the boy

[quote name='KiOgon' timestamp='1336580329' post='1647909'] What planet are you from? There's only one *Norm* around here & he plays a Gold jazz mostly What more can he do? How about go to prison for flooding the market with FAKES! [/quote] Are you a cop? Not everyone can afford a gold jazz, also it's very few people can pimp a squier to make it look like something they aspire to own. This guy fills a gap in the market. I've done the maths on a few of his conversions and he isn't making any money here, and youd be hard pushed to mod the squier any cheaper yourself. What planet am I from? Really? Come on now let's not loose the run of ourselves here.

I'd buy a guitar off him.

[quote name='Ou7shined' timestamp='1336579158' post='1647872'] I don't get it. He seems to buy them up off the bay for anything under £100, tarts them up into "Fenders" and then puts them back on the bay as Squiers but "not Fenders" for a little bit more than what he paid for them gross. Putting the ethics aside for one moment... he's making hardly any money out of it. The only thing I can think of is, he's a money laundering bass player on a one man mission to reduced the number of genuine Squiers in the world. [/quote] Lol this place cracks me up.

[quote name='Ou7shined' timestamp='1336579158' post='1647872'] I don't get it. He seems to buy them up off the bay for anything under £100, tarts them up into "Fenders" and then puts them back on the bay as Squiers but "not Fenders" for a little bit more than what he paid for them gross. Putting the ethics aside for one moment... he's making hardly any money out of it Lol, this place cracks me up. The only thing I can think of is, he's a money laundering bass player on a one man mission to reduced the number of genuine Squiers in the world. [/quote]

The neck is all parts I think the question is over the body, and like I said id be surprised if it wasn't legit as the guy selling it is a decent bloke based on dealings I've had with him.

[quote name='KiOgon' timestamp='1336574637' post='1647764'] How can what he's doing be "above board"? He's selling basses with fake decals & serial numbers, I know he's not the only one but the fact that he doesn't claim they're not Fenders don't make it any more right! [/quote] I would be very surprised if a single contributor to this sight hasnt at some stage owned a decal job squier. It's widely accepted as the norm. It clearly says squier in the title I really don't see what's the problem is. He is selling a squier guitar and he says it's a squier. What more can he do.

It's an Obvious squier and the seller admits it in the title. He sells loads of these pimped up squiers. It looks to me like he does a pretty decent job as well. I've contacted him about other guitars before and he makes no bones of the fact they are modded. I think he's above board.

I'd be very surprised if this wasn't legit, I've had dealings with Dave from bluebass (the seller) and he is sound. 100% reliable and honest in my opinion.

[quote name='jackhammer' timestamp='1336489295' post='1646325'] If not being willing to write a book every time I see something on eBay and think 'ooh that's a bargain, I don't want it, but someone on basschat might' is pathetic then so be it! it was simply a post to note a bass that is fairly popular and when I saw was at a good price. also it wasn't that I disagreed with it, it was the patronising 'it's your bass and we all know it' post that annoyed me, as it isnt my bass I was simply doing what I thought this part of the forum was for [/quote] Come on now let's drop it and move on. It was a bit confusing that there was no other content on the OP. I'm sure noone intended to upset you or insinuate anything derogatory was going on. Life's too short for getting peed off. Thank you for bringing an overpriced 2nd hand guitar to my attention.

[quote name='Shambo' timestamp='1336152586' post='1641884'] back from the dead.... I searched katana and this came up. Rather than make a new thread, I thought I'd add it here, just because they don't come up very often. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fender-Katana-Bass-precision-p-jazz-rare-Japan-made-Squier-collectable-vintage-/150807953962?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item231cdac22a [/quote] The guy selling this is our old mate shippers the "Swansea sander" he has relaunched his career under an assumed identity. Nice guitar though it was probably nicer before he had a bash.

this is a good place mate, welcome.

[quote name='tauzero' timestamp='1336221282' post='1642681'] That's not very exciting. It's not your own is it by any chance? "This forum is for the discussion of Ebay auctions. Please do not promote your own auctions. If you have something to sell, please use the For Sale forums." [/quote] i was a bit confused myself

Nothing I can add to this section that hasn't already been said time and again but I'll say it anyway. Tom is a legend. Thank you sir.

[quote name='Nibody' timestamp='1335980529' post='1639071'] Is it just me or does the nut width look more like a P? [/quote] Yes I think it is.

[quote name='Musky' timestamp='1336081254' post='1640772'] Ah, I stand corrected. Like Johnston says, it used to be that if you bid over the reserve price ebay would automatically take you bid up to the level of the reserve, but things have obviously changed. Like Johnston I don't bid on auctions with a reserve that often either. [/quote] I also thought this was the case. I'm surprised it's not.

Hi guys, I must confess I'm a last minute bidder. I used not be and I never won anything. My thinking behind it is, people are always willing to go a quid or two more. So if they don't know your max until its too late then you have one up. I wouldn't use an auto-bidder that's plain lazy, it also takes the buzz out of bidding. Bidding is like gambling. I used to be a spread better but knocked it on the head as its a mugs game now I get my fix on eBay, slightly more sedate with a lot less risk.