Linus27

Very interesting thread. I never really knew about this from a bass player point of view and never really listened to it until now. I did know about it from a drumming point of view as the guy who produced our album was getting our drumming to push going into either bridges or choruses.

[quote]Did you pay via your credit card through eBay? If yes, then you have a chargeback option through PayPal whereby your credit card gets the money back from PayPal.[/quote] Yes I payed via Paypal using my credit card. So when I clicked on pay, I selected Paypal. Once it had taken me to paypal, I selected to pay using my credit card.

[quote name='narnia' post='116395' date='Jan 8 2008, 06:12 PM']no problem if you used paypal, you are protected, so mail ebay ,tell them what the problem is and ask for a refund.It might take a little while, but you WILL get it back.....[/quote] It says I am only covered up to £150. I have registered a dispute with Paypal. When I try to do the same with Ebay it just takes me straight to the paypal dispute page.

I bought a new bass guitar from Ebay and the auction ended on 14th December. The seller had 100% history and so I felt everything was going to be ok. The bass was a Fender Precision 1953 re-issue and cost £320.00 I recived the email saying I have won the auction and to make payment. So I made payment via Paypal using my credit card. I emailed the seller on Saturday night to say I have made payment but I heard nothing from him by Sunday. So I sent another email to say I have made payment and to let me know if everything was ok and when I can expect the bass. I finally heard from the seller on 19th December saying sorry for the delay but he had been in hospital but the bass will be sent that night. I had still not received the bass by 29th December so i emailed the seller again so say I had not received it and can he let me know when I can expect to receive it. I heard nothing. I emailed him again on 5th January saying the same and again I have not heard back from the seller. Should I start to worry now and start taking action? I know I can contact Ebay and say that I have not received the goods and the seller is not responding to emails. What other action can I take? I also paid with Paypal using my credit card so I guess, funds were taken from my credit card and put into paypal and then the seller was paid from paypal. What other things can I do apart from contact Ebay direct?? Any help is greatly appreciated.

[quote]You have some nice stuff there linus27.[/quote] Thank you. Sadly, all I have left is the ESP 400 (the black bass). The 1973 Telecaster bass, 1977 Precision bass and Musicman Stingray were all sold long ago when times were hard. However, I am rebuilding my collection. I have the ESP 400, Fender 1953 re-issue Precison (Telecaster bass), Squire Vintage Fretless (beautiful bass) and plan to buy a Musicman Stingray again and an NS Wav 4 electric upright.

OK, my turn. I have dug out a few from over the years. Recording our album with my band called INTER. The studio had this beautiful Washburn fretless bass that I had to use on one of the songs. Playing a Radio 1 roadshow in the middle of Manchester. Recording our first Radio 1 John Peel session. Recording the second Radio 1 John Peel session. Playing Brixton Academy when I had long hair. Last gig I did a few years ago. My bass corner minus the Musicman at the rehersal studio.

[quote]Not too good on this being a bloke, but one lady bass player I vaguely knew had a bass collection[/quote] Yes, I knew some female friends who also played Bass Collections which is what gave me the idea. [quote]This is not being patronising, but have you checked out the Diasy Rock basses?[/quote] I will check them out thanks.

I have just started teaching my wife bass guitar. She seems to be really enjoying it but its early days. She is about 5'6" and fairly petit and has so far been playing my chunky Jazz bass. I would like to surprise her for Xmas maybe by buying her a bass. I am thinking that something pretty slim, light, thin neck and ideal for a female player. Working from memory, these are the few that spring to mind that might be suitable, 1. Fender Precision Lyte 2. Bass Collection 3. Warwick Rockbass Streamer 4. Warwick Rockbass Corvette Most of those are around £200 with some having to maybe be secondhand. My concern with the Bass Collection and Warwicks though is they don't have fret markers on them. Not sure if this would make learning much harder. Any thoughts on these bass's for a female starting out and any other thoughts or recomendations?? Thanks for the help.