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  1. Burns-bass
    That's true. It's my fault. The good news is that with our continued policies of austerity there will be many more derelict factories out there!
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    Now back up for sale!
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    Working in a factory doesn’t have the Be piece work on a production line. The men and women at Airbus for example are all highly skilled engineers. And more people applied to a Rolls Royce apprenticeship scheme than applied to Oxbridge. We can develop high skill industries in this country if we wanted to, it’s just that our Government can’t or won’t do so. Successive Governments have done the same thing. Very sad really.
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    I wanted it too! It's a very valuable book that one, so if anyone has a copy, let me know too.
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    I genuinely have no idea. I’m not even sure how I own them, but they actually sounded good last time I listened to them and have Chinese writing on them.
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    That picture makes it look like I have very small feet but I’ve just checked and it’s a quirk of the light.
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    I’ve got a 90s Fender Red label case. Apparently these are now quite rare. This is in great condition, but the handle has been replaced. No keys. £75 - price includes delivery.
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    Some bits and bobs still here, make me an offer as I want it all gone...!
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    I"m not allowed to play it during the day! I do sometimes stay late and have a play, and can pop in over the weekend too if I get the chance. I wish I could do an hour a day like I used to when I worked at home and had no kids!
  10. Burns-bass
    This is good advice. Plus, if you display it in your house just about everyone who ever visits will be impressed even if it's a massively battered Czech beast from the 60s. I've taken it to the extreme and I now have my DB in my office, which I think has directly led to at least one contract being won.
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    Best damn city in the world (it’s not).
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    My suggestion would be to find a good teacher and get a few lessons before you spend a lot of money. Many shops will let you trial a bass for a few quid a month, and they’re usually well set up too (as you’d hope). Also, your teacher may be able to source an instrument or to test out any instrument you may be interested in. These are all the things I should have done, but didn’t. I was lucky finding a wonderful sounding bass for little money and then getting an amazing luthier to work on it. If I did it again, I’d do what I’ve described above.
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    Glorious colour Stingray for sale. Didn’t expect it to still be here but there are a lot of Stingrays for sale I guess!
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    Nice! You have to love Americans.
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    Hi Andy, I’m in the same position (baby number 2, not 4!) I’ve got about £15k tied up in gear, but before that it wasn’t closer to £30! I sold two pre-CBS basses here and feel much happier because that money has been spent on the house and on getting rid of any debts. I have one bass and one upright I’ll jeep regardless of what happens, the others I don’t have any attachment too. If I sold them, it would be fine. I wouldn’t do anything rash, but a bit of reflection is always useful. Playing music is a great thing to do, and can brighten up the darkest of times.
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    Here we have some bass bits I'm clearing out. Some good, some bad, and some a little bit ugly... Descriptions below and photos to follow... Postage extra and done as cheaply as possible. Jazz Bass Body - Sold Chinese Jazz Bass Pickups - £10 Cheap, cheerful and remarkably good. Fender Style Bridge - £6 Nice, no idea where from. 75' Reissue Pickguard - Sold Tort Pickguard - Sold Fender aged-thumbrest - £6 Got this fitted to a Bravewood, but I've taken it off as I like the no-pickguard look. 70s Strat Pickup Cover - £6 Had this years and years, and bought it as being from a 70s Strat. It seems to be accurate (I've had quite a few) but I can't provide it, hence being cheap for a punt.
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    Agreed. Nowadays you can split the fee I believe, which is sort of like insurance I guess.
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    Paypal won't intervene if you call it a gift, which is what most people do. I agree though, if possible it's always worth meeting in person. I wouldn't send a guitar or amplifier to someone I met through Gumtree. But that's just me being a bit old school.
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    Sold Pending
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    This is now sold.
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    Some close-ups...
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    If you like trying different pickup combinations or want to build your own bass but don't fanct getting handy with the soldering iron this could be for you! It's a solder-free jazz bass harness made with CTS pots and a switchcraft jack. It's a professional job bought for a project from a friend but never used. All works perfectly well and I'll chuck in the control plate, knobs and postage all for £35.
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    Here we have an original Fender Vintage 60s RI Road Worn Fender Jazz Neck + Tuners. This was made in Mexico and imported from the States (can provide all details to new buyer including serial number) at a cost of about £400 (including import duties). It was brought here pre-CITES. It's a beautiful neck that really does a wonderful job of replicating the classic pre-CBS Fenders. In fact, that's why I wanted it. However, I now have a Bravewood Jazz which fills that particular gap! It comes with the vintage, reverse tuners and has almost no wear to the frets. It's a vintage Road Worn Fender, so there are bumps and grazes to stimulate the wear you'd expect on a vintage Fender. The frets (as you can see) are in excellent shape, and hardly played. The truss rod works perfectly and is flush with the end of the neck. I've never needed to use it. Photos below, and the price is: £265. Spec Details: Official Fender '60s Reissue Road Worn Jazz Bass Neck & Tuners Maple with Rosewood fingerboard "C" Shape- 7.25" Radius 20 Vintage Frets Fender "Road Worn" relic treatment Nitrocellulose Lacquer Finish
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    Most insurance companies won't quibble with you unless you're claiming for a high-value item. My insurance provider (More Than) ask me to specify and instruments worth over £1500, and to have all the details saved somewhere (serial numbers, any distinguishing marks and so on). This makes sense because, in the event of theft, we can both attempt to recover the items and the more information we both have, the better. If the insurance company pays out, the item then becomes their property, so there's certainly an interest for them in having this information. After having been the victim of a mis-sold item, it's just easier to get someone to sign a bit of paper. I'd say that if you have bought and sold through ebay or even Basschat, the messages and agreements will be enough to convince an insurance company who are only out to detect and deter fraud.
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    The bass market is probably a tenth of that of the Guitar market, so probably explains it a little. Upright bass strings a tenth of that again I’d estimate. How often do Guitar players change strings? Again the relationship is probably the same - 10 times as often as a bass player and 100 times more often than an upright player.
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