lemmywinks

Makes you wonder about the other items that have/had, there was a significant discount on one of the limited Stingrays IIRC. I think the conclusion so far is that PMT customer service is top notch however the team listing sale items is perhaps less dilligent, or more likely they're listing unsold items they haven't seen or had an accurate description of from the various stores across the country.

I literally typed most of the opening post while I was waiting for PMT to answer the phone which took a while, I'd already uploaded the pics to my Google Drive prior to that in anticipation of having to send them, as I was at work I thought doing both at the same time would mean less catchup in my lunch hour. I honestly don't care if someone is a mod or not, it's your choice if you allow people to speak to you like that but personally I never have and never will. There's been tons of threads like this where the company's response gradually plays out over the course of the thread I don't recall any pecker waving in any of those so I'm not sure what the issue is here. Strange behaviour and a silly thing to say IMO. Anyway the bass works fine and is currently sporting a substitute cavity cover I knocked up, sounds great through in ears and will take it to practice it on Wednesday to hear it amplified.

Cavity cover has been found and is being posted, woohoo!

That's good to know thanks, I have 2 basses with mid freq controls and they both have centre detents.

The price was definitely the deciding factor and they have offered further discount if I decide to keep it, they are going for more than that used at the moment. Loving the neck so far, like a sleeker version of a Warwick and much nicer than my old Ibby EDB505.

Yeah I noticed it was an old bass which is why I thought it might have been used, all the straplocks/ramp/tools etc inside were sealed up, the bag is new and the bass till had it's thread for the hanging tag attached though so most likely an ex-demo that had got a few knocks along the way. There's a few other little bumps which are just depressions in the wood, not affecting the paint. I knew beforehand that these were ding-prone basses so fully expected it to have these withing a month, just not out of the box! The Cort B5 I had (the OPM one) marked up witin a week and ended up with a gouge where I usually rest my thumb. I remember you having one of these, did the mid freq have a centre detent or not? Btw just weighted it on the work scales - 3.15kg or 6.9 lb. Should be quite different to my 11.6lb Sire!

Just to mention - this isn't a thread asking how to deal with a situation so no silly comments, drama or advice is needed, it's just a warning that items in the current PMT sale might not be as described as it looks like they're clearing old stock with little to no inspection so buyer beware and make sure you give everything a proper test when you get it.

Little old fellas and their unsolicited advice eh, when will they learn that nobody cares?

Anyway, disregarding unsolicited judgement/babbling and thread derailments, PMT have been replying to emails merely minutes after sending them so good news there and have also said they will look into getting a cavity cover so fingers crossed the bass is functional.

I don't recall asking for your opinion. Also "not classy" FFS, what made you type that? 🤣

No, I'll do it this way. Thanks for the input though!

PMT dealing with it quite well so far, if the bass is working ok I'll decide what to do with it from there. Apparently an old bass that had been knocking around a shop floor for a bit.

I'm sorting it out with the shop and also posting about their responses on here in case they have other not as described items listed in the current sale that may catch people out. So far they seem to be dealing with it pretty well. It's the non multiscale version so the retail was around £1100 (still cheaper than elsewhere but prices on these fluctuate), a lot of the instruments in their Summer Sale (which this was part of) had several hundred knocked off so although it's a substantial discount it isn't unheard of. There's already been threads on the Musicman basses and Ashdown amps/cabs they've been selling off at huge discounts with limited stock - brand new Rootmaster 6x10 cab for £124 (usually £849) and the Shavo signature head for £314 (usually £825) for example. Half price or less on the Ashdown pedals as well. A few years ago I got a new Cort B5 via end of line clearance (before they brought the Markbass Lic preamps in) for £235 delivered, almost half the new price and it was rock solid with perfect build quality.

The neck also has too much backbow so looks like someone's tried to adjust it, got impatient at the lack of instant movement (really stiff necks on these) and cranked it some more. Not even bothered about small dings and setup if they offer some cash back as I can fix these myself, just how on earth does a new bass with an RRP of over a grand get sent out with no cavity cover?

