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Skinnyman

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  1. And howdy-do-dee to you, young Sir. Ah sho' am glad to make yo' acquaintance. P'haps you'd like to join me at the tables for a friendly game and share a mint julep to ward off the heat of the evenin'? This ole thing? Why it's mah granpappy's ole jazz bass geetar. Looks mahty fine with the white pickguard, don' it?
  2. Ooh, I dunno. I reckon JM's browser history wouldn't bear close examination. And I bet Edwina and him got mucky in all sorts of different ways. There were probably eggs involved.....
  3. Weird. Does (did) it hiss with no bass plugged in? Electrical interference from somewhere? Dirty switch/pot (was about to say 'knob' but that would only set Teebs off again)? What has changed since you last heard the hiss and today? Moved anything? Unplugged anything? Could it be a poltergeist? Have you tried turning it off and on again? Or falling it down the stairs? When you do eventually find out what it is, let us know - I, for one, am intrigued
  4. He just said ‘never tort’. Pearl On The Black Bass. End of....
  5. I like pearl 'guards. I'd have pearl on them both and risk being burned as a witch.....
  6. Ignore Ricky, he's weird..... You'll have a great time. Just avoid the temptation to have a couple 'just to loosen you up' or to ' settle the butterflies'. 😀 But once you've done your three, go and get bladdered, you'll have earned it!
  7. Wear something that cleans easily. These things can get a little.....intense 😀
  8. I bet you're a wow with those Rorschach tests 😀 "Vot does zis ink blob remind you of?" "Sex" "Unt zis?" "Sex" "Unt zis?" "Sex again" "You seem to be obsessed mit sex!" "Me?! You're the one with all the dirty pictures!"
  9. Now that i don't mind - but i wouldn't really call it relic-ing. I'm not sure what it is (Mad Max? Ratting?), but to me it's very different to the practice of taking a belt sander to the paint on a perfectly good guitar in order to give it a false patina of usage. This is a finish in its own right - and one that, unaccountably, gives me GAS
  10. As mentioned in my original post, I need to move this soon in order to clear some funds for imminent expenses that are heading my way. If there's no interest by the end of the month then this will be staying with me and I'll flog a kidney instead (I think we have a marketplace category for it....). I will reduce the (collected or meet up somewhere within an hour or so of me) price to £2,500 if that helps make anyone's mind up.....
  11. Now that's nice - but it doesn't look reliced at all, it just looks like a nice bass
  12. Which you'd have to grudgingly admire for sheer dedication if nothing else.....
  13. Thanks for the over share, Ricky.... 😀
  14. Apologies if this was already suggested but Moon Over Bourbon Street by Sting sounds gorgeous on fretless.
  15. As promised, some pictures of the bass sitting in the garden earlier today. A little overcast and the pictures don't really show how the metallic paint really sparkles under light....
  16. Now that I've actually read the instructions and translated from the original Chenglish, it's 8.5lbs (about 3.9kg)
  17. I just weighed it and it's 4.15kg (that's 8.72 of our olde English pounds) on my super whizzy new digital scales..... More pics to follow soon
  18. EDIT. Now sold pending completion. Up for sale is an immaculate Dingwall Super P/J 5 (passive) in a gorgeous Candy Dark Cherry gloss finish (like a wine-coloured version of a Candy Apple Red). This has a number of optional extras including the Wenge Neck, metallic gloss paint, J pickup and pearloid block inlays. It has the fanned fret system but is 2” shorter than the usual Dingwall scale length. This makes it (in my opinion) a lot more “normal” to play as there’s no extra reach to the lower frets. Electronics are Dingwall’s own passive pickups and consist of the standard P pickup plus an additional J pickup at the bridge. The pickup control is a four-way switch between neck only, neck and bridge (serial), neck and bridge (parallel) and bridge only. This gives a massive range of tonal options to choose from. Condition is immaculate. I can’t find a mark anywhere on the bass. It comes with the Dingwall-branded Levy’s gigbag, paperwork and tools - all of which are also in immaculate condition. I’ve shown the pictures that Bass Direct used when they advertised the bass - these are of the actual bass - but I’ll post some more that I took earlier today as soon as I’ve had chance to shrink them down to an acceptable size. Given the condition and scarcity of these, I think I’m asking for a fair price but I am open to (sensible) offers. I’d prefer cash but I’ll consider trades especially if you have a nice, light P-bass. I’m based in Cleethorpes and, given recent experiences with couriers, I won’t ship this so you’re welcome to come and try or I am happy to meet part way so PM me to discuss options. I also come down to London quite regularly so could meet there if that helps. (This obviously means that I won’t ship overseas. I realise that I’m reducing my potential market but I’ve had too many bad experiences with scammers in the past so, sorry, but it’s UK only and collection or delivery in person) Thanks for looking - more pictures to follow later.....
  19. Hissing Sid is the villain of the poem “Captain Beaky and His Band” which came to my attention back in the late seventies/early eighties when it featured heavily on the Noel Edmonds Sunday morning radio show.
  20. Who, Teebs? Are we still allowed to call him that?
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