a heads up on what seems like a reasonable starting point for a project, at a favourable price. Yes, it's in the states. Yes there has been some negative feedback. If that bothers you - caveat emptor - if you think it looks dodgy, walk away. I consider the risks to be within acceptable tolerances, as I explained earlier in the thread.

A million pounds - that's my birthday!

[quote name='beerdragon' post='277692' date='Sep 5 2008, 11:20 AM']He's sold a lot of stuff, but he's got over fifty neg feedback in the last month.[/quote] I've read between the lines on this one - 9 of them were from the same guy, all complaining about not combining postage. Another 28 -ves from the same buyer at the same time. I count those as a single transaction, personally. One big order went wrong and the buyer left -ve for every single item. It just looks bad because of the totting up. In my opinion that skews it to look really bad. If you combine these groups into 1 complaint each, that's down to 17 -ve now or 0.5%. Further more, they seem to actually respond to -ve feedback. I'm not that worried, my experience has been positive so far.

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='277676' date='Sep 5 2008, 11:08 AM']What wood is that?[/quote] The seller told me it was alder.

Just snagged one of these from the states for £60 [b]delivered[/b] Looks like a good starting point for a project, there's still a few left - another one went for a fiver less last night! [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=360084496713"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=360084496713[/url] [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=360084957244"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=360084957244[/url] [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=360085267921"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=360085267921[/url] They seem like good sellers, prompt responses to my questions and +ve feedback received already. Of course, there's still USPS/HM Customs and Excise/ParcelFarce to make it through.

[quote name='joegarcia' post='272835' date='Aug 29 2008, 09:12 PM']Cool, thanks, think I've sourced one from somewhere else now though. Any chance you could do me a big favour please and measure the distance between the two screws? My pickup/bass isn't an EB-3 and I'm worried it's not gonna fit but has a similar bridge currently fitted which is rubbish but similarly has two screws in roughly the same place.[/quote] Just spied this at work, I'll take a look tonight for you. Might be a good opportunity to see if there's been any marking on the surface of the body now that it's been on a few months.

Welcome (back) to the forum

Welcome to the forum Brass sections are well worth the effort - I've heard some awful bands using MIDI files as background filler instead of going to said effort. Guess what - they sound bad, film at 11.

[quote name='joegarcia' post='272640' date='Aug 29 2008, 03:36 PM']Ah ok. Were there any other alternatives you looked at? Anything else similar worth considering do you think?[/quote] To be honest, it's the only direct replacement for the Gibson 3-point bridge that I've found. BTW, you should have no worries about ordering from BPR, they're good guys and the transatlantic shipping has always been surprisingly fast for me. It's a shame the USD is recovering somewhat, but you should still get a pretty good deal.

[quote name='joegarcia' post='272537' date='Aug 29 2008, 01:23 PM']Really interested in one of these. Did you get yours from Bass Parts Resource or is there a UK dealer?[/quote] I had to order it in from BPR, couldn't find it in the UK.

I think they're identical - C(H/N)491388

That's the one!

I'm sure I've seen this one before, squint neck plate and all.

That's been on eBay for ages, which suggests that it's overpriced. I personally wouldn't take it on for the following reasons: 1) holes already drilled for tuners, limiting your choices. They're also not drilled very straight (as in aligned with each other). 2) pickup routs are HUGE, pretty much limiting you to large soapbar pickups 3) I don't care too much for the placement of the control holes 4) there are 2 broken screws stuck in the headstock 5) the wood's not all that bonnie. It would have to have some kind of amazing figure in it for me to put up with/put right the issues listed above. Everything is fixable, but if it's your first go, I'd suggest that this needs a little too much TLC. If this is your first go, why not give this a try - [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=360082226020"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=360082226020[/url] It's not exciting, but you can't really go wrong for £70 for everything.

