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Oh boy - the previous incarnation of the scam included sending a postal receipt as a proof that the item was returned due to a failed delivery; the thing is, he gave several people the same return receipt reference number, which came to light as a result of sharing the details and was for delivery to him of another item entirely. As far as Action Fraud goes; whether or not they decide to proceed is one thing, but you do get a crime reference number and also the possibility of centrally linking your case with others. As ever, the advice is never use Friends and Family to pay for things (unless you really do know the person); the art of the con-man is to convince you that they are kindred spirits and if you assume the good in people then you are easy meat for them. Similar caution applies to paying by bank transfer, but (some) banks may take action to reverse the transaction (with the aforementioned crime reference number) and get the recipient's account frozen. Whilst of course there are many more genuine folks about than fraudsters, you simply have to take the risk of their being affronted by refusing unprotected payments; I have had something not go through because of that, but I stand by my rule.

Neuro Hub arrived today - will hopefully have a play over the Bank Holiday weekend. ...and will do various updates too!

The OBNE has an input and two effects send/return loops which can be used as a send/return loop, a send (eg. to a tuner), or an input into a return. You can set the level of each and the loops have a phase switch. With all used as inputs it’s a 3-way mixer. Their website shows examples. One thing I have found is that it doesn’t like an unconnected wire into one of its inputs.

It's "Extremely Rare", so it must be worth loads!

The OBNE Blender will do it. https://www.oldbloodnoise.com/pedals/signal-blender Electro Harmonix do a mixer pedal too.

£100 was an alright price for a £100 bass.

The neck heel looks a bit large, though.

Thanks for that - I've got a HX Stomp too, so the Neuro Hub might be handy. OTOH, the DMC might be viable. 👍

I'm needing a Neuro Hub - where can you get them in the UK? (To use my MC6 to control my C4.)

I'm needing a Neuro Hub - where can you get them in the UK? (To use my MC6 to control my C4.) oops - was meant to be in the C4 thread...

I have to say I'm surprised that the need is so urgent that that they feel they have to air-freight it.

Russia have occupied some islands they are in dispute with Japan over.

For me, I was never going to make a 4-hour trip each way.

Hey, John - I’ll always defer to your extensive knowledge. 🙂

The bridge is just the little bit with the 4 string saddles on it and the tailpiece is the big block it sits on which is where the strings thread through; the pull of the strings can cause that to lift. The 70's ones were especially prone to that, but the more recent ones had a bit more bracing to them, which made them less susceptible but not immune to tail-lift.

I was never going to go to Manchester or Liverpool. I went to the Northampton Guitar Fair last week and it was alright; bumped into a couple of folks I knew and met up with a couple more; I'd say it was maybe 75% of the previous show and all I bought was a bass case, but it was a good day out nonetheless. Hopefully things will ramp up as the year progresses; fingers crossed for the Kempton Park one. I'll be going to the April Brizzle one next and hopefully tie it in with a day out (maybe see the Great Britain again), and probably the Brum one in May.

Yep - it can be interesting looking at the variations in those instruments coming off the production line. I think the factories had a checklist of options their customers could choose from: One output or two. Wavy waffle tuners or generic. One truss-rod or two. Logo on TRC or gold screen-printed onto headstock. Black, fireglo, or custom colour. Bolt-on or thru-neck. 34" or 33.25" scale. etc. The Matsumoku factory appears to have predominantly produced 34" bolt-on neck versions, which can typically be identified by the "Steel Adjustable Neck" neck plate and dot position markers for the control knobs. There were many brands applied to the fakers, including Aria Pro II, Diamond, Vorg, Westminster, Westone (Matumoku's house brand), CMI, and who knows how many others; they never had the "R" word on them, though. I don't know how big their order requirements were, but I'm guessing they'd do runs of maybe 100. Fast-forwards to today and the Chinese factories seem to be following a similar business model, but their starting point is a rather poor copy (the 2nd generation Rockinbetter when they shifted production to China) and their quality, attention to detail, and craftsmanship is nowhere near the same as those old Japanese factories. They are also producing the instruments with the real brand name on them, making them counterfeits; they first did it with "Gibson", leading them to be dubbed "Chibson"s and that naturally led to the fake Rics being dubbed "Chickenbackers"; in some cases the sellers advertise their wares with pictures of the real thing to con people into buying.

I think if you could get the pair for that there would be wiggle room to get them sorted.

That's a Chickenbacker, more recent than the original Rockinbetter ones - look at the neck heel!

I fink he was referring to the Hipshot unit...

OK - "the company which is now RIC". 🙂 It was worse than that for JH - he retired to Birmingham! 🙂 🙂 As far as being hassled over 70s fakers; I'm still not quite sure how action can be taken against things which were made decades before the trademarks registered, but BC's "sod you then" approach to handling the situation is worthy of a wry smile at least! 🙂 🙂 🙂