Woodinblack

Ironically, i would say it makes it more likely to be legit - i mean if you were faking it you would never forget that bit!

It must affect the value, however minimaly.

I played one in PMT, and loved its playability, didn't have any neck dive that I noticed, also didn't seem to have a weak B string, but you don't really get to test it that much in a shop. I didn't know if the issue had been fixed or not as there was never an indication from spector it was an issue, but it clearly was for some people. I would still pick up a green one (or better, the red one) if one popped up while I had the money! Have fun with it, I really enjoyed the pickup options and basic sound (although I found it had a fundamentally good sound when off, which is always important)

Think it would have been better without the singing. I mean, not that she is a bad singer, she is great, but not for that song. As an orchestral piece it would be fine.

That bass must be an absolute dog - looks like noone ever wanted to play it!

I loved the dimension when I played it, and was all set to buy one from bass direct, as they were just about the cheapest, even though at the limit I was going to play. Unfortunately the didn't have the green one so I contacted them to ask about it, and they said the green one was going to be another £100 when it came in, so that was a bit too much. There was a s/h green one in BD recently, I was tempted but need to clear some things out first. I will get one at some point, the only thing that concerns me is the whole '5th string doesn't go over the pickup' situation as argued about a lot in 'the other place'.

eBay only now counts transactions in the last 12 months.

I tend to just use the spark app when I am playing, works out similar

I haven't used that - but what is the difference between it and Spleeter/deezer which is just an open source project you run on your own computer?

As I said, because I hadn't noticed in your posts which forum it was, and your first report landed just when I was hugely busy with work, sorry.

Out of that list I think only the bongo or some versions of dingwall would appeal, but I don't think you can get either for £1500 new, so seems like a fail! Would like a bongo, but very expensive, same as a canadian dingwall, wouldn't want a combusion. If it had to be new and it had to be up to £1500, I guess it would be an ibanez.

that is always the risk if you sell it because you didn't like it - I always think 'why did I sell that' and then remember, but when you sell something that you have to for financial reasons, its not the same. I still regret selling my ibanez 6/12 double neck, but I didn't want to be homeless!

Thats on me not keeping up with things, and not spotting what forum you were on. I looked into it, couldn't find anything. As they say in the trade, have a look again, how about now?

I remember seeing that bass at bass direct and being fairly tempted.

I don't believe he would, if he knew. But I believe it is very possible to make an authentic fake of these instruments without too much trouble. Compared to other fakable things, a solid body electric guitar / bass seems pretty simple.

Honestly the money that those basses (and more so guitars) are going for now, and the ease of faking these things, I wouldn't be surprised if the old saying about Gibson '58 les pauls starts to get true for other things - "Time has passed so far since then that only 1000 of the original 428 '58 les pauls are still in circulation"

You have a vintage fender - could the people who know you in your circuit verify which bass was yours?

Slightly reduced, I could whip up the provenance for that in a few minutes and the internet. At most it is an public interest story made to make you feel better about paying that much.

But it doesn't- it just shows that someone in the 60s was in a group with a non white bass that was probably red. It doesn't in any way indicate that it was this one, as they kind of all look the same.

It shows their advertising as quite poor in that I genuinely didn't know what it was until I read that! I can see this being very useful with guitars - not a problem with I have on bass, but good on them for trying something. I doubt they would ever be making a 16.5mm spacing 5 string one anyway

I seem to recall we looked for that once and it no longer existed. Or am I thinking of another thread?

There is plenty of both pro and anti posts. As the husband of someone who runs a small online shop I know the problems and challenges of a small shop, and I would always use a small shop if I could, because normally the service is better. However, I want to know the good and the bad. Because I support small businesses I have used them several times (including my last post, just ordered from them), but they would never be my first choice if there was another small business, or if it was really critical to get something, because I have never found them super reliable, although I have never lost anything using them. And as previously mentioned, whether you have a difficulty understanding or not (which I don't really care about), I don't use the phone if I can help it, and if there are two companies, one that I have to phone, and one that I don't, I will always use the internet one.

In a strange twist of irony, I just ordered something off the website and got a reciept straight away!

I have always wondered why people who don't have never had an issue with a company are really quick to deny the experience of people who did

I have a pi 3b, and an audio interface that is currently a synth player, and also a couple of other things that make synth stuff. What appeals about this is the pre-built hardware with most of the rough edges already taken out. I have loads of boards and homebrew stuff, but I don't want to gig those, I want something robust.