Welcome to the forum

Welcome to the forum

[quote name='BassManKev' post='269980' date='Aug 26 2008, 08:29 AM']being marked as a gift only reduces the tax, it doesnt remove it completly as far as i know. the gift thing is up to $75 last time i looked it up.[/quote] Not so - marking as a gift doubles your tax free threshold to £36 including shipping. Any more than that and you pay tax on the full amount. There is no reduction in the tax itself. See [url="http://wiki.basschat.co.uk/info:buying:importing_gear"]http://wiki.basschat.co.uk/info:buying:importing_gear[/url]

[quote name='andyonbass' post='269295' date='Aug 25 2008, 09:09 AM']Hi I want to put a decal onto a headstock, which is finished in gloss. I'm not sure whether its nitrocellulose or polyurethane gloss, how can I tell? I will need to seal over the decal with a clear gloss finish and I want to get something thats compatible with the existing finish. Any help would be much appreciated Thanks Andy[/quote] Unless you can get the official word from whoever made it, it would be very difficult to tell what the finish is. To be honest, I'd remove all the hardware, sand down the face of the headstock to the bare wood and start from scratch.

Welcome to the forum There are some good threads about first basses in the various forums, but it's ultimately about budget and what feels good within that. Try some out in a shop.

[quote name='zwischenzug' post='268254' date='Aug 23 2008, 12:31 AM']VSB [url="http://epiphone.com/default.asp?ProductID=114&CollectionID=12"]http://epiphone.com/default.asp?ProductID=...CollectionID=12[/url] Gothic [url="http://epiphone.com/default.asp?ProductID=209&CollectionID=5"]http://epiphone.com/default.asp?ProductID=...;CollectionID=5[/url] Gibson [url="http://www.gibson.com/en-us/divisions/gibson%20usa/products/bass/thunderbirdiv/"]http://www.gibson.com/en-us/divisions/gibs.../thunderbirdiv/[/url] VSB is alder body, Gothic is mahogany. [b]And I think that they have different pickups also. [/b] The price is the same.[/quote] I don't think so.

[quote name='zwischenzug' post='268113' date='Aug 22 2008, 09:03 PM'][font="Tahoma"][b]Epiphone Thunderbird IV[/b] [/font][font="Tahoma"][size=3][b][color="orange"]VSB[/color][/b][/size][/font][font="Tahoma"] or [b]Epiphone Thunderbird IV[/b] [/font][font="Tahoma"][size=3][b][color="orange"]Gothic[/color][/b][/size][/font][font="Tahoma"]??? There are some differences between them and I have a dilemma: [b]which one resembles more to the original Gibson[/b] [b]Thunderbird[/b]? (please consider sound, materials etc.)[/font] [font="Tahoma"] If you compare [b]VSB[/b] and [b]Gothic[/b] which one is better? I'm interested in pros and cons. Cheers![/font] [/quote] As far as I'm aware, any differences between the two are purely cosmetic. The VSB visually most closely resembles the original Gibson Thunderbird. Both of them are only going to give you an approximation of the Gibson Thunderbird sound due to different construction (Epi is bolt on neck, Gibson is neck thru), different woods (Epis VSB have alder body and maple neck - Goth has mahogany body and maple neck, Gibsons have mahogany/walnut neck and mahogany body wings). There are also bound to be price induced differences in pickups, electronics and hardware. All info taken from Epiphone and Gibson's own sites.

Welcome aboard. Nice to see someone customising an easily replaced part rather than sticking things all over the body

Welcome to the forum

I'm considering a rationalisation also.

[quote name='budget bassist' post='266758' date='Aug 21 2008, 01:31 AM']Hi, would anyone be able to get hold of an OLP MM2 (standard 1 pickup 4 string stingray copy) wiring diagram for me please? I bought a control plate and pickup off ebay and i'm getting a body soon and i'm not too sure where the pickup wires went (maybe kevbass could chime in with some help?). I'm also planning on rewiring it to a side mounted jack because the body has a hole for one, it's also routed for two pickups and i plan on making use of that and adding a pickup blend knob into there too... Any help with that would be appreciated. I'm also considering just using a separate volume knob for each pickup rather than volume and blend if it might be easier. Also does anyone know what the current configuration for the control plate is? Is it volume bass treble or volume volume treble? Sounds weird but i believe a tone pot is just a volume pot with a capacitor? And there's only one capacitor in there. I might just rewire the whole thing to be honest, can it be that difficult?[/quote] I can't speak with all certainty about the MM2, but my MM3 (before I mucked about with it) was wired V V T. Separate volumes for each half of the humbucker.