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[quote name='noelk27' timestamp='1388713825' post='2325304'] You sure about your figures? In the first line, at the rate quoted, your £1,570 buys 1,801 euros. You need a rate closer to 1.20 to reach a figure circa 1,889. The figures in the second line are even more screwy. Not saying PayPal's rates won't be less favourable than bank rates, but those numbers just don't stack. [/quote] Here's a screenshot of the Paypal page. if you log into Paypal, go to your profile and click currencies you get to this page. You enter the currency that you want to pay in, and enter how much the seller needs to receive, and it calculates how much you'll have to pay. That's where my figure of £1629 comes from. You can see Paypal's exchange rate just next to the final figure they want to charge me.

A H/W diminished works because it contains the altered extensions similar as the altered or super locrian, flat 9, sharp 9, sharp 11 etc.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1388698928' post='2325130'] And then you can find out how much your bank charges extra for foreign money transfer and you can bet they won't give you todays exchange rate either. [/quote] It's a £10 fee, I'm with Natwest. But it's like warwickhunt said above, I'm a student and that's a huge sum to lose, that's why I got the guy to agree with Paypal, and to split the 3.8% fee. I'm not saying for a moment that there's anything dodgy about the guy, but I like to play safe. When I sell something I lie to meet the buyer in person. Just in case anything goes wrong.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1388698928' post='2325130'] And then you can find out how much your bank charges extra for foreign money transfer and you can bet they won't give you todays exchange rate either. [/quote] It's a £10 fee.

I've agreed to purchase a 6 string fretless bass from a member who lives in Germany. We've agreed a price of E1889 including shipping, which according to my bank is £1570 at todays exchange rate of £1 = E1.1473 I just tried to pay the guy via paypal, and paypal are trying to charge me £1629.80, that's £59 more, their exchange rate is £1 = E1.5934. They're already charging a 3.8% fee, that I've agreed to split with the seller. What a rip off !

[quote name='molan' timestamp='1388539680' post='2323326'] Everyone should be made to play one of these at some point in their playing career - absolutely sublime experience [/quote] A Fodera 6 is my dream bass .

[quote name='BetaFunk' timestamp='1388535464' post='2323263'] WARNING..........WARNING..........WARNING If you think Jools is bad then please do not be tempted by turning on the radio. Johnny Vaughan is on Talksport. So unless you want to hear this buffoon talk endless moronic drivel usually about himself then avoid at all cost. [/quote] I thought that's what all radio DJ's did ? I had the misfortune a short while ago to be stuck in a car travelling for 6 hours, not my car and not me driving. I had to put up with Chris Evans (this is way before my usual wake up time too ), who has to be the most annoying person on the planet, this was followed by some scots dick who I think was suffering from dementia. Then some abysmal phone in show, where lots of people who almost certainly read the Daily mail and haven't quite woken up to the fact that the year is 2013 phoned up and talked nonsense, then there was to cap it all, as if the previous 3 hadn't been bad, Steve Wright !

[quote name='icastle' timestamp='1388526238' post='2323179'] I got two dep offers for tonight. I chose the 'lucrative' one, only to be told yesterday that their bassist [b]can[/b] now do the gig. They're a good bunch of guys though and they're paying me £85 (a half share) for not playing tonight. [/quote] Wish someone would pay me not to play, maybe if I went busking .

I wonder if the guy who builds the basses has ever heard of fodera 😃

There was a video of him playing in a park that I saw recently - he is extremely good 😃 nice bass too !

I thought he was dead.

The thing with couriers, like the Royal mail, they handle tens of thousands of items each day, some are gonna get lost or damaged. For every one that is lost or damaged, there are a thousand more that aren't, but you only get to hear about the ones that are damaged or mis-delivered. Yodel are or were DHL. I bought a cab from a guy on here a couple of years ago. He lived in Scotland and shipped it without a box or any packaging, just in its cover. He just stuck the label on and gave it to the courier (DHL), it got as far as Lichfield which is just up the road from me, before the cab and the label became separated from one another. It took just a couple of phone calls from me to track the cab down, it was tracked to Lichfield luckily, so I knew it was there, I just described what it was and they found it. They were extremely helpful.

[quote name='Billy Apple' timestamp='1388269525' post='2320336'] Looking good! Yup, you get woodworm holes in Wishbass wood. He uses reclaimed and found wood for that authentic rustic patina! Have you checked the Wishbass re-fins at Dave's Bass Place? [url="http://www.davesbassplace.com/DavesBassPlace/Refinishing.html"]http://www.davesbass...efinishing.html[/url] [/quote] Some very cool looking instruments there ! I like his attitude too, "if you think I'm wrong, buy something else" . You're never wrong with an opinion, it's yours, it's not wrong just possibly different to someone else's.

Anyone see the furry Chewbacca Wookie one ?

[url="http://www.pinterest.com/marekn01/cool-basses/"]http://www.pinterest.com/marekn01/cool-basses/[/url] Some very cool looking basses, some decidedly odd looking basses .

Wonder why it was painted black ? I've always been quite intrigued about these.

Some of the early Chaka Khan stuff is amazing, featuring Anthony Jackson on bass too. Marcus Miller sessioned on a lot of the late 70's and early 80's stuff, have a listen to Al Jarreau and Luther Vandross.

Are you gonna keep getting it refinished every time it gets bumped ?