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Thanks, Cat! A very informative post that was. Oh, and congrats with a steal! I gather new stock goes for near 300 quid, so this sounds like a very low price also in that respect. Thanks for the heads up as to GAK as well. "Very interesting", said the man - checking the thickness of his wallet as he spake. Wow! Thick! Lemme... COINS!!!!

Hey GraySilva, Welcome! Yup, Nottswarwick spaketh truth. Your cluelessness makes you'll very much go under the radar here, and over our heads. You'll be OK. Enjoy! best, bert

[quote name='fretmeister' timestamp='1378140247' post='2196196'] Hello! Welcome to the nut house. [/quote] Yup, and the nuts are complimentary! (Just post a vid of your playing, and you'll see.)

[quote name='Annoying Twit' timestamp='1378142177' post='2196234'] すごい！ [/quote]

My personal answer to the topic title: Bongo 6-HHp - with two humbuckers, and a piezo in the bridge. Not that I own one. Reading the OP though, the answer becomes a different one. I don't know that anwer.

Fantastisch! Geabonneerd.

Hm. I see very few people had the good sense back then to carry with them: - two 300W Electrocompaniet Hi-Fi stereo amps - four Bowers & Wilkins 802 Matrix speakers

[quote name='jazzyvee' timestamp='1378132845' post='2196091'] I hope to be in a situation where I can re-quote that effectively . :-) LOL [/quote] Huh? You want to be in the centre of Cardiff on a Saturday night and say that to the girls there? Tsk tsk.

If I've understood it correctly, it's not so that EB have no lists whatsoever about Pre EB stuff, so they might still be able to help with a late one like that. Sorry if I misunderstood. BTW, it's B 022229, but you've understood that.

Sending someone to another shop can be an integral part of building up one's own name too, innit. Sales theories differ there, but I like it, have always done it, and claim I've seen the reward when people either come back or send their friends and neighbours. Of course the shop must fit the concept. I doubt the "One Quid" store on the corner will survive long by sending customers to other "Below £1.01 But More Than £0.99" stores. Not saying the weird opinionated guy without doubt has that perspective, but he very well may have.

I'm not sure of this interpretation, but I interpret some comments here as stating the man in the OP lacks musicality. Whatever the negatives of the vid on the OP might be, I think there is absolutely no lack of musicality in this man. He may be misguided, but imho does have a very clear picture of the musical depths that are his aim, even though he doesn't completely get there. I don't like the vid, but kudos where kudos are due.

[quote name='BILL POSTERS' timestamp='1378111678' post='2195765'] He was probably using a Rabbit. [/quote] Keep your facts straight, man. Nobody said there was a male in that gentleman's fine art movie. Oh, and stop reminding me of old Sonic Youth cover art! To the OP: Why use a whole silly thread when you could've just PM'd Fran directly?

Hey Frosty, Welcome! Here's what you do. Preemptively strike by proactively buying her ... not a banjo, but a ukulele (or howzat spelt). Not just any ukulele, but a Kala U-Bass or similar. However, do not tell her it's a U-Bass. To her, it's just a ukulele, you hear? That is all. You'll thank me later. BTW, I too was bass virgin at 55. You'll be OK. Enjoy! best, bert

Hey Bob, Welcome to the Helpful And Grumpy Community! 150 quid, eh? Yup, it was nicked. Nicked by you. Twas a steal. Congrats! As to the amp, if it is like the B-15 in control panel design, there's hardly any need for a manual. For starters, and this can change depending on exactly how the amp was designed and built: - Keep the Master volume down when plugging in or unplugging. - Use Low and High after taste, and shape the essence of the tone character with Low Mid and High Mid. Some people will disagree, but they're just being grumpy. - Lows is what takes current and cone excursion. If you hear any bad sounds, turn the Low down. Hope this was grumpy enough. Enjoy the forum! best, bert

Hey Bob (?), Welcome! Don't mind Discreet. He's always pissed. You've almost caught up with me. Near 50 years of playing here, of which roughly 10 professionally, so it's not too different. Enjoy your stay, and don't be like an Englishman in New York (as in: a stranger). best, bert

Buon giorno, Enrico, Benvenuti à BC! (That's probably wrong, but at leat I tried.) Thanks for the nice read. Enjoy your time here! best, bert

Hey Freddy, Welcome and all that, but you're in a lot of trouble! Before you know it, GAS wil rear its ugly head, and you'll be discussing whether a £2,000 [s]head[/s] amplifier! is good enough. I think it's best to send around the hat right away. Enjoy! best, bert

