uk_lefty

With the dodgy links it could be a few things, spyware on your device or something else. The whole "my dad wants it but can't come to collect..." type of thing is to draw you into their story of why they can't actually collect, but keep you keen on the idea of a sale, then why they can't pay, etc etc and draw you into parting with either the guitar or your bank details.

You don't get cash.

Within seconds of listing a guitar for sale on Facebook I attracted a lot of scammers. I got a handful of "hey! Is your product like this?" Then a load of suspicious links. I reported them and Facebook very quickly told me they did not have enough evidence to see there was a scam in play. Then came Karim. I understand Karim to be a male name. I looked up Karim's profile and he/ she has changed gender and ethnicity a number of times according to the profile photos. He or he also isn't very sophisticated in trying to scam people...

Crazily it didn't cost much more than the V7, and it was cheaper to get a five string than a four!!?! It's a nice bass, I love the preamp on these. I gigged it the same week I got it, I think. Its very comfortable to play. Still doesn't beat the Stingray though.

Updating my family photo... The fretless needs a friend I think.

Does anything, really? Time? Thought? Is it real or just a fictitious construct we use for our inability to describe it in any other way?

I recently acquired this because I've got a gig abroad coming up and I really don't want to take my full board with Helix Stomp. I'm also not allowed to take much because I'm going by Eurostar. This will fit in my gig bag and if it breaks or gets stolen then I've lost very little in comparison to my usual set up. I know it won't give me anywhere near the quality I'm now accustomed to but I just need to dial in a few tones for particular songs. Will try it out at a band practice soon. If it doesn't cut the mustard then I'll think about taking just the Helix Stomp with me 🫣

I use a Wenger laptop bag! The handles are knackered and it's stuffed with cables etc. So anyone eyeing it to nick it will realise it's not got a laptop in, but it also doesn't scream "expensive musical equipment here!" Either!

The Desert Penguins will play at the Dome in Watford on Saturday 7th May. High energy, guitar driven pop and rock covers.

Gorgeous bass. I've not yet tried a fan fret but I probably would for one of these!!

It wouldn't be a legal action against Facebook. Facebook as a corporation hasn't done anything illegal, they just haven't done "enough" (a matter of opinion, not law) to protect buyers when people are telling them there is an *alleged* (do we have to say alleged??!) fraudster/ thief (a matter of law against the individual concerned) in plain sight. With people leaving Facebook in droves it might shame them into some kind of action, as we are only talking about bass pedals, you can guarantee that this is going on in all kinds of sub communities so there probably is a story there about rising crime of these sorts that may interest media. From what I understand though the Facebook moderator team spend their time reviewing and deleting some pretty horrific images and videos that come from much worse crimes and are incredibly busy doing that, the BBC ran an article on it a while back.

Must be the Fender sticker and Squier neck plate adding £160 over the value of a new one then. GLWTS etc. 🤠

Let me know how you get on! Since my original post my board has grown to include a Boss Synth and expression pedal and a Smooth Hound wireless. I am tending to stick to one amp SIM effect in my Helix with a couple of effects I switch in and out but it's great to know if I need a flanger I can program it in, rather than having to keep buying flangers until I find one that I like.

If that wasn't local collection I'd have probably bought it instead of the Sire V9 I acquired a few weeks back. I need to give Warwick one more chance someday.

Nice body, shame about the headstock! Also that fingerboard looks like it needs a thorough clean.

Let's just call it what it is: a Fender sticker on a Harley Benton

I emailed the seller and told them that a few days back. They said they were told it was a squier and it has a squier neck plate. Squier or not, and it's not, that price is ridiculous.

These are fantastic and cost peanuts secondhand. I have changed my basses a lot in the last five years and this amp works with all of them, it's very versatile.

For me the Sire pre amp is the big selling point, it's what stopped me getting a V5 recently because although the passive sound of Sire basses is fantastic the pre amp takes it to another level. The control layout is annoying, I thought I'd turned the tone down at a wedding gig last week... Nope, master volume, no bass for the first second or two of a song. But surely it's just a case of getting used to it and embracing the quirks of each bass you play? Otherwise you could mod and mod and mod and end up with however many identical bitsas. Sorry, this is BC.... Buy an Alembic preamp and vintage 70s Ibanez pickups 😉

I'm doing a gig abroad soon and will only take my Helix, I don't want to take my whole board out with me, travel as light as possible. This means I will need to ditch: Tuner, replace with a clip on. Wireless receiver, will go wired for this gig. Expression pedal and Boss Synth... I use this on two or three songs, can easily just do a Helix patch for the sake of one gig. Boost pedal, I'm using this less and less. I've changed some Helix settings to give me boost with some effects so this may be redundant anyways. Amp footswitch... I use my Ashdown onboard sub for one song because for what I'm trying to do that sounds better than anything I have managed on the Helix. I can do this without the footswitch if I want to. Really I should just get a Stomp XL and spend more time learning how to use it.

Agree completely, rehearsal rooms kit is often thrashed to death by kids playing as loud, distorted and detuned as possible. I also think it depends what other gear you're using. For example, using my Stingray I thought Orange amps were terrible. But then I ran a passive p bass through an Orange amp and thought it was a superb pairing.

There was me nervously opening this thread expecting to be looking for secondhand Barefaced bargains.... Anything that says "Peavey" on it, particularly the 80s jagged logo and bluey-green trim stuff will kick like a Bronco. It's indestructible. I used to be very wary of Ashdown having only used horribly abused MAG series stuff on rehearsal spaces but since joining this forum I'm a full Ashdown convert. I played a wedding at a hotel this weekend with an RM500 on about 30% master volume and two ABM Neo 15" cabs, no PA support for the bass. Absolutely wonderful sound. There could be marginal gains from upgrading the head and the cabs but to be honest I know what I like and I like what I know. Best not interfere with the formula.... Until summer festivals when no doubt I'll plug into a Mesa or something and immediately be hitting the for sale section 😂

The Desert Penguins will play a set of high energy rock covers in a free entry gig at the Horn! A venue we love to play, always a great crowd, always a high energy performance. Any BC'ers please say Hi! I'll be the one playing bass.