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It's a nice suggestion, but the geographic location for this Basschatter doesn't match with the eBay seller.

If the seller is a Basschatter, he'd be better off selling the pedal here... no eBay or PayPal fees! I've gotten some great items from the folks on the forum here!

I asked my bandmates to bid for me... they're all good friends who live nearby, but they are also very wise. The story raised red flags with them... they don't want to deal with him! Ha!

Indeed that was my other hope, that he could see the post and stop blocking me... however now that I've called him knob on Basschat... ha!

It's advertised here in the hope that someone might still get it for a reasonable price, even if it is not me. I hope that some Basschatter will benefit... although buyer beware... seller is a bit of a knob and I hope there are no other issues!

Nope. Blocked from messaging him!

Indeed! Actually, I agree 100%...

And then each day eBay continues to taunt me... "is this item still of interest"? Well, yes, but I can't bid on it!

I've been keen to get my hands on one of these Aguilar Chorusaurus pedals, but not keen to buy one new. After seeing a used one up for sale on eBay, but with a starting bid nearly that of a new pedal, I wrote the seller to see if they would accept an offer of around £125 (similar to what I have seen these go for used here in Basschat). They weren't keen to go down in price on the pedal, and then the 'auction' ended without a sale (surprise!). The item is listed by the seller again, but now with a starting bid of £120. "Hey, perfect! I'm happy to put in a bid just over that.", I thought. I go to put in my bid and what happens? The seller has blocked me from bidding on the item! I have 100% feedback and have had a profile on eBay for many years! I've never bought from this seller previously, and I'm not a friend or family member. The knob has blocked me, I suspect simply because they know I'll put in a low bid! So much for a fair 'auction' site eBay! I'm still very keen to pick up an Aguilar Chorusaurus pedal for about £125, so if you have one you'd like to pass along please let me know!

I'm not sure if it has already been mentioned, but Designacable are currently having a 20% off Summer sale... via their website (not sure about via Amazon or eBay). Thought folks might find this helpful!

This is the pick-up arrangement I'm considering...

Came across this video comparing P and "reverse P" configurations. I think that the "reverse P" near the neck sounds awesome.

Warwick Streamer LX5, entirely Maple body, Wenge bolt on neck, Tigerstripe Ebony fretboard. Gold hardware, brushed metal gold-colored MEC pick-ups. I'm actually wondering about the pick-up configuration too now... the usual J/J for a 5-string, or P/P with a reversed arrangement closer to the neck?

Color is already decided: Emeraude Green Transparent High Polish, like this: http://www.warwickbass.com/en/Warwick---Products--Instruments--Customshop---Masterbuilt--Basic-Bass-Models--Streamer--Streamer-Stage-I--Streamer-Stage-I-5-String--Streamer-Stage-I---17-3640--5-string--Pictures.html Of course I realize quilt or flame is totally up to me... but you guys are my friends, and so I thought that it would be fun to hear about your own tastes. Thanks for the replies so far!

Quilted or flamed Maple top on a bass? The entire body would be Maple, neck Wenge and fretboard Ebony. Finish is colored and high polish. Thoughts?

The feet on all of my other bass heads are screwed on, which is great. They won't go anywhere, and if you do rack-mounting you can easily take them off and set them aside to use again later.

Just bought a Korg Pitch Black Tuner off of Paul (was still in the box). Item was very well packaged and arrived immediately. Thanks a lot!

Neck looks carbon fiber, but what is the fretboard made from? Is the fretboard composite?

I've not heard back from Westside Distribution yet, but perhaps @agedhorse would not mind please commenting on any issues running this head using an external step-down transformer? Any issue with 60 Hz USA versus 50 Hz UK?

Many thanks again @agedhorse and sorry for the postings across multiple forums! Indeed I contacted Westside Distribution so let's see what they say.