[quote name='Jah Wibble' timestamp='1377947729' post='2193924'] sorry for any confusion! [/quote] No problem, mate. I may be at least as guilty as you. Happily, this stuff is easily found out about. I understand forum fatigue. It's human, and it's all good. (Then again, I'm on webfora way too much, inbetween work tasks, so I could remedy it by just working with my bizniz a bit more.) [quote name='Raggy' timestamp='1377957109' post='2194070'] I have noticed if you ask a question you don't usually get the one liner you do in other music shops, you get a full conversation from someone who is very knowledgeable and enthusiastic. It's quite refreshing. [/quote] Hahaha! He IS quite like me then, as assumed. Teachin' 'n' preachin'. It might even be that he too would earn on having some staff to administer his time with customers. Here, we work like that, and it takes away a lot of stress and annoyance for both parties. It also guarantees that every customer gets his coffee and all the standard answers before being channeled to the second line - either before or after a trial run with the gear, depending on needs and circumstances.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1377948629' post='2193942'] Let's be fair, you were ruined before you joined the forum. [size=4] [/size] [/quote] Hey! Didn't mean it in a psychological way, and you knew that! Didn't [b]need[/b] BC to buy too much gear, but it surely helped a lot - especially with finding exactly the right too much gear. Like these Lags. Had completely forgotten about them. Now they're forever burnt in my ... wha' were we talking about again?

[quote name='Jah Wibble' timestamp='1377903240' post='2193579'] Man, you've got to be able to see, you can't do that to people and expect a positive response?? Really?? [/quote] Must admit I'm not sure whether you refer to Mark's treating you or my treating you. If it's Mark, then I agree, and have always agreed that his laughing is not to be wished for, and I don't expect you to give him a positive response after having been laughed at. It's just that, in the case I do get where he's coming from, I do see that laughing can be liberating, and may be the response that saves the day for him. If it's me, then I'm sorry. From experience I know that when I try to be precise, and try to put stuff to words in a good way, that I can come across like a dick. I don't mean to, and don't feel like a dick - but then again maybe all dicks don't feel like dicks, and I'm just one of them. I don't know.

[quote name='Jah Wibble' timestamp='1377903923' post='2193589'] You know what. This is ludicrous. Spend your money wherever you want, I'm not gonna argue about whether someone's acted like a di*k when I spoke to them or not. [/quote] I'm sorry to see your taking it this way. We may have been talking past each other all the time then.

LAG! Hadn't heard about them for a long time, and now twice on one day. They're just talked positively about on the Dutch bass forum as well. You guys ruin me and my wallet!

Wow!!! What a Fan.Tas.Tic answer, mate. It's the power of BC again. Thank you very much indeed! Thanks for the link, and that's a good offer indeed. Reason I asked about this bass was an offer on a Walnut Satin one locally, at a mere 150 quid. New! Sadly, it or they went out the door within the hour. I'll have a look at session.de. That it's a fairly ''physical'' bass to play sounds OK to me. It seems like one of those basses where it's a joy to press out overtones near the bridge whilst digging in, whilst filtering some treble again. Mind you: these are noob remarks. As to "banal", seeing as the Norwegian word for this is "banal", I gues that I can guess what you mean. You're crazy. Thanks for those links to your sketches. You put the GB35 on my list of stuff to buy. Now if I can just sell my Fodera ... No, this did not answer my question. It gave me soooo much more, like very much insight and pleasure. Thanks, mate! Have a great week-end! best, bert

[quote name='Jah Wibble' timestamp='1377889738' post='2193378'] Well no you're wrong. When I phoned back up I'd said to him had you not laughed at me I would have probably bought it from his store so..... [/quote] Yes, but my being right or wrong in your case is not the point. It's about the statistical value of a customer who asks to price match. My point is to try and present one of the alternative ways of looking at these things - one that might be able to explain where he may come from. [quote name='Jah Wibble' timestamp='1377889738' post='2193378'] The general jist I'm getting from you is "you don't own a shop so you dont know what people can be like" - Your right I don't, but this thread is about what it's like from the otherside if the counter. [/quote] I certainly did not try to express that you don't know what people can be like as a result of your not owning a shop. However, I fear I've already repeated myself too much, so I won't try to express again what I think I've already expressed. This thread, btw, is about what we write in it. Some customers complained. I tried to present a possible explanation of one of the cases, as well as an alternative way of looking at it. You seem to not accept that way of looking, which is your perogative.

[quote name='Jah Wibble' timestamp='1377884006' post='2193268'] Well I was pretty straight up and polite about it to begin with. I generally go on the custom or treat people how you'd like to be treated. I really wasn't asking for anything crazy (even though I was treated as if I was) If he'd politely said he couldn't of done anything, perhaps I might have had a better view of the store for the future? Like I said I would like to support independent stores ....but not if you get that kind of assistance. [/quote] You're still only seeing this from one single perspective. Your being polite does not take away years of his experience with questions about price matching. My guess is most of them have been polite. But do these customers understand and appreciate what sets shops like this apart from the rest? My take: No, some groups of customers don't, as long as they ask professional independent stores to price match, and complain on webfora when they've burnt their noses. Ideally, of course he should've been friendly and service minded. However, I assume a certain history here, and one that I can heavily relate to. My own being an understanding, polite and friendly seller is really a form of raping myself, and it is damaging my self image. Maybe if I'd laughed more, I'd be a happier person. To some degree I envy him this ability. "that kind of assistance" was not at the root of the problem. It was the result. You did not ask him to price match first after he'd laughed, now did you? So your "support independent stores" becomes worthless. You did not want to support the professional independent store. You wanted the professional independent store to price match. Enough said.