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  1. prowla
    Looks like a Chowny/Retrovibe - a fairly budget Ric "Geddy tribute" (as David Konig called it).
  2. prowla
    I still call the Post Office the GPO and my gas supplier The Gas Board!
  3. prowla
    I have a Minitaur and a 12-step too. The 12-step can issue multiple MIDI commands per key. An iteration of my pedalboard...
  4. prowla
    I guess there are different types of folks. If I see an item with ono, make an offer, etc. Then it says to me the seller is prepared to accept less than the asking price; if they are just trying to manipulate me then I get offended.
  5. prowla
    Hmm - I think if there's a best offer and it's refused then they're saying "no".
  6. prowla
    I sent them a message saying that they had the offer option there, so I made an offer... They got back to me and said it was so they can do a discount on a multi-buy. I guess that's simpler than just putting up multi-buy prices, like some other sellers do. (And the one I bid on was their last anyway.)
  7. prowla
    Ah well, I bought one from another seller at the original’s BIN price.
  8. prowla
    I think people would tend to be disinclined to describe Al C as normal...
  9. prowla
    The price was BIN.
  10. prowla
    Ah - that could be annoying...
  11. prowla
    There's a rack unit on ebay, priced at £42.99, with a "Make Offer" button. So I clicked the button and offered £40. The seller declined the offer. Huh - why put an "Offer" option there if you're not going to budge on price?
  12. prowla
    Seems perfectly reasonable to me.... ...(implied "not").
  13. prowla
    Also in their musical instruments section is this lovely piece of kit... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Heart-Pearl-Pendant-With-Fine-Chain-9-Carat-Yellow-Gold-2-2-Grams-16/143372691543?hash=item2161ada857:g:13IAAOSwjxddJfFy
  14. prowla
    You can bid with confidence on this item knowing that it is as described and the photos are of the actual item.
  15. prowla
    As for the Kay, it is the bottom of the pike as far as Ric copies go. Hierarchy: Real Ric. Custom-made (by a genuine luthier). John Birch. Japanese vintage thru-neck 33.5" scale (Greco, Shaftesbury). Japanese vintage bolt-on neck 34" scale (various Matsumoku). Eko vintage (some brands had Italian-made models). Hondo II (plywood body). Rockinbetter (the template of the Chickenbackers). The current Chickenbackers (AliExpress, etc.). A couple of copies which tried to get around trademark by using a different headstock. Kay. I would have one for the curiosity value.
  16. prowla
    My first Ric was an S model, so no issues there. My others have binding and it's just a matter of getting used to it. It's the same with any guitar with binding, including acoustics. I was chatting with someone who had cut their fingers on the treble pickup surround. Two of mine have 3rd-party blanking plates fitted.
  17. prowla
    Fenders are so easy to fake, from the Limelights, through the Chinese counterfeits, to bedroom bodgers with a Squier and a transfer decal.
  18. prowla
    My blue '78. Incidentally, the Ric bass is the finest design ever, IMHO; up there with the classics like the Coke bottle, the Barcelona chair, the Spitfire, the red phone box, the London tube map, the red bus, the BIC biro.
  19. prowla
    Last time he walked past my Rics, he didn't stop! (But I'll take a couple to this year's Bass Bash too, just in case...)
  20. prowla
    I have a Roland PK-5A and a Keith McMillen 12-step; the PK-5A is a simple workhorse and the 12-step needs programming, but can trigger multiple events per keypress. They run to a Minitaur (which is a bit of a one-trick pony) and a Roland JV-1010, which has loads of built-in sounds and can take a plugin card (eg. Vintage Synth or Orchestral). Either of those pedal units plus a JV-1010 is well within budget.
  21. prowla
    For some reason that makes me nervous...
  22. prowla
    Cool - everybody is entitled to express their preference.
  23. prowla
    Ok, so the Sire beats them all.
  24. prowla
    I briefly played a U-Bass at one of the bass bashes - it was very good! (Do not slide notes on it, however!)
  25. prowla
    Uh-huh...
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