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I saw it, thought it was quite nice but it's got too few strings for me. Sniping tools, they're the way forward. As long as none of you beat me in an auction using them, of course.

[quote name='Mudpup' timestamp='1487064380' post='3236603'] That's only relevant if the potential purchaser knows where Stingrays are made (or not in this case) It just seems like they've purposely avoided showing the obvious things - like the logo on the front of the headstock - hoping someone will make assumptions Oh, and they've called it a a Music Man Stingray (which it isnt)....... [/quote] I agree it's somewhat obfuscating the facts, but if the potential purchaser doesn't know where Stingrays are made then said potential purchaser wouldn't think it was a USA bass.

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1487000712' post='3236154'] Not that 6Kg is actually "light", you understand. [/quote] I've owned Precisions, you know. 6kg would be quite a lightweight compared to my old fretless.

It does have the words "Made in Indonesia" pretty easily read in the third picture.

Well, it does make a noise.

[quote name='bazztard' timestamp='1486953254' post='3235845'] Fender = Sunburst and tort [/quote] +1. And natural as a second option.

[quote name='MrDaveTheBass' timestamp='1486651049' post='3233539'] Thanks for that! Now I've got the f**king Birdie Song going round my head! NANANANANANANAH! NANANANANANANAH! NANANANANANANAH! DER DER DER DER! [/quote] "Agadoo" trumps the Birdie Song.

[quote name='cloudburst' timestamp='1486802197' post='3234595'] Ford (brand) + Fiesta (model) = Ford Fiesta. Reliant (brand) + Robin (model) = Robin Reliant. What? [/quote] It isn't a Robin Reliant, it's a Reliant Robin. Just because Jasper Carrott called it a Robin Reliant doesn't mean that it's true.

[quote name='fleabag' timestamp='1486740397' post='3234288'] We still speak [b]much of[/b] the original language and pronunciations. Geordie is not just an accent , [b]< comma [/b]its [b]an [/b]ancient language. [/quote] "It's an ancient language". And it isn't, it's just got more Viking in it than other English dialects.

A-Ha - Take on me. Wanted to do that with the last band but the guitarist wasn't keen and Mrs Zero was a bit ambivalent about coping with the vocals.

I've been sacked that way - not because I was a bad bassist or my replacement was a better one (personally, I think he was worse), but because my replacement was a mate of the lead guitarist and drummer and he wanted to join the band. I wasn't at all happy. Still, all was eventually forgiven and I depped for them recently when their bassist who was a replacement for my replacement was unavailable for a gig. But I wouldn't like anything like that to happen again.

He's rejected my best offer again.

Looks interesting but would be a PITA to tune.

That's why God created sniping tools.

Thought it might have been a Yamaha SBV-500 but the remaining bit of body doesn't fit that theory and the headstock's a bit skinnier.

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The free postage must have pretty much wiped out the profit...

[quote name='GreeneKing' timestamp='1485699226' post='3225875'] So an active bass with an uncoloured in bass pre-amp set flat is a passive bass? I see your point but the passive signal is boosted massively both in any pre-amp and amp itself and 'colour' is very often added. [/quote] I own several active basses and just one of them puts out a signal that is boosted compared to the passive signal (and even then, it's not by a huge factor). A Baxendall-type tone control needs (IIRC) a gain of 3x to maintain the same level of output as input, but that's the only gain in a typical active preamp. The change of impedance and the ability to use a tone control network with both boost and cut are the real points of an active preamp.

Quite a lot of ACGs are flat fingerboard - often to be found at a bass bash near you.

Is there any way of saying we'll be a couple? Only seems to be the option of buying one ticket at a time.

Is there any concessionary rate for couples?

[quote name='mentalextra' timestamp='1485249261' post='3222375'] I'm probably going to regret asking, but Mr Pratt seems to be a 'marmite' character on this forum, what has he done to deserve that? He seems a pretty normal well rounded type of guy? [/quote] One of the professionally offended accused him of saying something racist, IIRC.

I'm pretty sure that Dave from Musical Exchanges, who sold me the Warwick JD Thumb that I have to this day, went there. No, I just took another look. Dave went to the Carlsbro shop just round the corner near Richer Sounds.

[quote name='ezbass' timestamp='1484814062' post='3218607'] A good few bands are just getting panned here, merely because people don't like the band. That is not the point of this thread surely. There are a good number of worshipped albums that I could easily diss because I don't like the artist. The real test of this thread is for those who are actual fans of a band's or artist's work to say that a particularly well regarded album is somewhat lacking in their opinion. [/quote] Queen - A Day at the Races - first stage of their descent into dreadful crappery Queen - News of the World - see above Queen - Jazz - see above Queen - The Game - see above A trend may be emerging here.

[quote name='Burrito' timestamp='1484736547' post='3217865'] Makes me wonder what critically panned albums we all love.... [/quote] You really think a consensus could be reached on Basschat, where if there was only one person posting to a thread it would still end up as an argument?