solo4652

[quote name='solo4652' post='1289984' date='Jul 2 2011, 12:09 PM']Just in case the seller does get back to me, can the G&L experts out there offer their opinions on: How does the tone of the L-1000 compare to the L-2000? I generally play the L-2000 on "combined pup" setting, occasionally front pup only setting. What checks would you carry out to satisfy yourself the bass is genuine? What would you be prepared to pay for it? Steve[/quote] Aha! I've just received this email from the seller: "I tried to cancel the auction but ebay wouldn't allow it ...would be nice to speak to a human intead of FAQ's and avatars. Anyway the winning bid has been refunded as I would only sell at a BUY IT NOW price in excess of £1100. Sorry for the confusion but as I said the ebay set up is new to me."

Oh good (for me). No, wait - that's bad (for Gareth). Once the bidding has started and it's allowed to run its course (and providing any reserve has been met), isn't the seller obliged to sell?

Just in case the seller does get back to me, can the G&L experts out there offer their opinions on: How does the tone of the L-1000 compare to the L-2000? I generally play the L-2000 on "combined pup" setting, occasionally front pup only setting. What checks would you carry out to satisfy yourself the bass is genuine? What would you be prepared to pay for it? Steve

I'm absolutely kicking myself about this. I have a USA L2000 and I've been looking for a passive version for ages. The L-1000 would be close to a dream bass for me. I keep telling myself that there must have been something dodgy about the deal/the seller, if it looks too good to be true then it probably is, suspiciously cheap, sombody may well get scammed or ripped-off here (let's hope not), better off out of it, etc. Didn't stop me from emailing the seller to say "If the deal falls through, let me know". *sigh*

Sold for £459!! I'm absolutely amazed. Staggered. I quite thought it would fetch over twice that. What's the story here?

I recently got my Ibanez from somebody who once lived next door to the second cousin of Sting's housekeeper. Allegedly. Therefore it used to be Sting's. Yours for £1000. bargain.

Sounds like you've already virtually recouped your outlay. Just hope the deal goes through OK and the unresponsive seller does actually exist. Let's not go there.

[quote name='BottomE' post='1285225' date='Jun 28 2011, 01:10 PM']haha - i got this for the starting price! Already sourced a US Precision neck and PuPs to install. Good times...[/quote] Nice one! Usual commission rates apply... Steve

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Folks, I have an active Ibanez ATK 400 which I use as a back-up to my Fender P. I like most things about it apart from the fact it's active. It's the old model with a single coil jazz pickup in the neck and a triple coil pickup in the bridge. active bass. 5 way pickup select switch, volume control, bass, mid and treble controls. I'm considering having it converted to switchable passive/active so I don't have to faff about with batteries. Ideally, I'd aim at a set up that keeps everything as it currently is when switched to active and, when switched to passive, retain the pup switching, volume and 3 tone controls. What do you think - is this possible? If so, roughly how much would it cost to have it done do you reckon? Steve

[quote name='matybigfro' post='1273167' date='Jun 17 2011, 08:52 PM']So I've been playing bass properly in bands for 2-3 years now after being a hamfisted guitarist with a spare bass lying around In the first band I joined playing bass the keyboard player owned a bass amp so i played that for the 2 years I was with the band it was one of those behrigner ultra bass heads (350 watt I think) and 15" inch cabs I have to say i was never really happy with the amp even when I upgraded from a cheap 2nd hand tatty bass to a fender mexican precision special So I've recently joined a new band and figure i need a to get myself an amp, i've played through a ton of heads at varios shops (never the best place to judge) Out of the tc450 AND bh300, various ashdown offerings, mark bass Little Mark and fender combo I've can't get away from how good everything sounds played through the orange terror bass and SP210, the only thing that came close was the Ampeg portaflex PF500, but I only got to play this through the portaflex 15" cab and I've always had a thing against 15" cabs so at the moment it would take a hurd of bulls to dissuade me from the Orange Terror bass 5oo head My Dilema is do I get the sexy looking matching Isobaric Cab that orange does (i only have the money left for one cab so ti's a choice between the SP212 or 212) Which have always sounded great when I played them in shops. my concern is will small cab like the SP210 really be able to pull of gigging in a live band situation and that And then there's this nagging thought in the back of mind that I can't get away from 'What would the terror bass sound like through a barefaced compact' Barefaced seem to get a lot of love round here and all I've heard is pretty rave review on the stuff although bigger than the SP210 it is lighter (which seems to get more important each year that goes bye) Any views/opinions or directions appreciated[/quote] I bought a Compact this week. You're welcome to come round and try it anytime. Don't know where you live - I'm in Stockport. Steve