skankdelvar

I've used allparts UK and wd music uk for stuff like this, both good. Axesrus have some Jazz pickguards at the moment IIRC; other than that, there's a fair few roaming around the bay. Whether they're matt finish or not, couldn't tell you, but plenty of black ones out there.

Full rig for £300 - easy! Got a nice, nearly new Mag 300 2x10 combo for £220 and a hartke 4x10 tp for £70. Bargain 6x10 rig. Maybe not to everyone's tastes, but needs must, etc. Both off the BC amps for sale forum. It's the way forward. edit for: and there's this - an abm for £200 [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=46389"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=46389[/url]

Then there's Otway: They're hinged, so he can simulate trapping his knackers...priceless.

Searched my Aunt's loft. No vintage Fenders but I did find my Uncle who died recently.

[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='489896' date='May 16 2009, 04:11 PM']I should have asked him why he doesn't get someone in to manage the customer side of things and leave him to deal with the instruments ...[/quote] Kiwi! [i]You [/i]could do it!

...like brass nuts

But given the crap pictures, it could UNDERSTANDABLY be confused with a DynaSonic

I'd love to know the real world circumstances in which the back of a headstock would catch fire. Toasting marshmallows, maybe?

That cab just exudes menace... Nice work, Sir.

[quote name='Paul_C' post='489793' date='May 16 2009, 01:38 PM']sit him down and ask him which way he'd prefer to be kicked out[/quote]

[quote name='TimR' post='489688' date='May 16 2009, 11:57 AM']Don't split and reform that's childish and doesn't work in the long run as it makes you all look stupid.[/quote] Once you've been through the 'this is how you need to improve' thing with no success and you've decided someone's irretrievable, they have to go. So how do you give them the hard word? Mostly depends on the individual and the circs, but experience has shown me that my approach works for me. Childish? Well, I used to do the polite sitdown thing when sacking someone and 90% of the time it ended in disaster. At least two guys burst into tears, another's wife threw things at me. Another one just kept phoning me and begging to be let back in. Most just got angry and / or upset, however nicely you put it. At the very least, there's an unpleasant finality to being sacked that can be very distressing to the sackee. And after all, why upset someone just to satisfy 'principles'. Feeble? You could say that this is an approach designed to spare my own feelings, but, trust me, confrontation doesn't bother me; so it ain't for my benefit. IMO, letting someone down gently is better than a slap in the face. It's a lot kinder, IME. Edit for: Work-wise, I handle this the other way as eight suggests.

Nice one Kiwi - thanks for posting this. Never thought about a Celinder, but once you see their little workshop, you kind of come round to the idea... Now all I need is some cash.

[quote name='budget bassist' post='489458' date='May 16 2009, 01:15 AM']Official SBMM site [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/DDG-SHOOTER-trials-bike-frame_W0QQitemZ170332689029QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Bikes_GL?hash=item170332689029&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1688|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318|301%3A0|293%3A1|294%3A50"]here[/url][/quote] Sorry - that's a trials bike frame Here's what you're after [url="http://www.sterlingbymusicman.com"]http://www.sterlingbymusicman.com[/url] ..and I believe the seller's got it right - the Stingray copy is the Ray 34 - the Sterling copy's the SB14. There must be some sort of a prize for naming a product the "Sterling by Musicman Ray 34" and Sterling by Ernie has just won it. FFS, he's already got a bass named after him, now it's a whole range of Korean tributes.

I've read posts, reviews etc that mention the problem of damaging the pick-up windings if you get a string caught underneath. Someone maybe suggested protecting the windings by wrapping the sides of the pick-up with something maybe like gaffa tape, only less sticky. Sorry - could I be any more vague?

Split the band, tell him what's happened and then reform one week later without him. Shifty? Yes, but saves all that unpleasantness.

Stargate?

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='488446' date='May 15 2009, 07:26 AM']It's more about looks, feel and investment than sound, IMO.[/quote] +1 Mind you, all this stuff about modern consistency, best time is now, etc...how come there are plenty of threads here listing MIM and USA issues and decrying Fender's QC? Maybe the golden age lasted for about 3 weeks in the mid-90's...

[quote name='BigBeefChief' post='488677' date='May 15 2009, 11:21 AM']Never trusted horses. Females obsession with them unerves me.[/quote] But at least horses don't spend their time endlessly banging on about "slapping good, slapping bad". They just eat grass and ponder life. As regards "unnerving female obsession", that's just your penis-envy thing - [i]again[/i].

[quote name='flatwound' post='487830' date='May 14 2009, 01:00 PM']I think Skankdelvar might be the man to talk to, as he seems to be a Fender man...[/quote] Far too kind - others, e.g. Musky, Wateroftyne are the real gurus round here. And I know a lot more about shouting at people in shops than I do about Fenders. But it's disgraceful that any bass should leave a factory in a relatively unplayable condition - or maybe they're more focussed on relic-ing than on delivering product that's fit for purpose. As mentioned on this forum before, Fender QC seems to be notoriously variable, whether Mex or USA. The neck warp issue is (apparently) because they rush to buy in wood that hasn't been seasoned for long enough. Never before heard of self-lowering saddle screws, though. Perhaps it's a new 'Robot' bridge FFS, don't they think that forums take the lid off failings like this? If they had the intelligence and the balls, someone from Fender UK would be watching this site and posting on it. [/rant]

Having checked his other items, I reproduce the following from his strat ad without further comment: "fender STRATOCASTER GUITAR USED BUT GOOD PLAYS GREAT COMING WITH ALL FREE STUFF DVDS NOT BASS . just the FENDER STRATOCASTER AND FREE SHADS DVDS WITH CD BACKING TRACKS IN PHOTOS NICE ACTION AS WELL SORRY NO COLLECTION FROM HERE LOCAL DROP 10 POUND ONLY AROUND CHESTER questions call 01516370974 and thanks vox amp not in deal OR CASE BLACK GUITAR NOT FOR SALE HERE JUST A FENDER STRATocaster AND FREE SHADOWS dVDS AND 6 cds of shads BACKING and free dvds on the pink guitar not pink guitar all for free when you buy this fantastic guitar"