Also has a headstock ding, didn't even check the neck at first https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Quolg9LaKpcDyqt5JbEgfCrOaUYsJ5Mx/view?usp=drivesdk

Just rang them and the guy sounded really disappointed tbh, sent them the pics through. There's a few other small dings and scratches which my cheap phone camera didn't pick up so well. Don't even know if the bass works yet as I'm at work. Even more annoying is that I've already bought an as new Gator ProGo Deluxe guitar gigbag for this off eBay and also some of the Herculese NINA adapters so will have to sell those on if this gets returned. It was heavily discounted (£767 in the Summer sale) but listed as new with a single stock picture.

Ordered a brand new Ibanez EHB 1505 from PMT on Friday, just arrived now in this state: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Q-ADkua8rm9LYMkqTJmf4lkv0JBPMRYc/view?usp=drivesdk https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Pokb3v5CRYLCeLmSpoKXtgdJACdWBjb_/view?usp=drivesdk https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PiNidaiBSQ0TJc_sWPREPRlMol1Af5kZ/view?usp=drivesdkPp Possibly worst of all is that it's completely missing the backplate and parts of the preamp are hanging out of the cavity. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PjeLKlYfsGm3EBncOiUVV3Ax1eLM6Azh/view?usp=drivesdk Obviously a used item or customer return that hasn't been checked. There's also insane fret buzz on every string all over the neck when tuned to pitch. These aren't cheap items, why the hell are they sending them out like this?

Regardless of whether you like GIbsons or not, even if you think they're overpriced but still want one, the main reason to avoid the company like the plague is that they only care about selling expensive instruments regardless of whether they're any good or not.

There's a handful of people on here who really don't like Warwick, I wouldn't pay much attention to it.

This is all good news, maybe the Tesco logo ones will become collectors items? I thought the 5s had 19mm spacing already though?

This is true. A drummer we used for deps was in a very successul Queen tribute, their Freddie stepped down to concentrate on the management side (it was his project to begin with) and they just replaced him with another extremely good Freddie in no time at all. Good tribute acts are on the sort of money that makes replacing members a breeze, there's more people capable and willing to step in than there are opportunities join a working outfit with a full diary.

We had a band reshuffle and ended up with a serious downgrade in PA - from a pair of RCF 725 tops with two RCF subs to some cheap Alto powered cabs with a single Alto sub. We put everyone through the PA and all use IEMs so I was really worried about how capable it would be, however our first gig with it was a large function room and it sounded great. We had a chat afterwards and moved an expensive PA upgrade down the list of priorietes, it's still going to happen but the cheap Alto stuff is more than good enough and very compact. In short - modern lightweight, cheap kit is absolutely fine for a full band PA if you're limited on storage space and budget. Although some people have said you don't need to put a kick through the PA in pubs/smaller venues we always do, not for volume but to give it some thump. Acoustically all kick drums sound like a damp trouser accident in comparison to when you give them a little bit of eq, half the battle is getting drummers to keep the acoustic volume down so you can make them sound better out front. Obviously get monitors, relying on hearing vocals/whatever else over the PA is not going to work in every situation and if you gig a variety of venue sizes you'll get caught with your pants down sooner or later..

Just grabbed the Ibanez EHB1505-PLF they had at £767, PMT's usual price was already a couple of hundred less than everywhere else as well - they're normally up at around £1.3k. The discounts on the Ashdown pedals are sub half price: https://www.pmtonline.co.uk/ashdown-type-23-dynamic-filter https://www.pmtonline.co.uk/ashdown-studio-compressor

Had decided a while ago to upgrade my current main bass, been liking a more modern 2 x humbucker approach and will be looking to use the opportunity to get something a bit lighter than the 11.6lb Sire I currently use, hopefully around 8lbs. Needs to be a 5 string with 18-19mm spacing. Had basically set my heart on waiting for a used MTD KZ5 to turn up within grabbing distance and set aside a bit of money for a pickup upgrade (Nordstrand/Barts) at some point, probably around £800ish total spend, however the Ibanez EHB1505 with the Nordstrand Big Splits is currently on sale as a silly price so I've been considering that. I can remember the Ibanez had a lot of QC issues with these basses, is there any still being shipped like this? Also is the low B just good for a cheaper bass or is it genuinely up there with more expensive stuff? I've always liked Cort factory low Bs but tbh my current Sire does it better than all the 5 string Corts I've owned. It's the standard 34" version of the Ibanez I'm looking at, not the multiscale.

They're quite easy to open up though so might be worth having a look first.